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Just want to note the first chapter of the book is set on November 12, 2021. Coincidentally today is also November 12 when I randomly chose to read this book. So trippy!

Next morning is always "when young dawn rose her red finger yet again" lol
Love how the hosts (Nestor and Menelaus) let strangers feast firs, then ask who they are and why are they there. Definitely won't see that now.
This book is good because I've read "The iliad " first. So heartwarming when they recount the memories from Troy.

Finished "The Near East" and "The Hebrews". How differently it feels to read the academic analysis of the Old Testament after having read some of the Bible.

Just want to add a quick note regarding the recent death of David McCullough. I'm saddened but eternally grateful for his lifelong dedication to history and education. Great loss of a national treasure indeed.

(Progress percentage was made up. Listing only short stories read.)

•The Murders in the Rue Morgue
•The Tell-Tale Heart
•The Pit and the Pendulum

I just want to keep track of the short stories I've read here, why is it so hard?!
•The Murders in the Rue Morgue
•The Tell-Tale Heart

Keeping track of short stories I've read so far:
•The Murders in the Rue Morgue
•The Tell-Tale Heart

Instead of listing each story as a separate "book", I'll just keep track of the ones I've read below (short stories only):

✓The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Imagine the Creature was a human... ugh... makes me sad. It's the same feeling I have towards King Kong as I was reading the Creature's story

What a plot twist

I don't know man, the part where 自然選擇號逃離 is too much like the plot from Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October". I have a hard time shaking the idea of plagerism from Liu CiXin. Otherwise the story is still pretty good.

閱畢“中部”

About 10 pages into "Civil Disobedience": while I might disagree with some of his beliefs, I respect very much his notion of " not asking/relying on others to change things for you. Any man worth his salt should devote and act with his whole weight on what he believes is right." In other words, if you only bitch about something but do nothing to change it, then STFU, you have no right.

Well I've finished reading "Walden" last week. I've dragged it out for way too long but it's a great read for sure. I love Thoreau's unapologetic views. Highly quotable too. Even the boring bits ("mathematics of pond dimensions" for one) led to deep philosophical discussion. "Walden" is something I'd like to write for myself. It's a philosophical journal inspired by nature and ancient teachings from around the world.

Finished "The Bean-Field":
Hoeing beans was more of a spiritual and artistic activity for Thoreau than the actual harvest for sustenance. It's a way to distance himself from all the crap going on in the society (eg. Mexican War). He despised modern large-scale agriculture, thought it's greedy and disrespectful to Nature.
I particularly liked his metaphor on killing weeds where the weeds was Hector and he Achilles.