Vizualizare sursă pentru „Lecturi”

Cititul este o activitate terapeutică şi intelectuală prin care omul își cultivă reflexele necesare pentru a relaționa în mod util cu cei din jurul său, dar și pentru a se orienta în cultura lumii. Studii ample au arătat că satisfacția economică a indivizilor este mai ridicată în rândul celor care au crescut cu o bibliotecă în casă, dobândind astfel reflexul de a citi. Altfel spus, ai mai multe șanse în viață dacă citești.

Conform statisticilor, România se situează pe ultimul loc în Uniunea Europeană în ceea ce privește consumul de carte. Cu o cifră de afaceri de circa 60 de milioane de euro înregistrată de edituri din comercializarea de carte, România este depășită de toate țările din Uniunea Europeană, fiind la o distanță astronomică de Germania, cea mai mare piață de carte din Europa, care înregistrează vânzări anuale de circa 9 miliarde de euro.

Cândva citeam cel puțin între 15 și 50 de cărți pe an, cu o medie undeva pe la 30 pe an. Ca mulți alții dintre noi, m-am confruntat cu problema așa-numitei „lipse de timp“, o problemă relativ falsă pentru majoritatea celor dintre noi. De cele mai multe ori, ne lăsăm în voia lenii sau a altor activități care nu au nici un beneficiu real asupra intelectului (de pildă urmăritul programelor la televizor).

Din 2018 am început să folosesc [https://www.goodreads.com goodreads] pentru a-mi organiza mai bine lecturile și pentru că te obligă la un anumit ritm. Motivațional, mecanismul e simplu: îți propui să citești un anumit număr de cărți pe an și, dacă reușești, primești un premiu. Premiile sunt simbolice (ecusoane, abțibilduri etc), dar mi se pare o modalitate eficientă de motivare. Prima "provocare" am avut-o în 2018, 40 de cărți, și am reușit să o duc la bun sfârșit, însă cele mai multe au fost lecturi scurte, de 100-150 de pagini. Anul trecut (2019 n.a.) mi-am propus să citesc la fel de mult, dar, din păcate, nu am reușit decât 12 cărți. Pentru 2020 am redus la un număr de 26 de cărți (aproximativ o carte la două săptămâni). Să vedem. :) În general citesc 3-5 cărți în paralel; subiectele sunt diferite, beletristică, eseuri și programare sau alte lecturi tehnice. Inițial nu am știut că pe Goodreads există inclusiv cărți în limba română precum și cărți care nu sunt neapărat în format electronic așa că statistica pe 2017 și pe anii de dinainte de 2017 reflectă doar cărțile cumpărate de la [https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks/b?ie=UTF8&node=154606011 Kindle Books]. Referitor la Agatha Christie... lectura cărților ei, în original, este o provocare în sine din cauza bogăției lexicului folosit și expresiilor, rareori folosite în limba colocvială din prezent, dar foarte britanice. După părerea mea lectura cărților ei este una dintre cele mai bune metode de a aprofunda limba engleză.  În 2020 o să pun mai mult accent pe literatura română și pe cărțile scrise sau traduse în limba română.

