#7books — Public Fediverse posts

My old pinned post is kinda outdated now. Time for an update!

Again, in no specific order, 7 books that influenced me:

The King's Two Bodies
Ernst Kantorowicz

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Catholicism
Bishop Robert Barron

Lost in Thought
Zena Hitz

The Invention of Science
David Wootton

The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Physical Foundations of General Relativity
Dennis Sciama

#introduction #7books #bookstodon #bookwormph

My old pinned post is kinda outdated now. Time for an update!

Again, in no specific order, 7 books that influenced me:

The King's Two Bodies
Ernst Kantorowicz

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Catholicism
Bishop Robert Barron

Lost in Thought
Zena Hitz

The Invention of Science
David Wootton

The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Physical Foundations of General Relativity
Dennis Sciama

#introduction #7books #bookstodon #bookwormph

My old pinned post is kinda outdated now. Time for an update!

Again, in no specific order, 7 books that influenced me:

The King's Two Bodies
Ernst Kantorowicz

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Catholicism
Bishop Robert Barron

Lost in Thought
Zena Hitz

The Invention of Science
David Wootton

The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Physical Foundations of General Relativity
Dennis Sciama

#introduction #7books #bookstodon #bookwormph

My old pinned post is kinda outdated now. Time for an update!

Again, in no specific order, 7 books that influenced me:

The King's Two Bodies
Ernst Kantorowicz

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Catholicism
Bishop Robert Barron

Lost in Thought
Zena Hitz

The Invention of Science
David Wootton

The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Physical Foundations of General Relativity
Dennis Sciama

#introduction #7books #bookstodon #bookwormph

My old pinned post is kinda outdated now. Time for an update!

Again, in no specific order, 7 books that influenced me:

The King's Two Bodies
Ernst Kantorowicz

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Catholicism
Bishop Robert Barron

Lost in Thought
Zena Hitz

The Invention of Science
David Wootton

The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Physical Foundations of General Relativity
Dennis Sciama

#introduction #7books #bookstodon #bookwormph

When I joined Mastodon two years ago, the #7Books #7BooksToKnowMe hashtags were a thing, and I had fun compiling my list. How do I choose only SEVEN?!? At the time I declared that my list was by no means permanent. With that said, I feel an update is past due, especially since one of the authors from my original list turned out to be... problematic. I'm posting the original list, as well as the current version (images to save characters, with #AltText of course).
#Bookstodon #Books @bookstodon

When I joined Mastodon two years ago, the #7Books #7BooksToKnowMe hashtags were a thing, and I had fun compiling my list. How do I choose only SEVEN?!? At the time I declared that my list was by no means permanent. With that said, I feel an update is past due, especially since one of the authors from my original list turned out to be... problematic. I'm posting the original list, as well as the current version (images to save characters, with #AltText of course).
#Bookstodon #Books @bookstodon

When I joined Mastodon two years ago, the #7Books #7BooksToKnowMe hashtags were a thing, and I had fun compiling my list. How do I choose only SEVEN?!? At the time I declared that my list was by no means permanent. With that said, I feel an update is past due, especially since one of the authors from my original list turned out to be... problematic. I'm posting the original list, as well as the current version (images to save characters, with #AltText of course).
#Bookstodon #Books @bookstodon

When I joined Mastodon two years ago, the #7Books #7BooksToKnowMe hashtags were a thing, and I had fun compiling my list. How do I choose only SEVEN?!? At the time I declared that my list was by no means permanent. With that said, I feel an update is past due, especially since one of the authors from my original list turned out to be... problematic. I'm posting the original list, as well as the current version (images to save characters, with #AltText of course).
#Bookstodon #Books @bookstodon

When I joined Mastodon two years ago, the #7Books #7BooksToKnowMe hashtags were a thing, and I had fun compiling my list. How do I choose only SEVEN?!? At the time I declared that my list was by no means permanent. With that said, I feel an update is past due, especially since one of the authors from my original list turned out to be... problematic. I'm posting the original list, as well as the current version (images to save characters, with #AltText of course).
#Bookstodon #Books @bookstodon

