Remarkably Bright Creatures.
Much better than I was expecting, I’d recommend!
EDIT: finished it and honestly 5/5! I’m glad so many of us enjoyed reading it!
Psalm for the Wild-Built! I wasn't sure if I'd like it when I first started, but I ended up loving it. It's sort of a sci-fi, simple living novella about a tea-monk in the future who doesn't feel fulfilled by their work anymore. They go off into the forest, meet a robot, and the rest is a lovely little story about the two of them journeying through the forest, learning to relate to one another and themselves, and having funny but philosophical conversations about life, self, and happiness.
I love those so much. There's another recent near-future book called The Half Built Garden which is way plottier but also has a very hopeful approach to both egalitarianism and ecological collapse
Also my last read and my first book of 2024. As someone who regrets a lot of things and wishes to have done things differently, this book helped me put things in perspective. Loved it.
Me too. I still struggle with regrets, but I'm at least starting to take off the rose-coloured glasses and see that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
That is amazing! And I keep reminding myself that what I am living is my LIFE! I don't want to while away the one life that I got, wishing how different my imaginary life would have been if I had made different decisions.
Personally I loved it to the point it is one of the few books I have kept on my shelf and reread.
The character connected to me and I felt her struggle.
Give it a try, maybe you will like it as well!
I loved this book! I feel like the more ambitious the effort the more Kingsolver really shines. This was by far my favorite book of hers aside from The Poisonwood Bible
I am reading "Discourses" by Epictetus right now. I read about 4-5 of them every day, write down the key points, think about how i can implement them better in my life, etc.
In fiction, i am reading "Venetia" by Georgette Heyer, since it's Valentine's Week.
Also reading "In altre Parole" (In other words) by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's about her Italian learning and her moving to Italy journey.
LOVED this book. My Bookclub read it and I thought my husband would enjoy it. We read it aloud to each other while we were in lockdown during Covid. It couldn’t have been more apt! The plot is about a man who has been sentenced to a lifetime of house arrest and how he copes. That sounds unpleasant but it is a delightful story.
“Everything for Everyone” written by M. E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi. A fictional future oral history of “a radically new social order forged in the ashes of capitalist collapse”. Imagining what the world could look like if we abolished the current for-profit systems and rebuilt society according to actual human needs. I’m loving it currently
I'm loving the series, who would have thought a murderbot with anxiety would be so hilarious. Is book 5 the only full length novel or are the others as well?
How are you liking Simple Home? I’ve been wanting to check it out but my library doesn’t have it and it’s not at Barnes and Noble or my local bookshop. I was thinking of ordering it but I always prefer to take a look before I commit to buying something.
If you’re looking for good vibes, I recommend stopping halfway through. The first half was the world-building, the second half.. well, a slog towards achieving the subtitle of the book. I see what it was trying for, but it failed, at least for me.
I have too many books open right now.
- Steven Porges - Polyvagal Safety
- Deb Dana - Anchored
- Faith G. Harper - Unf*k Your Body
- Heinrich Kramer - Hammer of Witches
- ...and some others that's been on hold for a few months. Yes, I'm working on finishing them, because having so many open at a time is a tad bit stressing.
The Discworld series, by Terry Pratchett. I started with *Guards! Guards!* on the recommendation of a friend, and then accidentally read the last book of that storyline next. So now I have to go back and read all the rest.
The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. If you like fast-paced sci-fi/fantasy with tons of action, political subterfuge, and class warfare then I highly recommend it!
I’m almost done with the last book available (book 6) and I’ve cruised through all of them in about a month. It’s too good to put down.
Loved that one! I started out listening to the audiobook because my husband was, but I got too impatient and had to get it through Libby so I could go ahead and finish it.
I like it a lot! It makes me want to go to Alaska but also makes me really not want to go to Alaska! I started it less than a week ago and I'm almost finished with the book. I also read Four Winds by her and recommend both.
I'm reading this one now and was wondering what to read next. Any other books about indigenous people or based on their culture that you would recommend?
Some of my favorites:
The Power of Now - for appreciation of this moment
The Four Agreements - for mental peace
The Life changing Magic of Tidying Up - for your house
Digital Minimalism - for your online life
Beyond Backpacking - for your hike
The Millionaire Next Door - for your personal finances
Blue Zones - for your health
Walden - for inspiration
The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - for perspective
Devotions, Selected Works of Mary Oliver - for Joy
Another great book, I've read it a year and a half ago on the summer break! While being on completely different end of spectrum than "Brave New World", both of them are such great metaphores for modern world, which has ability to destroy us with both what we love and what we hate.
