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POPSUGAR 2018 Reading Challenge - A book by a local author. Matt Haig grew up in Newark which is about 25 miles from where I live now and about 35 miles from where I grew up, so pretty local :)
Sadly I'm quite conflicted with this book. I was intrigued by the concept right from the opening pages: An alien has been sent to replace a human who has made a dangerous mathematical discovery which the human race has been judged as not being ready to handle, and must now erase all evidence of that discov ...more
Sadly I'm quite conflicted with this book. I was intrigued by the concept right from the opening pages: An alien has been sent to replace a human who has made a dangerous mathematical discovery which the human race has been judged as not being ready to handle, and must now erase all evidence of that discov ...more
The Humans will stick with me for a long time! Some of my favorite quotes:
❤️ Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.
❤️ Dogs are geniuses of loyalty. And that is a good kind of genius to have.
❤️ New technology, on Earth, just means something you will laugh at in five years. Value the stuff you won’t laugh at in five years. Like love. Or a good poem. Or a song. Or the sky.
❤️ Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.
❤️ Dogs are geniuses of loyalty. And that is a good kind of genius to have.
❤️ New technology, on Earth, just means something you will laugh at in five years. Value the stuff you won’t laugh at in five years. Like love. Or a good poem. Or a song. Or the sky.
I started listening to the audiobook, got through 30 minutes of it during a walk. When it was time to put on my headphones again for the journey back, I found myself looking for something else to listen to. It is probably not that bad, and I will always be grateful to Matt Haig for 'Reasons to stay alive', but this one has me going: 'No, life is too short'.
Also, my last audiobook was the magnificent Pale Fire, so 'The Humans'... (wait for it...) pales in comparison. ...more
Also, my last audiobook was the magnificent Pale Fire, so 'The Humans'... (wait for it...) pales in comparison. ...more
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"Don't aim for perfection. Evolution, and life, only happen through mistakes." ...more
"Don't aim for perfection. Evolution, and life, only happen through mistakes." ...more
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