09/09/2024
Have you ever noticed how many publishers use animals—especially birds—as their logos? Is it from the success of Penguin? Puffin books?
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A podcast by Cams Campbell. It's a raw, open and authentic monologue by a 1971 Scotsman with stories
08/09/2024
I haven’t started a Robin Hobb book for the first time since 2001. I’m a chapter in and already feeling at home with Fitz. Funny how you can miss a character. I’m looking forward to some new adventures.
06/09/2024
On my way home, not to Penelope, but to my own lovely wife who is all the sweeter. On board the MV Alfred from Troon to Brodick on a beautiful September afternoon.
06/09/2024
The dragon wall in Waterstones, Sauchiehall Street branch in Glasgow. 🐲
05/09/2024
Nice outdoor session. I’m still reading the introduction. It’s 79 pages long!
02/09/2024
Loving these stats from .storygraph
29/08/2024
Finished! Nearly 3k pages of story. This was my second time reading The Liveship Traders but I remembered basically nothing from my first read in 2001. Back then there weren’t any other Realm of the Elderlings books. Now there are another ten; and I’m going straight into The Tawny Man in September. Can’t wait!
27/08/2024
I’m reading Plato’s Republic (Book 8) and getting strong vibes of Lenin, Stalin and Putin in the description of tyrants.
26/08/2024
Sssake, Russia. Imagine that, joining the Komsomol with your pals and being handed a gun to shoot the peasants. Brutal.
25/08/2024
A wee bit of poetry for a Sunday afternoon. I studied Akhmatova at uni, aged 23. As with all the literature I studied back then, I wasn’t quite ready. It’s such a trip going through what I read back then now in my fifties. I didn’t fully appreciate the opportunities I had back then, but who really does? I’m appreciating them now though, that’s for sure!
24/08/2024
My houseguest just left so time to catch up on some reading. Will the rain spoil the outdoor sesh? It’s west coast Scotland, so probably. For now though, it’s a down jacket to keep the wind off.
23/08/2024
Double stamps weekend at so I picked up these two off my TBR.
21/08/2024
Imagine being so struck by a poet that you’re inspired to learn the language. I love that. I wanted a bilingual poetry book for that reason. My Russian is rusty, but if I read these poems out aloud, I’m sure I’ll get a lot from them.
21/08/2024
Inanna arrived today! This is the first in Emily H Wilson’s Sumerians trilogy. The mood reader in me wants to start IMMEDIATELY. But I shall maintain my goals reading for the month and I have a visitor coming for a few days that’s going to upset my reading routine. Maybe September for Innana? Sounds good to me!
16/08/2024
Do you / would you remove these stickers from your books?
16/08/2024
Other books hauled today. I didn’t meet Gourav Mohanty () at Worldcon but I enjoyed watching the video that put out where they all met George RR Martin. And I know Ross, Laura and are all fans.
I’ve heard good things about The Silverblood Promise on Andrew Watson’s Discord—I believe they did a read-along on the server.
And Emily H Wilson’s series sounds fantastic. I’ll get Inanna later. It was full price and unsigned in Waterstones, so I might as well get in online for cheaper. I was at her book launch event at Worldcon and got to chat for a few minutes. Mainly about how she’s not Emily Wilson the translator and then I spoke a bit about Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, which has some Inanna / ancient Sumer plot lines.
16/08/2024
Of all the passages I’ve read in A People’s Tragedy by Orlando Figes, this is the most chilling. Sorry if you’re eating.
He cites a quotation from Flaubert: ‘in every revolutionary there is a gendarme’.
The Bolsheviks learned about prison life when they themselves were held under the Tsar. Yet conditions then were almost like a holiday camp compared to the Red Terror.
15/08/2024
I just learned in A People’s Tragedy by Orlando Figes that Nicholai Romanov, formerly Tsar Nicholas II, read War and Peace for the first time while he was under house arrest at Ipatev House. It was at Ipatev House where he and his family were to be murdered.
And here am I, reading War and Peace in my comfortable house in Scotland as part of an amazing read-along with Simon Haisell, hopefully NOT about to be murdered!
It’s such a tragic scene to read about and little details like this one really bring it home.
and.tangents
11/08/2024
I attended a panel discussion on cosy fantasy and sci-fi at yesterday and am starting to grasp what it means. A Gentleman in Moscow, for example, seems a good example of a book I’ve read that could be marketed as cosy fiction. It was a book that left me with a feeling. And look at the blurb on the front cover that reads, ‘A book to spark joy’. - a meme slogan that seems to get to the essence of cosy fiction as much as it does to decluttering.
Would you agree that this novel fits into the category of cosy fiction?
11/08/2024
Of all the moments in War and Peace, this is the one I remember most vividly from when I studied the novel as an undergrad at St Andrews uni in 1998. It was the first time I’d come across the concept of solipsism as explained by Dr Anthony Hippisley using this scene as an example. It’s also depicted well in Bondarchuk’s movie adaptation.
10/08/2024
Had a lovely lunch at Worldcon. Rogba Payne came by to chat so it seemed rude not to dash off to buy his book and get a personal doodle! .payne Can’t wait to read it!
10/08/2024
Thinky time. I’m so glad he used the analogy of a musical instrument, and a stringed instrument at that. It makes it relatively easy for me to grasp (and makes me want to play my guitar).
09/08/2024
Oxfam Books Glasgow Haul
1. Phantastes. How could I, as the quintessential Nick Harper () fan NOT buy this book, especially for £1.49. This was the inspiration for Nick’s album of the same title.
2. McMafia. I’ve read two of Misha Glenny’s books, The Rise of the Iron Men and Putin: Prisoner of Power and enjoyed them both of them. This one sounds really interesting.
3. Man’s Search for Meaning. I read this a few years ago and have bought a few copies as gifts for friends. One of life’s greatest books.
