What book(s) are you reading right now and recommend for others?
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How to read a book, by Mortimer Adler
"How to read a book." Pg. 1
"Turn back to page 1" Pg. 2
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Everything All at Once by Bill Nye. It's a great guide on how to make a positive change in the world from a scientific perspective.
Though it was written in 2017, I'd say it is more relevant now than ever.
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I guess...uh...that it'd be less dense, so that'd dick up tides on Earth.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/moonfact.html
Mean density (kg/m³): 3344
https://eurekamag.com/research/001/061/001061121.php
At 8 deg C, mean densities of blockformed and conventionally-hooped cheeses were, resp., 1.094 and 1.091 g/ml.
So that's 1094 kg/m³.
Basically, Earth's tides would be about a third as strong, which I imagine would affect a bunch of things, especially coastal ecology. Dunno how much tides affect weather.
Also, probably alters the reflectivity of the Moon, so would affect the brightness of the Moon. Might affect a lot of nocturnal critters and such. Hard to estimate, since that depends a lot on what cheese is involved.
In the book, it kept the same mass and got a lot bigger. And of course much brighter.
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In the book, it kept the same mass and got a lot bigger. And of course much brighter.
Ah, gotcha. What type of cheese did it turn into, out of curiosity?
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If you like fantasy and haven't read any Brandon Sanderson then do yourself a favour and get on it!
My personally favourites are the Mistborn books but it isn't exactly an easy choice because literally everything he writes is great in my experience.
I just finished Tress of the Emerald Sea which is a shorter standalone book but still great!
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mtg has well written books based on its lore if your into that. its best to start on early sets, because each blocks have books as sorty of "trilogy", because you wont be able to get the context without reading the 1st volume of a set.
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Last book of the stormlight archives by Branden Sanderson.
Really good, but for some reason I'm having a hard time finishing the last one
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If you like fantasy and haven't read any Brandon Sanderson then do yourself a favour and get on it!
My personally favourites are the Mistborn books but it isn't exactly an easy choice because literally everything he writes is great in my experience.
I just finished Tress of the Emerald Sea which is a shorter standalone book but still great!
Almost done stormlight archives. Have you done that? I have the first mistborn book but haven't started it yet. Looking forward to it though.
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Almost done stormlight archives. Have you done that? I have the first mistborn book but haven't started it yet. Looking forward to it though.
I have indeed, although not the newest book that was released more recently. I want to go back and read everything again but that is quite a time commitment before doing the new book and I'm not ready for that just yet
It is very much on par with Mistborn in terms of the story and writing, I just prefer Mistborn that little bit more because I love the concept of the magic system in that but honestly there isn't a lot in it.
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Currently reading: James Acaster's Classic Scrapes. A funny collection of stories from his childhood, an enjoyable read. I'd recommend it if you're looking for something light and funny.
Before this, I gave up on the book All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai, after about a hundred pages. I just couldn't get into it, the story kept halting in favor of flashbacks and setting the MC's backstory. I hate stories not starting soon enough with the actual story. Unnecessary to say, but I would not recommend this
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I’m busy working my way through Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen series.
It’s a very dense set of books with a ton of lore, but I’m enjoying it a lot (I’m at the sixth one so far).The only downside is that I read them on an e-reader and can’t quickly look at all the detailed maps and glossaries whenever I want.
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If you like fantasy and haven't read any Brandon Sanderson then do yourself a favour and get on it!
My personally favourites are the Mistborn books but it isn't exactly an easy choice because literally everything he writes is great in my experience.
I just finished Tress of the Emerald Sea which is a shorter standalone book but still great!
I'm also all in on the Cosmere books, I'm halfway through the Stormlight Archive and it's amazing!
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I'm also all in on the Cosmere books, I'm halfway through the Stormlight Archive and it's amazing!
I've got "Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians" to read next but I'm not sure if that is a cosmere based novel or not. Either way I'm sure it'll be good though!
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The Experimental Log of The Crazy Lich by Angry Squirrel
It's a combination of xuanhuan, comedy, and political drama. Keep in mind that it's looong - I've been reading it since March, finished 215 chapters out of 841
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If you like science fiction, I just finished reading Semiosis by Sue Burke.
A story about colonists starting a new life on the planet Pax and their alliances with sentient indigenous plant species.
A really great read !
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Ah, gotcha. What type of cheese did it turn into, out of curiosity?
I think that might be too much of a spoiler
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Re-reading Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" because its the best haunted house novel ever written.
I just put this one into my reader, after several quotes from Stephen king reminded me i have it pending...
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For the past, idk, one or two decades I have only read books very sparingly and if I did, it was fantasy. Right now I am devouring The Expanse books and having a great time. I watched the tv series first (awesome) but was somewhat bummed by the ending.
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Not reading it right now, but I'll take this opportunity to recommend people read Project Hail Mary before watching the trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation which spoils major plot twists.
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I'm reading how to blow up a pipeline by Andreas Malm, I'd recommend it.
