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Benjamin Torres is finished with Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success
“But let me tell you something. I’m going to grow up to love my work as much
as you love yours. I won’t just have a job; I’ll have a calling. I’ll challenge myself
every day. When I get knocked down, I’ll get back up. I may not be the smartest
person in the room, but I’ll strive to be the grittiest.”
Jan 04, 2019 11:25AM Add a comment
Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is 99% done with The First Four Minutes
"Given the choice between a solitary run and a series of meaningless and, for me, difficult exercises in the gym, I always chose the run. The result is that I still cannot touch my toes, but then runners never have to."
Mar 20, 2018 06:40AM Add a comment
The First Four Minutes

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is 34% done with The First Four Minutes
"I ran for it when I heard my first air-raid siren. I was ten and sailing my boat on a pond half a mile from home. At the first terrifying whine I tucked my boat under my arm, war or no war one had to retain a sense of proportion and of property. By the time the moaning crescendo reached its loudest I had taken to my heels. I imagined bombs and machine guns raining on me if I didn’t go my fastest."
Mar 08, 2018 09:42AM Add a comment
The First Four Minutes

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is 50% done with Everything You Know Is Pong: How Mighty Table Tennis Shapes Our World
"Not all of the dead are former ping pong players, but all former ping pong players are dead"
Mar 30, 2017 10:51AM Add a comment
Everything You Know Is Pong: How Mighty Table Tennis Shapes Our World

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 142 of Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
"Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know."
May 26, 2016 07:43AM Add a comment
Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 241 of 307 of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
This little sign never failed to irritate
me. It read: “Shoes and minds must be left at the gate.” There was a pile of
shoes and sandals next to it, and in my transcendent condition I could almost
picture a heap of abandoned and empty mentalities to round out this literally
mindless little motto. I even attempted a brief parody of a Zen koan: “What is
the reflection of a mind discarded?”
Feb 05, 2016 08:15AM Add a comment
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 137 of 265 of How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
Real confidence comes from real results and real training,
Feb 05, 2016 08:09AM Add a comment
How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 62 of 265 of How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
In a race, the job of the muscles is to perform. The job of the mind is to cope. The only way to become really good at coping with the discomforts and stresses of endurance sports is to experience them.
Jan 21, 2016 11:15AM Add a comment
How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 170 of 438 of The Fry Chronicles
There is something about reading Stephen Fry that makes me feel smnarter and dumber at the same time. It has been so interesting so far, with all those admirable charachters he have met, like Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, etc. I am still waiting for him to talk about his friendship with Douglas Adams though.
Apr 16, 2013 08:18AM Add a comment
The Fry Chronicles

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 277 of 567 of The Gemini Divergence
I thought this book would be kind of exagerated or too weird to be believable, but I am actually loving it. The book is full of typos and grammatical errors, but I guess that is what happens when an author self-publishes his work.
Feb 06, 2013 08:48AM Add a comment
The Gemini Divergence

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 450 of 849 of 11/22/63
I am finding a lot more interesting and exciting the story about Harry Dunning´s life saving (mostly because of Derry), than Kennedy´s.
I just hope it gets better.
Jan 04, 2013 03:58PM Add a comment
11/22/63

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 150 of 283 of The Collector
I am on the 2nd part. The 1rst part Was great. I have found this book disturbingly nice, I am really afraid I won't like the ending :S
Oct 08, 2012 10:51AM Add a comment
The Collector

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 55 of 275 of And Another Thing... (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #6)
I love Wowbagger is back in the plot. Nothing against Eoin Colfer, but I do miss the great writting style of Douglas Adams.
Aug 23, 2012 09:15AM Add a comment
And Another Thing... (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #6)

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 523 of 1060 of A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
Right now the story seems a bit slow. Nothing is really hapenning, Tyron is nowhere to be found, Brienne hasn´t found neither Sansa nor Arya, Khalessi is taking a break from war, and the revolution on Dorne was discovered, so nothing happened there either. I just hope this is the calm before the Storm.
Aug 23, 2012 09:08AM Add a comment
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is 37% done with 201 Questions for Your ITIL Foundation Exam
So far this book seems a nice way to learn ITSM according to ITIL, I just hope its useful for the certification exam.
Aug 23, 2012 08:59AM Add a comment
201 Questions for Your ITIL Foundation Exam

