My library’s new Libby acquisitions came through for me in a BIG way this morning, just in time for my beachside family holiday

#books #reading #HolidayReading #library

Dành cho kỳ nghỉ: danh sách blog công nghệ đáng đọc do người sáng lập ClickHouse đề xuất. Bao gồm các chuyên mục về hệ thống, dữ liệu, lập trình và xu hướng công nghệ mới. Thêm vào bookmark để cập nhật kiến thức và truyền cảm hứng! #CôngNghệ #TechBlogs #LậpTrình #Data #ClickHouse #ReadingList #HolidayReading

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1pzixly/good_technology_blogs_a_reading_list_for_the/

‘Flesh’ by David Szalay.

I like this novel. I’m still not sure whether the protagonist is a calculating asshole, or a naive guy to who most stuff just happens. Or a bit of both.

Well-written too. I love such concise language.

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/an-extract-from-flesh-by-david-szalay

#books #holidayreading

Just finished ‘The Unfolding of Language’ by Guy Deutscher.

I love it.

I’ve learnt loads about the structure of language.

E.g.:

In most languages it’s easy to turn a noun into a verb: ‘Alice skins a cow’.
But turning a verb into a noun often requires adding letters: ‘move’ - ‘movement’. Or in Dutch: ‘bewegen’ - ‘beweging’.

#books #holidayreading

Thanks for hosting #Writephant, @neve

#SelfPromo

My books, low-key fantasy with romance, mostly queer, are currently in the annual end of year #Smashwords sale — they’re already affordable but now they’re extra affordable, all 25% off:
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer

but you’ll also find them on #KoboPlus or #Hoopla, or any of your favourite ebook retailers. They’re not for everyone…but the readers who like them…REALLY like them 😊

@bookstodon #books #reading #GayRomance #IndieAuthor #HolidayReading

Sam Leith, ‘You Talkin' to Me? Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama’ (Profile Books, 2011)

I had great fun reading this. I learnt a lot too. I also admit that the book is somewhat nerdy.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/13/you-talkin-sam-leith-review #books #holidayreading

Huh?

In ancient Athens: 'it was a rare citizen who did not go to court at least a half a dozen times during the course of his adult life'.

From Sam Leith, ‘You talkin to me?’.

He quotes Edward P. J. Corbett and Robert J. Connors, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student (4th edn, Oxford University Press, 1999)

#books #law #holidayreading