Comments on: What I’m Reading 10/15

By: John

John — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:14:31 +0000

Never confuse literary sensitivity for sophistication.

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:51:25 +0000

I understand that it’s about the quality of books you read. That was not my point. My point was, I am reading 4 books a week that are worth reading. Thanks for clearing that up, however.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:11:51 +0000

…how?

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:59:16 +0000

I got an F- for an essay I wrote using your Sparta technique thing. Jerk.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:57:24 +0000

I got an A+ for an essay I wrote using your Sparta technique thing. Thanks!

By: Tree Frog

Tree Frog — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:29:24 +0000

Leon, you’re completely missing the point. It’s not about how many books you read per a week.

It’s about the quality of books and most particularly, the quality of your comprehension and analysis.

Ryan, if you’re going into boxing, pick up A.J. Liebling’s A Neutral Corner and The Sweet Science. There’s nuggets of strategy in there, particularly about Jersey Joe Walcott and Sugar Ray Robinson, as well as racial, boxing and crowd observations and generally good writing.

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:25:15 +0000

That is an amazing accomplishment. I was only able to complete 2 in one week. I will see if I can push that up to 4. Great Blog, keep us posted with your reading.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:14:36 +0000

This is almost totally unrelated to anything but: my favorite idea I’ve found on this site was sort of a throwaway phrase of yours in a post from a while ago (don’t remember which one). I think it was from when you were prone to longer, more philosophical posts. Anyway-you said that sometimes life weeds out/defeats/is hostile to the sane. I’d be very interested to read your expanded thoughts about that.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:10:17 +0000

Ryan – Have you ever bothered to see what your reading speed is? I was just wondering.

By: Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:52:39 +0000

I’m just saying that one of the chapters is a “diary entry” of Crockett’s time at the Alamo which has long been known to be a fake.