50 Book Challenge for 2012
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
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by VazScep » Jan 30, 2012 4:37 pm
1) "God is not Great" (thought I better read it as a tribute)
2) The Corporation
3) The Forever War
4) A Scanner Darkly
5) John Dies at the End
I'm going to read 5 again within the year. Does that still count?
2) The Corporation
3) The Forever War
4) A Scanner Darkly
5) John Dies at the End
I'm going to read 5 again within the year. Does that still count?
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#122 by The Hanging Monkey » Jan 30, 2012 4:43 pm
1. A Test To Destruction - Henry Williamson
2. My Spin on Cricket - Richie Benaud
3. The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood
4. Treason's Harbour - Patrick O'Brian
5. The Most Beautiful Woman In Town and Other Stories - Charles Bukowski
6. Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare - Imogen Evans et al
7. Family Album - Penelope Lively
8. Invasion 1940 - Derek Robinson
9. Talking It Over - Julian Barnes
10. Why Do Buses Come In Threes? - Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham
11. The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine
2. My Spin on Cricket - Richie Benaud
3. The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood
4. Treason's Harbour - Patrick O'Brian
5. The Most Beautiful Woman In Town and Other Stories - Charles Bukowski
6. Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare - Imogen Evans et al
7. Family Album - Penelope Lively
8. Invasion 1940 - Derek Robinson
9. Talking It Over - Julian Barnes
10. Why Do Buses Come In Threes? - Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham
11. The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#123 by Darkchilde » Jan 30, 2012 5:54 pm
VazScep wrote:1) "God is not Great" (thought I better read it as a tribute)
2) The Corporation
3) The Forever War
4) A Scanner Darkly
5) John Dies at the End
I'm going to read 5 again within the year. Does that still count?
Yes, re-reads count, as long as you read again the whole book and not just parts of it.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#124 by Kaleid » Jan 31, 2012 5:00 pm
VazScep wrote:3) The Forever War
Love that one. I believe it's going to be made into a movie soon.
I read the trilogy a couple of times when I was about 8. I'd forgotten the little of the books I actually understood completely
It's wonderful to be able to finally appreciate them fully!1. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre
2. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
3. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
4. The Search For The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart
5. The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien
6. The Two Towers - J. R. R. Tolkien
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#125 by Fallible » Jan 31, 2012 9:43 pm
1) The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - G.W. Dahlquist. Steampunk FTW!
2) Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch.
3) A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin.
4) Florence and Giles - John Harding. [Kindle]
5) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs.
2) Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch.
3) A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin.
4) Florence and Giles - John Harding. [Kindle]
5) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#126 by VazScep » Jan 31, 2012 11:32 pm
With Ridley directing?
Read the first. I'm going to read these two next, I reckon.4. The Search For The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#127 by The Hanging Monkey » Feb 01, 2012 11:51 am
1. A Test To Destruction - Henry Williamson
2. My Spin on Cricket - Richie Benaud
3. The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood
4. Treason's Harbour - Patrick O'Brian
5. The Most Beautiful Woman In Town and Other Stories - Charles Bukowski
6. Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare - Imogen Evans et al
7. Family Album - Penelope Lively
8. Invasion 1940 - Derek Robinson
9. Talking It Over - Julian Barnes
10. Why Do Buses Come In Threes? - Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham
11. The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine
12. The Patriots Progress - Henry Williamson
2. My Spin on Cricket - Richie Benaud
3. The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood
4. Treason's Harbour - Patrick O'Brian
5. The Most Beautiful Woman In Town and Other Stories - Charles Bukowski
6. Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare - Imogen Evans et al
7. Family Album - Penelope Lively
8. Invasion 1940 - Derek Robinson
9. Talking It Over - Julian Barnes
10. Why Do Buses Come In Threes? - Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham
11. The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine
12. The Patriots Progress - Henry Williamson
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#128 by The_Metatrix » Feb 01, 2012 9:39 pm
1. A Study in Scarlet - A.C. Doyle
2. god is not Great - Christopher Hitchens
3. The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
4. The Professor and the Madman - Simon Winchester
5. Le Journal d'Anne Frank -Anne Frank (French translation)
2. god is not Great - Christopher Hitchens
3. The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
4. The Professor and the Madman - Simon Winchester
5. Le Journal d'Anne Frank -Anne Frank (French translation)
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#129 by Hollis » Feb 01, 2012 10:40 pm
10.) Spanish Past Tense Verbs by Eric Vogt
Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race. ~ Gore Vidal
The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral... ~ Jorge Luis Borges
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#130 by UncertainSloth » Feb 01, 2012 11:24 pm
1)Inverted World - Christopher Priest
2)Little Big - John Crowley
2)Little Big - John Crowley
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#131 by Tbickle » Feb 02, 2012 2:38 am
1. American Pastoral - Philip Roth
2. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson
3. Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
5. The Wind Up Bird Chronicles - Haruki Murakami
6. Dune - Frank Herbert
2. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson
3. Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
5. The Wind Up Bird Chronicles - Haruki Murakami
6. Dune - Frank Herbert
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#132 by Darkchilde » Feb 02, 2012 1:37 pm
Books:
Short stories, novellas, anything less than 50 pages:
Manga and similar:
Well, I had company today, and could not read from my book. So I read my Dylan Dog graphic novels on my iPad. They are all over 90 pages long, in black and white.
- Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris [Sookie Stackhouse #5] [295 pages]
- Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne [138 pages, e-book]
- The Manual of Detection - Jedediah Berry [280 pages]
Short stories, novellas, anything less than 50 pages:
- The Lost tribe of the Sith #1: Precipice - John Jackson Miller [e-book, 43 pages]
- The Lost Tribe of the Sith #2: Skyborn - John Jackson Miller [e-book, 49 pages]
Manga and similar:
- Dylan Dog #1: L'alba dei morti viventi (Dawn of the Living Dead) - Tiziano Sclavi (story) & Angelo Stano (illustrator)
- Dylan Dog #2: Jack Lo Squartatore (jack the Ripper) - Tiziano Sclavi (story) & Gustavo Trigo(illustrator)
- Dylan Dog #3: Le Notti di Luna Piena (The nights of full moon) - Tiziano Sclavi (story) & Giuseppe Montanari, Ernesto Grassani (illustrators)
- Dylan Dog #4: Il Fantasma di Anna Never (The ghost of Anna Never) - Tiziano Sclavi (story) & Corrado Roi (illustrator)
- Dylan Dog #5: Gli Uccisori (The Killers) - Tiziano Sclavi (story) & Luca Dell'Uomo (illustrator)
- Dylan Dog #6: La bellezza del demonio (The beauty of the demon) - Tiziano Sclavi (story) & Gustavo Trigo (illustrator)
- Dylan Dog #7: La zona del crepuscolo (The twilight zone) -Tiziano Sclavi (story) & Giuseppe Montanari, Ernesto Grassani (illustrators)
- Dylan Dog #8: Il ritorno del mostro (The return of the monster) - Tiziano Sclavi (story) & Luigi Piccato (illustrator)
Well, I had company today, and could not read from my book. So I read my Dylan Dog graphic novels on my iPad. They are all over 90 pages long, in black and white.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#133 by NamelessFaceless » Feb 03, 2012 7:30 pm
Audiobooks in Italics
1. The Mysterious Stranger - Mark Twain
2. Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult
3. I Lock My Door Upon Myself - Joyce Carol Oates
4. Sexy - Joyce Carol Oates
5. 11/22/63 - Stephen King
6. The Philosophy of Spinoza - Benedictus de Spinoza and Joseph Ratner
7. In Reckless Hands: Skinner vs. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics - Victoria Nourse
8. Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult
1. The Mysterious Stranger - Mark Twain
2. Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult
3. I Lock My Door Upon Myself - Joyce Carol Oates
4. Sexy - Joyce Carol Oates
5. 11/22/63 - Stephen King
6. The Philosophy of Spinoza - Benedictus de Spinoza and Joseph Ratner
7. In Reckless Hands: Skinner vs. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics - Victoria Nourse
8. Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#134 by Rivu » Feb 03, 2012 7:53 pm
Hello!
I've been away of the forum, as I have been on exams
I've not yet managed to finish On the Origin of Species, as I've intermitted it with collections of short stories and novels 
I also started reading Song of Myself, by Walt Whitman.