2023 vine cu o provocare suplimentară, propunându-mi nu mai puțin de o carte pe săptămână, deci aproximativ 52 de cărți în total. Nu mi-am restrâns opțiunile la un anumit domeniu, în listă pot fi incluse și lecturi tehnice deși aș prefera să mă concentrez pe beletristică.
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==2023 (32)==
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39339934-notes-on-nationalism Notes on Nationalism] - George Orwell (3 august, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38717000-the-breakthrough The Breakthrough] - Daphne du Maurier (2-3 august, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40375187-the-distance-of-the-moon The Distance of the Moon] - Italo Calvino (1-2 august, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18220113-cine-l-a-ucis-pe-palomino-molero Cine l-a ucis pe Palomino Molero?] - Mario Vargas Llosa (1 august, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63832975-elizabeth-finch Elizabeth Finch] - Julian Barnes (26-31 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46032932-moartea-fericit Moartea fericită] - Albert Camus (21-25 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25022304-olalla Olalla] - Robert Louis Stevenson (17-20 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22078517-nunta Nunta] - Albert Camus (14-17 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152565157-mihai-ora-omul-dialogal Mihai Şora. Omul dialogal] - Leonid Dragomir (14 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75501507-jurnale-de-c-l-torie Jurnale de călătorie] - Albert Camus (10-13 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162633768-breakfast-at-tiffany-s-by-capote-truman-2000-paperback Breakfast at Tiffany's] - Truman Capote (3-9 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56595658-ac-ioneaz-i-g-nde-te-ca-o-pisic Acționează și gândește ca o pisică] - Stéphane Garnier (2 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37903080-walden-sau-via-a-n-p-dure Walden sau viața în pădure] - Henry David Thoreau (19 iunie - 2 iulie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16005773-despre-fran-a Despre Franța] - Emil Cioran (17 iunie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36660452-civiliza-ia-spectacolului Civilizația spectacolului] - Mario Vargas Llosa (12-15 iunie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58458568-india-antier India, Șantier] - Mircea Eliade (7-11 iunie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2153110.Secretul_doctorului_Honigberger_Nop_i_la_Serampore Secretul doctorului Honigberger &bull; Nopți la Serampore] - Mircea Eliade (6 iunie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61387894-the-gold-bug The Gold Bug] - Edgar Allan Poe (3-5 aprilie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25022278-the-tell-tale-heart The Tell-Tale Heart / The Fall of House of Usher / The Cask of Amontillado] - Edgar Allan Poe (7 martie - 3 aprilie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11421124-the-queen-s-necklace The Queen's Necklace] - Italo Calvino (5-7 martie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36436065-new-york-city-in-1979 New York City in 1979] - Kathy Acker (3 martie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60807189-to-a-god-unknown To a God Unknown] - John Steinbeck (17 februarie - 1 martie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3300083-the-moomins-and-the-great-flood The Moomins and the Great Flood] - Tove Jansson (16-17 februarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8732.The_Red_Pony The Red Pony] - John Steinbeck (29 ianuarie - 3 februarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23891331-set-up-a-28-mhz-amateur-radio-propagation-beacon Set Up a 28 MHz Amateur Radio Propagation Beacon] - R.W.P. Patterson K5DZE (31 ianuarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11797498-sweet-thursday Sweet Thursday] - John Steinbeck (18-26 ianuarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18773172-strig-tul-pietrelor Strigătul pietrelor] - Hikaru Okuizumi (17-18 ianuarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9403591-le-vagabond---coco Le Vagabond - Coco] - Guy de Maupassant (17 ianuarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43694886-despre-prietenie Despre prietenie] - Marcus Tullius Cicero (9-14 ianuarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34030975-capodopera-necunoscuta Capodopera necunoscută] - Honoré de Balzac (8-9 ianuarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4799.Cannery_Row Cannery Row] - John Steinbeck (4-8 ianuarie, 2023)
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36436076-piers-of-the-homeless-night Piers of the Homeless Night] - Jack Kerouak (1-3 ianuarie, 2023)

