François finished reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Not exactly what I remembered, so worth re-reading :-)
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Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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88% complete! François has read 92 of 104 books.
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François started reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
François finished reading Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Hebrew: ההיסטוריה של המחר, English: The History of …
Just like the previous one (Sapiens), this book is an eye-opener. You don't need to have read the previous one, as the main point are covered enough toenable you to follow the new arguments. same remarks as for the previous book: excellent read. It is history, economics, borderline philosophy, but reads like a thriller and is duly documented, as a scientific work (about 25% of the book is taken up by the references). So highly recommended.
François set a goal to read 104 books in 2025
François started reading Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Hebrew: ההיסטוריה של המחר, English: The History of the Tomorrow) is a book …
François finished reading We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Very different from the stories of the previous gang, and sometimes a bit convoluted but still a very enjoyable book. Can't go wrong with this book.
François started reading We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
François finished reading Les disparus de Blackmore by Henri Loevenbruck
Un thriller palpitant et mystérieux dans la lignée de H.P. Lovecraft et d’Agatha Christie.
Octobre …
Encore un excellent bouquin de @loevenbruck@toot.portes-imaginaire.org. J'ai pas trop envie de déflorer le sujet. Ca se lit vite et bien, c'est plein d'un humour charmant et de tas d'allusions à plein de choses (je vois pas comment faire plus vague, désolé). J'ai un petit regret, je reste un peu sur ma faim à la fin du livre. Une fois le dénouement arrivé, tout est très vite réglé. J'aurais volontier lu quelques pages de plus sur certaines sociétés. Par contre les notes totalement étrangères au bouquin qui se trouvent à la fin sont super intéressantes (et sic transit gloria mundi)... Bref. Lisez le, c'est génial :-)
François started reading Les disparus de Blackmore by Henri Loevenbruck
Les disparus de Blackmore by Henri Loevenbruck
Un thriller palpitant et mystérieux dans la lignée de H.P. Lovecraft et d’Agatha Christie.
Octobre 1925. À Blackmore, une île …
François reviewed Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of "Guns, Germs, and Steel," "Sapiens" …
Mandatory reading
5 stars
This book should be mandatory reading. It explains many things in a simple way and reads like a thriller, despite being a history book. It just makes sense. So do yourself a favour and read it. now.
François finished reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of "Guns, Germs, and Steel," "Sapiens" …
This book should be mandatory reading. It explains many things in a simple way and reads like a thriller, despite being a history book. It just makes sense. So do yourself a favour and read it. now.
Un flash mystérieux a coupé toute électricité sur Terre, aveuglant au passage tous les adultes. …
Un excellent bouquin de @ploum@mamot.fr. Un monde futur alternatif d'où l'électricité a disparu. Plein de rebondissements jusqu'au dernier moment - chaudement conseillé. Peut-être un peu tard pour l'avoir à temps pour mettre sous le sapin, mais cela vaut la peine d'essayer :-)
François finished reading Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki
Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just …
This book was a gift, so I felt compelled to read it. However, I have very mixed feeling about it. I am old and have started my döstädning, so I don't need convincing and I was hoping a couple of technique. I did get that, but at what price!! The author and I live on completely different planet, so it was very difficult to relate to anything in the book. A lot of what he says is just not applicable here * "put everything in a bag and bin it" - well no. we have to sort paper, metal, plastic, etc and that's what takes time... * "you can always order this and that and have it delivered" Can you really ? Well, not in my country... etc, etc. And then the enthusiasm of the born again minimalist ! tiring ! "Since I turned minimalist, I lost 5 kilos, won …
This book was a gift, so I felt compelled to read it. However, I have very mixed feeling about it. I am old and have started my döstädning, so I don't need convincing and I was hoping a couple of technique. I did get that, but at what price!! The author and I live on completely different planet, so it was very difficult to relate to anything in the book. A lot of what he says is just not applicable here * "put everything in a bag and bin it" - well no. we have to sort paper, metal, plastic, etc and that's what takes time... * "you can always order this and that and have it delivered" Can you really ? Well, not in my country... etc, etc. And then the enthusiasm of the born again minimalist ! tiring ! "Since I turned minimalist, I lost 5 kilos, won the lottery and I'm nominated for a Nobel Peace Price" (ok, slightly exaggerated, but not much). So there you go. I'm pretty sure plenty of people will enjoy this book and find it useful. I'm obviously not in the target audience.
Entertaining but hardly comprehensive, this study offers a somewhat European angle on the "technological counterculture." …
This book was basically a trip down memory lane for me, as I remember most of the things described in it. I still learned a couple of facts. I'm not sure anybody below 35 y/o would enjoy or appreciate the book though. It has aged a lot.
