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Nov 11, 2022 04:41PM
Chemistry for Breakfast is my next audio book listen.
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My next read is an eBook.Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times-Katherine May
A friend of mine is reading this for a library book group discussion. I said I would give it a look so we could discuss it. I'll give it a short leash. I do love winter, so I hope this memoir will appeal to me. The year is almost over and there are more books I want to read for our BNC challenge.
Alias Reader wrote: "My next read is an eBook.Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times-Katherine May
A friend of mine is reading this for a library book group discus..."
I'd be interested to hear how you like this one! I was really excited about it & started it earlier this year, but couldn't quite get into it. It's on my "try again eventually" list :)
Rachel wrote: "Chemistry for Breakfast is my next audio book listen."I hope you like it as i did.
At present i have three books going at once, odd for me. All are for my 100 Challenge. The first is The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land—Sally Denton, which is the most interesting to read. It’s about the massacre of a 3-car caravan of Mormon women and children living in Mexico a few years back.A Philosophy of Walking—Frédéric Gros, which i am using for my philosophy quest. There are essays about the pleasures of walking with chapters about renowned philosophers who relished walking miles per day, including Nietzsche, Thoreau, Rimbaud and others.
The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That's Smarter, Faster, Shorter—Martin Gibala, mentioned here last week by Alias. I get a laugh or two when i read the last two alternately, as one suggests walking for contemplation and the latter, speed walking for health. LOL! The timing was accidental, btw.
madrano wrote: "At present i have three books going at once, odd for me. All are for my 100 Challenge."I hope you find the One Minute Workout as interesting and motivational as I did.
Recently, I was looking at the book, The Philosophy of Walking. So I'll be very interested in your thoughts. I love walking for exercise and I would like to read more works on philosophy. I'm hoping this one fits the bill.
Deb, by the way, I listened to the author intro to Anatomy of a Murder and liked the author's telling how he came to write the book. He has a great sense of humor. I also thought the narrator, Jason Culp, was very good.
Still, I do wish the library had the eBook version.
I read online that, "Robert Traver is the pseudonym of the former Michigan Supreme Court justice John D. Voelker (1903-1991)"
Last first. Yes, i was surprised that Traver is a pseudonym. I suppose i thought after his death his true name would be substituted. His introduction was a pleasure to read, i must say. In the last year or so i’ve found quite a few titles i want available only in audio. While i am sure there is a reason libraries only offer that, i end up opting to not read the book.
There is less philosophy per se than i supposed by the title. However, it has been interesting to learn how vital some philosophers felt walking was, for hours each day. For a couple, this was how they wrote their works—thinking as they walked, then writing conclusions afterward.
The One Minute idea is different from what i first understood it to be when i first heard about in a dozen years or so ago. I’m intrigued.
My library only has the audio version of Anatomy of a Murder.Thanks for the recommendation. I just put it on my wish list.
It is a different genre than I usually read. I am trying to branch out a bit. All suggestions happily taken.
Great, Rachel. This has been one of the good things about our 100 challenge, too.
Please explain 100 challenge. Thanks.
Rachel, I hope to do a 100 challenge for 2023. I'm thinking that the people who wish to participate can also suggest prompts.This year I think we had 4 people join in.
This challenge had 100 prompts. A single book can fill multiple prompts. So you don't have to read 100 books.
This is the list of prompts we had for 2022. I'll link it.
However, you can also find it and our attempts to do the challenge in the:
Folder: Determination Lists & Challenges
Each person who joined in created their own thread.
Main Thread explaining the challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
For me, the idea also included “making” myself read books i had on my “To Be Read” list, using the categories of the challenge. For instance, i put Butcher's Crossing’s Stoner a decade ago. I finally read it for the challenge number 37–Literature—fiction AND #65-A book published in 1960.Creating our own categories could be a blast.
Wow I just read the list. I generally read more than 100 books per year (I am retired) but the list is pretty daunting. Let me think about that one.
No pressure. It's just a fun way to possible expand ones reading horizons. This year, I made up the list. Next year, if people are interested, the group will help make the list.
Rachel wrote: "Wow I just read the list. I generally read more than 100 books per year (I am retired) but the list is pretty daunting. Let me think about that one."Rachel, no pressure. I will add that this week i topped last year’s number of books read—106, yet i have read a dozen or so which don’t fir the challenge. So, you could probably do well with this, especially because we are helping to shape the list.
Some of my own speed was tempered by the fact there were several books i don’t usually read and didn’t care for, thus slowing me down.
Random additional thoughts.
Rachel wrote: "Wow I just read the list. I generally read more than 100 books per year (I am retired) but the list is pretty daunting. Let me think about that one."It's not as hard as it seems with the possibility of the same book covering multiple categories, and no pressure on how far you get with the challenge. I went through my TBR pile to see which ones might fit, and did purchase a few later as well.
Ok! Thanks for the encouragement. How is the list formed? When does the next challenge start?
I guess we can start mid December or so creating the list.The challenge will begin on January 1, 2023.
Is there a partial list already? If so how do we add to it?
I don't want to step on our host's toes, but usually these challenges involve books completed after the start date. So, now would be more the time for planning ...
