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the 3 is in your name already it's meant to be

I didn’t think about that 😂💯 it’s fate

Tough going. I've just started one called "The Strangest Man", a biography of Paul Dirac.

there will be signs

Fun challenge though 😁 Nice! How is it so far?

What are you going to read?

I'm finding it interesting as it focuses on his personal life as opposed to his academic/physics achievements. He made his discoveries in the 1930's before autism was actually a clinical diagnosis, but it's largely thought that he was autistic. I have an "Interest" shall we say, in the condition. What are you reading atm🤔?

What's been your favorite book that you've read this year?

It’s definitely going to be Stolen Focus - I’m only a quarter way in but I feel it’s teaching me and helping me realise things about my own habits - and also feeling slightly better about them 🙏🏽 Not much of a competition though 😭 the other books I completed were thrillers and romances 🥹 nothing wrong with them, but I feel they didn’t really teach me anything What’s your favourite book you’ve read this year? 🫂

I’m hoping one will be Great Expectations. I remember reading parts in school but I never got round to finishing it 🫂

That is rather interesting 🫂🫂 he sounds like a fascinating man from what I’ve briefly read online ‘Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star’ — Paul A.M. Dirac This is beautiful 👆 poetry I’m reading Stolen Focus at the moment - I’ve had some trouble staying focused on one thing at a time this year and am hoping to adopt better habits. I had started the book earlier in the year but got distracted - as usual 😭. It’s reading rather smoothly now 🫂

I never finished that either. I just used the cliffs notes

One of the books I'm currently reading is Will Durrant's The Story of Civilization. I'm still on Volume 1. It's a multi-volume series he worked on throughout his life with the help of his wife Ariel Durrant. It's making me see people in a magical way. A detailed writing of human history in a simple way. I think I understand what you meant about the books that are read more for entertainment. They're a fun ride, but less likely to be impactful unless they're something that hits in a special meaningful way.

This is so cool! Adding to my TBR pile 🫂 Yesss this exactly! - I say this as I pick up Harry Potter to reread tonight 👀 I’m shameless 😭