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Hjoshi
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Aug 03, 2013 03:02PM
Hey guys I'm fairly new hear on goodreads and I have a question for yall. I'm a senior in high school and even though it may not be the coolest thing amongst my peers, I want to start reading again. Do you experienced readers have any suggestions for me on how to restart my old habit of reading?
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Would suggest nothing too lengthy and if you post ideas of what interest you we'll come up with titles.Welcome and feel free to friend me Hjoshi.
Maybe re-read an old favorite that you remember
Choose a book like you would a movie, genre first then story. BTW reading is cool, only fools mock the intelligent.
I'm into science books especially ones that have to do with neuroscience
Science fiction?I highly recommend Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey.
Must not have hit post. Here are some science-like suggestions,not all are neuroscience...1.Anything by Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat. Sacks' written several,all with a human touch.Oldies but goodies by Oppenheimer ect...
2.Fiction based on Oliver Sacks - Flowers for Algernon
3 Mary Roach-a lighter touch.Gulp is new. It's got a huge rock-star tongue on the front to humor your friends.Perhaps Spook is my favorite, but then again maybe not for you.
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks -about the source of all cells used in cancer research.
Hope this helps - the suggestions may very well be true romance Harlequins when what you want is Gone With The Wind (metaphorically speaking) but alot of times,especially with books like Sachs/Roach they have source materials listed in the back ,so maybe some good titles will pop out at you there.A Google search?
N wrote: "Choose a book like you would a movie, genre first then story. BTW reading is cool, only fools mock the intelligent."Too bad there's not a like button for that last statement. :D
Thanks Betsy - tis my favourite along with 'you can't argue with an idiot, they don't understand that they are wrong'.
Oliver sacks!! what a goldmine. thanks so much for that rec. I'm going to start the man who mistook his wife for a hat. thank you again
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!. Richard Feynman was a Nobel prize winner in physics. This man was curious about everything. He worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. This is a very enjoyable book. I think it would revive your love of reading. ( Richard Feynman also was on the committee investigating the space shuttle disaster. He discovered the problem with the "O" rings).