==2020 (33)==
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36524056-a-doua-familie A doua familie] - Honoré de Balzac
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29850251-pielea-de-sagri Pielea de sagri] - Honoré de Balzac
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/263436.Linux_Device_Drivers Linux Device Drivers] – Jonathan Corbet,  Greg Kroah-Hartman,  Alessandro Rubini
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36650466-pro-c-7 Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core] – Andrew Troelsen,  Philip Japikse
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10312507-keep-the-aspidistra-flying Keep the Aspidistra Flying] – George Orwell
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13354752-nothing-to-be-frightened-of Nothing to Be Frightened Of] – Julian Barnes 
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41438168-rosa-alchemica-i-alte-scrieri Rosa alchemica și alte scrieri] – W. B. Yeats
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15754372-valurile Valurile] – Virginia Woolf
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23257592-spre-far-orlando Orlando] – Virginia Woolf
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52780568-confesiuni Confesiuni] – Sfântul Augustin
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20520467-din-via-a-familiei-ion-c-br-tianu Din viaţa familiei Ion C. Brătianu] – Sabina Cantacuzino
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20988516-p-rintele-zosim-i-alte-povestiri Părintele Zosim şi alte povestiri] – Radu Rosetti
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23279597-amintiri-ce-am-auzit-de-la-al-ii-din-copil-rie-din-prima-tinere-e Amintiri. Ce-am auzit de la alții. Din copilărie. Din prima tinerețe.] – Radu Rosetti
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805489-phaidon-sau-despre-suflet Phaidon sau despre suflet] – Platon
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7765225-phaidros-sau-despre-frumos Phaidros sau despre frumos] – Platon
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17887806-banchetul-sau-despre-iubire Banchetul sau despre iubire] – Platon
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45155247-pelerinul-vr-jit Pelerinul vrăjit] – Nikolai Leskov
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2383513.Sub_Pecetea_Tainei Sub pecetea tainei] – Mateiu Caragiale
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15990790-inimi-cicatrizate Inimi cicatrizate] – Max Blecher
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21479575-despre-libertate Despre libertate] – John Stuart Mill
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13555306-amintiri-din-junimea Amintiri din Junimea] – Iacob Negruzzi
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39802270-ereticii Ereticii] – G. K. Chesterton
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18748474-bl-nde-ea-nop-ii Blândețea nopții] – F Scott Fitzgerald
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52780488-trei-comedii Trei comedii] – Aristofan
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36470825-jurnale-intime Jurnale Intime] – Charles Baudelaire
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34607516-digital-signal-processing-with-matlab-examples-volume-1 Digital Signal Processing with Matlab Examples, Volume 1] – Jose Maria Giron-Sierra
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14617662-real-time-digital-signal-processing-from-matlab-to-c-with-the-tms320c6x Real-time digital signal processing from MATLAB to C with the TMS320C6x DSPs] – Thad B. Welch,  Cameron H.G. Wright, Michael G. Morrow
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23673285-fiica-negustorului-de-sake Fiica negustorului de sake] – Kidō Okamoto
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18195146 Lumea de ieri] – Stefan Zweig 
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28789711-spqr SPQR] – Mary Beard
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22246102-pompeii Pompeii: Viața unui oraș roman] – Mary Beard
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43711576-math-adventures-with-python Math Adventures with Python: An Illustrated Guide to Exploring Math with Code] – Peter Farrell
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48728454-omul-revoltat Omul revoltat] – Albert Camus
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8726195-quantum-theory Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction] – John C. Polkinghorne
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25804287-python-for-data-science-for-dummies Python for Data Science For Dummies] – John Paul Mueller,  Luca Massaron

==2019 (12)==
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18608584-matlab-for-dummies MATLAB for Dummies] – Jim Sizemore
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29478986-the-sea-raiders The Sea Raiders] – H.G. Wells
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37771536-i-have-more-souls-than-one I Have More Souls Than One] – Fernando Pessoa
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24907551-the-life-of-a-stupid-man The Life of a Stupid Man] – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19072070-heart-of-darkness Heart of Darkness] – Joseph Conrad
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28795846-flush Flush] – Virginia Woolf
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16199604-programming-the-raspberry-pi Programming the Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with Python] – Simon Monk
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24369873-doing-math-with-python Doing Math with Python] – Amit Saha
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22514127-automate-the-boring-stuff-with-python Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners] – Al Sweigart
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22299369-black-hat-python Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters] – Justin Seitz
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23241059-python-crash-course Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming] – Eric Matthes
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38712195-the-dialogue-of-two-snails The Dialogue of Two Snails] – Federico García Lorca

