Some Yahoo Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I thought I'd share what I'm currently reading and take a quick survey of what you're all reading too. Here's my list... Death Without Company How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method (Advanced Fiction Writing) (Volume 1) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmmge Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I've already read half of the book once but now I'm re-reading from the beginning - Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden. For me personally, it is the greatest 'self-development' book out there. Written by an expert psychotherapist, the book provides a very unique and broad view of self-esteem that covers essentially your entire life. Great read for whichever phase in life a person finds him/herself at, I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) Six Pillars of Self Esteem is the goldmine book to read. I've spent so much time gaming I've ignored what Branden teaches as the guideline to a healthy self-esteem in a person. This book makes me want to buy it and put it on a shelf and re-read it 3 times at least, as It is relative to all stages and areas of life as @JustTom also mentions. I find resolving my issue with self-esteem goes beyond merely helping with quitting gaming, but building the concrete foundation for a prosperous and healthy life. Edited April 8, 2018 by Arch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblets Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Adolf Hitler by John Toland I grabbed this book as a free audiobook with my library and I am learning quite a lot about the start of World War 2 that I was not aware of - mainly how Hitler came to power. It initially was very interesting (again, influenced by how little I think I knew) but it starting to get a bit dry now that I am up to the section where England has declared war. I signed up to Goodreads 2018 reading challenge. The average number of books set by users was 47, so I set mine at 48. I'm only 3 in.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Yahoo Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 I had a feeling that others would have time to read after gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xonor Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Syrian Notebooks, Jonathan Littell. No pictures, just bare diaries and scrapes of words of when the journalist went through what are essentially a series of towns and villages consumed by guerilla fighting and wrote about the day to day - going to field hospitals, and the horror stories, looking at rooftops and seeing sniper posts, the structure of the FSA (the counter-government army) and ordinary people, as well as his own contempt for Western governments for refusing to step in. A large part of modern foreign affairs politics in my short life has been looking at places where things look bad, but I didn't have any evidence. Reading this book again, it (assuming everything written in it can be trusted) showed me just the banality of oppression, and the illogic and horror of one group of people trying to supress another because of religion. Not the thing you'd read to your kids. But excellent war journalism. Attempting to convey that kind of environment has only resonated with me when you're in the thick of it. It's too easy to talk about abstract concepts to civilians like us, and to ignore the conditions of those suffering. It's harder when you have this kind of info in front of you. "Think occasionally of the suffering you spare yourself the sight of" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshD Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal Heard it was a great book for self-control and willpower. I picked it up today at the library and will check it out sometime this week instead of gaming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Yahoo Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 2:54 AM, giblets said: Adolf Hitler by John Toland Cool. I also recently read The Winds of War by Herman Wouk. It's fictional, but it helped me understand what caused what in WWII. When I studied it in high school, it was just a bunch of disjointed statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Yahoo Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 On 4/10/2018 at 6:20 PM, JoshD said: The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal Heard it was a great book for self-control and willpower. I picked it up today at the library and will check it out sometime this week instead of gaming. My beautiful, charming, and talented wife got me this on Kindle. Mini Habits by Steven Guise. I strongly recommend this book. He tends to go on a bit, but his research and psychology seem sound to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ech0 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2060251.Los_suicidas "Los suicidas" by Antonio di Bedenetto Just finished reading it yesterday. Astounding book. Brief but astounding. Antonio di Benedetto isn't as nearly recognized as he should be. I don't recommend it if you are feeling the blues, for obvious reasons. I'm not sure it's been translated to english. "The silence maker" or "The silentist" it's available though,which is also great Edited April 27, 2018 by Ech0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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