What books have you read in this year?

I have only read one, Sinuhe the Egyptian. I may start reading a new book soon.

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I try to read every day. I’m currently reading Vonnegut’s Deadeye Dick.

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A couple of Stephen King Books, The Stand and the Tommy Knockers. Self help books on how to quit drinking, and memoirs on Schizophrenia among others. Diarys of a psychiatric orderly was the best one so far. I listen to them a couple of hours a night. All Audible Books from Amazon. I flit between a couple depending what mood im in.

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Probably quite a few, I just don’t remember the names off hand. I should read more.

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Shanghaied one was called, and I listened the SAA recovery book, and I read half a murakami novel. Reading has been slow this year.

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I always start on books but I don’t think I have read through one since my illness started.

I will get there one day.

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I am ashamed of saying none. I cant really read books since sz. I did read books before sz but not much. Mostly were for school.

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I have problem with reading but ok with audio books. Congrats on job. Are you keeping well?

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Thankyou Star :relaxed:

Yea I’m keeping okay. Went to feed the pigeons in the park today with my friend.

How are you keeping??

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I’m ok. I found a art society close to where I live. They have classes 3 or 4 times a week. Membership is 40 pounds a year. Going to get involved with that.

Feeding pigeons sounds good.

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That sounds great. Sounds like really promising. Not that expensive either,

Will help to give you something to look forward to.

When my confidence improves I will join an art meet up group too

Yea it was OK feeding them.

We were gonna feed squirrels actually but all we could see was pigeons.

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I’ve been reading mostly bird books, music books, and a few religious books.

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@ThePickinSkunk I used to be into birdwatching. I should make an effort to get back into it.

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It’s like the cheapest or the most expensive hobby one could have.

I bought a decent pair of Nikon nocs and never looked back. The focus wheel is effortless and they are reasonably bright.

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A lot. Well over 50. I don’t really keep count.

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I have read a cat wisdom book.

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Sadly none, I haven’t read many books since I got schizophrenia and was put on meds it became harder to focus and less enjoyable. There are so many books I want to read but I haven’t been able to bring myself around to reading them.

Before schizophrenia I read a lot. Fiction like fantasy (Knights and Wizards type stuff) and Star Trek: The Next Generation novels. I also read non-fiction science books by the original scientists to get a first hand account of their ideas, like Darwin’s Origin of Species, Einsteins Relativity, Watson and Cricks Double Helix, a couple of books by Stephen Hawking.

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Ive read about 2/3rds of The Hobbit

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I start to read a book only to get involved in another which takes my attention from the first. Only book I read cover to cover was an old Russian book called THE WAY OF THE PILGRIM. I think it was a free book on Kindle or for 99¢. It’s about a disabled peasant who wanders from town to town in Russia reciting a prayer. It’s a famous book but since it’s more than a hundred years old there’s no copywrite and is free on the internet like all old books. You can find any old book for free on the internet or pay a small fee like I did on my kindle through Amazon.

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Read a couple David Icke books, Who goes there (The thing), Sapiens, Surrounded by Idiots.

Soon 1984 by George Orwell, and I’m also reading a quantum physics book as well.

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