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This is not a bad book, if you are at the point of your life when you need life affirming quotes, it might be just what you need. But I found it too "vanilla" so sweet that sugar was making me nauseous.

I like this book. The language, the sentences, the characters - everything about it seems to be so well-written, well thought out.
I especially like this subtle comparizon between the sisters. i think i'm more of a Marianne, but i really really strive to be more like Elinor. I wish i had her composure, calm and strength of character

"the function of the brain and nervous system is to protect us from being overwhelmed and confused by the mass of irrelevant knowledge, by shutting most of what we otherwise perceive"

and mescalin (or LSD) is a drug to help us uplift even if temporarily the limiting powers of brain.

I think so far, the most exciting chapter for me is the one about Memes. What a neat idea to think of colutural evolution in terms of small ideas that make up our "stories" as Harari puts it.

Absolutely love this book. If Richard Dawkins was my biology professor, i might have chosen an entirely different career and life path :)

the longer i read it, the harder it becomes. I just can't believe how long the book is. And i admire the way Melville has covered the subject of whales from all POVs - scientific, mythological, law, economincs and history of fishing etc. But at times it's just overwhelming how much information this book contains. There's a whole chapter which has a sole purpose of describing a whale's tale.

Part 1 is finished, i'm filly convinced of the necessity to work Deep. Though i must admit, i was already agreeing with the idea, before i read the book :)

The book is filled with biblical references. The captain's name Ahab - and the prophecy for the biblical king, and even the person who gives the warning is named Elijah. Now we are introduced to character named Gabriel, who claims he is an archangel. Besides eludes to the Bible, Melville also instroduces various christian sects: qaukers, Shakers etc.

Herman Melville knows how to convince. When he started the chapter by saying that color White can be repulsive, i was like - what? no! it's innocence, pureness and spirituality, what are you talking about? And yet by the end of the chapter, i don't know anymore, is there really smth unnatural about Albinos and White ghosts?

living in the age of internet, reading such contemporary book is fun. When Michelle describes the pink hat that was big to Sasha, i google that photo, when their wedding song was mentioned, i had to listen to Stevie Wonder, when she says she regretted giving interview with the girls, i had to watch the interview... i guess this can be called interactive reading :)

the description on the "pagan" is so likeable. The narrator is scared of him - heavily tatooed bringing his idol and trying to sell head, but yet he cannot deny that his neaighbour has honest face and a true and beautiful soul cannot be hidden in misfigures of the body.

besides that in today's PC world - this description would sound so bad :)

It started with me neing quite unsure what to think of Michelle. But the more i read, the more i like her. Still the first part of Becoming herself, and i like how she is growing up: from a little girl trying to play piano, into a young confident woman getting into Harvard.

Absolutle enjoying this read. Some of author's ideas and conclusions are unexpected and maybe even controversial, but definitely, each chapter gives quite some food for thought.

Алмас Кылыш 85%

This is quickly becoming my #1 book i love to hate :) It's characters so flat, plot is ridiculous and ideas are so overly simplified, that i cannot call it a good book. Yet i can't put it down, i need to know how it finishes. And oh I loooove to tell everyone who cares to listen how ridiculous this book is :)

Not sure what exact percent, but halfway through. Initially hated it, but now it's growing on me, started to get interested in the plot. Overall impression - Ayn Rand is a very uncomprimising writer. If someone is good, he IS GOOD, and others are BAD. There's not grey, all black and white.

продолжаю наслаждаться математическими метафорами, но стиль изложения не прост. Иногда мне не ясно где заканчивается внутренний монолог и начинается диалог

Love the funny anecdotes about the scientists :)

Сколько идей перемешано в одной книге! У автора конечно богатое воображение

Нравится как он связал все религии и вынул суть - надо стараться быть лучше, добрее. Развиваться каждый день, быть хорошим. Это ведь такая простая истина

Reading the russian translation. This goes into my quote lines:

"Люди делятся на две категории: на тех, кто читает книги, и тех, кто слушает тех, кто читает."

Quote: each deed you do, each act, binds you to itself and to its consequences, and makes you act again and yet again. Then very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be. Or wonder who, after all, you are.

Flowers for Algernon vibes. Lou is learning to speak, to understand words, to communicate his feeling. And yet has no memory of his past. I don't know why this simple plot irritates me.

Lou's inner monologue is often repetitive. I realize that it's a method the author is using to immerse the reader in the head of an autistic person, still it's a bit too repetitive. Kind of funny and little bit too much of a "political correctness". I wonder if the author tried to review the whole book multiple times just to ensure that no race, gender or age group can even be offended by any given sentence

very confused, but enjoying it. My intro to cyperpunk sci-fi is proving to be entertaining so far. Read in wiki that several attempts were made to make this into a movie. I'd watch that. Despite all the critique, i liked Johnny Mnemonic.
The future Gibson describes is grim. I'm not appalled by all those cyber wars, drugs and crime. But they just said that horses are non-existent in this universe - that's a big no-no.

Although feminist, i cannot disagree with Murakami's views on the way some people handle the feminism issues. It's not about bathroom, but bigger picture of neglect for gender in societies.

OMG. Johnnie Walker is killing the cats and eating their hearts. One of the most disgusting things i ever read.

Thoughts while reading:
- I'm just an NPC in lives of people around me. Only my family and friends are the real travelers.
- Maybe this world is a simulation. If one gets above material (level up), one can become an Alfred of this world, and see the world from everyone else's eyes
- Bagwell describes a "good" AI, which helps kids to learn confidence. Wonder what would Elon Musk think of this book?