Thanks for continuing this tradition. Reading an ARC of this one, and enjoying it a lot so far. https://ruthware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/one-perfect-couple-9781398526655_xlg.jpg

I got a copy of this from a Borders going out of business some time ago, and am just now getting around to reading it. It has some interesting facts interspersed with a lot of annoying "Look how smart science is compared to superstition" parts. So, I probably wouldn't recommend it for everyone, but perhaps for some folks it might be a smooth enough read to be less annoying and more informative.

Half way through. It’s long….but great. 😄

Citizen of the galaxy Robert Heinlein

I finished East of Eden last weekend. My memory of it is already fading, but I loved it. The 3rd part was a drag but it felt appropriate in the end. It ended so beautifully too. The book was full of wisdom and beauty and senses.

I avoided Steinbeck because I associated him with grade school but that was a mistake.

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I’m going to start on Anathem by Stephenson this weekend. I also have a linear algebra book in the wings that I want to read for some of our future plans.

I am reading it these days

This weekend I' m going to read this book.

I am reading a book by the author Brian Tracy.

I love an old fashion book. I actually just setup my reading room with a brand new recliner. This weekend I'll be getting my kindle app set up on my tablet, though. I have a lot of really good ebooks!

Just a few letters read and I'm hooked. It feels like a deep analysis, cold, and objective about love, seduction, betrayal and the human soul. It's good enough to have a couple of movies made over it. The subject is timeless.

Yes, there are a lot of good reading recommendations on this rubric and on stacker.news in general.

The book I'm currently reading was mentioned here as well: Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy by Ben Collier.

I'm reading The Nature of Middle Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Carl F. Hostetter. Basically peering over Professor Tolkien's shoulder as things unfold. It's worth a read for fans of Middle Earth.

Ryohei Arisu is a young man who struggles to connect with his family and spends time hanging out with his friends, Daikichi Karube and Chōta Segawa. Arisu and Chota are often immature and do not try at school, whilst Karube manages a bar and urges the two to get their lives together. The trio are at a train station when they see fireworks so blinding they have to cover their eyes, and when they open them they find themselves back in Karube's bar, which is now abandoned and all of the buildings covered in vegetation. The trio get drunk and play games together, but Karube becomes worried and urges the pair to take things seriously. After stepping into what seems to be an empty festival, they are greeted by Saori Shibuki who tells them that they have already "entered their game". The game is 'Three of Clubs' named 'Good Fortune Bad Fortune' where they have to answer obscure questions and if they get it wrong flaming arrows are shot at them. Karube and Shibuki argue, causing Chota to have to guess the answer quickly and have arrows fired at them. The questions continue, and Chota's leg is severely burned, but apart from that all four escape. Shibuki reveals to them that, in Borderland, they must play games to survive, with the number of each game the number of days they have until they have to play another game. Shibuki arrived in the Borderlands several days earlier where she played 'Two of Hearts' and was the only survivor, traumatising her. Due to Chota's injury, Shibuki volunteers to stay behind to tend to him, whilst the other two go into the 'Five of Spades', other players include climber Yuzuha Usagi and sly player Shuntaro Chishiya. Only those four survive the game, with Arisu and Usagi managing to complete it together. Arisu, Karube, Chota and Shibuki enter the 'Seven of Hearts' game where it's revealed only one can survive, the other three all decide sacrifice themselves for Arisu. As Arisu remains in despair, he meets Usagi again, she takes pity on him and they decide to partner up.