==2018 (40)==
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29735801-to-be-read-at-dusk To Be Read at Dusk] – Charles Dickens
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29407675-the-queen-of-spades The Queen of Spades] – Alexander Pușkin
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38717046-why-i-am-not-going-to-buy-a-computer Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer] – Wendell Berry
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38603257-of-dogs-and-walls Of Dogs and Walls] – Yūko Tsushima
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31430569-the-stolen-white-elephant The Stolen White Elephant] – Mark Twain
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29967289-lot-no-249 Lot No. 249] – Arthur Conan Doyle
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12368122-rich-in-russia Rich in Russia] – John Updike
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10562185-lunar-caustic Lunar Caustic] – Malcolm Lowry
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468625-the-cornet-player-who-betrayed-ireland The Cornet-Player Who Betrayed Ireland] – Frank O'Connor
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12404198-some-of-us-had-been-threatening-our-friend-colby Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby] – Donald Barthelme
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468604-my-enemy-s-enemy My Enemy's Enemy] – Kingsley Amis
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21282227-the-lady-in-the-looking-glass The Lady in the Looking-Glass] – Virginia Woolf
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468614-the-mark-2-wife The Mark-2 Wife] – William Trevor
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38890661-autocracy-and-war Autocracy and War] – Joseph Conrad
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10583263-youth Youth] – Joseph Conrad
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42607296-the-strange-crime-of-john-boulnois The Strange Crime of John Boulnois] – G.K. Gilbert
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11234676-a-pocket-full-of-rye A Pocket Full of Rye] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12478117-tape-measure-murder Tape-Measure Murder: Miss Marple] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25020796-a-slip-under-the-microscope A Slip Under the Microscope] – H.G. Wells
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40009804-whiskey-in-a-teacup Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, & Baking Biscuits] – Reese Witherspoon
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19018078-blandings Blandings: Company for Gertrude] – P.G. Wodehouse
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19018066-blandings Blandings: Lord Emsworth and the Girlfriend] – P.G. Wodehouse
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18928359-blandingsBlandings: The Crime Wave at Blandings] – P.G. Wodehouse
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19018069-blandings Blandings: The Go-Getter] – P.G. Wodehouse
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19018073-blandings Blandings: Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey!] – P.G. Wodehouse
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21009092-flypaper Flypaper] – Robert Musil
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11145305-the-moving-finger The Moving Finger] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59142.Eug_nie_Grandet Eugénie Grandet] – Honoré de Balzac
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26049311-arrl-s-small-antennas-for-small-spaces ARRL's Small Antennas for Small Spaces] – Steve Ford
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9133394-radio-frequency-electronics Radio-Frequency Electronics: Circuits and Applications] – Jon Hagen
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19236520-a-supposedly-fun-thing-i-ll-never-do-again A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again] – David Foster Wallace
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25601651-superspeed-device-design-by-example SuperSpeed Device Design By Example] – John Hyde
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8451550-framework-design-guidelines Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries] – Krzysztof Cwalina,  Brad Abrams
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18955072-c-5-0-unleashed C# 5.0 Unleashed] – Bart De Smet
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31563034-hand-carried-qrp-antennas Hand-carried QRP antennas: Simple antennas and accessories to operate from almost anywhere] – Peter Parker
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5435659-mash Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors] – Richard Hooker
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17402441-chira-chiralina-codin-ciulinii-b-r-ganului Chira Chiralina. Codin. Ciulinii Bărăganului] – Panait Istrati
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12267980-the-sittaford-mystery The Sittaford Mystery] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11063341-a-murder-is-announced A Murder is Announced] – Agatha Christie
==2017 și mai vechi (14)==
Înainte de 2018 nu am ținut cont pe Goodreads decât de cărțile cumpărate pentru kindle. Nu îmi mai amintesc decât vag titlurile din acel an. Încă un motiv pentru a utiliza goodreads – îmi amintește ce am citit și când.
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11063340-sleeping-murder Sleeping Murder] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11061580-the-thirteen-problems The Thirteen Problems] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11064527-4 4:50 From Paddington] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11688905-the-body-in-the-library The Body in the Library] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22588088-amateur-radio-tips-ideas-and-projects Amateur Radio Tips, Ideas, and Projects] – Robert Patterson K5DZE
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31300.A_Caribbean_Mystery A Caribbean Mystery] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15712318-stonemouth Stonemouth] – Iain Banks
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21052724-getting-youth-involved-in-amateur-radio-thoughts-on-teaching-license-cl Getting Younth INvolved in Amateur Radio: Thoughts On Teaching License Classes and Starting A Youth Radio Net] – Bob Patterson
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11063342-nemesis Nemesis] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12233415-the-seven-dials-mystery The Seven Dials Mystery] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13394102-at-bertram-s-hotel At Bertram's Hotel] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11602151-the-murder-at-the-vicarage The Murder at the Vicarage] – Agatha Christie
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249606.The_Bridge The Bridge] – Iain Banks
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13263245-the-happiness-of-blond-people The Happiness of Blond People: A Personal Meditation on the Dangers of Identity] – Elif Shafak