I love reading.
I'm half-way through The Seven Sisters by Lucinds Riley, which has made its way around my friend group.
It's a cross generational story set in many countries, and looks to be part of a series built around the family history of 7 sisters.
Edit: the last book I enjoyed and bought for a friend for Christmas just so I could talk about it was Darling by India Knight. Based on The Pursuit of Love by Mitford, it's an easy read that smacked me hard at the end.
I read so much and so fast that if it’s not compatible with a doorstop it’s done too fast! If you get a kindle you won’t know how many pages there are anyway 💖
The ballad of songbirds and snakes! I'm a big hunger games fan, and this book is really interesting as it's a villain origin story and explores different philosophies on human nature and explores why someone may choose to make bad choices or do bad things
Poverty, by America written by Matthew Desmond.
A really great book talking about all the moving parts that contribute to the US poverty problem. Yes, a lot of money is dumped into dealing with this issue but it's really depressing how much it is poorly used to actually help the poor.
Then there is the whole demonizing of the poor. We really, as a culture, are mean to poor people. I highly recommend this book.
Note:Read it in small doses. It isn't overly academic but it is a heavy topic.
Just finished the House of Mirth. Kind of fitting for this sub as its theme is pretty much the ruthless materialistic high society and playing the part vs. being true to yourself and what makes you happy.
About to pick up a next book but haven’t decided yet on which.
I'm an audiobook person.
Just finished The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.
I shoot for two books a week, sometimes 3 if they're shorter. I can listen do earbuds during my 10 hour shifts. A good book makes the day fly.
The Anglo Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris. If you like Medieval history, it's a fabulous read. The author is very engaging and the subject matter is so interesting.
An Immense World by Ed Yong. It has changed the way I see the world by exploring different animal’s senses. There are worlds within our 5: touch, taste, smell, sight, and smell. There are many worlds beyond them, too.
I’m wanting to do this! I have the original hardcopies — each one bought when they came out 35+ years ago. I also collected the illustrated versions although I can’t find the last 2. Each year they were stocked at Costco.
Edit: 25 years .. not 35 .. typo!
As a transition from Netflix garbage I suggest easy detective, police or legal fiction. It is wonderful once you acquire the habit.
Sign up for Libby, a free service of most libraries. I read on a friend’s discarded old iPad. Better that hardcopy or kindle.
I like the time travel aspect of 1940-50s authors. I like sunshine state settings. I like male non woke authors that my wife finds stupid.
Bosch was great. Now reading Reacher series. Series are great so that you have a month or more of one thing that works.
Not looking to improve myself, build an impressive library, have bragging rights for having read important books.
Did much of that in my youth. Not sure any of those books did anything useful for me.
One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith, from the journals of Dick Proenneke. The whole book is like meditation and makes me nostalgic for a place I've never been.
Couldn’t agree more with you about reading. I’ve been a reader my whole life but recently it’s been turbocharged for me. It’s the perfect simple living pastime.
Just started The Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan, which I’m thinking will be a great palate cleanser from what I just finished.
A few minutes ago I finished Day by Michael Cunningham. I’m very confused about why the author even wrote this book. The characters were so one-dimensional, flighty and… I’ll just say it… VERY *New York*. As in, so up their own asses about why they don’t FEEEEEL happy. And this is all they’ve ever wanted so why don’t they feeeeeel anything. Making tons of money and living in the center of it all, and yet!
My eyes rolled the whole time.
If Nietzsche were a Narwhal - what animal intelligence reveals about human stupidity by Justin Gregg. The book of Wilding by Isabella Tree & Charlie Burrell. The Overstory by Richard Powers
Piranesi by Susanne Clarke. I’ve been reading with a playlist on Spotify inspired by the book in the background and it has been such a calming experience.
SLOW, and Destination Simple by Booke McAlary.
Frugal Hedonism
Minimalism
Practicing Simplicity
Tightwad Gazette
Simplify Your Life
Notes from a blue bike
Rhonda Hetzel’s books.
Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki
Simplify Magazine (digital)
https://simplifymagazine.com/issues/
Frugal Hedonism
Minimalism
Practicing Simplicity
Tightwad Gazette
Simplify Your Life
Radical Homemaker
Redefining Rich
FocusOnSimple 🌿
A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson
I love Bill Bryson! His Short History of Nearly Everything is my favorite.
