Fifty book challenge 2008 - Page 3

supernothing · 14th January 2008, 12:26pm

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Right, I was lying last time, for real:

1.Goethe - Faust Part I
2.Slavoj Zizek - The Universal Exception (only read half of it but I'm counting it cuz it is nigh on impossible to read without someone to advise you on all the Kant and Hegel references)
3.Sadegh Hedayat - The Blind Owl

4.Brian Turner - Here, Bullet.

Thats a book of poems about the Iraq war written by a US soldier who served there. One of the reviews on the back says "The day of the first moonwalk, my father's college literature professor told his class, "someday they'll send a poet, and we'll find out what it's really like".....", well, they sent a poet to Iraq, or they sent a soldier and he came back a poet, whatever the case it's an amazing book. Puts the humanity back into the endless gruesome statistics coming out of Iraq.

Rowsbette · 14th January 2008, 11:45pm

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excellent, i have the secret agent and was going to read it next!

Nice one.

1. Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
2. D. H. Lawrence - The Rainbow

Loved it. So bleak, but beautiful.

Westy · 14th January 2008, 11:53pm

1 - Christopher Brookmyre - A Tale Etched In Blood And Hard Black Pencil
2 - Al Murray - Bokk Of British Common Sense
3 - Tom Sharpe - Wilt On High

I need some new books. But I reckon i'll buy The Complete Calvin and Hobbes: v. 1, 2, 3 boxset. £70, tasty.

Semprini · 15th January 2008, 7:18am

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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes: v. 1, 2, 3 boxset. £70, tasty.

Totally worth it.

fallen_nemesis · 15th January 2008, 7:24am

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1. Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow

No way I'll manage 50 I read too slowly

got my mum a signed version of this for her birthday

johnnie walker · 15th January 2008, 7:48am

1. Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
2. Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age
3. Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself (The First Law: Book One)
4. Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon
5. Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic
6. China Miéville - The Iron Council

the.definitive · 15th January 2008, 12:20pm

1. The God Of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
2. Dune - Frank Herbert

Loved it, was forced to read it by a friend who was utterly appalled that I'd never attempted to read a science fiction novel. Didn't reckon it would be my thing, Was pleasantly surprised

PrincessGarnet · 16th January 2008, 2:08pm

1. An introduction to African Politics - Alex Thompson

Very clear and well written. Also found it very interesting as I didn't know much about African politics.

I'm pretty sure i won't reach 50, as i have so many journals and articles that i have to read. I also prefer classic and have some longish books i want to read. So I'll be happy with 20-30.

Rowsbette · 16th January 2008, 10:09pm

1. Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
2. D. H. Lawrence - The Rainbow

3. Evelyn Waugh - A Handful of Dust

Very depressing, but I really enjoyed it. Has one of the strangest, most disturbing endings ever. The poor husband ends up trapped in the depths of the Amazon jungle, forced to read Dickens to the man who rescued him, presumably until one of them dies.

triggerhappy · 17th January 2008, 11:05am

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1. Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
2. D. H. Lawrence - The Rainbow

3. Evelyn Waugh - A Handful of Dust

Very depressing, but I really enjoyed it. Has one of the strangest, most disturbing endings ever. The poor husband ends up trapped in the depths of the Amazon jungle, forced to read Dickens to the man who rescued him, presumably until one of them dies.

If you like Evelyn Waugh, check out The Loved One. Easily one of my top five favourite books and a wee bit more light-hearted than A Handful of Dust.

endless psych · 18th January 2008, 2:34pm

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1. Discurrsive Research in practice - Hepburn and Wiggins Eds.
2. Obedience to authority - Stanley Milgram
3. The lucifer effect - Phillip Zimbardo

4. Laughter and Ridicule - Michael Billig

Pier Angeli · 18th January 2008, 2:44pm

1. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

I start books but never finish them. 2008 will be different!

johnnie walker · 18th January 2008, 3:01pm

1. Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
2. Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age
3. Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself (The First Law: Book One)
4. Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon
5. Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic
6. China Miéville - The Iron Council
7. Ian Irvine - The Curse on the Chosen (Book Two of the Song of the Tears trilogy, part of the Three Worlds Cycle)

Delilah · 18th January 2008, 7:08pm

1) Deborah Curtis - Touching From A Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division.

A well written book, but very sad. It must've been hard to write.

supernothing · 19th January 2008, 10:32pm

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4.Brian Turner - Here, Bullet.

Thats a book of poems about the Iraq war written by a US soldier who served there. One of the reviews on the back says "The day of the first moonwalk, my father's college literature professor told his class, "someday they'll send a poet, and we'll find out what it's really like".....", well, they sent a poet to Iraq, or they sent a soldier and he came back a poet, whatever the case it's an amazing book. Puts the humanity back into the endless gruesome statistics coming out of Iraq.

5.John Burnside - The Devils Footprints

Pretty dissapointing to be honest, I love some of his poems but this wasn't great at all. He spends so much time obsessing over a few events, and he takes so long to fully explain stories, whats the point? To keep you reading obviously, but you shouldn't need to do that, people should keep reading because the books great not because it beats about the bush for 190 pages.