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Sproid

Sproid@books.theunseen.city

Joined 2 years, 4 months ago

Of the many thing to enjoy in life reading is one of them. I read in English and Spanish. It can be "regular" books, Light novels, Webnovels, and Audiobooks. I do get eye strain so I take my time reading. Genres of interest are Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Contemporary_Teen_ Young_Adult, Non-fiction, Autobiography, Life, Science, Society, Mental_Health, Technology, and Philosophy/Religion. You can find me on Mastodon: @sproid@social.linux.pizza Pixelfed: pixelfed.social/Sproid

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2025 Reading Goal

16% complete! Sproid has read 2 of 12 books.

Ryan North: How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler (2018, Riverhead Books) 5 stars

If you like fiction stories about isekai (character being transported or reincarnated into a fantasy world or parallel universe) and inevitably ask yourself if you would remember any useful knowledge to bring and apply to a less develop civilization like much protagonists do? My answer is probably not. So I bought this book. So far the book is very amusing, entertaining, and educational.

started reading The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks (Lightbringer #4)

Brent Weeks: The Blood Mirror (2016) 4 stars

"The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four-and those are falling before the White King's armies. …

Going half but I slowed down after benching the previous 3. I don't know if I pause because of getting exhausted of binge reading/listening or because the story got boring on act 2.

Sasha Sagan: For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World (2019, G.P. Putnam's Sons) 5 stars

Finished it because I wanted to know the content as I find it useful but the book is kinda slow pace for my taste. I feel like the point on each chapter get somewhat diluted in the narrative. Otherwise great overall message and brings awareness of the small rituals that everybody do, or can do living a secular life. Life is full of meaning.

Richard Dawkins: The Magic of Reality (Paperback, 2012, Free Press) 5 stars

What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, …

Recently, my child started asking the existential questions and I knew I needed to get my hands on this book. This book helps reorganize my answers and give more or better examples. I also notice is an easy reading probably with pre-teens reading comprehension in mind.

Sasha Sagan: For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World (2019, G.P. Putnam's Sons) 5 stars

"Independence days are not biological like birth or death. They are not astronomical like the solstices and the equinoxes. But they spring from the same human impulses that fuel scientific discovery. Political revolutions and scientific breakthroughs require the same unwillingness to accept authority on blind faith. They are born out of the same question: Why are things as they are? They celebrate our ability to evolve in the figurative sense." --Sasha Sagan

For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World by  (44% - 49%)

A revealing, and inspiring quote.