I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!
#ABookADay2023
so-soThis is a difficult book it‘s about opium dens in Bombay and sometimes I felt like the author was writing this book while visiting one. I had a hard time keeping up with him and was not sure if I had to follow the main characters or just let it come over me, this portrait of Bombay. I‘m still not sure about what I read, but I appreciate what the author did. Not necessarily recommended though. #booker
#WeeklyForecast 22/23
I have already started my #GuiltyPleasure read for #TitlesAndTunes… couldn‘t wait any longer! Next will be Narcopolis and The Scapegoat for #Roll100!
pickVery interesting look into 3 plants/drugs (opium, caffeine, and mescaline). Pollan also provides background on botany, neuroscience, history, and politics while discussing these plants.
pickAn interesting look into how some plants affect your brain. The author looks at opium, and how he grew his own and the legality of that. He looks at coffee and caffeine. Then he looks at peyote/mescaline.
The author is a garden writer which gives a good background to writing on plants. I liked how he went at the stories/articles. He didn‘t just write about things he experienced them. He quit caffeine. He tried mescaline. He made opium tea. 4 ⭐️s
Up next in audiobook land
pickI adored this trilogy. Beautiful, lush, historical fiction. This one is set in China in the lead-up to the Opium Wars. Great characters & rich, propulsive story told with warmth from Bengal, Indian & Chinese perspectives. A real insight into the time. Evokes the colours, food & mix of cultures in Canton as a thriving port city. A wonderful immersive read.
bailedWell my efforts to #JumpStart2023 aren't going so well. My first audiobook is a bust.
Since I didn't get to read the India Overview in November for #foodandlit I thought I'd read it this month along with this, since it has been on my shelves since I won it in a giveaway 10 years ago. I'm at 38% and I just don't care about these people, I'm not eager to keep listening, and the narrator's voice makes this seem like a stodgy non-fiction. BAIL.
pickThis was an interesting global history. The ancient history interested me more then the modern stuff. I think a historical look at pain management would be worthwhile, since humans have dealt with pain throughout history. Also, it felt like the author kept letting Regan off the hook for the war on drugs, which seemed odd.
