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Spoilers What Book Are You Reading?

Mr.Ben said:
Animal Farm (Orwell) and Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky). Never read either before but was recently gifted them. I've finished Animal Farm. That was an easy read as it's fairly short. Now part way through Crime and Punishment. Dostoevsky is definitely more long-winded with a tendency to let his characters ramble a bit, but I'm getting more of a feel for it as I get further in. 🙂

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As Animal Farm is a cautionary tail against communism it'll be interesting to see how they change it for the upcoming animated movie. Its very 1984 of them
 
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obeygiant said:
As Animal Farm is a cautionary tail against communism it'll be interesting to see how they change it for the upcoming animated movie. Its very 1984 of them
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It is also an extraordinary cautionary tale about the potential for revolutions to be hijacked, how ideals become betrayed, and how history can be comprehensively re-written, with limited links to known (and remembered) events and facts.
 
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Did not really care for it. Cared for it even less when I found out there are two more books. lol.
Cringed every time he put Little Bear in his pocket or his friend came around.

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Not too far into this one and it's not bad...
 
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Did not really care for it. Cared for it even less when I found out there are two more books. lol.
Cringed every time he put Little Bear in his pocket or his friend came around.

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Not too far into this one and it's not bad...
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Not bad at all. Young adult historical fiction... I think...

A decorated WWII hero, now a great grandfather, returns to France with his grandson and great grandson to receive another honor from a town he and his platoon help liberate. But there is a small faction that doesn't revere him as a hero...
 
Starting this one, it's only 20 pages or so...

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Finished this one. What a beautiful novella.

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Foster is a short story by Claire Keegan about a young, unnamed girl sent to live with distant relatives, the Kinsellas, on a farm in rural Ireland for the summer while her mother gives birth. In their care, she experiences an unfamiliar warmth, affection, and stability, blossoming under their attention, but an unspoken sadness and a secret about their deceased son shadow the idyllic setting. The story, praised for its emotional depth and sparse, powerful prose, explores themes of love, neglect, belonging, and the fragility of happiness as the summer inevitably ends and she must return to her chaotic home life.
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Blast, the autobiography of Alexander Hacke (formerly of Einstürzende Neubauten). Originally published in German in 2015, finally translated into English with a new epilogue.
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After that, the Pogue book (skimmed a few parts of it already, excellent).
 
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I am reading The Fight For Fordhall Farm, by Ben and Charlotte Hollins. All about the mammoth task of saving a little local organic farm from development. The farm is just down the road from me, and I volunteer there. They are lovely, and the farm shop has the best sausages I have ever had...

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Scepticalscribe said:
Am currentky immersed in the thought-provoking "******tification" by the invariably excellent Cory Doctorow.
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The asterisks come courtesy of MR's profanity filter.

They do not appear when one reads (or writes) the title of the book elsewhere.

In any case, Cory Doctorow is an excellent and thought provoking writer, and this book addresses the sad and sorry story, a lamentable trajectory, of how so much of the tech world had started out so well, - a fascinating new world, interesting, easily navigated, clutter free, offering elegant, occasionally idealistic, platforms, yet somehow evolved into a ghastly and horrible experience to use.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
The asterisks come courtesy of MR's profanity filter.

They do not appear when one reads (or writes) the title of the book elsewhere.

In any case, Cory Doctorow is an excellent and thought provoking writer, and this book addresses the sad and sorry story, a lamentable trajectory, of how so much of the tech world had started out so well, - a fascinating new world, interesting, easily navigated, clutter free, offering elegant, occasionally idealistic, platforms, yet somehow evolved into a ghastly and horrible experience to use.
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This is something Forbrukerrådet here in Norway also has actively started working against, including making a hilarious video, and posting an interview with mentioned Doctorow: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/

PS! I'm a bit confused as to why the filter took out the "en"-prefix?
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
The asterisks come courtesy of MR's profanity filter.

They do not appear when one reads (or writes) the title of the book elsewhere.

In any case, Cory Doctorow is an excellent and thought provoking writer, and this book addresses the sad and sorry story, a lamentable trajectory, of how so much of the tech world had started out so well, - a fascinating new world, interesting, easily navigated, clutter free, offering elegant, occasionally idealistic, platforms, yet somehow evolved into a ghastly and horrible experience to use.
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I actually looked it up on wiki.

Seems like a very interesting read.
 
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pachyderm said:
I actually looked it up on wiki.

Seems like a very interesting read.
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I strongly recommend reading it - I'm about a third of the way through; it was waiting for me in the local library on my return home.

In any case, Cory Doctorow is an excellent, well-informed, thoughtful, and thought-provoking writer.
 
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Almost two thirds - actually, three quarters - of the way through Norwegian Wood - by Haruki Murakami.

It was one of a number of books awaiting me at the library on my return from almost two months away, and I started reading it yesterday, a glass of French Viognier to hand.
 
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