Books
What book(s) are you reading right now? (What's it about?) What book is a fun favorite of yours? Or what book would sum up your life?
@genericbeing
I'm reading 4:
- Ring Of Steel (About WW1 Eastern-Front)
- The Eastern Front (About WW1 Eastern-Front)
- The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Pretty obvious)
- The Annals Of Imperial Rome (Ancient Roman victories)
2 Fun Favorites:
- Moby-***
- Treasure Island
Sums my life:
- Bartleby, The Scrivener
@genericbeing
I love Moby 🤗
Classic 💚
A book I love is Wuthering heights, and also How to Kill a Mockingbird 🥰
@Amanda84 Hey weird I got Wurthing Heights a year ago but I haven't read it yet
@Amanda84
How did you like Wuthering Heights? Did you see the movie?
I love the costumes from the movie and it's promotional events.
@trueconfidant123
I think it's brilliant, really captivating and people never have the same opinions about the main characters.
@Amanda84
That is definitely interesting. Thank you.
@genericbeing
'The City and It's Uncertain Walls' by Haruki Murakami, only a few chapters in and I've got absolutely no idea what it's about. Murakami's novels are usually slow build ups to alternative realities colliding with various often repeated themes. This one's similar but straight into it so unusually I've got no idea what to expect from here onwards..
@RunningMachine Sounds interesting
@genericbeing
He's been a favourite author of mine for a few years now, if you're interested I'd suggest trying his earlier works first.
Maybe give Norwegian Wood, Kafka On The Shore or The Wind Up Bird Chronicles a try, I've Wind Up several times and still not convinced I fully appreciate it.
@genericbeing I'm currently reading ''The metamorphosis'' it's about a guy who wakes up into a body of an insect. I'm still at the very biggening of it :)
@fossilfellow
Kafka, enjoy, in Murakami's 'Kafka On the Shore' the lead character was a tribute to the author all although the novel bears no resemblance to Kafka's work.
@RunningMachine That's interesting. I'll have to look into Kafka on the Shore once I finish this one. Thanks for sharing ❤️
@fossilfellow I've heard of that but I never read it yet
@genericbeing It's an interesting and somewhat eye opening book i would say 𥰠I'm enjoying it so far! <3
@genericbeing
Being an oldie and out of copyright it is available for free, well worth a read, The Castle by the same author is on a higher level altogether 😁😁
I’m currently reading Ghost Boy, about a boy with Locked In Syndrome, who was aware of everything, but couldn’t speak and could barely move. True story. SO eye opening <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 That is interesting. For a moment I was thinking locked in syndrome was like agoraphobia but then I remember what it was
@jesusredeemedme2425 Ahh, sounds like a really interesting book (Adding it to the reading list <3). I’ve watched a bunch of videos of people.. mainly those who have been in coma for years.
So the idea of being trapped in one’s own body fascinates me (probably cuz I’m not the one experiencing it xD). Otherwise.. it’s dreadfully terrifying.. just to even imagine
@genericbeing
Have recently finished reading Man's Search for Meaning, and honestly.. it has instantly become one of my all-time favorites.
It's by Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist who survived the Nazi concentration camps. He writes about how he found meaning in life, even under the most extreme and horrific conditions imaginable.
And through his own lived experience, he teaches us that suffering isn't inherently meaningful.. it's how we respond to it that determines its value.
@MeilleureAmie
I might have to re-read that one, I read it many years ago, you might like the Diaries of Anne Frank.
@RunningMachine Yeahh, it was sooo good. I wasn't expecting tbh, that I'd end up loving it this much. It literally change my whole perspective on history as well, alongwith all the other lessons it taught me.
I used to think history is boring, and dull.. I don't even know how I ended up thinking that way.
But while reading it, I realized that when you look at history on a deeper level, the very history you once called boring is actually filled with countless human stories. And within those stories, there are countless lessons.. from people who endured things beyond imagination, people whose strength and choices leave you wondering how far the human spirit can really go.
And thank youu for the recommendation, btw. Will definitely give it a read🤍
@MeilleureAmie
I'm pleased to read that, I often read WW2 era books, but it's the retelling of the lifes of everyday people, how their lifes were affected, their suffering and strength of spirit and bravery that attracts me.
@RunningMachine Yeahh.. reading about the lives of ordinary people during the wars, during those times.. really makes you love and cherish history more. I learned that.. reading this one
@MeilleureAmie Sounds hopeful, like in a good way
@genericbeing Yeahh, it is. Even I was skeptical at first tbh, but this book literally changed me.. by giving me a whole new perspective on hardships.. and on life in general too
Girrlllll!!!!! 😯I had finished it 1 year ago and now sometimes,espacially at night,I open it in random order.I love his creation "logo therapy" he comes second to bonhoffer in my fav psychology/psychoanalysis/psychitary aurhers👻
@curiousbookishness Yesss logotherapy is such a powerful concept. The way he talks about finding meaning even in suffering just hits different.. you as a med student must relate to him the most, I believe 😁😂
Alsoo Bonhoeffer? Ahh, I've heard about him but haven't gotten lucky enough to read any of his books yet. That's a solid top two honestly✨
@MeilleureAmie
For most people, psychoanalysis is quite uncomfortable, but he does it to himself like a pro🔥
@curiousbookishness Yeahh.. such a strength is quite rare to witness✨
I'm reading And Shall Machines Surrender - it's a sapphic book about two former lovers who are charged with finding out why a bunch of embodied AIs committed suicide simultaneously to the second. It's so good (and short, which helps me actually finish it).
My favorite book (and, I think, an early subtle catalyst to my coming out) is *** A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio. It's autobiographical, and focuses on her reclamation of that word.
@HappySpecter Short stories are rather nice, they relay a full tale without the length
I love this! I’m actually trying to get back into reading. My favorite book is die for you by Amy plum. I’m trying to get lost in another book though
@esotericpenguin
I just found a Die For Me 3 book series on Amazon by her, is that the book or series you mean ?
Yes! Have you read it???
@esotericpenguin
No, I might try but though
@genericbeing One of my favourite authors is Banana Yoshimoto! I love reading her books because the way she writes is profound and insightful and beautiful. Other authors that I love reading are Han Kang, Yiyun Li, and Arundhati Roy.
@listeningyouout29
I'll look into them, thank you.
@listeningyouout29
Just had a look at Butter and Hooked in my local bookshop, might not be quite my thing but I love reading books by Japanese authors, next in my list is Strange Buildings by Uketsu, which is one of a series of 3 😁😁
I've also got Eight Million Ways To Happiness by Hiroko Yoda, no fiction and explores Japanese spirituality which I'm inpatient to start 😁😁
I actually need recommendations
@Drjuliepsychic430 I'd recommend the literary classics
Sure thanks 😊
What kind of books do you like?
@Drjuliepsychic430
What are some of your favourite genres?
@genericbeing
I am reading Pilgrims Progress, The life of Saladin, and the History of the Médiéval Ages (from Constantine to the first crusade)
@LuckyCharmsLlyod I might get that, that sounds pretty cool