[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]

2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

File: 4 KB, 445x43, goodreads challenge.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:04:33 2017 No.10457013 [Reply] [Original]

2017 ends in a few days. Did you meet your goodreads challenge?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:06:31 2017 No.10457024 File: 581 KB, 636x724, goodreads books.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Here are my 20 books btw. Some were ok, some were amazing, and only one was not so good.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:08:02 2017 No.10457034 >>10457024 Some novels wouldn't have killed you

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:09:15 2017 No.10457041 >>10457034 Yeah I plan to read more fiction this year. I read 2666 last year and it burned me out.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:16:46 2017 No.10457066 >>10457024 How was Free to Choose? I've read Capitalism and Freedom, thought it was pretty basic and only provided arguments for the layman.

Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:17:26 2017 No.10457069

The best books were The New Alchemist (went over the work of most important mineral physicists of the 20th century) The Origin of Wealth (Covered complexity economics), The Wordy Philosophers (History of economic thought), and Naked Money (Monetary policy and exchange rates 101. much better than his other books).

The worst books were the Anti-capitalist mindset (polemic against those who oppose capitalism) , On Tyranny(common sensical advise on how to fight tyranny), and I rigoberta Menchu (story of an activist during the time of the Guatemalan civil war)

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:20:41 2017 No.10457081 I'm not sure it would even be possible for me to only read 20 books in a year.

Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:22:23 2017 No.10457091

>>10457066
I liked it, but if wouldn't recommend it to someone who wanted to build a foundation in economics (I would just read a textbook honestly). He just goes over why the free market should be lauded. He discusses the problems with tariffs, rent control, and price controls, and also promotes ideas like the negative income tax, a stronger school voucher system, and proposes an economic bill of rights. If you've taken macro and/or micro then I suggest you skip it unless you love his work.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:22:26 2017 No.10457092 >>10457081 you should move out of your parents basement and get a job then

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:23:45 2017 No.10457097 >>10457091 Sounds pretty much exactly like Capitalism and Freedom which is unfortunate, maybe I'll try some Sowell instead

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:24:51 2017 No.10457101 >>10457097 Yea he's solid. check out the Origin of wealth if you get a chance. It was amazing

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:26:02 2017 No.10457105 >>10457013 >still can't set a word/page count goal in goodreads Bad!

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:29:44 2017 No.10457115 >>10457092 You should stop wasting 5 hours in front of the tv/on the internet every night so that you have time to do more fulfilling things after work.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:33:25 2017 No.10457132 >>10457115 not the person ur talking to but we all should. I feel so guilty being on the damn computer all the time. I want to cut this place out. It's addicting.

Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:35:32 2017 No.10457142

>>10457101
I have Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt and The Wealth of Nations on order, not sure how basic the former is but it was recommended so I thought I'd check it out. I'll give that a try this summer when I have time again, thanks for the rec.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:35:42 2017 No.10457145 >>10457013 and the mods allow this trash?

Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:37:34 2017 No.10457154

>>10457142
Econ in one lesson is a great book. I actually give it 5 stars. It's broken up into short chapters which essentially goes over important economic concepts. I recommend you open a work doc and just write down a few bullet points for each chapter.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:38:48 2017 No.10457162 How did you like Von Mises?

Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:42:57 2017 No.10457178

>>10457132
same, it’s not even other social media outside 4chan. I just spend so much time in this shithole. I wouldn’t stop browsing but I should reduce the time spent here. Also I only use my pc to check if there’s anything good on torrent sites, because my sister got me an iphone and it makes browsing here so fast and comfortable. It doesn’t help that I like to read when I’m alone and there’s always someone making noise in my house so I tell myself that I will read later and later. Now I feel like I’m wasting my time when I’m not reading, so I’m always anxious

>tfw have only read 20 pages today

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:44:14 2017 No.10457182 >>10457024 which were amazing?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:47:36 2017 No.10457193 >>10457013 tfw you read 45 books dab

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:48:40 2017 No.10457197 I read 20 books this month alone.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:48:58 2017 No.10457198 >>10457154 will-do thanks. I also have an applied economics course this semester so itll be interesting to see the contrast in topics.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:51:27 2017 No.10457210 >>10457024 genuinely embarrassed I share this board with you

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:55:52 2017 No.10457219 >>10457162 The Anticapitalist mentality was disappointing. The first 4/5 were bad and the last 1/5 was great. I’m going to read human action next, because I’ve heard great things, but maybe I just started with a dud.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:57:58 2017 No.10457226 >>10457193 Good job dude!

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 21:58:52 2017 No.10457228 >>10457193 Unironically good shit man, what did you read?

>>	saucy Wed Dec 27 22:00:16 2017 No.10457233 I think i read like 30 books in the past four months.