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 55 of 346 of Foundations of IT Service Management with ITIL 2011: ITIL Foundations Course in a Book
I better read this one faster, my exam is around the corner :S
Aug 23, 2012 08:57AM Add a comment
Foundations of IT Service Management with ITIL 2011: ITIL Foundations Course in a Book

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 42 of 438 of The Fry Chronicles
I just started this yesterday, and I am loving it, this man is the personification of English humor and wittiness.
Aug 23, 2012 08:55AM Add a comment
The Fry Chronicles

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 493 of 815 of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
I am done with "Life, the universe and everithing" just started "So Long and thanks for all the fish". Some people say that the story only goes worse from here on, but I actually like a lot the love tragedies and troubles that Arthur steps into in these 2 last books.
May 13, 2011 08:16AM Add a comment
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is 15% done with The Call of Cthulhu
It has come to the point where I am reading lots of books simultaneously (sort of) but can't finish any of them. Anyway this one is very short so I am thinking I am going to focus on this one, which (for what i have read) is as good as one expects a Lovecraft book to be.
May 06, 2011 09:31AM Add a comment
The Call of Cthulhu

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 331 of 815 of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
Just finished reading "The restaurant at the end of the universe", and started "Life the universe and everithing" I'm loving it!
May 03, 2011 08:51AM Add a comment
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 78 of 150 of Through the Looking Glass (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
I just got to the part when Alice met Humpty Dumpty, it is truly a great book, full of funny nonsenses and irrational arguments even though they are based in what seems to be logical deduction. Also I was very glad to spot the phrase "sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." which is clearly where Douglas Adams ispired to create the Restaurant at the end of the universe's slogan.
Apr 12, 2011 09:39AM Add a comment
Through the Looking Glass (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 40 of 630 of The Interpretation of Dreams
So far in this book Freud hasn't said anything that I couldn´t have deducted. I am glad my thinking and deducting process gets reaffirmed by someone like him though.
Mar 30, 2011 12:02PM Add a comment
The Interpretation of Dreams

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Benjamin Torres is 95% done with The Mating (Law of the Lycans, #1)
I am almost done with this one, the ending is a little better than the rest of the book but unless the last 5% is extraordinary it´s gonna get 2 stars in my review.
Mar 15, 2011 08:41PM Add a comment
The Mating  (Law of the Lycans, #1)

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 109 of 400 of Gaudi: A Biography – The Icon of Artistic Integrity Whose Controversial Catalan Masterpieces Defined Modern Architecture
Hasta antes de este libro no sabía nada sobre el arquitecto, solo sobre sus obras, ahora que he leido el libro me decepciona ver lo poco que se sabe sobre él y porque no decirlo, tambien me decepcionó un poco lo que sí se sabe de él. Me imaginaba a un Gaudí más interesante, aun no acaba el libro, espero mejoren sus anécdotas.
Mar 06, 2011 11:32AM Add a comment
Gaudi: A Biography – The Icon of Artistic Integrity Whose Controversial Catalan Masterpieces Defined Modern Architecture

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 78 of 128 of Autobiografia (Cronicas/Chronicles) (Spanish Edition)
Esta muy interesante, tal vez el único defecto que le encuentro es que es muy poco descriptivo. Normalmente no me interesa leer libros de historia de México, pero la forma en que introduce los temas de la revolución y su impacto en la cultura y arte mexicano me hace querer leer algo más sobre el tema.
Feb 18, 2011 07:34PM Add a comment
Autobiografia (Cronicas/Chronicles) (Spanish Edition)

Benjamin Torres
Benjamin Torres is on page 116 of 856 of La reina en el palacio de las corrientes de aire (Millennium, #3)
vamos a ver que tal termina la saga, espero que un poco mejor que el 2 que quedó un poco a deber
Jan 09, 2011 10:00PM Add a comment
La reina en el palacio de las corrientes de aire (Millennium, #3)

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