Books

Image by Erin East from Pixabay I stumbled upon a YouTube video, which is also a book “Political Philosophy” by Steven B. Smith. It’s posted by YaleCourse and it is … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #35 →

I found some quotes on “hope” that I think are very interesting. We can’t live without hope, but hope can sometimes lead us astray. “It’s not the despair… I can … Continue reading Quote Of The Day 34 →

Image by Sarah Richter from Pixabay I just finished “Irrational Man” by William Barrett, with only an hour of appendix to go. I have to say I still don’t understand … Continue reading Irrational Man →

Image by FETHI BOUHAOUCHINE from Pixabay I’ve been reading these books for at least two months, but the progress is rather slow. Life has too many distractions and reading is … Continue reading December Reading →

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Unfinished Story I can’t come up with an ending for the “The King And The Thief” post of yesterday. And right now I don’t … Continue reading November Unfinished →

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay Finally finished the book “Utilitarianism/On Liberty”. I already read “On Liberty” before, but this combined book was on sale on Audible. I just can’t … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #33 →

Image by azboomer from Pixabay I was too busy yesterday, Veterans Day, to finish this post. I often watch a documentary or a movie on wars for this day. All … Continue reading Veterans Day Favorite →

Image by Ylanite Koppens from Pixabay I am cleaning up my bookshelf and getting rid of books I have no intention of rereading, and books that I haven’t read and … Continue reading Shelf Life →

Finally, I am finishing reading this very entertaining and very pessimistic book. And the last 20% of the book is even more fun to read than the previous chapters. One … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #32 →

Finally I am at the last quarter of this book. Here Mencken is getting more pessimistic and more entertaining. We can’t take him too seriously and his ideas are often … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #31 →

Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay More Mencken. I don’t have much time to read every day and now I feel that I am stuck with this Mencken book forever. He … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #30 →

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels I’ve been reading “Chrestomathy” for a month, but still I haven’t finished it. It is so interesting that I really don’t want to skip. … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #29 →

Image by Gerhard G. from Pixabay He is chronically and unescapably deceived, not only by the other animals and by the delusive face of nature herself, but also and more … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #28 →

Image by Laci Döme from Pixabay I dislike Nietzsche very strongly when he talks about women or marriage–he is quite mad and biased and unfair. However when he talks about … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #27 →

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay I think these quotes should be called anti-quotes rather than quotes since they sound downright ridiculous. I like H. L. Mencken a lot but … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #26 →

Image by Pexels from Pixabay I’m often annoyed when bookworms are mocked or criticized in books. Around the world, little bookworms are often unfairly ostracized and isolated from their relatives … Continue reading Ode To Bookworms →

Image by Gerhard G. from Pixabay I vowed that I would never buy another book on sale at Audible.com, but here I was, once again, bought something just because of … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #25 →

Image by Pexels from Pixabay Talking with an old friend, I suddenly felt the urge to find some quotes about friendship. These are several I found from books. I tried … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #24 →

Image by Willgard Krause from Pixabay I don’t agree with what H. L. Mencken says, but still what he says is very entertaining. His ideas of relationship between men and … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #23 →

Quotes about love are my favorite. Good or bad, funny or boring, idealistic or cynical, common sense or crazy, sentimental or logical, passionate or insipid. I don’t mind what kind. … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #19 →

Image by Elena Tishkova from Pixabay “Orthodoxy” by G. K. Chesterton is on sale at Audible.com and you know me, who cannot resist a discount, which is the reason why … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #18 →

shiv: a knife or razor used as a weapon.kryptonite: an alien mineral that has the property of depriving Superman of his powers. (It’s only used in fantasy novels or movies.)These … Continue reading New Word #38: Recently Learned →

I should have read “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” long time ago, but I didn’t. Mostly because I was afraid that the description is so … Continue reading The Great Escape →

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I just read the essay “It Is Obscene” from https://www.chimamanda.com/ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, whose book “Americanah” I bought but haven’t read yet. And it is such a wonderful essay, … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #16 →

When I was young, there’s an old guy in our neighborhood who was rumored to have a colorful life–a farmer turned bandit, a bandit turned soldier turned small business owner. … Continue reading Resilient But Divided →

I’ve never known the difference between the word freedom and the word liberty–I think the two are interchangeable but most likely they are not. However I am too lazy to … Continue reading Life And Existence →

This book is so easy to read and so good that I can’t tell you how much I love it. It’s almost beyond my power of praise, just like “Notes … Continue reading Quote And Review–“An Introduction To Existentialism” →

A lover who continues to labor for a doomed relationship, knowing that the effort is futile and she is being irrational. I feel like this lover when I do a … Continue reading May TBR →

This is the first book I read by the author Tayari Jones. I really like the book. In many places, it is very funny although the plot is about a … Continue reading An American Marriage →

There are so many quotes from this book that I don’t know where to start. It’s Sartre’s autobiography–the first 10 years of his life–when he and his widowed mother lived … Continue reading Words And Childhood →

Although I am about to finish this book, I don’t feel that I like it as much as I like the author’s other books like “Liar’s Poker”, “Boomerang”, “The Undoing … Continue reading The Premonition →

“The coming storm” is a very short audible book I listened to from Michael Lewis. It is included in my audible plan and I just can’t resist the freebie. It’s … Continue reading The Coming Storm →

Although I didn’t grow up reading science fiction or fantasy books, I’ve always loved TV shows about witchcraft or cat woman. They are quirky, fun, frightening, charming and a lot … Continue reading Witchcraft And Cat Woman →

Really? Giving orders and being obedient are the same? I thought they are the opposite. Wait, let me think. They are the same only under the condition that the obedient … Continue reading Quote Of The Day #7 →

I encountered the word “Tsundoku” in heterodoxbuddhism’s post here. Tsundoku is a Japanese term that means one who buys books but don’t read them. And this inspires me to think … Continue reading New Word #14: Is There A Word For This? →

Have you ever had a friend who always ask you for advice but never take any of your advice? I have such a friend. So why does she ask then? … Continue reading Advise Her, Please →

In the summer of 1830, Russia was experiencing one of its worst pandemics. Cholera spread far and wide. A sip of contaminated water or a little unwitting touch of sewage … Continue reading Past, Present And Future →

Plans are made to be changed; reading lists are drawn to be unfinished. That’s my motto for May. When I don’t have to be ashamed of my own “grand” plan, … Continue reading Merry Month Of May →

In 1231 AD, the Mongolians–my ancestors–invaded Korea. The mighty Mongolian army, which at the time occupied a big region stretching from Middle East to East Asia, met with a resounding … Continue reading Conflict →

She was one of those people who enjoy poor health and she was always threatening to die, though in fact she lived onto her nineties. With time on her hand, … Continue reading Quote And Review →

Once I did a book review for a friend who published a Jane Austen fan novel. I sent my review to her, but she ended up deleting most of what … Continue reading March Reading →