@RadiantFlux
#7books
🤔
1. American Tabloid
James Ellroy

2. VALIS
Philip K. Dick

3. Neuromancer
William Gibson

4. The Job
William S. Burroughs

5. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

6. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

7. Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery

@RadiantFlux
#7books
🤔
1. American Tabloid
James Ellroy

2. VALIS
Philip K. Dick

3. Neuromancer
William Gibson

4. The Job
William S. Burroughs

5. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

6. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

7. Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery

@RadiantFlux
#7books
🤔
1. American Tabloid
James Ellroy

2. VALIS
Philip K. Dick

3. Neuromancer
William Gibson

4. The Job
William S. Burroughs

5. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

6. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

7. Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery

@RadiantFlux
#7books
🤔
1. American Tabloid
James Ellroy

2. VALIS
Philip K. Dick

3. Neuromancer
William Gibson

4. The Job
William S. Burroughs

5. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

6. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

7. Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery

@RadiantFlux
#7books
🤔
1. American Tabloid
James Ellroy

2. VALIS
Philip K. Dick

3. Neuromancer
William Gibson

4. The Job
William S. Burroughs

5. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

6. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

7. Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery

Dieser Buchcover-Quatsch, der da von außen reingeschwappt kam, scheint mir recht ungelenk. Für Mastodonten gibt es immerhin meistens ALT-Beschriftungen, aber die enthalten nicht etwa Bildbeschreibungen, sondern nur Autor:in und Titel. Wenn euch die Umschlaggestaltung sowieso schnuppe ist, warum belastet ihr die Infrastruktur dann mit ihren zahlreichen Pixeln? Die letzte Aktion dieser Art - "#7books to get to know me" mit allen Angaben in einem einzigen Toot, anno domini 2022 - war nicht nur ergiebiger und erkenntnisreicher, sondern auch ressourcenschonender. #20books #20books20days #nobluesky

Dieser Buchcover-Quatsch, der da von außen reingeschwappt kam, scheint mir recht ungelenk. Für Mastodonten gibt es immerhin meistens ALT-Beschriftungen, aber die enthalten nicht etwa Bildbeschreibungen, sondern nur Autor:in und Titel. Wenn euch die Umschlaggestaltung sowieso schnuppe ist, warum belastet ihr die Infrastruktur dann mit ihren zahlreichen Pixeln? Die letzte Aktion dieser Art - "#7books to get to know me" mit allen Angaben in einem einzigen Toot, anno domini 2022 - war nicht nur ergiebiger und erkenntnisreicher, sondern auch ressourcenschonender. #20books #20books20days #nobluesky

Dieser Buchcover-Quatsch, der da von außen reingeschwappt kam, scheint mir recht ungelenk. Für Mastodonten gibt es immerhin meistens ALT-Beschriftungen, aber die enthalten nicht etwa Bildbeschreibungen, sondern nur Autor:in und Titel. Wenn euch die Umschlaggestaltung sowieso schnuppe ist, warum belastet ihr die Infrastruktur dann mit ihren zahlreichen Pixeln? Die letzte Aktion dieser Art - "#7books to get to know me" mit allen Angaben in einem einzigen Toot, anno domini 2022 - war nicht nur ergiebiger und erkenntnisreicher, sondern auch ressourcenschonender. #20books #20books20days #nobluesky

Dieser Buchcover-Quatsch, der da von außen reingeschwappt kam, scheint mir recht ungelenk. Für Mastodonten gibt es immerhin meistens ALT-Beschriftungen, aber die enthalten nicht etwa Bildbeschreibungen, sondern nur Autor:in und Titel. Wenn euch die Umschlaggestaltung sowieso schnuppe ist, warum belastet ihr die Infrastruktur dann mit ihren zahlreichen Pixeln? Die letzte Aktion dieser Art - "#7books to get to know me" mit allen Angaben in einem einzigen Toot, anno domini 2022 - war nicht nur ergiebiger und erkenntnisreicher, sondern auch ressourcenschonender. #20books #20books20days #nobluesky

#7books seems like an interesting way to find out more about people's tastes.

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Regeneration by Pat Barker

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard (yes the whole lot counts as one)

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Nella Last's Diaries

The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh by Russell Thorndike

#7books seems like an interesting way to find out more about people's tastes.

