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RE: What are you reading?
March 13, 2026 at 12:58 pm
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
Can't really say if I'm liking it yet, I'm only 4% in according to my Kindle, but it's supposed to be a moving story. We'll see, I don't cry easily on books.
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RE: What are you reading?
March 14, 2026 at 4:12 am
The Deed of Paksennarion by Elizabeth Moon.
A girl runs away from an arranged marriage to a pig farmer to join a mercenary company.
Fun, bloodshed, and mayhem ensues.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: What are you reading?
March 14, 2026 at 5:17 am
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The Road to Gandolfo, by Robert Ludlum.
A disgraced American general hatches a plot to kidnap the pope and hold him for ransom - one dollar from every Catholic in the world. Screamingly funny.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: What are you reading?
March 14, 2026 at 10:58 am
I'm supposed to be reading "Guards! Guards!" by Terry Pratchett, but I'm having trouble getting going.
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RE: What are you reading?
March 14, 2026 at 2:12 pm
I'm reading Freedom and Belief by Galen Strawson, Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit and Ethical Intuitionism by Michael Huemer.
Schopenhauer Wrote:The intellect has become free, and in this state it does not even know or understand any other interest than that of truth.
Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
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RE: What are you reading?
March 28, 2026 at 2:17 am
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
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RE: What are you reading?
March 28, 2026 at 5:45 am
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: What are you reading?
March 28, 2026 at 7:07 am
Winter of the World by Ken Follett.
What fresh hell can this be? - Dorothy Parker
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RE: What are you reading?
April 11, 2026 at 2:12 am
The Era of Authoritarian Neoliberalism by Ernesto Gallo.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
I absolutely love doing the washing up now cos it's perfect for mindfulness... I can happily do it for hours... just in my head keep quietly repeating "washing up" just to give me clearer awareness of if my mind wanders... and if so bring it back to that 'anchor'... while at the same time carefully observing the process of washing up, the feelings, the sounds etc. Likewise I can't get enough of those cold showers anymore... they've become the highlight of my day, they too being great for mindfulness practice. I'm not good at mindfulness for everything... like for instance conversation or complex tasks... but for simple tasks like washing up or washing, or walking, it's great, and I would totally recommend it 
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