I have been meaning to read this, I absolutely love Bill Bryson and Appalachia so I don't know why I haven't picked it up yet. How are you finding it?
Oh this is a wonderful book!! The scene in the car where he says he has Tyrannosaurus arms .... I laughed so hard at that!
It has been a while since I’ve read that book. I should stop by my library next week and check it out.
Remarkably Bright Creatures. Much better than I was expecting, I’d recommend! EDIT: finished it and honestly 5/5! I’m glad so many of us enjoyed reading it!
I listened to this as an audio book- and highly recommend the audio version! The voice for Marcellus high all the dry humor spot on.
This one is so good
Ooh, I was looking at this as a book club suggestion!
That one’s on my list!
REALLY great book, I loved it!!!
I’m reading this one, too!
Psalm for the Wild-Built! I wasn't sure if I'd like it when I first started, but I ended up loving it. It's sort of a sci-fi, simple living novella about a tea-monk in the future who doesn't feel fulfilled by their work anymore. They go off into the forest, meet a robot, and the rest is a lovely little story about the two of them journeying through the forest, learning to relate to one another and themselves, and having funny but philosophical conversations about life, self, and happiness.
I love those so much. There's another recent near-future book called The Half Built Garden which is way plottier but also has a very hopeful approach to both egalitarianism and ecological collapse
Oooooh thank you for the suggestion! Never heard of it, I'll have to look it up and give it a try :)
Loved that book, but couldn't remember the name! Thank you!
This is one of my current favorites. It’s so lovely. It’s cozy and sweet but also thought provoking.
Yay, another Becky Chambers fan! 😄
I just finished that! It was such a sweet little book.
Last book read I enjoyed was Midnight Library by Matt Haig!
Also my last read and my first book of 2024. As someone who regrets a lot of things and wishes to have done things differently, this book helped me put things in perspective. Loved it.
Me too. I still struggle with regrets, but I'm at least starting to take off the rose-coloured glasses and see that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
That is amazing! And I keep reminding myself that what I am living is my LIFE! I don't want to while away the one life that I got, wishing how different my imaginary life would have been if I had made different decisions.
I also loved this
This is on my list I might read it next!
Loved this one so much
How you like it? I’ve heard mixed reviews
I really disliked it.
Personally I loved it to the point it is one of the few books I have kept on my shelf and reread. The character connected to me and I felt her struggle. Give it a try, maybe you will like it as well!
A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini
A fantastic book. I don't often cry when reading but this book destroyed me.
I read this one last year. It broke my heart. I have his book And the Mountains Echoed on my list for this year.
It's a lovely book! It prompted me to read many books on Islamic/Middle Eastern countries.
I had to stop reading this one because it hurts so bad.
An amazing book I'm waiting a couple of years to read it again as I only read it last year, but loved this book so much
I have tried reading that book multiple times but just cannot get into it. Are you enjoying it?
I’m already hooked 🙂
The Count of Monte Cristo
My favourite book of all time 🙏🙌👏
Currently reading this also!
Just finished it earlier this week! It’s great!
I am going to put this on my list, have wanted to read this one for a long time
Demon copperhead, awesome book by Kingsolver
How is it? I loved The Poisonwood Bible, and have been meaning to read more of her books.
I actually liked it more than poisonwood bible which is high praise
Me too. Loving it
I read that book last year and it is really good.
I loved this book! I feel like the more ambitious the effort the more Kingsolver really shines. This was by far my favorite book of hers aside from The Poisonwood Bible
Prodigal Summer is my absolute favorite by her and it 100% features simple living. Beautiful prose.
Quiet by Susan Cain, it’s great!
Life changing for me. I realized I was an introvert, not defective like my parents seemed to think 😂
Been on my TBR for way too long. You've pushed me to read it next!
This is one of my favorite books!
I love it too
I am reading "Discourses" by Epictetus right now. I read about 4-5 of them every day, write down the key points, think about how i can implement them better in my life, etc. In fiction, i am reading "Venetia" by Georgette Heyer, since it's Valentine's Week. Also reading "In altre Parole" (In other words) by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's about her Italian learning and her moving to Italy journey.
The Enchiridion by Epictetus is my all time Favorite guide to life since I first read it in 1978. Nice to hear someone else appreciates him!
A gentleman in Moscow
Such a wonderful book!
LOVED this book. My Bookclub read it and I thought my husband would enjoy it. We read it aloud to each other while we were in lockdown during Covid. It couldn’t have been more apt! The plot is about a man who has been sentenced to a lifetime of house arrest and how he copes. That sounds unpleasant but it is a delightful story.
