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Posted May 11, 2019
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
Posted May 11, 2019
Day after Roswell
Posted May 11, 2019
The Last Wish
by Andrzej Sapkowski
Posted May 12, 2019
On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
Posted May 12, 2019
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RickyAndersen: The Last Wish
by Andrzej Sapkowski
If you want to have exclusively good memories of The Witcher, stop at "The Last Wish". The first two books are fantastic, the rest not so much.
Posted May 12, 2019
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DadJoke007: If you want to have exclusively good memories of The Witcher, stop at "The Last Wish". The first two books are fantastic, the rest not so much.
I doubt I can, so far I'm very much enjoying it.
Although it seems The Last Wish should be the first book I've read before Sword of Destiny.
But I regret nothing.
Posted May 12, 2019
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RickyAndersen: Although it seems The Last Wish should be the first book I've read before Sword of Destiny.
But I regret nothing.
Both are great, as long as you read them both there's nothing to regret at all.
Posted May 12, 2019
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jepsen1977: On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
I tried reading that. I managed something like six pages and then returned the book to its owner.
Posted May 12, 2019
I hope comic books count as well. Because I read them too :-)
Today I read Batgirl: Year One
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Posted May 12, 2019
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jepsen1977: On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
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Themken: I tried reading that. I managed something like six pages and then returned the book to its owner.
I quite liked On The Road, but everything else from Kerouac has been tough to get through. Well, Doctor Sax was ok. Weird, but ok.
Posted May 12, 2019
I'm half through Stephen Kotkin, Stalin 1878-1928, Paradoxes of power.

First volume of a planned Stalin trilogy. Too long (about 800 pages text, plus many detailed endnotes) and a bit tedious. So far it's more of a general history of Russia and of Bolshevism in the early 20th century. I'm not entirely convinced of the concept, though parts of it are quite interesting.
Posted May 12, 2019
Stephen King's Christine.

It's pretty good. It's sorted as Horror - & some of it is disconcerting, but I don't find myself shaking in my boots like people seemed to hype it up back in the day. I'm actually pleasantly surprised with other things, like witty conversations between characters & little things, like detail or happy moments in the "interims" of dread.
Posted May 12, 2019
Hans-Hermann Hoppe - Economic Science and the Austrian Method.

As with anything from Hoppe, it's a hoot to read and really thought-provoking. Another book from him that I'm looking forward to read is "Democracy: The God That Failed". I expect it will be hilarious with such a intellectual power house taking a swing at the holy cow.
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Posted May 12, 2019
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morolf: I'm half through Stephen Kotkin, Stalin 1878-1928, Paradoxes of power.

First volume of a planned Stalin trilogy. Too long (about 800 pages text, plus many detailed endnotes) and a bit tedious. So far it's more of a general history of Russia and of Bolshevism in the early 20th century. I'm not entirely convinced of the concept, though parts of it are quite interesting.
I read Hitler and Stalin Parallel Lives. Followed both leaders from their childhoods all the way through to the end. Yeah, Stalin was a primo jerkoff. Hitler too, but Stalin tends to get a pass from the left. Both had crappy tastes and they both nearly ruined facial hair for about 50 years.
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Emob78: I read Hitler and Stalin Parallel Lives.
I think I read parts of that more than 20 years ago.
The thing with Stalin is that he's often presented just as a psycho criminal, basically some Caucasus bandit who just happened to become dictator of one of the most powerful states in the world. Obviously that isn't convincing, so I'm interested, if Kotkin can give some answer about the reasons for Stalin's success.
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