Bye:
Art of war
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of WarIt was an excellent book, out of the 13 chapters my favorite is nine grounds,
the book is filled with wisdom and benevolence
4.4/5
next I’m starting the 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey
but if DHL drops my order of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, I’ll read it that first.
I have finished the 7 habits of highly effective people.
3.3/5 while it does have amazing tips and tricks to lead a better life and I do enjoy self help books, but maybe this month have been tough and I didn’t feel motivated at all by it, actually I feel more hmm down.
but I picked this new book up since my DHL delivery didn’t arrive.
It’s fun and childish but I love it till now
It’s calls the psychology book
This is the book
[Drama Lovers book club "A Book a Month"]
Reporting after one week! I have managed to read through Haruki Murakami's "Underground" in a flash.
Whew, there is a lot of stuff to take in over the course of almost 500 pages. Murakami really went into great detail with regards to recreating the Tokyo subway attacks minute by minute, situation by situation. We get to hear lots of testimonies from the survivors of the ordeal who often share gut-wrenching stories about happened to them.
Interestingly, this is not where the international version of the book ends. After the Japanese release in 1998, Murakami purposely added for the English edition his 20-page essay on Aum Shinrikyo, and also included roughly 100 pages of interviews with ex-Aum members. This section is also a goldmine of information on the cult and how it operated prior to 1995.
All in all, this book may be the only instance of investigative journalism in Murakami's literary repertoire, but he nails it like a boss.
PS The book inspired me to write MDL editiorial, so... stay tuned!
In view of the fact that May is still ongoing, I'm taking up Murakami's "First Person Singular".
Just realized I never updated my May plans, not that they changed, haha. I am still reading Possession. About 1/5 of the way through now, and it's picking up! It took me a while to get into this one. So hopefully I can finish by the end of the month :)
5. Empress Orchid by Anchee Min. About the Dowager Empress and the political world she lived in. I learned a lot about that period of history in China.luluandfloyd:
I fell down the Anchee Min rabbit hole several years back and Empress Orchid was my favorite of her novels. Red Azalea is worth reading if you are interested in the author's life. (This reminds me I never got around to the second of her memoirs, though!)
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Just realized I never updated my May plans, not that they changed, haha. I am still reading Possession. About 1/5 of the way through now, and it's picking up! It took me a while to get into this one. So hopefully I can finish by the end of the month :)
I fell down the Anchee Min rabbit hole several years back and Empress Orchid was my favorite of her novels. Red Azalea is worth reading if you are interested in the author's life. (This reminds me I never got around to the second of her memoirs, though!)
Did you read The Cooked Seed? I checked it out but haven't started it yet. I've been reading alot of Asian American authors lately. Started long ago with Maxine Hong Kingston who I really liked. I'm always open to finding new ones.
Did you read The Cooked Seed? I checked it out but haven't started it yet. I've been reading alot of Asian American authors lately. Started long ago with Maxine Hong Kingston who I really liked. I'm always open to finding new ones.
The Crooked Seed is the one I have not gotten to yet. It's the only book of hers I have not read. It's on the (never ending) to-read list, though.
oche:
May Reading : Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- will try to update every monday on my progress
Jane Eyre is one of my favorites! Looking forward to your progress reports :-)
The language is exquisite and I never tire of it.
I agree on the language, one of the reasons I love it so much.
