@fkamiah17

Thomas Piketty on how it comes about (I struggled with his book) and Richard Wilkinson (Mind the Gap) on the corrosive effect of inequality in societies.

@Wen

"... tried to read it with my eyes" That's clearly where I went wrong! 😂😂😂 It was hard going. I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I barely managed!

@Wen

One I shall hunt down. The Japanese of course have the word for my house: Tsundoku (積ん読) - the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them. 😂

You are not alone!

#TsundokuRules

I've started listening to audiobooks for non-fiction. Otherwise I'd be overwhelmed by a #TsundokuTsunami....

-- Proud to be a Tsundoku warrior. I come complete with chainsaw and a variety of garden tools (but sadly I still have to find myself a pitchfork).

- Still trying to overcome childhood embargoes on writing on a book - even in pencil, (or folding down the corner of a page to mark a position, or breaking the spine - or so many other things). I struggle to adapt to listening to books - it begins to sound as though I should persevere. Maybe an eReader would let me dip my toe. But I still have fondness for written works which survive being dropped from an upstairs window better than an eBook (or a Russian)

I recently listened to "Fatherland" by Robert Harris, which I'd read before. I'd go so far as saying I enjoyed listening to it more than reading it.

Same here. On podcasts too....

I am clearly going to have to give this new-fangled thing a try. Some investigation will be needed. I may be some time...!

No pressure Tom! 🤣