Sign in with Facebook
99 books
—
951 voters
to-read
(1392)
currently-reading (3)
read (755)
paused-reading (13)
stopped-reading (9)
statistics (267)
cog-sci-and-psych (167)
fantasy-scifi (157)
awesomechildrensbooks (136)
math (100)
science (88)
parenting (68)
currently-reading (3)
read (755)
paused-reading (13)
stopped-reading (9)
statistics (267)
cog-sci-and-psych (167)
fantasy-scifi (157)
awesomechildrensbooks (136)
math (100)
science (88)
parenting (68)
data-visualization
(65)
cmu-book-club (60)
eastern-europe (59)
philosophy (57)
economics (53)
poland (53)
teaching (44)
race (36)
intro-stat-fodder (35)
green (34)
mystery (33)
add-notes (32)
cmu-book-club (60)
eastern-europe (59)
philosophy (57)
economics (53)
poland (53)
teaching (44)
race (36)
intro-stat-fodder (35)
green (34)
mystery (33)
add-notes (32)
Jerzy
is currently reading
Jerzy said:
"
A bit ironic that out of all the books in this philosophy series so far, the longest book is by the guy who invented Occam's Razor... Perhaps the simplest explanation would be that I should skip this book :-) but we'll give it a go! If I was able to
...more
"
Jerzy
is currently reading
read in February 2022
Jerzy said:
"
Started re-reading recently for the first time in ages. [[When was this? Maybe fall of 2018 or 2019? Or was it summer 2015, right after I read the Hobbit? In any case, I only got through Fellowship last time.]]Both here and in The Hobbit, I was struc ...more "
“Never reward writing with not writing. Rewarding writing by abandoning your schedule is like rewarding yourself for quitting smoking by having a cigarette.”
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
“Just as Om reached out his hand to save the prophet Brutha from torture, so will he spread his wings over me in my time of trial," said Oats, but he sounded as though he was trying to reassure himself rather than Nanny. He went on: "I've got a pamphlet if you would like to know more," and this time the tone was much more positive, as if the existence of Om was a little uncertain whereas the existence of pamphlets was obvious to any open-minded, rational-thinking person.”
― Carpe Jugulum
― Carpe Jugulum
“Child,” said the Sand-fairy sleepily, “I can only advise you to think before you speak” –
“But I thought that you never give advice.”
“That piece doesn’t count,” it said. “You’ll never take it! Besides, it’s not original. It’s in all the copy-books.”
― Five Children and It
“But I thought that you never give advice.”
“That piece doesn’t count,” it said. “You’ll never take it! Besides, it’s not original. It’s in all the copy-books.”
― Five Children and It
“History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“Do you understand what’s going on here?”
Hodgesaargh took another slow look at the scene. “No,” he said.
“In that case’s not my job to understand this sort of thing,” said the falconer. “I wasn’t trained. Probably takes a lot of training, understanding this. That’s your job. And her job. Can you understand what’s going on when a bird’s been trained and’ll make a kill and still came back to the wrist?”
“Well, no—”
“There you are, then. So that’s all right. Cup of tea, was it?”
― Carpe Jugulum
Hodgesaargh took another slow look at the scene. “No,” he said.
“In that case’s not my job to understand this sort of thing,” said the falconer. “I wasn’t trained. Probably takes a lot of training, understanding this. That’s your job. And her job. Can you understand what’s going on when a bird’s been trained and’ll make a kill and still came back to the wrist?”
“Well, no—”
“There you are, then. So that’s all right. Cup of tea, was it?”
― Carpe Jugulum
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 306346 members
— last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Read a book from each country
— 984 members
— last activity Oct 30, 2025 05:18PM
I thought this would be a good place to collect recommendations for books from various countries. I don't have a formal goal to read a book from each ...more
Olin College
— 19 members
— last activity Jul 24, 2024 09:11AM
students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Olin College in Needham, Mass.
Math is great!
— 275 members
— last activity Jan 12, 2017 10:57PM
A collection of books about math, from puzzles to history, to unsolved problems, math education, to just downright interesting stuff about math. Come ...more
Jerzy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jerzy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,391 books
|
129 friends
577 books
|
340 friends
575 books
|
100 friends
6,759 books
|
113 friends
824 books
|
173 friends
747 books
|
129 friends
1,206 books
|
62 friends
1,034 books
|
25 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Jerzy
Lists liked by Jerzy
