That's some top-notch training! Went through a program many years ago and always applying the lessons.How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, going to take a training through work by his company as well in the next few months. Started reading two books a month in December, last four were real estate investing books.
Started reading Harry Potter 1 to my 6yo about a month ago, almost done and he's focused.Hadn't seen this thread before.
Currently Reading:
- Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP by Mirin Fader
In looking up the exact title I stumbled on the fact that there is an updated version of this with an additional Epilogue about him winning the NBA Championship. I'll have to see if I can find that as my library only has the original. Also, his story is really interesting. Growing up with nothing in Greece to where his is today is remarkable.
-Wayward by Chuck Wendig.
This is the sequel to Wanderers which I loved. I've read all of Wendig's stuff except for the Star Wars material he wrote. I especially like his Miriam Black Series. Has a really awesome, strong, female lead with psychic powers.
-Harry Potter Book 1
Reading this to my kid at night before bed. We're about half way through and she's really enjoying it.
Future Reading:
Probably the Stormlight Archives. When The Wheel of Time show was announced I ended up reading all of that series in the fall of '21(to the detriment of my sleep schedule). I knew about B.S. helping finish that and found out about the Stormlight Archives but never started it. Thinking it's time to give it a go.
Mine's 7y/o and she's the same. She keeps trying to have me start earlier and earlier each night so that we have more time to read. We may try subbing in some of the audiobooks occasionally as we keep going too. As others have said in this thread I enjoy how voice actors can better tell a story through different voices and inflections. I think my daughter would enjoy it too.Started reading Harry Potter 1 to my 6yo about a month ago, almost done and he's focused.
My attempts at various British accents are, uh, a good effort at least.Mine's 7y/o and she's the same. She keeps trying to have me start earlier and earlier each night so that we have more time to read. We may try subbing in some of the audiobooks occasionally as we keep going too. As others have said in this thread I enjoy how voice actors can better tell a story through different voices and inflections. I think my daughter would enjoy it too.
Hadn't seen this thread before.
Currently Reading:
- Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP by Mirin Fader
In looking up the exact title I stumbled on the fact that there is an updated version of this with an additional Epilogue about him winning the NBA Championship. I'll have to see if I can find that as my library only has the original. Also, his story is really interesting. Growing up with nothing in Greece to where his is today is remarkable.
-Wayward by Chuck Wendig.
This is the sequel to Wanderers which I loved. I've read all of Wendig's stuff except for the Star Wars material he wrote. I especially like his Miriam Black Series. Has a really awesome, strong, female lead with psychic powers.
-Harry Potter Book 1
Reading this to my kid at night before bed. We're about half way through and she's really enjoying it.
Future Reading:
Probably the Stormlight Archives. When The Wheel of Time show was announced I ended up reading all of that series in the fall of '21(to the detriment of my sleep schedule). I knew about B.S. helping finish that and found out about the Stormlight Archives but never started it. Thinking it's time to give it a go.
My grandfather was a great story teller before the dementia took hold. He would go to Mary Greeley for years and dress up and read to the children that were being treated. Doctors would routinely be late to meetings because they would become enthralled in his performance. I love hearing someone that can tell a good story.Mine's 7y/o and she's the same. She keeps trying to have me start earlier and earlier each night so that we have more time to read. We may try subbing in some of the audiobooks occasionally as we keep going too. As others have said in this thread I enjoy how voice actors can better tell a story through different voices and inflections. I think my daughter would enjoy it too.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Sevin -about a trio of students that create a gaming empire
I haven't read any Mistborn but the Stormlight series is great. The Way of Kings is really good and Words Radiance is excellent.Last year I read most of the novels of Haruki Murakami. Mostly in order of publication, although I had read Norwegian Wood, 1Q84, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle in the previous year or so.
I finished "Sputnik Sweetheart" last week. "After Dark", "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki", and "Killing Commendatore" will be next. And I have a couple of his short story collection publications too.
But I'm also mixing in different novels and and non-fiction to string out the Murakami goodness.
There is a current theme in the non-fiction of techno-futurism - I finished "The Singularity is Near" (written in the early 2000s, the sequel is supposed to be out in the next year or 2). Some alternate/opposing views by Jaron Lanier were cited in that book, and I've been looking for a good excuse to read him. "You Are Not a Gadget" is currently one of my books in progress.
And the most recent novel was "A Brave New World"
Brandon Sanderson has come up a couple times in this thread recently, and I have yet to give him a try.
It seems like the consensus is to try "The Way of Kings" from the Stormlight Archive series or "The Final Empire" from the Mistborn Saga.
Anyone have a strong recommendation for either or a completely different Sanderson starting point?
Stormlight Archive is very, very good, and that is where I started. I don't think you can go wrong, as Mistborn is very good too though.Last year I read most of the novels of Haruki Murakami. Mostly in order of publication, although I had read Norwegian Wood, 1Q84, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle in the previous year or so.
I finished "Sputnik Sweetheart" last week. "After Dark", "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki", and "Killing Commendatore" will be next. And I have a couple of his short story collection publications too.
But I'm also mixing in different novels and and non-fiction to string out the Murakami goodness.
There is a current theme in the non-fiction of techno-futurism - I finished "The Singularity is Near" (written in the early 2000s, the sequel is supposed to be out in the next year or 2). Some alternate/opposing views by Jaron Lanier were cited in that book, and I've been looking for a good excuse to read him. "You Are Not a Gadget" is currently one of my books in progress.
And the most recent novel was "A Brave New World"
Brandon Sanderson has come up a couple times in this thread recently, and I have yet to give him a try.
It seems like the consensus is to try "The Way of Kings" from the Stormlight Archive series or "The Final Empire" from the Mistborn Saga.
Anyone have a strong recommendation for either or a completely different Sanderson starting point?
I read it in a couple of days. Pretty interesting information in there.
I'm half way through the Tower of Swallows and then finishing the Witcher series with The Lady of the Lake.
Started the netflix series and wanted to see if the books were the same. The first couple of books were a struggle to get through but Baptism by Fire finally got things going.