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Regeneration by Pat Barker

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard (yes the whole lot counts as one)

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Nella Last's Diaries

The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh by Russell Thorndike

#7books seems like an interesting way to find out more about people's tastes.

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Regeneration by Pat Barker

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard (yes the whole lot counts as one)

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Nella Last's Diaries

The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh by Russell Thorndike

#7books seems like an interesting way to find out more about people's tastes.

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Regeneration by Pat Barker

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard (yes the whole lot counts as one)

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Nella Last's Diaries

The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh by Russell Thorndike

#7books seems like an interesting way to find out more about people's tastes.

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Regeneration by Pat Barker

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard (yes the whole lot counts as one)

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Nella Last's Diaries

The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh by Russell Thorndike

How about a picture of #7books for #7BooksToKnowMe ?

How about a picture of #7books for #7BooksToKnowMe ?

How about a picture of #7books for #7BooksToKnowMe ?

Saw the tag #7BooksToKnowMe and #7Books and couldn't resist - and me being me it won't be just 7 books but 7 series:

- The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
- Culture series, especially Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
- Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson
- The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock
- The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (yes, it's a comic, but still counts)
- Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- Dune series by Frank Herbert (yours truly is a completionist, so including all the KJA & BH stuff).

Saw the tag #7BooksToKnowMe and #7Books and couldn't resist - and me being me it won't be just 7 books but 7 series:

- The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
- Culture series, especially Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
- Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson
- The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock
- The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (yes, it's a comic, but still counts)
- Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- Dune series by Frank Herbert (yours truly is a completionist, so including all the KJA & BH stuff).

Saw the tag #7BooksToKnowMe and #7Books and couldn't resist - and me being me it won't be just 7 books but 7 series:

- The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
- Culture series, especially Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
- Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson
- The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock
- The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (yes, it's a comic, but still counts)
- Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- Dune series by Frank Herbert (yours truly is a completionist, so including all the KJA & BH stuff).

Saw the tag #7BooksToKnowMe and #7Books and couldn't resist - and me being me it won't be just 7 books but 7 series:

- The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
- Culture series, especially Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
- Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson
- The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock
- The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (yes, it's a comic, but still counts)
- Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- Dune series by Frank Herbert (yours truly is a completionist, so including all the KJA & BH stuff).

just saw #7books to get to know me tag! sounds fun, let’s try it:
1. my family and other animals by gerald durrell
2. master and margarita by mikhail bulgakov
3. lord of the rings by jrrt
4. good omens by pratchett and gaiman
5. roadside picnic by strugatskis
6. pattern recognition by william gibson
7. prosper’s demon by k j parker

just saw #7books to get to know me tag! sounds fun, let’s try it:
1. my family and other animals by gerald durrell
2. master and margarita by mikhail bulgakov
3. lord of the rings by jrrt
4. good omens by pratchett and gaiman
5. roadside picnic by strugatskis
6. pattern recognition by william gibson
7. prosper’s demon by k j parker

Ok, let's do this. Geez, I love this.

#7BooksToKnowMe

My #7books list:

- The Hitchhiker Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
- Blood Meridian (Cormack McCarthy)
- The Memory Illusion (Julia Shaw)
- Foundation (original trilogy, Isaac Asimov)
- Lord Of The Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- The Complete Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft
- Il Sistema Periodico (The Periodic Table) (Primo Levi)

Ok, let's do this. Geez, I love this.

#7BooksToKnowMe

My #7books list:

- The Hitchhiker Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
- Blood Meridian (Cormack McCarthy)
- The Memory Illusion (Julia Shaw)
- Foundation (original trilogy, Isaac Asimov)
- Lord Of The Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- The Complete Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft
- Il Sistema Periodico (The Periodic Table) (Primo Levi)

Ok, let's do this. Geez, I love this.

#7BooksToKnowMe

My #7books list:

- The Hitchhiker Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
- Blood Meridian (Cormack McCarthy)
- The Memory Illusion (Julia Shaw)
- Foundation (original trilogy, Isaac Asimov)
- Lord Of The Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- The Complete Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft
- Il Sistema Periodico (The Periodic Table) (Primo Levi)

Ok, let's do this. Geez, I love this.

