Good day, Book lovers!

I am trying to get into a habit of reading more books. Now I am reading at least 10 pages a day. It is on my list of daily tasks that I have to do. Yes, my list of daily tasks consists of MUST DO and SHOULD DO.

It is always a big question 'What to read'. Therefore, I decided to share with you my fav books. I will use the hashtag #irisbooks, if you are interested. And I will really appreciate it if you recommend to me your fav books.

Also, I listen to some books as well. I tried different apps, but last year my friend recommended me Audible, and now it is my fav app.

So, a week ago I finished listening to 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' written by Yuval Noah Harari and now I want to read the hard copy of that book. I already ordered it from Amazon.

About book

I will tell you about the book from my personal point of view. It is the way I understood that book.

The book shows the humans' evolution, and humans impact the world in general. If thousands of years ago there were at least 6 different human species, then now there is only one, a homo sapien.

While I was listening to that book I felt that author has a little bit of a negative perception of modern society. But maybe I am wrong. But now I really want to READ that book.

Quotes

Let me share some quotes from the book.

• 'According to Buddhism, the root of suffering is neither the feeling of pain nor of sadness nor even of meaninglessness. Rather, the real root of suffering is this never-ending and pointless pursuit of ephemeral feelings, which causes us to be in a constant state of tension, restlessness and dissatisfaction. Due to this pursuit, the mind is never satisfied.'

• 'One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations.'

• 'History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets.'

• 'The history of ethics is a sad tale of wonderful ideals that nobody can live up to.'

• 'How did this grass [wheat] turn from insignificant to ubiquitous? Wheat did it by manipulating Homo sapiens to its advantage. This ape had been living a fairly comfortable life hunting and gathering until about 10,000 years ago, but then began to invest more and more effort in cultivating wheat.'

About author

Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. His books have been translated into 65 languages, with 40 million copies sold worldwide.

Thank you!

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