What are you currently reading?

[dad]

Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi

[epilogue]

About half way through. I really dig it. It's taking me forever to get through it but not because of the writing, just because of me. But it's interesting.

[BurtReynolds]

Wow.

But that's literally what it is! A mathematician and a counselor sitting in a loony bin talking about philosophy and suicide.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Wow.

But that's literally what it is! A mathematician and a counselor sitting in a loony bin talking about philosophy and suicide.

Please quote Malloy with this defense.

[BurtReynolds]

Wow.

But that's literally what it is! A mathematician and a counselor sitting in a loony bin talking about philosophy and suicide.

Please quote Malloy with this defense.

I suspect he's already lost. You can still be saved.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Wow.

But that's literally what it is! A mathematician and a counselor sitting in a loony bin talking about philosophy and suicide.

Please quote Malloy with this defense.

I suspect he's already lost. You can still be saved.

Are you my new mentor?

[BurtReynolds]

Wow.

But that's literally what it is! A mathematician and a counselor sitting in a loony bin talking about philosophy and suicide.

Please quote Malloy with this defense.

I suspect he's already lost. You can still be saved.

Are you my new mentor?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Malloy is coming.

[dad]

all over the place.

[BurtReynolds]

A herald of something that lies beneath the world.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[BurtReynolds]

Looks cool. I hope it doesn't have too much of an anti-collapse bias.

[BurtReynolds]

[BurtReynolds]

Dark stuff. Well, its good that the CIA doesn't do this kind of thing now. Because...well you know...

Really makes you look at the Beach Boys differently.

[bodysnatcher]

I’m a bit embarrassed to ask this, but. My life/job the last decade or so hasn’t allowed me much free time to dedicate to reading. Not that I haven’t had free time, but other activities just take priority. Little by little, I’m trying to make reading a higher priority, but to be honest with you, I have no idea where to really dive in. It’s a bit overwhelming. Do you guys follow particular sites, blogs, or other recommendation channels? Or just go blindly into a store and pick out something that sounds interesting?

[wease]

What type stuff do you enjoy? Non-fiction? Romance? Just find a section where your interests lie and see if anything jumps out at you.

[bart]

They actually have bookstores on the internet now

[bodysnatcher]

They actually have bookstores on the internet now

The same internet with sites, blogs, and other recommendation channels???

[dad]

I guess it depends on what types of books you're into. I've read a few books based on posts in this thread, and I can usually rabbit-hole my way to other titles from there.

I'm also a big proponent of getting a library card because it's essentially free. If you already have one...even better. Usually, you can use the search features of your local library's website to browse by genre and find something that piques your interest.

I'm not a big tiktok person, but my wife has told me there's a booktok hashtag you can search for, and there are many people out there posting books they've read that they find interesting, etc.

[The Argonaut]

I’m a bit embarrassed to ask this, but. My life/job the last decade or so hasn’t allowed me much free time to dedicate to reading. Not that I haven’t had free time, but other activities just take priority. Little by little, I’m trying to make reading a higher priority, but to be honest with you, I have no idea where to really dive in. It’s a bit overwhelming. Do you guys follow particular sites, blogs, or other recommendation channels? Or just go blindly into a store and pick out something that sounds interesting?

Don't be embarrassed, please! This is a great question. I think this site might be a good place for you to look around:

https://fivebooks.com/

Five books on each of a wide variety of topics, as recommended by tons of different experts in each field. The site is organized well, and it's easy to browse around, read a bit, and find topics, fiction or nonfiction, that are of interest to you. Great starting place