#7BooksToKnowMe

My #7books list:

- The Hitchhiker Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
- Blood Meridian (Cormack McCarthy)
- The Memory Illusion (Julia Shaw)
- Foundation (original trilogy, Isaac Asimov)
- Lord Of The Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- The Complete Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft
- Il Sistema Periodico (The Periodic Table) (Primo Levi)

Ok, let's do this. Geez, I love this.

#7BooksToKnowMe

My #7books list:

- The Hitchhiker Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
- Blood Meridian (Cormack McCarthy)
- The Memory Illusion (Julia Shaw)
- Foundation (original trilogy, Isaac Asimov)
- Lord Of The Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- The Complete Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft
- Il Sistema Periodico (The Periodic Table) (Primo Levi)

Sometimes you come across a hashtags that makes you think. And maybe even write a blog post. Like #7Books that will help you to get to know me. First there was some hesitation, because would I even get to seven books? And maybe the books I pick are too shallow or maybe a bit over the top?

I have not been reading much in recent years. Time was spent on family live, birding/walking, social media and yes, work. And to be honest, picking a book I read a thousand year ago to ‘describe me’ seems a bit forced. Anyway, I give it a shot…

I start with two books that are my all-time favorites I recently reread: 1. The origin of species – Charles Darwin 2. A short history of nearly everything – Bill Bryson

Writing this reminds me of an exercise we did in school. Watching an old drawing with several people (unfortunately forgot the scene) we were asked with which person we identified the most. I picked the person observing the other people in the scene. To observe and wanting to understand how thinks work. So basically I am a science guy. And add: not into religion.

The groundbreaking book of Charles Darwin is awesome in several ways. The epic journey with the Beagle which lead to this book (and others), the reasoning and deduction of the scientist which lead to the theory and the endeavor to publish it while he knew there would be religious flack. I am proud to own a 6th edition from 1897.

The book by Bill Bryson is complete different. Bill is not a scientist but an observer with many questions he dares to ask. In this book he covers many topics of life, nature, science, universe, and everything. Written clearly and with a lot of humor. Bill is a brilliant writer, and I read most of his books and I have a small collection. I could easily fill the list with his books, but that is probably not the idea behind #7Books. That being said…

Books 3 and 4 3. The Monk in the Garden: The lost and found genius of Gregor Mendel – Robin Marantz Henig 4. The Body – Bill Bryson

Gregor Mendell was an Austrian scientist and monk who lived in the 1800s. He experimented on garden pea hybrids and is known as the father of modern genetics. The book itself is partly fictionalized because many records about his live are lost. I read this book a long time ago (even before reading Darwin).

The Body is Bill Bryson latest and probably last book (because of retirement) in which he guides the reader through the human body. With facts and anecdotes the books leads to a deeper understanding of human body.

There are thousands of things that can kill us—slightly more than eight thousand, according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems compiled by the World Health Organization—and we escape every one of them but one. For most of us, that’s not a bad deal. – Bill Bryson

Books 5, 6 and 7 – fiction department In the fiction department I have read books in different genres, from Stephen King to Harry Mulisch, and from Nicci French tot Jonas Jonasson. I do not keep all the books I read. Some books I enjoyed so much the end up on the bookshelf. To be honest it feels very arbitrary to pick three books, because most of them I read a long time ago. But looking at the bookshelf these three caught my attention the most: 5. The Kite Runner – Haled Hosseini 6. The shadow of the wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón 7. Censoring an Iranian Love Story – Shahriar Mandanipour

Not sure what these books tell about me…

#7Books

https://mokum.icu/7books/

Sometimes you come across a hashtags that makes you think. And maybe even write a blog post. Like #7Books that will help you to get to know me. First there was some hesitation, because would I even get to seven books? And maybe the books I pick are too shallow or maybe a bit over the top?

I have not been reading much in recent years. Time was spent on family live, birding/walking, social media and yes, work. And to be honest, picking a book I read a thousand year ago to ‘describe me’ seems a bit forced. Anyway, I give it a shot…

I start with two books that are my all-time favorites I recently reread: 1. The origin of species – Charles Darwin 2. A short history of nearly everything – Bill Bryson

Writing this reminds me of an exercise we did in school. Watching an old drawing with several people (unfortunately forgot the scene) we were asked with which person we identified the most. I picked the person observing the other people in the scene. To observe and wanting to understand how thinks work. So basically I am a science guy. And add: not into religion.

