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2025 Reading Goal

8% complete! qqii has read 1 of 12 books.

John C. Bogle: The little book of common sense investing (Hardcover, 2007, John Wiley & Sons)

Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it …

Review of 'The little book of common sense investing' on 'Goodreads'

Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, suggests that you buy and hold a lost cost index fund. This is no longer groundbreaking advice, but the book at least goes out of its way to provide content and a foundation for why it works.

Paul K. Feyerabend: Against Method (1993)

Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge is a 1975 book about the …

Review of 'Against Method' on 'Goodreads'

A book that would have been perfect for my teenage self, who grew up during the inception of "science" and "debunking" on the Internet. Yet this is an incredibly difficult to read book - especially the middle half which did not initially seem relevant to the argument, as latter half full of references I had not heard of.

Richard P. Feynman: "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" (Paperback, 2018, W. W. Norton & Company)

The biography of the physicist and Nobel prize winner Richard P. Feynman - a collection …

Review of '"Surely You\'re Joking, Mr. Feynman!"' on 'Goodreads'

A very peculiar and intelligent character, definitely someone I'd class as a "wierdo". Although many of his comments may not line up with the current optics, that doesn't mean they shouldn't be pondered upon.

Overall, a delightfully enjoyable listen that left me laughing out loud at some extremely inappropriate times!