1. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F#ck" (complete)(41/206 re-read) 2. Cherub Series "Divine Madness" (complete) 3. "Calm Your Brain" by Anders Hansen" (complete) 4. "Can't Hurt Me" (complete) 5. "A Maze of Death" by Phillip K. Dick (complete) 6. "Success Secret For the Youth" (complete) 7. "Grit the Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth (47 percent) 8. "The Upward Spiral" by Alex Korb (complete) 9. "Lockwood & Co" Book 1. (complete) 10. "The Beginner's Book of Meditation" (19 percent) 11."Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" (complete) 12. "Becoming the Iceman" by Wim Hof (10 percent) 13. "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (complete) 14. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (38 percent) 15. "Make Your Bed" by Wiliam H. Mcraven (complete) In the meantime, I read another book recommended to me by this forum user. Thanks @EdricKr. The book inspired me to tidy 2 closet and the whole room. Am I going to live up to the principles presented by the author - who knows? Anyway, there was a momentary urge and it was gone after I continued reading.
1. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F#ck" (complete)(41/206 re-read) 2. Cherub Series "Divine Madness" (complete) 3. "Calm Your Brain" by Anders Hansen" (complete) 4. "Can't Hurt Me" (complete) 5. "A Maze of Death" by Phillip K. Dick (complete) 6. "Success Secret For the Youth" (complete) 7. "Grit the Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth (47 percent) 8. "The Upward Spiral" by Alex Korb (complete) 9. "Lockwood & Co" Book 1. (complete) 10. "The Beginner's Book of Meditation" (19 percent) 11."Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" (complete) 12. "Becoming the Iceman" by Wim Hof (10 percent) 13. "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (complete) 14. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (46 percent) 15. "Make Your Bed" by Wiliam H. Mcraven (complete)
The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan (Book 1 Trials of Apollo Series) (In Progress) Read 15 Chapters on 19/03/23
There's another 9 chapters to go, but I'm a slow reader anyway. Could take me between 1-2 hours uninterrupted. The whole book would then be 8-10 hours.
1. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F#ck" (complete)(41/206 re-read) 2. Cherub Series "Divine Madness" (complete) 3. "Calm Your Brain" by Anders Hansen" (complete) 4. "Can't Hurt Me" (complete) 5. "A Maze of Death" by Phillip K. Dick (complete) 6. "Success Secret For the Youth" (complete) 7. "Grit the Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth (47 percent) 8. "The Upward Spiral" by Alex Korb (complete) 9. "Lockwood & Co" Book 1. (complete) 10. "The Beginner's Book of Meditation" (19 percent) 11."Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" (complete) 12. "Becoming the Iceman" by Wim Hof (10 percent) 13. "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (complete) 14. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (60 percent) 15. "Make Your Bed" by Wiliam H. Mcraven (complete) 16. "Lockwood & Co" Book 2. (5 percent) I decided to start reading another one as well. I will have to split time. I need a lot of distraction from... PMO. @Red_John, did you know that Riordan is exploring other mythologies in his other series? Egiptian, Scandinavian and he has requests for other series.
The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan (Book 1 Trials of Apollo Series) (Completed) Read 9 Chapters on 20/03/23 @Don80 Yeah I did. I have the sets on my Kindle ready to go. Got to get through the Greek and Roman stuff first! 15 main books in the Percy Jackson Greek/Roman universe, and I've completed 11 of them. 4 left to go!
1. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F#ck" (complete)(41/206 re-read) 2. Cherub Series "Divine Madness" (complete) 3. "Calm Your Brain" by Anders Hansen" (complete) 4. "Can't Hurt Me" (complete) 5. "A Maze of Death" by Phillip K. Dick (complete) 6. "Success Secret For the Youth" (complete) 7. "Grit the Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth (47 percent) 8. "The Upward Spiral" by Alex Korb (complete) 9. "Lockwood & Co" Book 1. (complete) 10. "The Beginner's Book of Meditation" (19 percent) 11."Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" (complete) 12. "Becoming the Iceman" by Wim Hof (10 percent) 13. "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (complete) 14. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (81 percent) 15. "Make Your Bed" by Wiliam H. Mcraven (complete) 16. "Lockwood & Co" Book 2. (10 percent)
1. Everything is Fucked - Mark Manson (complete) 2. Ik Kom Terug - Adriaan van Dis (complete) 3. The Upward Spiral - Alex Korb (complete) 4. The War of Art - Steven Pressfield (complete) 5. The Odyssey - Homer (11/496) 2% 6. The Confidence Gap - Russ Harris (19%) 7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (16%) Been a while since I last posted here and since reading actually. Trying to pick up the habit again and started reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy after I saw Elon Musk talk about it in a video how it changed his view on meaning in life.
Interesting. I've tried to read it several times but somehow I usually put the book away after several pages. But maybe I'll try to read it in the future.
The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan (Book 1 Trials of Apollo Series) (Completed) Read 15 Chapters on 21/03/23 & 10 Chapters on 22/03/23 I know it's a huge favourite for many people. I hated the books personally. I just couldn't get into the writing style, although when you read the reviews, it seems like I'm in a minority. I did like a few parts, which appealed to my sci-fi loving brain, but that's about it. Look forward to hearing your views on the series as a whole.
1. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F#ck" (complete)(41/206 re-read) 2. Cherub Series "Divine Madness" (complete) 3. "Calm Your Brain" by Anders Hansen" (complete) 4. "Can't Hurt Me" (complete) 5. "A Maze of Death" by Phillip K. Dick (complete) 6. "Success Secret For the Youth" (complete) 7. "Grit the Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth (47 percent) 8. "The Upward Spiral" by Alex Korb (complete) 9. "Lockwood & Co" Book 1. (complete) 10. "The Beginner's Book of Meditation" (19 percent) 11."Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" (complete) 12. "Becoming the Iceman" by Wim Hof (10 percent) 13. "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (complete) 14. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (complete) 15. "Make Your Bed" by Wiliam H. Mcraven (complete) 16. "Lockwood & Co" Book 2. (15 percent)
The Trials of Apollo Series - Percy Jackson Universe 3rd Set 1. The Hidden Oracle (completed) 2. The Dark Prophecy (completed) 3. The Burning Maze (In Progress).
1. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F#ck" (complete)(41/206 re-read) 2. Cherub Series "Divine Madness" (complete) 3. "Calm Your Brain" by Anders Hansen" (complete) 4. "Can't Hurt Me" (complete) 5. "A Maze of Death" by Phillip K. Dick (complete) 6. "Success Secret For the Youth" (complete) 7. "Grit the Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth (48 percent) 8. "The Upward Spiral" by Alex Korb (complete) 9. "Lockwood & Co" Book 1. (complete) 10. "The Beginner's Book of Meditation" (19 percent) 11."Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" (complete) 12. "Becoming the Iceman" by Wim Hof (10 percent) 13. "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (complete) 14. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (complete) 15. "Make Your Bed" by Wiliam H. Mcraven (complete) 16. "Lockwood & Co" Book 2. (19 percent) 17. "The Titan's Curse" (12 percent) 18. "Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy" (6 percent)
1. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F#ck" (complete)(41/206 re-read) 2. Cherub Series "Divine Madness" (complete) 3. "Calm Your Brain" by Anders Hansen" (complete) 4. "Can't Hurt Me" (complete) 5. "A Maze of Death" by Phillip K. Dick (complete) 6. "Success Secret For the Youth" (complete) 7. "Grit the Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth (48 percent) 8. "The Upward Spiral" by Alex Korb (complete) 9. "Lockwood & Co" Book 1. (complete) 10. "The Beginner's Book of Meditation" (19 percent) 11."Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" (complete) 12. "Becoming the Iceman" by Wim Hof (10 percent) 13. "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (complete) 14. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (complete) 15. "Make Your Bed" by Wiliam H. Mcraven (complete) 16. "Lockwood & Co" Book 2. (23 percent) 17. "The Titan's Curse" (22 percent) 18. "Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy" (7 percent)
"Tear Down the Throne" by jennifer estep 40 % "The Essential Tales of H.P.Lovecraft" 50% manga - "the Ancient Magus Bride" by kore yamazaki 60% -manga- "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" (complete)
So, 11th book was the "Illuminatus!" trilogy of Robert Anton Wilson and Bob Shea. Finally, I must say, finished. I have re-started to read these books over the years several times and always failed, until now. And in the end I have to admit, it is not really worth the effort. I give them a 5 of 10, just because I have read other books of Wilson and am a huge fan in general of him, but these books are a real pain in the ass to read, in my opinion. The whole style is like two people, most of the time on drugs, have shared the work and then just switched from one sentence to the next into a different character/timeline/point of view. I am familiar with the "cut up method" of the Beatnik writers, like Burroughs, who used it in Naked Lunch, but this is very annyoing. I am pretty familiar with occult, esoteric and some conspiracy stuff, but even to me this reading was a tour de force. Half of the references are reminiscences to the political american counter culture of the 60/70ies and if your are not quite familiar with it, you might have no clue, what they are even talking about. In one moment, there is plotline about a hooker in Las Vegas, who gets infected with Anthrax and in the next, you are suddenly in a submarine in the Atlantic exploring the ruines of Atlantis talking to a dolphine, while on the next page, you jump into the brain of someone, who is going to prevent the Apocalypse by time traveling and dealing with the church of St. Toad... What mostly annoys me about the book(s) is the terrible writing style. Maybe it is the (german) translation too, but I know that Wilson alone is a capable and interesting writer, so I rather blame Bob Shea. There are good parts in the books but it´s like reading yourself through a mountain of wtf?! to reach them. Maybe these books are the woodstock equivalent of Gurdjieff´s "Beelzebub´s Tales To His Grandson" trilogy, which he recommanded to read at least three times, to get any understanding of the content at all. If you try to read them, prepare yourself to read all of it in one turn. Because if you allow yourself to interrupt the read for some weeks/months, you will have to re-start it all with the first one again.
You've solved a mystery of mine that has been bugging me for a decade! I remember walking into a well known bookshop, and seeing this book with a pyramid and an all seeing eye on the front, with the name similar to Illuminati. I was going to come back and buy it the next time I was in. However, on my next visit, it had gone, and I couldn't for the life of me remember the full title! I tried googling everything, and sporadically, over the years, I tried again, but to no avail. Now you come along with the correct title, and having googled it, boom! It's the same book!!
1. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan (Book 4 PJ Series) (completed) 2. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan (Book 5 PJ Series) (completed) 3. The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan (Book 1 HOO Series) (completed) 4. The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan (Book 2 HOO Series) (completed) 5. The Mark of Athena - Rick Riordan (Book 3 HOO Series) (completed) 6. The House of Hades - Rick Riordan (Book 4 HOO Series) (completed) 7. The Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan (Book 5 HOO Series) (completed) 8. The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan (Book 1 TOA Series) (completed) 9. The Dark Prophecy - Rick Riordan (Book 2 TOA Series) (completed) 10. The Burning Maze - Rick Riordan (Book 3 TOA Series) (completed) 11. The Tyrants Tomb - Rick Riordan (Book 4 TOA Series) (In Progress)