07/08/2024
I’m struggling a bit with the civil war section and I’m curious why that might be.
31/07/2024
Reading sesh on the porch. A People’s Tragedy, by Orlando Figes
27/07/2024
Oxfam Books in Brighton. £2.99. Ka-ching!
26/07/2024
In this episode, we cover Chapter 21 of Lord Foul's Bane, the first book of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson. Hosted by Cams and Barge, two old friends of many years. Cams has read all of these books, most of them multiple times. It's Barge's first time. If....
19/07/2024
In this episode, we cover Chapter 20 of Lord Foul's Bane, the first book of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson. Hosted by Cams and Barge, two old friends of many years. Cams has read all of these books, most of them multiple times. It's Barge's first time. If....
18/07/2024
35 years ago today I fell off a cliff and my life changed forever.
15/07/2024
Podcast recording tonight. This chapter is an excellent example of how my love of fantasy quests helped me traipse across the Yorkshire Moors when I was in the military. Those moors are bleak, and sometimes it felt like Drool Rockworm was indeed sending an ill storm our way.
This line though: The struggle went on, prolonged itself far beyond the point where it felt unendurable. In time, endurance itself became abstract-a mere concept, too impalpable to carry conviction.
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Score from the amazing wee used bookshop in Campbeltown yesterday.
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The Mad Ship, Willow the Bengal and Clover the Basset. Love me a Sunday.
And then Terrence Malick came along and made a banger of a film! #thinredline #thethinredline #empirepodcast #orlandofiges #terrencemalick
She likes Japanese literature too!
Willow’s enjoying War and Peace too. Who wouldn’t though? It’s a banger.
Take that, War and Peace! #catcontent #tolstoy #warandpeace #bookstagram
My other reading companion, Clover the basset.
Cat attack on my books!
Beware the Robbers, Perverts, Killers and Tyrants
Today's reading from the Daily Stoic comes from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. The Daily Stoic was written by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, and published by Profile Books. Learn more here: https://dailystoic.com/ Daily Stoic video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHfR8t02ksy7Y41pbtex9KLlG1OfjKZsX I post this with my own commentary. If you'd like the commentary from the authors of The Daily Stoic, you can buy the book here: https://geni.us/qqNn6 I read only the quotations from the Stoics, which are in the public domain. --- I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Life is a Stoic Banquet
Today's reading from the Daily Stoic comes from Epictetus, Enchiridion 15. The Daily Stoic was written by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, and published by Profile Books. Learn more here: https://dailystoic.com/ Daily Stoic video playlist: https://www.facebook.com/watch/100063573549405/3687732374779418/ I post this with my own commentary. If you'd like the commentary from the authors of The Daily Stoic, you can buy the book here: https://geni.us/qqNn6 I read only the quotations from the Stoics, which are in the public domain. --- I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
To Gain Mastery, Freedcom, Happiness and Tranquility
Today's reading from the Daily Stoic comes from Epictetus, Discourses, 2.18.27-28 The Daily Stoic was written by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, and published by Profile Books. Learn more here: https://dailystoic.com/ Daily Stoic video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHfR8t02ksy7Y41pbtex9KLlG1OfjKZsX I post this with my own commentary. If you'd like the commentary from the authors of The Daily Stoic, you can buy the book here: https://geni.us/qqNn6 I read only the quotations from the Stoics, which are in the public domain. --- I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
What is Happiness? Here's what the Stoics have to Say.
Today's reading from the Daily Stoic comes from Epictetus, Discourses. The Daily Stoic was written by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, and published by Profile Books. Learn more here: https://dailystoic.com/ Daily Stoic video playlist: https://www.facebook.com/watch/100063573549405/3687732374779418/ I post this with my own commentary. If you'd like the commentary from the authors of The Daily Stoic, you can buy the book here: https://geni.us/qqNn6 I read only the quotations from the Stoics, which are in the public domain. --- I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
A Confusing Message from Marcus Aurelius
Today's reading from the Daily Stoic comes from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. The Daily Stoic was written by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, and published by Profile Books. Learn more here: https://dailystoic.com/ Daily Stoic video playlist: https://www.facebook.com/watch/100063573549405/3687732374779418/ I post this with my own commentary. If you'd like the commentary from the authors of The Daily Stoic, you can buy the book here: https://geni.us/qqNn6 I read only the quotations from the Stoics, which are in the public domain. --- I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Bad Dreams Aren't True, and Neither Are Your Fears
Today's reading from the Daily Stoic comes from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 6.31. The Daily Stoic was written by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, and published by Profile Books. Learn more here: https://dailystoic.com/ Daily Stoic video playlist: https://www.facebook.com/watch/100063573549405/3687732374779418/ I post this with my own commentary. If you'd like the commentary from the authors of The Daily Stoic, you can buy the book here: https://geni.us/qqNn6 I read only the quotations from the Stoics, which are in the public domain. --- I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. 🖊 Daily Recovery Writing - https://camscampbell.com/ ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/camscampbell 💁🏻♂️ https://patreon.com/camscampbell
Don't Let Emotions Run the Show, Okay?
Today's reading from the Daily Stoic comes from Heraclitus, Quoted in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, 9.1. The Daily Stoic was written by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, and published by Profile Books. Learn more here: https://dailystoic.com/ Daily Stoic video playlist: https://www.facebook.com/watch/100063573549405/3687732374779418/ I post this with my own commentary. If you'd like the commentary from the authors of The Daily Stoic, you can buy the book here: https://geni.us/qqNn6 I read only the quotations from the Stoics, which are in the public domain. --- I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. 🖊 Daily Recovery Writing - https://camscampbell.com/ ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/camscampbell 💁🏻♂️ https://patreon.com/camscampbell
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