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Offline odeon

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1155 on: November 21, 2019, 04:15:16 PM »
Nothing. My brain is hyper and I can't do more than a page at most.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1156 on: November 24, 2019, 05:44:43 PM »
Quote from: odeon on November 21, 2019, 04:15:16 PM
Nothing. My brain is hyper and I can't do more than a page at most.
Same. Normally I move through books very quickly but the last few days I can manage maybe 3 pages before my skin crawls. I can't focus on anything for long. It's annoying the crap out of me.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1157 on: November 25, 2019, 02:33:00 AM »
Still have that problem and it's no fun. :(
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1158 on: November 25, 2019, 09:46:50 AM »
I was determined to finish the last 30 pages of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Took bloody well forever since i normally read so quickly. That makes my 50th book complete for the year. 50 is always my goal and anything beyond that is a bonus.

Just started Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. So far, I'm really liking it even if I can only read it in small portions right now.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1159 on: November 25, 2019, 04:24:39 PM »
^I have that book but it's still on my to read list.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1160 on: November 25, 2019, 08:15:52 PM »
Quote from: odeon on November 25, 2019, 04:24:39 PM
^I have that book but it's still on my to read list.
I'm a few chapters in and I can already tell that it's going to be a favourite. You'll see a ton of yourself in her words
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1161 on: November 27, 2019, 04:06:41 AM »
So they say. I think I was recommended that book. Can't remember who, though.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1162 on: November 27, 2019, 07:04:06 AM »
Quote from: odeon on November 27, 2019, 04:06:41 AM
So they say. I think I was recommended that book. Can't remember who, though.
I'm finding I keep having to put it down because just reading about the level of extroversion that is required in some institutions (Harvard Business School for example) is making ME feel physically exhausted! I have no idea that at HBS you basically do everything in groups from sun up to sundown. Study groups early in the morning. All classes have 90 students, debates and constant interaction and you're judged constantly about classroom level participation and if you don't speak up enough and in a confident way you're docked. It's frowned upon to go back to your apartment for lunch because of course you have to go to the Spangler to have lunch with everyone else and don't forget that after classes you're expected to regularly go out until late at night to have drinks with your classmates. It's this constant rotation of socialization and networking over and over and over again and you're expected to perform well in all those areas because that's the kind of executives they want to turn out at graduation. I felt ill because I simply cannot imagine being "on" so much.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1163 on: November 27, 2019, 07:19:10 AM »
Well, I'm peopled out after a week in the office.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1164 on: November 27, 2019, 02:59:09 PM »
Natural History magazine.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1165 on: December 01, 2019, 02:58:09 AM »
Still can't read more than a few pages, tops.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1166 on: December 01, 2019, 07:24:34 AM »
The Scent of Darkness by Margot Berwin. Shelving the Quiet book for right now. It's too deep for me to be able to really absorb at the moment.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1167 on: December 01, 2019, 09:10:44 AM »
A biography of Katherine Hepburn
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1168 on: December 03, 2019, 03:17:33 AM »
Dragon's Kin. It's a Pern novel by Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd. I'm already halfway through it and I started it yesterday afternoon. That's helped by trying to stay cool today in front of the fan.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1169 on: December 03, 2019, 07:45:13 PM »
Quote from: renaeden on December 03, 2019, 03:17:33 AM
Dragon's Kin. It's a Pern novel by Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd. I'm already halfway through it and I started it yesterday afternoon. That's helped by trying to stay cool today in front of the fan.
I love, love, love when you can lose yourself in a good book
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