Claire Messeud in The Woman Upstairs describes a state in which one becomes obsessed with a topic. She describes how one can be transfixed by an idea and then for a period of several days or several weeks see that idea EVERYWHERE and be astounded by the omnipresence of something that had been previo...
For the love of God! someone tell me how does one manage the mental stamina to go through this compost of a book? This is so unimpressive a story it gave me ulcer just reading through it. I just read this Ayn Rand's brain fart to score with this hot nerd chick who recommended this book to me. Man, d...
It seems to me, you either really like this book or you really hate it. There doesn't seem to be much in between. For me, I loved it. It motivated me to make all of my actions count and to not depend on others for my happiness. I know this book is long and there is some substantial ranting (I'm look...
I read this book since I heard that it was Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s favorite book. After listening for over 62 hours (!) I have to say this – Mr. Ryan, you need to expand your reading. The book has very flat stereotypical characters who use any opportunity to preach their values. M...
Atlas Shrugged is another of those novels which are classic because they create both an entertaining story, contain philosophical ideas and tie into historical events. Yet for me Atlas Shrugged was a contradictory enigma. It was both a long novel and yet its most basic message could be boiled down t...
A dystopian engineering thriller about people who hate people? It's the book I was born to read baby!That's to say I genuinely enjoy reading [a:Ayn Rand|432|Ayn Rand|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1168729178p2/432.jpg]'s stories. We both love industry, and she's the only author I know of who can get...
Update, today's xkcd:The mouseover of which says:I had a hard time with Ayn Rand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at 'therefore, be a huge asshole to everyone.'--------------I was so very determined to read this, not least becaus...
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