The groundbreaking book of Charles Darwin is awesome in several ways. The epic journey with the Beagle which lead to this book (and others), the reasoning and deduction of the scientist which lead to the theory and the endeavor to publish it while he knew there would be religious flack. I am proud to own a 6th edition from 1897.

The book by Bill Bryson is complete different. Bill is not a scientist but an observer with many questions he dares to ask. In this book he covers many topics of life, nature, science, universe, and everything. Written clearly and with a lot of humor. Bill is a brilliant writer, and I read most of his books and I have a small collection. I could easily fill the list with his books, but that is probably not the idea behind #7Books. That being said…

Books 3 and 4 3. The Monk in the Garden: The lost and found genius of Gregor Mendel – Robin Marantz Henig 4. The Body – Bill Bryson

Gregor Mendell was an Austrian scientist and monk who lived in the 1800s. He experimented on garden pea hybrids and is known as the father of modern genetics. The book itself is partly fictionalized because many records about his live are lost. I read this book a long time ago (even before reading Darwin).

The Body is Bill Bryson latest and probably last book (because of retirement) in which he guides the reader through the human body. With facts and anecdotes the books leads to a deeper understanding of human body.

There are thousands of things that can kill us—slightly more than eight thousand, according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems compiled by the World Health Organization—and we escape every one of them but one. For most of us, that’s not a bad deal. – Bill Bryson

Books 5, 6 and 7 – fiction department In the fiction department I have read books in different genres, from Stephen King to Harry Mulisch, and from Nicci French tot Jonas Jonasson. I do not keep all the books I read. Some books I enjoyed so much the end up on the bookshelf. To be honest it feels very arbitrary to pick three books, because most of them I read a long time ago. But looking at the bookshelf these three caught my attention the most: 5. The Kite Runner – Haled Hosseini 6. The shadow of the wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón 7. Censoring an Iranian Love Story – Shahriar Mandanipour

Not sure what these books tell about me…

#7Books

https://mokum.icu/7books/

Sometimes you come across a hashtags that makes you think. And maybe even write a blog post. Like #7Books that will help you to get to know me. First there was some hesitation, because would I even get to seven books? And maybe the books I pick are too shallow or maybe a bit over the top?

I have not been reading much in recent years. Time was spent on family live, birding/walking, social media and yes, work. And to be honest, picking a book I read a thousand year ago to ‘describe me’ seems a bit forced. Anyway, I give it a shot…

I start with two books that are my all-time favorites I recently reread: 1. The origin of species – Charles Darwin 2. A short history of nearly everything – Bill Bryson

Writing this reminds me of an exercise we did in school. Watching an old drawing with several people (unfortunately forgot the scene) we were asked with which person we identified the most. I picked the person observing the other people in the scene. To observe and wanting to understand how thinks work. So basically I am a science guy. And add: not into religion.

The groundbreaking book of Charles Darwin is awesome in several ways. The epic journey with the Beagle which lead to this book (and others), the reasoning and deduction of the scientist which lead to the theory and the endeavor to publish it while he knew there would be religious flack. I am proud to own a 6th edition from 1897.

The book by Bill Bryson is complete different. Bill is not a scientist but an observer with many questions he dares to ask. In this book he covers many topics of life, nature, science, universe, and everything. Written clearly and with a lot of humor. Bill is a brilliant writer, and I read most of his books and I have a small collection. I could easily fill the list with his books, but that is probably not the idea behind #7Books. That being said…

Books 3 and 4 3. The Monk in the Garden: The lost and found genius of Gregor Mendel – Robin Marantz Henig 4. The Body – Bill Bryson

Gregor Mendell was an Austrian scientist and monk who lived in the 1800s. He experimented on garden pea hybrids and is known as the father of modern genetics. The book itself is partly fictionalized because many records about his live are lost. I read this book a long time ago (even before reading Darwin).