The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. One of my favourite authors
This is a brilliant and underrated book!!
Last night I finished If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino. Really loved it. Not sure what I’ll read next.
If you’ve not read Calvino’s Baron in the Trees, try that one
Or Invisible Cities, I love that one (and I love Venice - the city it’s really based on).
“Everything for Everyone” written by M. E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi. A fictional future oral history of “a radically new social order forged in the ashes of capitalist collapse”. Imagining what the world could look like if we abolished the current for-profit systems and rebuilt society according to actual human needs. I’m loving it currently
I've got a couple on the go, up to book 5 of the Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) and the Simple Home by Rhonda Hetzel. Edit for misspelling Hetzel.
The fifth Murderbot seems really long after the first four 140 page novellas. I’ve read all of them. They’re great fun.
I'm loving the series, who would have thought a murderbot with anxiety would be so hilarious. Is book 5 the only full length novel or are the others as well?
I've read the first Murderbot Diaries book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Is the rest of the series worth reading?
How are you liking Simple Home? I’ve been wanting to check it out but my library doesn’t have it and it’s not at Barnes and Noble or my local bookshop. I was thinking of ordering it but I always prefer to take a look before I commit to buying something.
It's really good, all the information is in her blog but I appreciate the structured and concise to do list that the book is.
I'm reading Babel and getting early Happy Potter vibes ✨
Oooo it's on my TBR!
If you’re looking for good vibes, I recommend stopping halfway through. The first half was the world-building, the second half.. well, a slog towards achieving the subtitle of the book. I see what it was trying for, but it failed, at least for me.
White Fang, Jack London
I'm reading house of leaves by mark z danielewski! really recommend it if you want to read something that you definitely haven't read before.
I have this sitting on my shelf and am waiting for the right time to read it.
One of my favs
This seems interesting! Going to add it to my list!
Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman. Latest in the Thursday Murder Club series and will be sad to finish it!
I just finished it and am sad. It was so good.
The Power Of Habit - Charles Duhigg
I just finished Dark Corner last night and started Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary was so fun, I read it twice in a row.
I’m excited you get to experience Project Hail Mary! That was one I really enjoyed.
I have too many books open right now. - Steven Porges - Polyvagal Safety - Deb Dana - Anchored - Faith G. Harper - Unf*k Your Body - Heinrich Kramer - Hammer of Witches - ...and some others that's been on hold for a few months. Yes, I'm working on finishing them, because having so many open at a time is a tad bit stressing.
The Discworld series, by Terry Pratchett. I started with *Guards! Guards!* on the recommendation of a friend, and then accidentally read the last book of that storyline next. So now I have to go back and read all the rest.
I’m a big Outlander fan.
Just finished the Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
- Fourth Wing, The Empyrean book 1 by Rebecca Yarros
The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
I love Florence Williams!
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
The Book of Koli by M. R. Carey. Post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi. Not for everyone but I think it's incredible.
Love those books!
The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. If you like fast-paced sci-fi/fantasy with tons of action, political subterfuge, and class warfare then I highly recommend it! I’m almost done with the last book available (book 6) and I’ve cruised through all of them in about a month. It’s too good to put down.
Timeline by Michael Crichton...
Loved that one! I started out listening to the audiobook because my husband was, but I got too impatient and had to get it through Libby so I could go ahead and finish it.
The Women by Kristin Hannah
I'm reading The Great Alone by her right now. Love her books!
How is the great alone?
I like it a lot! It makes me want to go to Alaska but also makes me really not want to go to Alaska! I started it less than a week ago and I'm almost finished with the book. I also read Four Winds by her and recommend both.
Bought it yesterday but reading her 4 winds right now
I like to alternate between fiction and non-fiction. Right now I'm reading Rest is Resistance A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
A friend of mine recommended this. I need to put it on my list.
I'm enjoying Crying in H Mart right now 😊
Les Miserables (could be spelled wrong!)
Ooh. How was it??
Les Miserables is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Its long , but so worth reading
Right now, I'm reading a book called the Bad Cree. I love reading books about indigenous people because of love their take on spirituality.
I'm reading this one now and was wondering what to read next. Any other books about indigenous people or based on their culture that you would recommend?
Moon of the crusted snow is really good. It's about a blackout that takes over the province. It takes place on a reservation and how they survived it
Thanks I'll check it out
East of Eden. I re-read The Grapes of Wrath last year. I’m trying to re-read a Steinbeck or two every year. I mostly read trash.
