The Happy ReaderIssue 13 by Penguin Classics

The Happy ReaderIssue 13 Reviews

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  Austra

  Laba saruna ar Ovenu Vilsonu, lai gan šajā žurnālā ir bijušas arī labākas (pāris). Otrā daļa gana interesanta, bet interesantākais tajā bija raksts, kurā 12 pašpalīdzības grāmatu autoriem tiek uzdots vienkāršs jautājums - kas ir tā viņu īpašība, kuru viņi nav spējuši mainīt. 9 no autoriem ir vīrieši, un tikai 3 no viņiem spēja atzīt, ka viņiem ir kaut viena īpašība, ar ko viņi nelepojas vai ar kuru nākas pacīnīties. Pārējie kā atbildi sniedza vispārīgu īsāku vai garāku diršanu (pardon my French!) riņķī un apkārt. Nu ja, pasarg Dievs, viņi atzīs, ka ir cilvēki ar savām vājībām un kļūdām.
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  Ritinha

  Quanto me apercebi da existência desta publicação criei o oposto do recomendado pelo estoicismo. E em boa hora o fiz.
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  nicky

  I really, really enjoyed perusing this magazine, as it reflected many things that have been on my mind lately or happening in my life.
  Stoicism and the meditations have preoccupied my thoughts. Intentionality, frugality, so it was a happy coincidence (or synchronicity?) that Marcus Aurelius was featured in this issue.
  I was also pleasantly surprised by Owen Wilson's thoughtful answers, his reflections on film and humor, on Paris bookshops (namely Shakespeare & Co., The Abbey Bookshop and the Librairie Galignani) - all of which I recently visited and in one of which I actually I bought this copy ! (Talk of synchronicity...).
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  Akylina

  Thoroughly enjoyed the entirety of this issue. I never expected Owen Wilson to be a bookish person, and reading his interview was really entertaining. Wonderful issue!
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  🐢

  That’s my man! Smart, funny, talented and sexy af
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  Steph

  Another great issue. The Happy Reader always offers up interesting book recommendations but more than that, it provides multiple ways of looking at the same thing - always fascinating, leaving you pondering.
  
  I especially enjoyed all the creative responses to Aurelius' Meditations. It's always been one of my personal favourites and seeing how others consumed it was fun and thought-provoking.
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  lera

  i loveee owen, this was like a cozy conversation with him in a warm bookstore
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  Dioni (Bookie Mee)

  First part is interview with Owen Wilson. I was never a fan, but was nicely surprised to find that he's such an avid reader. This one really felt like it was an interview with a reader who happened to be famous, not an interview with a celebrity with a weak connection to reading.
  
  The second part revolves around The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor known for being a champion of Stoicism. I did not read The Meditations, but I just finished reading Seneca (also a stoic) so I was in that head space. I really liked Seneca's On the Shortness of Life, I'm not sure if I can say the same for the Meditations, from just reading random bits of it in the Happy Reader.
  
  As always I enjoyed reading this beautiful looking magazine, though sometimes I wonder whether it's because of the paper and the print more than anything. They're so pretty to look at, so nice to the touch...
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  Jeff Howells

  The summer edition: Front half is an interview with Owen Wilson, the back half a series of articles themed around Marcus Aurelius’ Mediations...Odd bedfellows for sure...
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  Ewout

  Glad my subscription fell through.