The Body is Bill Bryson latest and probably last book (because of retirement) in which he guides the reader through the human body. With facts and anecdotes the books leads to a deeper understanding of human body.

There are thousands of things that can kill us—slightly more than eight thousand, according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems compiled by the World Health Organization—and we escape every one of them but one. For most of us, that’s not a bad deal. – Bill Bryson

Books 5, 6 and 7 – fiction department In the fiction department I have read books in different genres, from Stephen King to Harry Mulisch, and from Nicci French tot Jonas Jonasson. I do not keep all the books I read. Some books I enjoyed so much the end up on the bookshelf. To be honest it feels very arbitrary to pick three books, because most of them I read a long time ago. But looking at the bookshelf these three caught my attention the most: 5. The Kite Runner – Haled Hosseini 6. The shadow of the wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón 7. Censoring an Iranian Love Story – Shahriar Mandanipour

Not sure what these books tell about me…

#7Books

https://mokum.icu/7books/

Sometimes you come across a hashtags that makes you think. And maybe even write a blog post. Like #7Books that will help you to get to know me. First there was some hesitation, because would I even get to seven books? And maybe the books I pick are too shallow or maybe a bit over the top?

I have not been reading much in recent years. Time was spent on family live, birding/walking, social media and yes, work. And to be honest, picking a book I read a thousand year ago to ‘describe me’ seems a bit forced. Anyway, I give it a shot…

I start with two books that are my all-time favorites I recently reread: 1. The origin of species – Charles Darwin 2. A short history of nearly everything – Bill Bryson

Writing this reminds me of an exercise we did in school. Watching an old drawing with several people (unfortunately forgot the scene) we were asked with which person we identified the most. I picked the person observing the other people in the scene. To observe and wanting to understand how thinks work. So basically I am a science guy. And add: not into religion.

The groundbreaking book of Charles Darwin is awesome in several ways. The epic journey with the Beagle which lead to this book (and others), the reasoning and deduction of the scientist which lead to the theory and the endeavor to publish it while he knew there would be religious flack. I am proud to own a 6th edition from 1897.

The book by Bill Bryson is complete different. Bill is not a scientist but an observer with many questions he dares to ask. In this book he covers many topics of life, nature, science, universe, and everything. Written clearly and with a lot of humor. Bill is a brilliant writer, and I read most of his books and I have a small collection. I could easily fill the list with his books, but that is probably not the idea behind #7Books. That being said…

Books 3 and 4 3. The Monk in the Garden: The lost and found genius of Gregor Mendel – Robin Marantz Henig 4. The Body – Bill Bryson

Gregor Mendell was an Austrian scientist and monk who lived in the 1800s. He experimented on garden pea hybrids and is known as the father of modern genetics. The book itself is partly fictionalized because many records about his live are lost. I read this book a long time ago (even before reading Darwin).

The Body is Bill Bryson latest and probably last book (because of retirement) in which he guides the reader through the human body. With facts and anecdotes the books leads to a deeper understanding of human body.

There are thousands of things that can kill us—slightly more than eight thousand, according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems compiled by the World Health Organization—and we escape every one of them but one. For most of us, that’s not a bad deal. – Bill Bryson

Books 5, 6 and 7 – fiction department In the fiction department I have read books in different genres, from Stephen King to Harry Mulisch, and from Nicci French tot Jonas Jonasson. I do not keep all the books I read. Some books I enjoyed so much the end up on the bookshelf. To be honest it feels very arbitrary to pick three books, because most of them I read a long time ago. But looking at the bookshelf these three caught my attention the most: 5. The Kite Runner – Haled Hosseini 6. The shadow of the wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón 7. Censoring an Iranian Love Story – Shahriar Mandanipour

Not sure what these books tell about me…

#7Books

https://mokum.icu/7books/

Okay... #sevenbooks #7books to #gettoknowme

1. Holding The Man by Timothy Conigrave. A moving coming-of-age for gay men in Australia.
2. Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky. A critical book in early days of social.
3. A path with heart by Jack Cornfield
4. A compassionate mind by Paul Gilbert
5. The watchers by Dean Koontz. So scary!
6. Happiness by Matthieu Ricard. Such an inspiration.
7. Born to run by Christopher MacDougall. Running can be interesting!

