Ataraxia

  All The King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren won The Pulitzer Prize in 1947, it is also included on The Modern Library Best Novels of The 20 th Century, and The TIME 100 Best Novels, and other lists – hundreds of these works are reviewed on my blog, where the best thing would be   https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html   Willie Stark versus Orange Willy aka MAGA Arse Hole 9 out of 10   Spoiler alert – I have read this Pulitzer Prize Winner maybe ten years ago, and I have seen recently that, wither I failed to post a review, or it was Lost in Translation, meaning maybe it is on this old blog, for which I forgot the password, and I can’t do anything anymore, edit or add something, nonetheless, here we go…   I was thinking about the populist Wilie Stark, the protagonist of All The King’s Men, his machinations, schemes, shrewdness, talents and flaws and the decline, catastrophe that we contemplate these days...

  The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg   This is an interesting book. As we can gather from my goodreads and blog postings of late, I have been keen on psychology lately. I can only wish I had known about these books earlier- much earlier. Read at the age of 20 or 25, some of my bad habits might have been gone by now…who knows.   On the other hand, I have read Proust when I was very young and the greatest of all writers speaks about habits- the difficulty he has in sleeping in another room than his own, the fact that changing a habit we can even get over a failed love affair and more…much more on the subject.   I have just seen that The Power of Habit was named one of the best books of year by The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times. It covers a very large spectrum: from the habit we have when brushing teeth to gambling, from sleep walking to sports and the Civil Rights movement. People get used with many things, including smells. That’s why we find how diffi...

  Fire and Fury – Inside The Trump White House by Michael Wolff – I have reviewed a few books on this abominable orange fool on my blog, where the reaction to this carnival is https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html   8 out of 10   I feel Fire and Fury, so if you are a supporter of the abject Mafia Boss, then these lines are not for you, in fact, if we are ‘friends’ somewhere, more likely on Goodreads, then we should part precipitately, presto, there is nothing to connect us, and everything to make the virtual line a source of hatred, for I cannot stand   -           This heinous crook, and anyone that is on his side is incompatible with me   Magister Ludi Kingsley Amis https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-kings-english-guide-to-modern-usage.html said something to the effect of he hates god, when asked if he believes, he answered that is more that...