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News Of The WeekNews Of The Week
Welcome to this week’s issue of the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks for all of the quality posts. @plebpoet contributed the top post for the second week in a row. No surprise there! We’re lucky to have her posts here.
This week we also received two more book reviews from @cryotosensei, and @Athena posted two of her bitcoin poems in the territory.
As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.
I hope everyone has a good week.
Top Five Posts Of The WeekTop Five Posts Of The Week
Here are this week’s top posts:
- On Encouragement by @plebpoet
- Vote With Your Feet, A Short Story by @ninjagrandma65
- Writing teaches you to develop the ability to understand by @Nadia
- Echoes of Empire: Gibbon’s Classic on Rome’s Fall and Its Lessons for Bitcoiners by @TomK
- Hosting Solution In Case Gitlab/Git Lets You Down (For Authors/Writers) by @jbschirtzinger
Siggy’s SuggestionsSiggy’s Suggestions
I don’t often pick one of the week’s top posts as a suggestion, but this post by @TomK is special. We are all familiar with his high quality posts about economics, but here he gives us something different. We all can learn lessons from the Roman Empire. The post is sort of a book review of a classic. @TomK has inspired me to read it again. It has been a while.
@jbschirtzinger is one of the long content authors who post here. This week one of his posts made the Top Five Posts Of The Week. Here, he gives us his take on the state of the publishing industry, and gives us a look at the challenges he faces. It is an entertaining and informative read.
This week’s Golden Oldie:
I selected this post because I was just having a conversation about this topic. Everywhere I turn people seem to be talking about it. This post prompted some good discussion. Enjoy!
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
Book ClubsBook Clubs
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
Book ReviewsBook Reviews
- Some Thoughts On Re-Reading Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- The Last Policeman, by Ben H. Winters by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- Number Go Up Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears - The Bezzle, by Cory Doctorow by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- Some thoughts on Moore and Lloyd's V for Vendetta by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- Author Recommendation- Andrew Heaton by @Undisciplined
- The Things We Leave Unfinished, by Rebecca Yarros by @Tef
- The Achilles Trap, by Steve Coll by @Coinsreporter
- Software,by Rudy Rucker by @Scoresby
- Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon by @Scoresby
- “Better than Before” by Gretchen Rubin by @cryotosensei
- Giada De Laurentiis Recipe for Adventure Hong Kong by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Culture Code” appeals to the adolescent in me by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | Wanna evolve like Pokemon with “My Morning Routine” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | The Handbook for Leaders by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Fierce Conversations” by Susan Scott by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “All Joy and No Fun” Jennifer Stone by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Four Tendencies” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Work Rules!” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Thrive” by Arianna Huffington by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | Giada De Laurentiis’s Recipe for Adventure Naples! by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Unleashed” by Dav Pilkey by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Success Built to Last” by @cryotosensei
- Lonesome Traveller by Jack Kerouac by @carlosfandango
- Pre-review of Human Rights and the Uses of History by Samuel Moyn by @SilkyNinja
- Book Review- The Genesis Book by @siggy47
- What I read in June, including what might become one of the best books of 2024: by @speakingyourtruth
- The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto by @itermathi
- Symbolisms in "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka (book review) by @Nadia
- Book Review: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma by @Athena
- Book Reviews Directory 11/23-3/24
EssaysEssays
- Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
- Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
PoetryPoetry
- Poetry:unresolved between a thai lad and I by @cryotosensei
- plebpoet’s original poem + discussion by @plebpoet
- I am not man enough by @Nuttall
- If A Day Comes... by @Tef
@TomK's book recommendation looks good. I have been thinking about the fall of empires recently and made a mental note that I should look for some good books to read on the subject and suddenly Siggy is here with his weekly newsletter and Tom's post has the kind of thing I am looking for.
Glad that You like it. This is an incredible rabbit hole
I probably mentioned this 10 times here already, but I really recommend John Williams biography on Augustus.
Oh sorry, saw this for the first time. Thank You for the recommendation
Oh, I meant on SN. You probably never saw me mention it. It is fantastic. Check out a few reviews.
I will! After the Feria we'll be in Tarifa again for a month with plenty of time. I need some good books.... thanks again
I had missed this post, Echoes of Empire: Gibbon’s Classic on Rome’s Fall and Its Lessons for Bitcoiners by @tomk
Great post.
It's an evergreen. if you are interested in this epoch, then I recommend the life of emperor julian, as a man of letters by gore vidal. incredible subject an incredible personality in history.
Yes definitely I am interested.
IMO the most tragic vita You could imagine that shaped late antiquity
Thanks for sharing
Thanks! This week has been very good. So much knowledge from highly congnitive articles!
Nice write up!
Your addition of section is great and it'll tell Stackers that they can come with variety of posts for ~booksandarticles
Hey, thanks for the mention! I was really hoping that article might help others who find themselves in a similar situation. Cutting down the time it takes to find a solution if you find yourself floating in a void has generally got to be a good thing since time is something none of us can buy more of. I don't appreciate the time these platforms (like amazon) soak up for petty issues they could easily solve by snapping their technological fingers. It isn't as if they don't have the budget...
Right now I am reading "The Mountain is You' countless thought provoking components to this book from a personal growth angle. Highly recommend the audible as well!
This is huge
people must really love my june books i read up until now HAHA
Thank you I am humbled
This is very books