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03 May 2008, 4:25 pm

The Hobbit

oh how little Bilbo does get himself into trouble!



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03 May 2008, 4:37 pm

Ugh. I have to read that for my Archetypes in Mythology class. I'm not looking forward to it.

I can appreciate Tolkien's genius...but at the same time, I just don't like his writing.



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04 May 2008, 1:54 am

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. My most favorite book of all time.


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04 May 2008, 5:38 am

Magic the gathering: The brother's war, book I

Actually the first fantasy novel I've read in a long time.

Besides that - I'm making my way through some structural engineering books of my grandpa's. I would go over to my grandparent's house and gradually take his old books. I think I'm overdue for another visit, actually. He still has some stuff on hydraulics, surveying, a few computer related books, and probably some other interesting things that I haven't taken yet. I was in heaven when, as I was helping him move things into storage, I came across a crate full of about 10 engineering texts. He's such a good man to let me have them ;_;

Casually skimming LOTR again.
Then there's Elephant and Castle. A classic.
Various other fiction/science books laying around.

Also I am reading a few programming books: Python/C# (both O'Reilly). I need to get back into that.


The funny thing about this is that I rarely finish a book all the way through in one session (by session I mean consecutively reading nothing but). I'll keep the stories in my head until I feel like they're interesting enough to continue.



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04 May 2008, 6:24 am

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05 May 2008, 11:36 am

Terrier by Tamara Peirce, and an almanac too… *claps* It’s an amazing fantasy book!


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06 May 2008, 8:22 am

one flew over the cuckoo's nest


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06 May 2008, 9:07 am

I am looking through The Perfect Mile and Roger Bannister's The Four Minute Mile again.



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07 May 2008, 9:53 am

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The Years of Extermination, by Saul Friedlander


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07 May 2008, 10:09 am

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07 May 2008, 11:18 am

VioletClementine wrote:
Ugh. I have to read that for my Archetypes in Mythology class. I'm not looking forward to it.

I can appreciate Tolkien's genius...but at the same time, I just don't like his writing.



I'm not loving the book but I was told that before reading The Lord Of The Rings it was important to read The Hobbit.



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07 May 2008, 2:03 pm

The Elric novels (published as one book) by Micheal Moorcock
The centenary edition Conan chronicles, by Robert E Howard

Going through a bit of an old school fantasy phase.


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08 May 2008, 8:24 pm

The Hard Truth About Soft Skills (Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They'd Learned Sooner) by Peggy Klaus



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09 May 2008, 6:55 am

Richard Peris 'The world of Polar Bear'



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09 May 2008, 8:18 pm

Just finished "The Woman and the Ape" by Peter Hoeg... cool book, weird but good ending. Probably goig to move on to "The Iron Council" by China Mieville next.



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09 May 2008, 11:14 pm

You know, I think this should be stickied.