#books #booktadon #reading

Just saw the #7Books tag and...I'm gonna distract myself from the therapy truth bomb I just had and list the most impactful books I've ever experienced. 😅 Doing post-therapy right.

1. His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
2. Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
3. Sailor Moon (Manga counts, right?) - Naoko Takeuchi
4. Dealing with Dragons - Patricia Wrede
5. The 10th Kingdom - Kathryn Wesley
6. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
7. The Snow Queen - Joan Vinge

There's way more than just 7, but these are probably the top ones I'd point someone to. ❤️

Just saw the #7Books tag and...I'm gonna distract myself from the therapy truth bomb I just had and list the most impactful books I've ever experienced. 😅 Doing post-therapy right.

1. His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
2. Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
3. Sailor Moon (Manga counts, right?) - Naoko Takeuchi
4. Dealing with Dragons - Patricia Wrede
5. The 10th Kingdom - Kathryn Wesley
6. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
7. The Snow Queen - Joan Vinge

There's way more than just 7, but these are probably the top ones I'd point someone to. ❤️

New instance, new #introduction part 2 (reposted from my previous instance):

#7Books is agony, so #14books it is:

— #Imajica by Clive Barker
— #Orlando by Virginia Woolf
— #GoodOmens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
— #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Susanna Clarke
— #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
— #DearSenthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
— #TheGoneAwayWorld by Nick Harkaway
— #WhiteIsForWitching by Helen Oyeyemi
— #RoadsidePicnic by the Brothers Strugatsky
— #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane
— #Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
— #TheGoldfinch by Donna Tartt
— #BloodMeridian by Cormac McCarthy
— #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Scott Hawkins

Ok, I fibbed. One last go-to comfort re-read: the #Discworld series, also by Terry Pratchett (Is listing an entire series cheating? I can't possibly pick one. Sorry not sorry.)

#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks #ComicsDeserveTheirOwnList #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon

New instance, new #introduction part 2 (reposted from my previous instance):

#7Books is agony, so #14books it is:

— #Imajica by Clive Barker
— #Orlando by Virginia Woolf
— #GoodOmens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
— #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Susanna Clarke
— #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
— #DearSenthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
— #TheGoneAwayWorld by Nick Harkaway
— #WhiteIsForWitching by Helen Oyeyemi
— #RoadsidePicnic by the Brothers Strugatsky
— #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane
— #Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
— #TheGoldfinch by Donna Tartt
— #BloodMeridian by Cormac McCarthy
— #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Scott Hawkins

Ok, I fibbed. One last go-to comfort re-read: the #Discworld series, also by Terry Pratchett (Is listing an entire series cheating? I can't possibly pick one. Sorry not sorry.)

#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks #ComicsDeserveTheirOwnList #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon

New instance, new #introduction part 2 (reposted from my previous instance):

#7Books is agony, so #14books it is:

— #Imajica by Clive Barker
— #Orlando by Virginia Woolf
— #GoodOmens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
— #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Susanna Clarke
— #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
— #DearSenthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
— #TheGoneAwayWorld by Nick Harkaway
— #WhiteIsForWitching by Helen Oyeyemi
— #RoadsidePicnic by the Brothers Strugatsky
— #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane
— #Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
— #TheGoldfinch by Donna Tartt
— #BloodMeridian by Cormac McCarthy
— #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Scott Hawkins

Ok, I fibbed. One last go-to comfort re-read: the #Discworld series, also by Terry Pratchett (Is listing an entire series cheating? I can't possibly pick one. Sorry not sorry.)

#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks #ComicsDeserveTheirOwnList #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon

New instance, new #introduction part 2 (reposted from my previous instance):

#7Books is agony, so #14books it is:

— #Imajica by Clive Barker
— #Orlando by Virginia Woolf
— #GoodOmens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
— #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Susanna Clarke
— #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
— #DearSenthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
— #TheGoneAwayWorld by Nick Harkaway
— #WhiteIsForWitching by Helen Oyeyemi
— #RoadsidePicnic by the Brothers Strugatsky
— #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane
— #Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
— #TheGoldfinch by Donna Tartt
— #BloodMeridian by Cormac McCarthy
— #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Scott Hawkins

Ok, I fibbed. One last go-to comfort re-read: the #Discworld series, also by Terry Pratchett (Is listing an entire series cheating? I can't possibly pick one. Sorry not sorry.)

#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks #ComicsDeserveTheirOwnList #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon

New instance, new #introduction part 2 (reposted from my previous instance):

#7Books is agony, so #14books it is:

— #Imajica by Clive Barker
— #Orlando by Virginia Woolf
— #GoodOmens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
— #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Susanna Clarke
— #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
— #DearSenthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
— #TheGoneAwayWorld by Nick Harkaway
— #WhiteIsForWitching by Helen Oyeyemi
— #RoadsidePicnic by the Brothers Strugatsky
— #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane
— #Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
— #TheGoldfinch by Donna Tartt
— #BloodMeridian by Cormac McCarthy
— #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Scott Hawkins

Ok, I fibbed. One last go-to comfort re-read: the #Discworld series, also by Terry Pratchett (Is listing an entire series cheating? I can't possibly pick one. Sorry not sorry.)

#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks #ComicsDeserveTheirOwnList #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon

Here is my #GetToKnowMe list for #7books :

- Awakening the Brain: The Neuropsychology of Grace #CharlotteTomaino
- Thank you for Arguing #JayHeinrichs
- The Great Turning #DavidKorten
- The Dream Machine: JCR Licklider and the Revolution that Made Computing Personal #MitchellWaldrop
- The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J Henry Waugh Prop #RobertCoover
- The Brothers Karamazov #FyodorDostoevsky
- The Dispossessed #UrsulaKLeGuin

@jlward @bookstodon Sorry, just saw this reply. I highly recommend The Talisman! A great quest story.

I can't take credit for the #7books idea. Lots of people were doing it when I signed up for Mastodon in November, but I haven't seen many posts using that hashtag recently.

@jlward @bookstodon Sorry, just saw this reply. I highly recommend The Talisman! A great quest story.

I can't take credit for the #7books idea. Lots of people were doing it when I signed up for Mastodon in November, but I haven't seen many posts using that hashtag recently.

@jlward @bookstodon Sorry, just saw this reply. I highly recommend The Talisman! A great quest story.

I can't take credit for the #7books idea. Lots of people were doing it when I signed up for Mastodon in November, but I haven't seen many posts using that hashtag recently.

@jlward @bookstodon Sorry, just saw this reply. I highly recommend The Talisman! A great quest story.

I can't take credit for the #7books idea. Lots of people were doing it when I signed up for Mastodon in November, but I haven't seen many posts using that hashtag recently.

Here is my #GetToKnowMe list for #7books. These items are my favorites because they were entertaining, I connected with them emotionally, and/or they helped me to better know myself.

— The Phantom Tollbooth #NortonJuster
— The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy #DouglasAdams
— The Gods of Jade And Shadow #SylviaMorenoGarcia
— Pattern Recognition #WilliamGibson
— Neverwhere #NeilGaiman
— Some Men Are Lookers #EthanMorden
— Bloom County Babylon #BerkeBreathed

#Bookstodon #books #InspiredByAdamcr

Here is my #GetToKnowMe list for #7books. These items are my favorites because they were entertaining, I connected with them emotionally, and/or they helped me to better know myself.

— House in the Cerulean Sea, #TJKlune
— The Expanse series, #JamesSACorey
— More Happy Than Not, #AdamSilvera
— Red, White & Royal Blue, #CaseyMcQuiston
— Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, #BenjaminAlireSaenz
— The Song of Achilles, #MadelineMiller
— We Are the Ants, #ShaunDavidHutchinson

#Bookstodon #books

[bringing over some previous posts to my new account]

Given, I am an avid reader and people want to find out stuff about me.

#7Books

J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye

George Orwell - Animal Farm

Allen Ginsberg - Howl, Kaddish & other poems

Jack Kerouac - Dharma Bums

John Steinbeck - Of Mice & Men

Theodor Storm - Der Schimmelreiter (The Rider on the white horse)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Archipelago Gulag