A Bookworm's Definitive Story

I hate books. It takes time and energy to read a book and finish it. Why do I join booklikes and write a blog about book? Why do you think people exercise in the gym knowing it takes time and energy to get a great body?

Today
March
19
Andrew Lang
Douglas A. Anderson, Frank R. Stockton, Johann Ludwig Tieck, Richard Garnett, H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang, William Hope Hodgson, E.A. Wyke-Smith, David Lindsay, Clemence Housman, George MacDonald, Arthur Machen, A. Merritt, L. Frank Baum, Kenneth Morris, William Morri
April 2015
20
read
November 2014
15
finished reading:
November 2014
10
started reading:
November 2014
8
finished reading:
October 2014
31
text: Reading progress update: I've read 260 out of 352 pages.
A man who has my respect once said, "Humans always try to understand who they are and the context of where they are. History ...
The Economics Book - DK Publishing
September 2014
03
reviewed: Unleashing the Ideavirus: Stop Marketing AT People! Turn Your Ideas into Epidemics by Helping Your Customers Do the Marketing thing for You.
The few ideas used for example is good for inspirations.
Unleashing the Ideavirus: Stop Marketing AT People! Turn Your Ideas into Epidemics by Helping Your Customers Do the Marketing thing for You. - Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell
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August 2014
26
finished reading:
August 2014
15
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July 2014
21
reviewed: The Wood Beyond the World
The slow pace got me bored at time, but a good story nonetheless
The Wood Beyond the World - William Morris
finished reading:
May 2014
24
reviewed: The Princess Bride
Wonderfully and Sentimentally entertaining. It revived a part of me that has been left in the dark corner of the shelf and st...
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
finished reading:
April 2014
18
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April 2014
16
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April 2014
8
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March 2014
30
reviewed: Growing a Business
Love it. Love it. Love it.
Growing a Business - Paul Hawken
finished reading:
March 2014
20
finished reading:
March 2014
10
reviewed: Walden
In a world of fast paced activities, Thoreau is a friend that won't mind to sit with you in your solitude. There is a time to...
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
finished reading:
March 2014
05
reviewed: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Be number ONE on that ONE thing you really care about.Be GREAT at ONE thing that you're most passionate about.That's pretty m...
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) - Seth Godin
finished reading:
February 2014
22
reviewed: Brave New World
The idea behind the book is interesting, but the story, the setting and the author's voice is stupid and depressing.Sorry, bu...
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
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February 2014
20
finished reading:
February 2014
15
finished reading:
February 2014
13
finished reading:
February 2014
7
finished reading:
January 2014
30
finished reading:
January 2014
26
finished reading:
January 2014
22
finished reading:
January 2014
2
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December 2013
30
finished reading:
December 2013
24
finished reading:
November 2013
22
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November 2013
2
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October 2013
30
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October 2013
23
reviewed: Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
I never want to do what the scientists do, but I do want to know what if feels like to be a scientist.And this book do just t...
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder - Richard Dawkins
finished reading:
October 2013
17
reviewed: David and Goliath: The Triumph of the Underdog
The book Outliers was the book that cemented my love for non-fiction books.I never knew back then that non-fictions could be ...
David and Goliath: The Triumph of the Underdog - Malcolm Gladwell
finished reading:
October 2013
13
reviewed: The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love
Richard Dawkins said in his The God Delusion that religious readers who open his book will be atheists when they put it down....
The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love - John Shelby Spong
finished reading:
October 2013
11
finished reading:
October 2013
05
reviewed: 80/20 Principle
I've always disliked books about business in general, partly because most of those books only talks about things that everyon...
80/20 Principle - Richard Koch
finished reading:
October 2013
03
reviewed: All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World
As a marketer, Godin is a Purple Cow.As a book writer, he is a mess."By telling you a story about how my books fit together, ...
All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World - Seth Godin
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Currently reading

The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy
Douglas A. Anderson, Frank R. Stockton, Johann Ludwig Tieck, Richard Garnett, H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang, William Hope Hodgson, E.A. Wyke-Smith, David Lindsay, Clemence Housman, George MacDonald, Arthur Machen, A. Merritt, L. Frank Baum, Kenneth Morris, William Morri