BOOKCASE
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Really appreciated!
Last updated: November 2023
Fast Access of My Reviews
FICTION
- The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
March 2023:
我在看《三体II:黑暗森林》时看到APP网友提到:《指环王》里的精灵国王说:“你只是去战斗,不是去胜利(you ride to war, but not to victory)。”(我想知道《指环王》中这句话所处的语境是什么。)
February 2023:
说起来之前偶然路过市区一家WARHAMMER——桌上战棋游戏,偶然有了好奇心进去参观一下,偶然有着耐心听店员介绍那是什么游戏,然后偶然看到那家店里放着"The Lord of the Rings"的游戏,虽然我不知道那是什么。我还没有看过The Lord of the Rings,等之后有机会看一下这个故事!
- Story of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (2010, Publisher: Small Beer Press, One of the best short story collections of the last ten years, back in print in a new edition.)
January 2023:
知道这本书很久了,久到已经忘记了是怎么知道的这本书。最近一位YouTuber在她的视频里提到了这本书,所以想着把这个故事自己看一遍。
- [5/5, All time favourite, 想再读一遍]:
Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland | 《约翰·克利斯朵夫》【译】傅雷 (2019 海南出版社)
December 2022:
之前匆匆看过一遍,罗曼·罗兰写的故事太棒了,傅雷的翻译太棒了!
- [5/5, 2015, 2023, my write-up]:
地球往事三部曲:《三体》、《黑暗森林》和《死神永生》【著】刘慈欣
给岁月以文明,而不是给文明以岁月。
听说这是仿的那句给时光以生命,而不是给生命以时光
:)
- 《银河英雄传说》【著】田中芳树
February 2023:
听说“我们的征途是星辰大海”这句话出自这本书!
NON-FICTION
- Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism by Bhu Srinivasan (2017)
- [5/5, 有空想再读一遍]:
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (2018)
February 2023:
我表达过对很多人的文笔的喜爱,但我从未想过要有他们那样的文笔,因为他们对文字的使用充满着他们各自的特色,而我只想成为我。Westover是个例外,我匆忙看完这本书,非常非常喜欢她叙事的方式,而那就是我梦寐以求想拥有的文笔。我想模仿她的写作方式和技巧 :)
HOW-TO: Self-Help | Personal Development
- Michael Singer: The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself?
The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection?
Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament?
March 2023:
因为这位YouTuber知道的这个作者。Goodreads上查了“Michael Singer”之后发现他的以上那三本书均分全在4之上。我很好奇是怎样的一位作者能有如此稳定的高质量的产出。(不过我暂时似乎不是很需要读这几本书?)
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- The Worry Trick by David A. Carbonell (2016)
- [Currently reading, 3.5/5]
Mindset by Carol S. Dweck (2007)
June 2023:
我不确定我是否相信这位作者写下的全部内容,但以一种开放的心态接纳她的观点未尝不可。也可以试着按照她所认为的“growth mindset”那样去看待问题。
March 2023:
《三体II:黑暗森林》中提到的“失败主义”,“必胜信念”等等。被APP网友剧透大概知道章北海在琢磨什么。Anyway, in general, I am quite curious about how people "think about / perceptualize" success.
- [4/5, 2021, practical]:
Peak by Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool (2016)
- [4/5, 2021, practical]:
Atomic Habits by James Clear (2018)
- [4/5, 2021]:
The Defining Decade by Meg Jay (2012)
HOW-TO: Personal Finance
- [4/5, 2023, my random thoughts]:
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel (2020)
January 2024:
正在看他的新书Same as Ever,看了20%,仍然不清楚他想用那些故事和论据表达什么。这本新书完全不推荐。
- [4/5, 2022]:
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson (2020)
- [4/5, 2021]:
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki (2017)
HOW-TO: Academia
- [5/5, All time favourite]:
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White (2007, Illustrated, Publisher: Penguin)
February 2023:
BOSS gave me and my fellow student this book as a gift :)
- [5/5, 2019]:
The Ph.D. Grind (3rd Anniversary Reprint) by Philip J. Guo (2015)
February 2023:
作者曾经有非常棒的个人网站,分享了很多和他职业路径有关的博客与资源,但不知为何后来全被他撤下了。
(The link does not work, not even with Wayback Machine.)
- [NEXT]:
Science The Endless Frontier by Vannevar Bush (1945)
May 2023:
和BOSS吃饭的时候他提到他最近在读这份报告(report),并且表达出“虽然写于上世纪四十年代,此时看来依然有指导意义”。
- [4/5, 2022]:
The Little Book of Research Writing by Varanya Chaubey (2017)
- [4/5, 2022]:
A Guide for the Young Economist (2nd Edition) by William Thomson (2011)
- [4/5, 2025]:
《随椋鸟飞行:复杂系统的奇境》【著·意大利·2021】Giorgio Parisi【译】文铮(2022 新星出版社)
- [NEXT]:
《什么是科学》 by 吴国盛 (2016 广东人民出版社 | 2023 北京商务印书馆)