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Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:53 pm
by Neptune
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Persuasion by Jane Austen.

I really liked this book. My favourite Austen one so far. More depth than Northanger Abbey and I just plain disliked Pride and Prejudice. Persuasion is quite sad, and it's really subtle. Even though there is a happy ending, I still felt a bit upset at the end. And I liked that some of it was set in Bath cos I go there every year :)

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:21 am
by AllNightDayDream
kay wrote:Just started reading this:

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2 chapters in, good read so far!
Definitely wanna pick this one up at some point, brian cox is a don. This along with "A Short History of Nearly Everything" look like good crash courses on modern science.

Gonna finish this very soon
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Alienation and Freedom - Richard Schmitt

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:03 am
by kay
AllNightDayDream wrote:
kay wrote:Just started reading this:

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2 chapters in, good read so far!
Definitely wanna pick this one up at some point, brian cox is a don. This along with "A Short History of Nearly Everything" look like good crash courses on modern science.
It's going reasonably well so far, definitely have learnt a few new things. Some of it is a bit difficult to read as they write out the equations and steps in solving the equations in prose, would've been much easier if they'd just written it out in a few simple lines of equations.

I think there are maybe 1 or 2 analogies which are a bit wonky, but overall seems to do the job without needing much more than understanding basic algebra and pythagoras.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:09 am
by wub
Girl Who Played With Fire
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An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington
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Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:25 am
by dreamizm
kay wrote:Just finished reading this:
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One of the best books I've read in recent memory.
:Q:

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:28 am
by lloydnoise
still slowly getting through this
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cos someone lent me this, which is brilliant
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might start Cat's Cradle again when I'm done with WWZ, doing Vonnegut a disservice interupting his magnificent flow :(

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:01 pm
by vishes
The Divine Comedy:

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Reading this for the third time now.

Also ordered The Godfather novel a couple of days ago. Waiting for that to arrive now.

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Has any1 read this? I'm sure it will be good though.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:02 pm
by wub
vishes wrote:Also ordered The Godfather novel a couple of days ago. Waiting for that to arrive now.

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Has any1 read this? I'm sure it will be good though.
The Scilian by the same author as well, properly enjoyed that.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:43 pm
by vishes
Ah alright, hadn't heard about that one yet. Thanks! Will check it out.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:39 pm
by sonar
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Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:45 pm
by Kochari
^ Wicked read, one of the only books to scare the shit out of me

I'm about two thirds through this,and its utterly fantastic. Goes so deep and detailed its gonna take me years to fully get it, but thats why I love it I think.

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Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:15 am
by JBoy
Drowned world by jg ballard.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:23 am
by dubfordessert
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better than the idiot
not as good as crime and punishment

still ploughing through

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Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:13 am
by AllNightDayDream
kay wrote:
AllNightDayDream wrote:
kay wrote:Just started reading this:

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2 chapters in, good read so far!
Definitely wanna pick this one up at some point, brian cox is a don. This along with "A Short History of Nearly Everything" look like good crash courses on modern science.
It's going reasonably well so far, definitely have learnt a few new things. Some of it is a bit difficult to read as they write out the equations and steps in solving the equations in prose, would've been much easier if they'd just written it out in a few simple lines of equations.

I think there are maybe 1 or 2 analogies which are a bit wonky, but overall seems to do the job without needing much more than understanding basic algebra and pythagoras.
I can handle that. Post your thoughts after you're done!

read a short story by Dostoyevsky this morning called White Nights... Fucking grim love story! But really enjoyable, in a masochistic sort of way.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:58 am
by Lystric
just finished reading The Hobbit, was incredible.

about to read Animal Farm (so short?!) then 1984.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:05 pm
by cosmic_surgeon
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Realy great book.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:21 pm
by Naan_Bread
I really want to start The Trial by Kafka but have to read To Kill a Mockingbird for school.

First world reading problems I guess.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:22 pm
by cosmic_surgeon
Naan Bread wrote:I really want to start The Trial by Kafka but have to read To Kill a Mockingbird for school.

First world reading problems I guess.
Why not read both? I've got four books on the go right now (excluding uni work) - variety is the spice of life and all that, especially when it comes to reading.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:37 pm
by wub
Naan Bread wrote:To Kill a Mockingbird

I read that for GCSE, quality book. The film is well worth a watch too, Gregory Peck and a really young Robert Duvall :lol:

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:51 pm
by vishes
wub wrote: An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington
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:o How is it??
I've got season 1 on blu-ray and I can't get enough of it :lol: