4 Books that Work Better on AudioStrained eyes from staring at a screen all day Give your eyes a break and pe into these audiobooks instead. Listening to an audiobook stimulates the same parts of the brain as reading does, and it is also helpful if you’re feeling anxious or depressed....
I really think it’s just like you need that one book to kinda bring you back into that memory of the joy of reading. Once I got that and I’ve noticed once my friends have gotten that, then it just opens that door for like oh yeah, I do like reading. What else is out there?
And so if I'm ever in a position where I've sort of lost the habit of reading every day instead of trying to dive in with like a really challenging novel or a really challenging book that's gonna be pretty hard to read, it's not gonna be particularly exciting.所以，如果我有一段时...
Number of books you stopped reading:Six. I’ve only recently decided that if I don’t engage enough with a book after fifty odd pages then I’ll stop reading. This year that meant I abandonedJog Onby Bella Mackie,The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancockby Imogen Hermes Gowar, andSeven and a Half...
On balance I think Rowińskamostlysucceeds: there were plenty of points where the math was still esoteric to me, but I still got that, yes, this was math, and here’s what it does in these cases. As the book progresses the math gets a bit more remote from popular understanding, and...
Rushdie said that writing about the attack was the only way he would be able to move forward, and I hope that this has helped him achieve that. Many thanks to Vintage Books for sending me a review copy via NetGalley. Continue reading → 1 Comment Filed under Books Tagged as Asako ...
That just about sums up how I felt reading this book.The Night Circusis within my top five favorite books ever, and I went into this hoping for something similar. I wanted to taste the words and sink into the magic of the narrative and experience the tales with all of my senses. That...
After reading the play — one of the relatively rare examples of a Pre-Code source play that was published — I watched the film again, following along from the book, and was struck by how extensively Morgan and Lord reused Weitzenkorn’s text. Indeed, more than just dialogue, whole ...
First I was flabbergasted at the suggestion that Oates even writes in the same universe as Picoult. More important, I couldn't imagine reading a JCO book that felt only partially imagined. I can't fault [MSW] for her specific critique since I haven't read this novel and who knows, perh...
Judge Les Johnson said, “Science fiction can entertain. Good science fiction can entertain and inspire. I was inspired to study physics in large part because as a teenager and young adult, I was reading good science fiction — these stories definitely fall into that category!” ...