https://micro.setu.me/tags/books/Recent content in Books on Setu's (micro)blogHugoenSun, 08 May 2022 01:42:19 -0700https://micro.setu.me/posts/god-of-small-things-arundhati-roy/Sun, 08 May 2022 01:42:19 -0700https://micro.setu.me/posts/god-of-small-things-arundhati-roy/I don’t read much fiction, which makes me a very slow reader. When I started reading The God of Small Things, I had no idea what to expect. I had read some of Arundhati Roy’s essays, but none of her books. I was prepared to be surprised and stunned, but not this… There was something approachable in this book that kept me going. There was honesty that kept me coming back.https://micro.setu.me/posts/three-languages-politics-arnold-kling/Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:41:37 -0800https://micro.setu.me/posts/three-languages-politics-arnold-kling/Now that I think about it, it is not at all surprising that I picked up and read this book. I have been intrigued by language (so much so that getting machines to understand language is my day job!) for as long as I can remember. Observations that change how I see the world intrigue me. How people perceive, understand, decipher and involve themselves in politics has fascinated me over the years.https://micro.setu.me/posts/sapiens-yuval-noah-harari/Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:53:14 -0800https://micro.setu.me/posts/sapiens-yuval-noah-harari/Over the years, one thing that consistently bothered me was my inability to read and finish books. I started a lot of books, but finished rarely any. Over time, I lost interest in reading books. I read a lot of articles, blogs and news stories, some tens of thousands of words long, but I never got around to reading books. In late November, I decided that I wanted to change this about myself and that I wanted to read more.