This Week's Issue
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Welcome to Books & Articles Weekly.
Zapping and engagement in the territory is disappointing. I’m happy that we are still seeing good content. I’m getting used to these lulls, which is probably not a good thing.
Thanks to everyone who contributed.
There is a zap award for the top 5 posts weekly. It will be broken down as follows:
- 1000 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
Posts will be judged using SN zaprank. The cut off time is 9:00am EST (1300GMT) Saturday morning. I will post the top 5 winners shortly around 9:00am every Saturday morning.
I reserve the right to not award any sats for the week. I also reserve the right to deny sat awards to bare link posts. I recognize that link posts can be valuable, so I will only only exercise discretion for low quality links that garner few sats or engagement from stackers.
Happy reading!
As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.
Logo design by @plebpoet Link to last week’s post: #1248984
Top Posts Of The WeekTop Posts Of The Week
- Who still reads books? And...a good book I'm reading: Hunters of the Great North by @Signal312
- “Let’s discover our farms, Singapore” by @cryotosensei
- When was the last time you read a paper book? by @Scoresby
- Tokemon. Chapter 1: Real Money (revised) by @TheFictionFactory
- “Rumble in the Jungle” by @cryotosensei
Siggy’s SuggestionsSiggy’s Suggestions
There is not too much to get excited about around here, but I liked this fun poem by a new stacker named @hannotek. I hope the measly zapping and engagement doesn’t prevent us from seeing more from this account. Thanks for brightening my week.
@bitcoingraffiti is back with a haiku that hit home with me. I suspect I’m not the only one.
Index Of Selected PostsIndex Of Selected Posts
Writing ContestsWriting Contests
Stackers’ BlogsStackers’ Blogs
My Bitcoin JourneyMy Bitcoin Journey
Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker’s bitcoin origin stories will be posted for easy reference.
- Grayruby’s Bitcoin story by @grayruby
- I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill by @brandonsbytes
- From Selling Newspapers To Finding Bitcoin by @Coinsreporter
- My bitcoin journey by @Carreson
- "Who are you?" — How do I want to answer? by @IamSINGLE
- "My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinary Cuban" by @BTCLNAT
- Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD by @realBitcoinDog
Book ClubsBook Clubs
- Stoic Book Club:Meditations by @Se7enZ
- Jordan Peterson SN Bookclub -- We Who Wrestle With God by @denlillaapan
- Broken Money_ book club: index and reflection by @elvismercury
BooksBooks
- The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
- Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- The Final Product by @cleophas
- The Penal Preserve, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- Happy The Hippo, an absolutely wonderful children’s book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
- The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
- Submersible by @johnbnevin
- And Then She Disappears - Block 1 by @ginkgo
Book ReviewsBook Reviews
- Klara and the Sun | Book Review by @SimpleStacker
- “Rumble in the Jungle” by @cryotosensei
- “Let’s discover our farms, Singapore” by @cryotosensei
- “Days at the Morisaki Bookstore” by @cryotosensei
- “Tales from the Cafe” by @cryotosensei
- “Before the coffee gets cold” by @cryotosensei
- "Mindset" (Dr. Carol S. Dweck) by @cryotosensei
- Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong bookshop” by @cryotosensei
- SN Book Reviews: Categorized (Redux) by @SimpleStacker
Bitcoin Academic Articles & ReviewsBitcoin Academic Articles & Reviews
- Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- Minneapolis Fed Bitcoin Paper | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- #745057 by @SimpleStacker
- Competition and trust in the private provision of money | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
Movie & Television ReviewsMovie & Television Reviews
- Sound of Freedom | Movie Review by @SimpleStacker
- Movie Review | “How to make millions before Grandma dies” by @cryotosensei
- Movie Review | “Culinary Class Wars” by @cryotosensei
- Movie Review | “Culinary Class Wars” by @cryotosensei
- El Encargado | Argentinian TV series | very good comedy by @DarthCoin
- The IT crowd | hillarious super funny comedy TV series by @DarthCoin
- Two TV series about the "Schrodinger's cat" theory by @DarthCoin
- From | Que sera, sera... | new season 3 TV series by @DarthCoin
- #734282 by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
EssaysEssays
- Prose piece | Running by @carlosfandango
- Prose piece | The storm by @carlosfandango
- Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
- Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
PoetryPoetry
- Realized Loss by @bitcoingraffiti
- Saint Nicholas by @bitcoingraffiti
- The Secondary Land by @bitcoingraffiti
- The Tourism Consumerist Apex by @bitcoingraffiti
- Amsterdam by @bitcoingraffiti
- The Great Dali by @bitcoingraffiti
- I want to start a church by @bitcoingraffiti
- I am the Rat Man — Exterminate where i can by @bitcoingraffiti
- Which person is truly healthy & which one is poisoning me? by @bitcoingraffiti
- How to Grieve — The 5 Step Plan by @bitcoingraffiti
- [PM] I am a man smoking outside shops 🚬 by @bitcoingraffiti
- [PM] Why my waitress' gone awry by @bitcoingraffiti
- Reflections on the recent holiday by @plebpoet
- internet feelings by @ek
- Sorelle by @Myshkin
- Autunno by @Myshkin
- #411278 by @cryotosensei
- plebpoet’s original poem + discussion by @plebpoet
- a new kind of poem (that you can see 👀 and hear 🦻) by @plebpoet
- I am not man enough by @Nuttall
- If A Day Comes... by @Tef
- Let's pretend we loved each other by @Nadia
- That's MINE! Poetry. by @Malach17
- Silly rhymes written by a guy (maybe) fallen in love by @0268a5c238
Short StoriesShort Stories
- Stacker News Fiction Month by @Scoresby
- Taste of Freedom by @GreaterthanFiction
- Golden Silence by @TheFictionFactory
- The Great Delete by @TheFictionFactory
- Short story | The motel by @carlosfandango
- The poet and the reader || short story by @02879c7d869
- 'little fictions' presents: Cowboys Don't Belong by @plebpoet
- Short Story: “Quarter” by Eduardo Prospero by @eduardopro
- Neo’s Adventure In The Digital Realm: Discovering The Treasure Of Bitcoin by @VEINTIUNO
I know this is already a big effort to report each week, but can I say something? all love to you siggy, sincerely, but I miss when your commentary was the first thing to read. When I open the post and see a list, that's just where my mind goes, I think that i'm about to read from you, but it's a list. Can you bring back a little flare to the intro? I know that's picky, just miss it
I always value your opinion! I hadn't thought about it, but I will now.