What I read so far:
1- O Pajem Formidável dos Índicios( The Formidable Page of Evidences)-Alberto de Lacerda (Poetry)
2- Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Líttin- Gabriel García Marquez
3-Gaia- A new look at life on Earth- James Lovelock
4-Catálogo de Sombras (Catalogue of Shadows)- José Eduardo Agualusa (Collection of Short Stories)
5- The National Revolutionary war of the Spanish People against Fascism (1936-1939): Critical Analysis- AA. VV. Vanguardia Obrera Editions
6- O caso das criancinhas desaparecidas( The Missing Children Case)- Luiz Pacheco
7- The Perfect Harmony-Celtic poems of Nature-AA. VV (selection and translation by José D. Morais)
8- Contos do Gin-Tonic (Tales of Gin Tonic)- Mário Henrique Leiria
9-Novos contos do Gin Tonic e Fábulas do Futuro (New Tales of Gin-Tonic and Fables from the Future)-Mário Henrique Leiria
10- Senhor Calvino (Mr. Calvino)- Gonçalo M. Tavares
11- A Família de Pascoal Duarte ( The Family of Pascoal Duarte)- Camilo José Cela
I've been away of the forum, as I have been on exams
I've not yet managed to finish On the Origin of Species, as I've intermitted it with collections of short stories and novels I also started reading Song of Myself, by Walt Whitman.What I read so far:
1- O Pajem Formidável dos Índicios( The Formidable Page of Evidences)-Alberto de Lacerda (Poetry)
2- Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Líttin- Gabriel García Marquez
3-Gaia- A new look at life on Earth- James Lovelock
4-Catálogo de Sombras (Catalogue of Shadows)- José Eduardo Agualusa (Collection of Short Stories)
5- The National Revolutionary war of the Spanish People against Fascism (1936-1939): Critical Analysis- AA. VV. Vanguardia Obrera Editions
6- O caso das criancinhas desaparecidas( The Missing Children Case)- Luiz Pacheco
7- The Perfect Harmony-Celtic poems of Nature-AA. VV (selection and translation by José D. Morais)
8- Contos do Gin-Tonic (Tales of Gin Tonic)- Mário Henrique Leiria
9-Novos contos do Gin Tonic e Fábulas do Futuro (New Tales of Gin-Tonic and Fables from the Future)-Mário Henrique Leiria
10- Senhor Calvino (Mr. Calvino)- Gonçalo M. Tavares
11- A Família de Pascoal Duarte ( The Family of Pascoal Duarte)- Camilo José Cela
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#135 by AndreD » Feb 04, 2012 8:51 am
1) Them: Adventures with Extremists - Jon Ronson
2) Writing Ancient History - Luke Pitcher
3) The Symposium - Plato (Trans. Christopher Gill)
4) Daphnis and Chloe - Longus (Trans. Paul Turner)
5) The Satyricon - Petronius (Trans. P.G. Walsh)
2) Writing Ancient History - Luke Pitcher
3) The Symposium - Plato (Trans. Christopher Gill)
4) Daphnis and Chloe - Longus (Trans. Paul Turner)
5) The Satyricon - Petronius (Trans. P.G. Walsh)
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#136 by Hollis » Feb 04, 2012 8:33 pm
11.) En La Ardiente Oscuridad by Antonio Buero Vallejo
Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race. ~ Gore Vidal
The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral... ~ Jorge Luis Borges
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#137 by Fallible » Feb 05, 2012 10:36 am
1) The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - G.W. Dahlquist. Steampunk FTW!
2) Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch.
3) A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin.
4) Florence and Giles - John Harding. [Kindle]
5) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs.
6)The Waiting Room - F.G. Cottam.
2) Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch.
3) A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin.
4) Florence and Giles - John Harding. [Kindle]
5) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs.
6)The Waiting Room - F.G. Cottam.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#138 by Delphin » Feb 05, 2012 4:07 pm
1. Bonner, Stefan/Weiss, Anne - Heilige Scheiße: Wären wir ohne Religion wirklich besser dran?
2. Bechdel, Alison - Fun Home [Graphic Novel]
3. Aaronovitch, Ben - Midnight Riot
4. Hejazi, Arash - The Gaze of the Gazelle
5. Elbel, Thomas - Asylon
2. Bechdel, Alison - Fun Home [Graphic Novel]
3. Aaronovitch, Ben - Midnight Riot
4. Hejazi, Arash - The Gaze of the Gazelle
5. Elbel, Thomas - Asylon
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#139 by Hollis » Feb 05, 2012 7:42 pm
12.) My Side of the Matter by Truman Capote
Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race. ~ Gore Vidal
The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral... ~ Jorge Luis Borges
The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral... ~ Jorge Luis Borges
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Re: 50 Book Challenge for 2012
#140 by Hollis » Feb 06, 2012 10:41 am
13.) Murder by John Steinbeck
Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race. ~ Gore Vidal
The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral... ~ Jorge Luis Borges
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