Anonymous Wed Dec 27 22:58:34 2017 No.10457440

>>10457219
He ended with a lot of political rhetoric in The Theory of Money and Credit. It was annoying. So I was the opposite you were with The Theory... I enjoyed the first chapters because it was like a history lesson with Von Mises, and then the final chapter used so much political ideology I almost wanted to stop reading

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 27 23:08:29 2017 No.10457475 >>10457013 53/50 my dude. You need some more literary fiction tho tbqh.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 01:12:18 2017 No.10457897 yeah, I'm even a bit of an overachiever you could say. I set myself out to read one [1] book, but it turns out I read 15.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 05:57:26 2017 No.10458531 >>10457024 Chicago econ undergrad starter pack

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 06:01:28 2017 No.10458534 >>10457069 >The Origin of Wealth (Covered complexity economics) Glad you liked it. I've been shilling it for some time. Though I couldn't care about the frog part.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 09:17:45 2017 No.10458932 >>10457013 no

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 10:37:47 2017 No.10459146 >>10457178 I blocked 4chins on my laptop for the new year. I'm hoping i can switch out my internet addiction for reading

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 12:55:09 2017 No.10459537 I started using goodreads (just cataloging books I've read, not writing reviews) in June with hopes that it'd give me good suggestions. To such luck. I think I've read 31 books since then.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 13:02:59 2017 No.10459560 nope

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 13:08:43 2017 No.10459568 >>10457013 37 but I read Infinite Jest and the Bible which should count as more tbqh senpai

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 13:14:21 2017 No.10459585 File: 128 KB, 1024x600, Screenshot_2017-11-14-23-08-26.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm gonna make it

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 13:57:49 2017 No.10459735 File: 234 KB, 375x352, 1343518817382.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10457013 >21 of 15 next year I'm gonna read 25!

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 14:01:26 2017 No.10459750 >>10457013 yes i set modest goals and surpassed them as usual. will be more ambitious this year as this is the last year of my life I’ll have any free time or energy

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 14:19:08 2017 No.10459810 >tfw won't finish a 700 page book until 1st January >tfw can't honestly put it as a 2018 read

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 14:20:46 2017 No.10459816 >>10457013 How do people even manage to read less than 30 books per year unless they are dedicated thomists or kantians?

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 16:37:01 2017 No.10460403 >>10457013 Set up for reading 100, end up reading 64 or so because I got a really hard depression. Now I am recovering, and I hope I can get back on track. I will put a similar goal next year to motivate me.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 16:59:30 2017 No.10460486 File: 676 KB, 665x5657, 2017.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Goal was 52, made it. Reposting but whatever, send me recommendations

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 17:21:21 2017 No.10460587 >>10460486 Why didn't you rate them all?

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 17:25:38 2017 No.10460605 >>10460587 didnt feel strongly enough to do so

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 17:26:56 2017 No.10460612 I am 5 behind schedule, only wanted to read 20. I am certainly I have read more than 15 though, because there are books I read before I started the Goodreads thing this year that I didn't catalogue, so I don't actually know where exactly I am.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 18:01:02 2017 No.10460720 >>10457162 ziy

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 18:03:07 2017 No.10460731 I don't have a goal and I didn't keep track but I read about 9 books in the past week so it's probably fine

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 18:05:31 2017 No.10460741 File: 98 KB, 600x650, 1469161220131.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >From 52 in 2016 to 8 this year

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 18:06:47 2017 No.10460745 >>10459585 read 4,979 five page short stories

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 18:09:13 2017 No.10460752 >>10457013 No. I was aiming for 24 and only read 21.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 18:10:33 2017 No.10460756 A couple of months ago I decided to stop being a pleb and start reading more. This year I've done: >3 novels >4 novellas and a bunch of short stories. Shitty I know but it's a start.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 18:12:12 2017 No.10460759 >>10460756 Oh wait, I read 4 novels. This summer, before I decided to stop being a pleb, I read IT.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 28 23:25:45 2017 No.10461795 >>10460741 What happened?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 29 05:51:36 2017 No.10462789 62/30

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 29 08:41:34 2017 No.10463099 Got 26/20. Hoping to double this next year by doing a lot less Internet reading

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 29 09:03:01 2017 No.10463150 >>10461795 Wageslave life +college

Advanced search
Text to find
Subject [?]Search by post subject. Leave empty for any.
Username [?]Search for user name. Leave empty for any user name.
Tripcode [?]Search for tripcode. Leave empty for any.
Email [?]Search by email. Leave empty for any.
Filename [?]Search by image filename. Leave empty for any.
From Date [?]Enter what date to start searching from. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
To Date [?]Enter what date to start searching until. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
Image hash
Search in	All Posts OPs Only
Deleted posts	Show all posts Show only deleted posts Only show non-deleted posts
Internal posts	Show all posts Show only internal posts Show only archived posts
Order	New posts first Old posts first
Capcode	All Posts Only by Users Only by Mods Only by Admins Only by Developers
Results	Posts Threads
Action	[ Simple ]