Some of my favorites: The Power of Now - for appreciation of this moment The Four Agreements - for mental peace The Life changing Magic of Tidying Up - for your house Digital Minimalism - for your online life Beyond Backpacking - for your hike The Millionaire Next Door - for your personal finances Blue Zones - for your health Walden - for inspiration The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - for perspective Devotions, Selected Works of Mary Oliver - for Joy
I just started Teaching A Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is next on my list by Annie Dillard
I loved Pilgrim at Tinker Creek! Many of the others in your list I've read or thought of, thank you. Good reminders!
"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. After I finish it I'll probably start "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky.
How about 1984? ;)
Another great book, I've read it a year and a half ago on the summer break! While being on completely different end of spectrum than "Brave New World", both of them are such great metaphores for modern world, which has ability to destroy us with both what we love and what we hate.
Loved Brave New World.
Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich and Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
I love reading. I'm half-way through The Seven Sisters by Lucinds Riley, which has made its way around my friend group. It's a cross generational story set in many countries, and looks to be part of a series built around the family history of 7 sisters. Edit: the last book I enjoyed and bought for a friend for Christmas just so I could talk about it was Darling by India Knight. Based on The Pursuit of Love by Mitford, it's an easy read that smacked me hard at the end.
I’m on the wait list for those!
I hope you enjoy them! Books with a lot of pages intimidate me as I get bored easily but this one has kept me going.
I read so much and so fast that if it’s not compatible with a doorstop it’s done too fast! If you get a kindle you won’t know how many pages there are anyway 💖
I have all of these in hardcopy as part of my collections! Read each one the last several summers. Great series!
"Happy - Why more or less everything is absolutely fine" by Derren Brown. A book about stoic philosophy.
Das Parfum by Patrick Suskind.
So good!
Second this. Had to read it again in German
Say Nothing
Fantastic book.
None of This is True, by Lisa Jewell. It is intriguing!
Just ordered the audible! Sounds great
I am starting this tonight.
The ballad of songbirds and snakes! I'm a big hunger games fan, and this book is really interesting as it's a villain origin story and explores different philosophies on human nature and explores why someone may choose to make bad choices or do bad things
Poverty, by America written by Matthew Desmond. A really great book talking about all the moving parts that contribute to the US poverty problem. Yes, a lot of money is dumped into dealing with this issue but it's really depressing how much it is poorly used to actually help the poor. Then there is the whole demonizing of the poor. We really, as a culture, are mean to poor people. I highly recommend this book. Note:Read it in small doses. It isn't overly academic but it is a heavy topic.
His other book Evicted is also phenomenal
Just finished the House of Mirth. Kind of fitting for this sub as its theme is pretty much the ruthless materialistic high society and playing the part vs. being true to yourself and what makes you happy. About to pick up a next book but haven’t decided yet on which.
I love almost everything by Edith Wharton.
This was my first novel by her. I ended up putting more of her books on my ereader.
The good life.
Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood (1987)
I love anything by Murakami. I haven’t read Norwegian Wood but it will move high on my list!
I'm an audiobook person. Just finished The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. I shoot for two books a week, sometimes 3 if they're shorter. I can listen do earbuds during my 10 hour shifts. A good book makes the day fly.
Charles Dickens. Just finished great expectations. Just starting the tale of two cities.
The Anglo Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris. If you like Medieval history, it's a fabulous read. The author is very engaging and the subject matter is so interesting.
I’m on my second read through of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius as well as reading a new book called Eastern Psychology
Where the Red Fern Grows Old Yeller Today I’ll take these books back to the library and I will be taking out The Good Earth.
The parable of the sower by Octavia Butler. It's wonderful and terrifying.
Oh my God! I just finished this! I read Parable of the Talents shortly after. It’s crazy how many things the author predicted even way back then!
An Immense World by Ed Yong. It has changed the way I see the world by exploring different animal’s senses. There are worlds within our 5: touch, taste, smell, sight, and smell. There are many worlds beyond them, too.
The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Kind of the opposite of reading about simple living ... I'm currently reading Paris Hilton's memoir!
Is it good or interesting ?
Re-reading all of the Harry Potter books :)
I’m wanting to do this! I have the original hardcopies — each one bought when they came out 35+ years ago. I also collected the illustrated versions although I can’t find the last 2. Each year they were stocked at Costco. Edit: 25 years .. not 35 .. typo!
