Everything but the kitchen sink was thrown into the mix. The first one is to work in a quiet place. Despite some unresolved plot points, this is a haunting, paranormal novel that captures that cold, visceral feeling of impending danger and the terror of sinking sh. If it supports your craft, then use it. ARGGGG. I have mixed feeling about The Deep by Rivers Solomon. by Gallery Books. At the start of every workday, create a schedule divided into blocks of at least 30 minutes for both work and personal tasks like eating or relaxing. For the next 30 day, I will follow the advice in this book. She says, “Where loneliness ends.”, “Forgetting was not the same as healing.”, Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella (2020), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella (2019), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novella (2020), Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror (2019), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2019), IGNYTE Award Nominee for Best Novella (2020). They invite people to like them on Facebook and use Twitter. I thought the combination of history with fiction was very well done and I liked this novel. Create a shutdown routine at a specific time of the day. Subscribe to get summaries of the best books I'm reading. This sounds a little too much like The Giver to me... am I wrong in thinking that? Information technology lets superstars multiply their influence and rewards in any field; you need to master hard things and learn complex material quickly for those jobs, which requires deep work (i.e., focused attention). That said, I enjoyed my ti, 3.5 stars -- I'm so conflicted here, because I really enjoyed the characters, writing, & thematic content of this one. Deep Nutrition is a really important book for anyone and everyone. Your email address will not be published. I think that’s due to the vivid pictures we’ve all been exposed to at this, I teetered between 3 and 4 stars with this one. Shortform: The World's Best Book Summaries, Shortform Blog: Free Guides and Excerpts of Books. Truth is, maybe if it had been shorter then maybe I would have liked it more. As a fan of Clipping and their Hugo-nominated song that this book is based on, I was already excited for this one---plus it's written by Rivers Solomon, author of An Unkindness of Ghosts. The Deep thoroughly fulfilled itself as a horror novel. Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they are much at home. Daveed Diggs cowrote this? “ In the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many knowledge workers turn back towards an industrial indicator of productivity: doing lots of stuff in a visible manner.”. If possible make the deadline public or motivate yourself by setting a countdown timer. I really do not think the audiobook is the way to go with this one, which is the format I read this in. One way to help focus on your work is to get away from the distractions of open office spaces. Nick is a doctor so he should be a smart guy. November 5th 2019 Identify what activities contribute to reaching those goals. Annie worked as a maid on the Titanic and a nurse on the Britanic. Read the world’s #1 book summary of Deep Work by Cal Newport here. If you are looking for a more research-based, but still digestible book on the future of the human relationship with technology, check out Homo Deus. If you're going to infuse the legendary true story of the Titanic with fictional horror, use the same care and concern that Alma Katsu gives her novels. The action on the Britannic provides closure to the mysterious occurrences. It tells the story of Annie Hebbley, an Irish girl who was a maid entrusted with the care of the First Class Deck on the disastrous maiden voyage of the doomed ship in 1912; she survives against the odds and is inexplicably on board Titanic’s sister liner, hospital ship Brittanic four years later in 1916 where she is employed as a nurse tending to wounded World War I servicemen. Thank you for reading this summary on Deep Work by Cal Newport. Just a repeat. This book was just terrible for a whole host of reasons. You can get rid of some of these distractions by creating a routine that helps you focus on deep work more often than not. There are ghostly goings-on, séances, marital strife, and the clash of class on the Titanic. It's a book I certainly recommend, as it reminded me of a fascinating take on a "The Giver" type story. It is 1916 and Annie Hebbley, formerly a stewardess on Titanic, is in an asylum when we first meet her. However, I see Kasparov’s ideas more as starting points for discussion rather than definitive answers. I love the idea of combining the fatal voyages of the Titanic and the Britannic into one story: sister ships that were uncannily alike, even in their untimely demise. by Transworld Digital. In deep work, we focus on topics that matter most to us in order to reshape our reality positively—deep work itself becomes its own reward because of the challenges associated with it and its structured nature. But it's not quite time to stop adding books to your 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge. The Deep is indeed creepy with plenty of bizarre happenings with a strange kind of gore, but nightmare flashback memories were the most fearful and, of course, the premise of the "hungry hole" and unexpected end the "fig men" take us to. The ending was perfectly succinct, and I feel that Cutter did a wonderful job of laying Luke's troubled past and present to rest. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate. Both lived up to the hype, but after reading The Troop, I didn't believe that The Deep could possibly leave me feeling as shell-shocked as The Troop. The Deep, Alma Katsu’s latest novel, is a fact-meets-fiction take on the devastating tale of the Titanic and is a refreshingly original and utterly unique historical thriller with elements of the supernatural, horror and mystery and featuring a mish-mash of folkloric entities. This is the strange, beautiful, transforming story that we all need in 2019. how many views I get on this blog post). That’s because when we’re doing busy work and moving information around, it makes us feel like we’re accomplishing something even though we aren’t really focusing on anything important. If a tool offers more benefits than negatives, then it is worth using; otherwise do not use it at all. I just wanted to hug Yetu and scream at the rest of the Wajinru that they were killing Yetu and didn't even seem to notice. Meet the Epic and Awesome Authors of Fall's Big Fantasy Novels. Review the tools you use now and evaluate their impact on achieving those goals.