Ooh, that sounds fantastic. I've never read it. It's on my list now though, which probably means an irresponsible impulse buy in the next month or so. I'll let you know once I've read it!
It's such a beautiful book. "The Angel's Game" is a prequel of sorts--moreso because it takes place prior in the same universe, but not as a real prequel so they can be read out of order--and "The Prisoner of Heaven" is a direct sequel to both of them...if you get addicted, haha.
Well, we're a quarter of the way through the year and I'm halfway done with my goal. :) Granted, most of these are comics, but still. It's been a great year so far. Lots of good stuff on my to-read list, too.
Updated through March. Definitely a slower month for me but I did read 2 ACTUAL books so that's progress!
Updated for April. I can't believe I've read 45 books this year. I keep unintentionally waking up at 6am so have just been reading for an hour each morning. Makes a difference.
Updated my list. I finished my target of 52 last night. Feels like a big achievement - it took me until September last year!
Blame my sleep patterns. I keep waking up at 6am - instead of sitting on Facebook I've been reading for an hour before getting up.
This is embarrassing to admit but I'm trying to read more this year, as last year I don't think I finished a single book.. pathetic, I know. Finished two recently: The Princess Diarist- Carrie Fisher Party of One- Dave Holmes Adored Party of One. Last few chapters really resonated with me. Easy read, too. Just ordered a book called We are the Ants. Hoping to start it after a major work event I have next week.
Late to the party, but attempting 52 books this year. Will be happy with 40 though. So far this year: 1. Nomad - Alan Partridge 2. Our Endless, Numbered Days - Claire Fuller 3. You Are The Music - Victoria Wiliamson 4. Revolution - Russell Brand 5. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson 6. The Life of Pi - Yann Martel 7. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway 8. An Utterly Impartial History of Britain - John O'Farrell 9. The End of Mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas 10. Slade House - David Mitchell 11. Perelandra - C.S. Lewis 12. The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith 13. The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood 14. Norweigan Wood - Haruki Murakami 15. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
Here's a big ass update. Novels 1.) American Demon Hunters: Denver, CO - J. Thorn & Jim Heskett 2.) Malus Domestica - S. A. Hunt 3.) The Face of Midnight - Dan Padavona 4.) Little Heaven - Nick Cutter 5.) Silence - Shūsaku Endō 6.) Kingdom Come - Elliot S. Maggin 7.) Wicked Little Words - Stevie J. Cole & BT Urruela 8.) The Country Club: Road Rage (One Percent #4) - Tim Miller 9.) Under a Watchful Eye - Adam Nevill 10.) The Devil Crept In - Ania Ahlborn 11.) The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time #12) - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson 12.) Hades (The Familiar #4) - Mark Z. Danielewski 13.) Snowblind - Christopher Golden 14.) The Collection - Sam West 15.) Earth Alone (Earthrise #1) - Daniel Arenson 16.) Batman: Dead White - John Shirley 17.) The Tower of Swallows (Witcher Saga #6) - Andrzej Sapkowski 18.) Dustfall: The Baying of the Wolves (#3) - J Thorn & Glynn James 19.) Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time #13) - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson 20.) American Demon Hunters: Sacrifice - J Thorn, J F Penn, Lindsay Buroker, & Zach Bohannon 21.) Idle Blood: Coven of Shadows (#1) - M.K. Ellington 22.) Ararat - Christopher Golden 23.) Dawn: Final Awakening (#1) - Zach Bohannon & J Thorn 24.) Stranded - Bracken MacLeod 25.) Gwendy's Button Box - Stephen King & Richard Chizmar 26.) A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time #14) - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson 27.) Metro 2035 (#3) - Dmitry Glukhovsky 28.) Barren: War in the Ruins (#1) - J. Thorn 29.) Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection - Brandon Sanderson 30.) The Gorge - Scott Nicholson Comics 1.) Wolverine: Old Man Logan - Mark Millar & Steve McNiven 2.) Kingdom Come - Mark Waid & Alex Ross 3.) Batman: Vampire - Doug Moench & Kelley Jones 4.) Trinity (#1) - Kurt Busiek & Mark Bagley 5.) Southern Bastards: Homecoming (#3) - Jason Aaron & Jason Latour 6.) 52 (#1) - Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison... 7.) Trinity (#2) - Kurt Busiek & Mark Bagley 8.) The Punisher MAX: Complete Collection (#4) - Garth Ennis 9.) Fray - Joss Whedon & Karl Moline 10.) Batman: KnightsEnd (#3) - Chuck Dixon & Doug Moench 11.) Injection (#1) - Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey 12.) Outcast: Under Devil's Wings (#4) - Robert Kirkman & Paul Azaceta 13.) Batman: Venom - Dennis O' Neil & Trevor Von Eeden 14.) Superman: Unchained - Scott Snyder & Jim Lee 15.) Green Lantern/ New Gods: Godhead - Robert Vendetti 16.) Trees: In Shadow (#1) - Warren Ellis & Jason Howard 17.) Superman: Doomed - Greg Pak, Scott Lobdell, Tony S. Daniel... 18.) Providence (Act I) - Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows 19.) Batman by Ed Brubaker (#1) - Ed Brubaker & Scott McDaniel 20.) Clean Room: Immaculate Conception (#1) - Gail Simone & Jon Davis-Hunt 21.) Irredeemable (#1) - Mark Waid & Peter Krause 22.) Clean Room: Exile (#2) - Gail Simone & Jon Davis-Hunt 23.) Trinity (#3) - Kurt Busiek & Mark Bagley 24.) Empty Zone: Conversations with the Dead (#1) - Jason Shawn Alexander 25.) Black Widow - Devin Grayson, Greg Rucka & J.G. Jones 26.) Irredeemable (#2) - Mark Waid & Peter Krause 27.) The Sheriff of Babylon: Bang. Bang. Bang. (#1) - Tom King & Mitch Gerads 28.) The Black Monday Murders: All Hail, God Mammon (#1) - Jonathan Hickman & Tomm Coker 29.) Batman: Contagion - Chuck Dixon... 30.) JLA Earth 2 - Grant Morrison & Frank Quietly 31.) The Green Woman - Peter Straub, Michael Easton & John Bolton 32.) The Stand: Captain Trips (#1) - Stephen King, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Mike Perkins, Laura Martin 33.) East Of West: The Apocalypse, Year One - Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, & Frank Martin 34.) The Stand: American Nightmares (#2) - Stephen King, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Mike Perkins, Laura Martin 35.) The Multiversity - Grant Morrison 36.) The Death of Superman - Dan Jurgens 37.) The Stand: Soul Survivors (#3) - Stephen King, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Mike Perkins, Laura Martin 38.) Superman: For Tomorrow - Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee, & Scott Williams
Friends! I like Ayn Rand, Salman Rushdie, and C.S. Lewis a lot. Can y'all give me recommendations to similar authors?
1. Socialism: A Very Short Introduction - Michael Newman 2. Marx: A Very Short Introduction - Peter Singer 3. An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital - Michael Heinrich 4. October: The Story of the Russian Revolution - China Míeville 5. Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There - Rutger Bregman 6. Economics: The User's Guide - Ha-Joon Chang 7. A Companion to Marx's Capital - David Harvey 8. The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels 9. State and Revolution - Vladimir Ilich Lenin 10. Lenin and the Russian Revolution - Christopher Hill 11. Lenin on the Train - Catherine Merridale 12. History of the Russian Revolution - Leon Trotsky 13. Leninism Under Lenin - Marcel Liebman 14.
I see a theme! I recently read 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang. Saw you've read one of his others so think you'd enjoy it if you've not read it before.
I've developed a huge interest in politics over the last few years, so earlier this year I decided I would attempt to become more knowledgeable about it haha. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism is definitely on my list to check out, I like Chang's style a lot. He makes complex stuff very easy to understand!
Definitely! It gives a very brief history of how socialism has developed over time. My only criticism is that it left me wanting more, but it's only a short introduction so I'm being unfair I guess haha.