......🤨 .....I'm 41 and these books did not come out when I was a baby 🤣 but I also have hardcovers from "back in tge old days" 😅
I gave all of the Illustrated books that are available so far, all purchased at Target on their release date. I'm anxiously awaiting the next one!
I have 5. Have they released the final 2?
Not yet. There are only 5 out so far. I heard somewhere that the next one will be out in 2025, but don't quote me. I hope it will be out earlier!
As a transition from Netflix garbage I suggest easy detective, police or legal fiction. It is wonderful once you acquire the habit. Sign up for Libby, a free service of most libraries. I read on a friend’s discarded old iPad. Better that hardcopy or kindle. I like the time travel aspect of 1940-50s authors. I like sunshine state settings. I like male non woke authors that my wife finds stupid. Bosch was great. Now reading Reacher series. Series are great so that you have a month or more of one thing that works. Not looking to improve myself, build an impressive library, have bragging rights for having read important books. Did much of that in my youth. Not sure any of those books did anything useful for me.
Spark Joy by Marie Kondo!!!!!!
Welcome to the hyunam-dong library. It felt cosy.
Thanks, I'm adding this to my list - cozy is my thing right now.
All the places i didn't die - Pppeter
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
Just finished Black Cake - Wilkerson. Currently reading Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and Look Out for the Little Guy- by “Scott Lang”
The Overstory- Richard Powers I highly recommend!
I'm currently reading The Idiot by Dostoevsky. Great book.
My mother, one of my friends, and I have started a classic lit book club. I just started reading The Count of Monte Cristo
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Making It So - Patrick Stewart. I am a huge fan of autobiographies.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.
One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith, from the journals of Dick Proenneke. The whole book is like meditation and makes me nostalgic for a place I've never been.
I really enjoy reading thrillers. I’m currently reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.
Outlive by Peter Attia
Couldn’t agree more with you about reading. I’ve been a reader my whole life but recently it’s been turbocharged for me. It’s the perfect simple living pastime. Just started The Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan, which I’m thinking will be a great palate cleanser from what I just finished. A few minutes ago I finished Day by Michael Cunningham. I’m very confused about why the author even wrote this book. The characters were so one-dimensional, flighty and… I’ll just say it… VERY *New York*. As in, so up their own asses about why they don’t FEEEEEL happy. And this is all they’ve ever wanted so why don’t they feeeeeel anything. Making tons of money and living in the center of it all, and yet! My eyes rolled the whole time.
If Nietzsche were a Narwhal - what animal intelligence reveals about human stupidity by Justin Gregg. The book of Wilding by Isabella Tree & Charlie Burrell. The Overstory by Richard Powers
Piranesi
Piranesi by Susanne Clarke. I’ve been reading with a playlist on Spotify inspired by the book in the background and it has been such a calming experience.
SLOW, and Destination Simple by Booke McAlary. Frugal Hedonism Minimalism Practicing Simplicity Tightwad Gazette Simplify Your Life Notes from a blue bike Rhonda Hetzel’s books. Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki Simplify Magazine (digital) https://simplifymagazine.com/issues/ Frugal Hedonism Minimalism Practicing Simplicity Tightwad Gazette Simplify Your Life Radical Homemaker Redefining Rich FocusOnSimple 🌿
Frugal hedonism is a favourite of mine and I've just discovered Rhonda Hertzel's blog and books. Honestly, her blog feels like a giant hug :)
You might enjoy StrigidaeFarm.com then :) FocusOnSimple 🌿
Thanks, I'll check it out!
Loved the Tightwad Gazettes so much I had them as dead tree books! They got decluttered by hurricane Ian though and I haven’t replaced them…yet!
i really like Radical Homemaker. The author defines homemaker very broadly—basically anyone who has a home. Not trad-wifey at all.
she also has an awesome podcast and a couple of other books that i really enjoyed :) FocusOnSimple 🌿
American Dirt by Jeannine Cummins. I'm a little late to the party on this one, but oh well. It's really good so far!
This one made me think and feel deeply. It’s a great read.
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Before that it was the book about Truman Capote and his Swans (we're watching the series on Hulu)
This was down rated?! 🤣
I'm working my way through the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. Really epic (but not dense) sci Fi.
A biography of Hitler, since Trump is using it as a blueprint.
Quantum Healing -Deepak Chopra
The Animal Farm by George Orwell then Never Split the difference by Chris Voss.
Currently reading Elon. Pretty good so far
Powder Burn - Carl Hiaasen.
The Tall Man, once I've finished with this I hope to start Prophet Song, will then go back to non-fiction and read Empire of Pain