John wrote: "I don't want to step on our host's toes, but usually these challenges involve books completed after the start date. So, now would be more the time for planning ..."Yes, John. That is the way I was thinking of it, too. It's the way we did it for 2022. It would be books completed after the start date.
I thought we can think of prompts in December. I can keep a running list of suggestions and then curate them into our challenge list.
Rachel wrote: "Is there a partial list already? If so how do we add to it?"No. We haven't started to create the list yet for 2023. We can begin in December. It's prompts for books we will begin to read in 2023.
I'm still trying to work on my two 2022 challenges ! :)
Not to confuse things. This has NOTHING to do with the 100 book challenge we have been discussing.
For years here at BNC, some of us also make Determination Lists. (DL) This is a carryover from when BNC used to be on AOL message boards. When AOL shut their boards down, we landed here at Good Reads.
The DL can be anything you want it to be. It's just for you. Basically, it's a dozen or so book, (the number is up to you, of authors, books, topics you are "Determined to read" in the coming year.
For example, here was my list for 2022. By the way, I think I've only completed my DL one year. :) Still, I always enjoyed looking over my books shelves, discovering what is in that black hole of my Kindle and scouring the internet to create my DL. That is how I came to read Tobacco Road this year. It was on my Kindle for ages. I was determined to finally read it!
I thought I would mention it now, if anyone wishes to create a DL for 2023.
What is the DL and some ideas.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Here was my list.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I was invited to a trial program via Kindle for modest credits based on spending until June. So, I've picked up One People, a novel set in Jamaica, and a biography, Miss Ella of Commander's Palace ($3 off each).
John wrote: "I was invited to a trial program via Kindle for modest credits based on spending until June. So, I've picked up One People, a novel set in Jamaica, and a biography, [book:Miss Ella ..."Sweet !
Here’s a link to my personal 2022DL.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I see I only need one to complete it but time is ticking!
John, those sound interesting. I’m not familiar with Commander’s Palace in N.O. but recognized the Brennon name from the city’s cuisine history.
Deb and John, what do you think of this idea? If we should have more then 100 prompts suggested, after I account for duplicates, how about we give each participating person a strike. With that strike you can eliminate one prompt from the list and choose one from the "leftover" list. Does this make any sense? lol. I thought it might be a fun twist.
I've seen something like that done before.
John wrote: "I've seen something like that done before."Okay. We will see how it goes with everyone's prompt suggestions and take it from there.
I'm really new to these challenges. So any ideas are most welcome.
Just let me know when to offer suggestions of categories. After reading last year's challenge it seems to cover all bases.
Just let me know when and what I need to do and I will do my best!
Rachel wrote: "Just let me know when and what I need to do and I will do my best!"Okay. :) Glad to have you join in.
It sounds like fun. How many people did the last challenge?
I'm not sure. I think John, Deb, Lindsay and myself.You can find the complete list here. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
John wrote: "I was invited to a trial program via Kindle for modest credits based on spending until June. So, I've picked up One People, a novel set in Jamaica, and a biography, [book:Miss Ella ..."I belong to that, too, John.
The trial program certainly gives you plenty of time to explore. I hope you both benefit from it.
I just finished A Philosophy of Walking—Frédéric Gros for #61- book about philosophy for my 100 Challenge. I do not like philosophy and this was no exception. Gros collected quotes, habits and facts about walking, using well known philosophers and their walking to discuss. While i liked learning about the men (yes, all were men) but also how they viewed that activity as part of their process. Names discussed included Emanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henry David Thoreau, and more.
There were numerous spins on the activity and that was interesting and rather encouraging. Just don’t come for deep reading.
madrano wrote: "I just finished A Philosophy of Walking—Frédéric Gros for #61- book about philosophy for my 100 Challenge. I do not like philosophy and this was no exception. Gros c..."I'm sorry to hear that the book didn't work for you. I do have it on my TBR list.
I believe you will like it, Alias, even though i didn’t. He made some good points about walking, strolling and thinking, amount other things.
madrano wrote: "I believe you will like it, Alias, even though i didn’t. He made some good points about walking, strolling and thinking, amount other things."The Amazon sample does look appealing to me. Unfortunately, my library doesn't have the eBook. They do have the paper edition. The paperback isn't too expensive. Maybe I'll tread myself if my library hasn't acquired the eBook. I can request that they buy it.
I’m reading The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land—Sally Denton. As well as exploring the 2019 murders of Mormon women & children in Mexico, it has a history of the church, focusing on that branch living in Mexico. The murders were rampant in one arm against another branch. Children are sometimes targets as well. Wow, i didn’t expect this. It’s mostly old stuff from the 1970-90s but some folks still live in fear from that church arm!
madrano wrote: "I’m reading The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land—Sally Denton. As well as exploring the 2019 murders of Mormon women & children in Mexico, it has a history..."Not the same incident as the book you are reading. However, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer also is hair raising. It's an excellent read.
"This extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities.
“Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco Chronicle"
I recall the praise for Krakauer book but passed. I’m sure this is much of a rehash about the church beginnings itself. The difference being the mix (& not) with Mexican drug cartels. And what amounts to a Mormon Mafia by one polygamist branch. I just read about this since my first post on the book.
madrano wrote: "I recall the praise for Krakauer book but passed. .."It's a 5 star book, deb.
Wow. Sound like it could be harrowing.
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