Reading one now. Always paper book.
I still read more paper books than ebooks. My to-read pile will take me a decade to get through, but I'm making my way through it.
I'm currently reading two paper books: "Pity the Reader" by Kurt Vonnegut "All Art is Propaganda" by George Orwell
To be fair, I also have a couple hundred Kindle books. Some of my fellow poets and writers only publish on KDP, so that's the only way I can support them.
Okay how do you decide which Kindle book to read first so as to manage the expectations of your fellow poets and writers, even if they don’t explicitly ask you for your opinion of their work?
I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but I must clarify that I've read most of the Kindle books on my reader. When a friend announces the publication of a book, I usually buy it and read it right away.
I did not mean to imply that the Kindle books were also on my to-be-read list, but I see how that sounds now.
While they don't always ask for my opinion, we are very open about what we think. Some of us went through our MFAs together, so we have pretty thick skin! But honesty is always the most appreciated approach.
For instance, if anyone reads my poem and tells me they don't like it, or they didn't appreciate it, I'm still happy that they read and interacted with it.
I'm not sure of that addressed your question correctly.
You did!
How do you find so much time to read then?
That's a good question. Some days are better than others, that's for sure.
It helps that I work from home as a freelance writer, so I'm not out and about all day working at an actual job. I also homeschool my kids, though, so that does take some time.
I do stay up until well after midnight most nights, and that's when I do most of my writing, either creatively or for clients. But a huge part of the writing process is reading other people's work, so I always read something new everyday.
Only know @bitcoingraffiti through his Bitcoin stickers. Never knew he has this poetic side!!
@hannotek, Welcome to SN n to ~BooksAndArticles. Looking forward to reading more of your work
Hey! Thanks for the welcome and the shout out! And I am ever so grateful to everyone who read my work.
I have more coming as I transition to nostr. I've written poetry for years, and I have a lot of it online. But as I have recently come to Bitcoin, I am reorienting myself to this community.
I look forward to supporting you all, and I thank you for your support.
Bring it on
I'm not the sticker guy btw
Are the reviews listed above #1214495 all the new ones posted in ~BooksAndArticles since #1214495 was posted?
Oh no. @cryotosensei is good for one or two a week by himself.😀
Maybe I misunderstood your question. In today's weekly, all the book reviews above the link to your post have been posted after your compilation
All were posted after but does it include all the reviews posted afterwards? Or are some not in that list
Oh, I'm sorry. I see what you mean. Those are all the ones I noticed. Some may slip through the cracks. I hate to have you doing updates all the time. We nned editable posts! One more thing. I'm not a strict Territorian. I think SN will have cross posting some day. I know that ~the_stacker_muse has book reviews too that you can include. @jbschirtzinger is posting a lot there.
Yeah, he has pinged me on a few of his reviews to include in the directory, which I'm happy to oblige.
My intention isn't to limit my directory to ~BooksAndArticles. But on the practical side, I need to source the reviews from other compiled lists, since I don't have the capacity to iterate through every SN item to see if it's a review or not.
These updates are handy though, I can use them to update the list, even if it's not the complete set.
There's great value in these directories, no doubt.
I'll not likely do much compiling for ~the_stacker_muse, since I think my energy is better spent (though I don't reckon I've done a very good job of it yet) trying to cultivate the creative side of literature community here.
I wouldnt say I am anti-categorization, but definitely averse to it sometimes.
...I like it where people self-categorize their works especially where it comes to artistic input, but others here have disagreed with me on that, and I see the reasons why -- I did maintain that it is important to acknowledge form if you want to be taken seriously (I.e. people don't just splatter paint on a canvas and get applauded for being the next Jackson Pollock.)
Yeah I don't think I mean for the categories to have any inherent value other than as a convenience for searching stuff up.
It is kinda fun though to see what books get grouped together, and especially the prevalence or non prevalence of bitcoin
I think periodically stackers like @cryotosensei and @jbschirtzinger should collect all their reviews in a link post. They would earn some extra sats, I would permanently include it in the weekly, and it would be easy for you to search.
The slated changes to the editor might make this quite feasible for me.
Looks like it’s picked back up! When’s your schedule to post these round ups? My schedule may have to update as will get out the next story out in a couple hours.
I post every Saturday morning around 0800 est. I look forward to reading your latest.
Thanks 🙏🏽 Latest story is now out