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What you're reading - July 2017


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Finished The Fires of Heaven. Lots of good stuff in this one (Moiraine! Rahvin! Asmodean! Aviendha!), but the in between parts dragged a bit. Typical WoT! :) I also missed having Perrin in this one and of course it's frustrating the amount of secrets that are flying around between the characters, mostly for poor reasons. Still, I enjoyed it. Somehow! On to Lord of Chaos.

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It felt like a good time to dive into a comfort (re)read, so I picked up Tim Powers' Last Call again. Couldn't tell you how many times I've read this now. I won't even pretend to be unbiased about this book. But it is so lovely to be reading something that I enjoy so much.

Last book I read before that was The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maurer. It's an overview of the culture of American con men in the 40's, written by a linguistics professor. It's interesting. The glossary is a hoot, and reading the descriptions of the cons feels like doing the background work for some of David Mamet's films.

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On 8/1/2017 at 6:39 PM, Mr. X said:

It felt like a good time to dive into a comfort (re)read, so I picked up Tim Powers' Last Call again. Couldn't tell you how many times I've read this now. I won't even pretend to be unbiased about this book. But it is so lovely to be reading something that I enjoy so much.

I think I need to re-read it. AGAIN. Because you brought it up in conversation and now I'm thinking about how much I love this book. (This, Deviants, Anubis all tie for my fave.)

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On 7/30/2017 at 5:27 AM, AncalagonTheBlack said:

Gonna be reading non-fiction after a long time.I bought Peter Frankopan's The Silk Roads: A New History of the World ,after watching a couple of his lectures on youtube, which i enjoyed very much.

What's a good way to get recs for good lectures on YouTube?   It's own search function does not help with quality (take note Google bots!), and likes or views aren't a good indicator on that platform. 

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29 minutes ago, Iskaral Pust said:

What's a good way to get recs for good lectures on YouTube?   It's own search function does not help with quality (take note Google bots!), and likes or views aren't a good indicator on that platform. 

I don't know  tbh.I usually just type in book names or authors/people that i'm familiar with or people i've seen in previous lectures/debates etc.:)

Another way i do it is via google search,by specifying what i want,for example: 'youtube lectures history rome'

 

edit: lot's of links here (various subjects) - http://www.openculture.com/smartyoutube

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-history-YouTube-channels-or-podcasts-out-there

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-history-YouTube-channels-or-podcasts-out-there
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-best-YouTube-channels-series-on-different-cultures-and-history
https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-good-YouTube-channel-for-world-history
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-YouTube-channels-for-medieval-history-content

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20 minutes ago, AncalagonTheBlack said:

I don't know  tbh.I usually just type in book names or authors/people that i'm familiar with or people i've seen in previous lectures/debates etc.:)

Another way i do it is via google search,by specifying what i want,for example: 'youtube lectures history rome'

 

edit: lot's of links here (various subjects) - http://www.openculture.com/smartyoutube

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-history-YouTube-channels-or-podcasts-out-there

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-history-YouTube-channels-or-podcasts-out-there
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-best-YouTube-channels-series-on-different-cultures-and-history
https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-good-YouTube-channel-for-world-history
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-YouTube-channels-for-medieval-history-content

Thanks, that's really helpful.

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I read The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker again. I found it to be the scariest book that I have ever read a while back and wanted to take another turn at it. I was surprised that I found it that scary.

I'm also trying to read all of Chuck Palahniuk's stuff.

 

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