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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2013 AKA Anna Will Kick Your Arse Agai

Post by Pappa » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:50 am

1) Maintainable JavaScript
2) JavaScript Enlightenment
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Pappa wrote:1) Maintainable JavaScript
2) JavaScript Enlightenment
That's the problem with the Islamic world, never went through the JavaScript Enlightenment.
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I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

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Clinton Huxley wrote:
Pappa wrote:1) Maintainable JavaScript
2) JavaScript Enlightenment
That's the problem with the Islamic world, never went through the JavaScript Enlightenment.
Or the Browser Wars.

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2013 AKA Anna Will Kick Your Arse Agai

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:58 am

Pappa wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:
Pappa wrote:1) Maintainable JavaScript
2) JavaScript Enlightenment
That's the problem with the Islamic world, never went through the JavaScript Enlightenment.
Or the Browser Wars.
Still using Infidel Explorer 6.
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

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Post by Callan » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:10 pm

Hang on. I've cocked this up already - clicked on the wrong post to quote last week, and I've given myself 5 and 6 twice... :fp:

1. Kitchen Diaries 2, Nigel Slater. (Annoying little turd.)
2. Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, Laurie Viera Rigler. (Interesting premise but it was stretched out too long.)
3. The White Queen Philippa Gregory. (Historical fiction about Elizabeth Woodville - undemanding.)
4. The Murders in the Rue Morgue and other stories E. A. Poe. (Dupin is the forerunner of Holmes - but less exciting.)

Right, we need the original 5 and 6 back in here...

5. Master and God Lindsey Davis (Superior historical fiction set in the reign of Domitian)
6. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder Joanne Fluke (Might have been more thrilling had the eponymous pie been the murder weapon)

Now the false 5 and 6 become 7 and 8...

7. Bess of Hardwick Mary S. Lovell. (Lively and scholarly biography.)
8. The Mating Season P.G. Wodehouse. (Jeeves and Wooster in full effect.)

And finally...

9. The Anglo-Saxons ed. James Campbell (dry, dry, dry :()
10. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight trans. Simon Armitage (should have read it 25 years ago, better late than never)

Phew!

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2013 AKA Anna Will Kick Your Arse Agai

Post by anna09 » Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:49 pm

1. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin- Masha Gessen
2. Pnin- Vladimir Nabokov
3. Slaughterhouse-Five- Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Daydreamer- Ian McEwan
5. Free Will- Sam Harris
6. The Drinker- Hans Fallada
7. The Victim- Saul Bellow
8. Dubliners- James Joyce

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Post by anna09 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:48 am

1. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin- Masha Gessen
2. Pnin- Vladimir Nabokov
3. Slaughterhouse-Five- Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Daydreamer- Ian McEwan
5. Free Will- Sam Harris
6. The Drinker- Hans Fallada
7. The Victim- Saul Bellow
8. Dubliners- James Joyce
9. Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro (Very good but so sad! :cry: )

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Post by anna09 » Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:59 am

1. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin- Masha Gessen
2. Pnin- Vladimir Nabokov
3. Slaughterhouse-Five- Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Daydreamer- Ian McEwan
5. Free Will- Sam Harris
6. The Drinker- Hans Fallada
7. The Victim- Saul Bellow
8. Dubliners- James Joyce
9. Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro (Very good but so sad! :cry: )
10. The Moral Landscape- Sam Harris (I've been rereading some books to see what I can use for my senior thesis).

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2013 AKA Anna Will Kick Your Arse Agai

Post by Callan » Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:05 pm

1. Kitchen Diaries 2, Nigel Slater. (Annoying little turd.)
2. Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, Laurie Viera Rigler. (Interesting premise but it was stretched out too long.)
3. The White Queen Philippa Gregory. (Historical fiction about Elizabeth Woodville - undemanding.)
4. The Murders in the Rue Morgue and other stories E. A. Poe. (Dupin is the forerunner of Holmes - but less exciting.)
5. Master and God Lindsey Davis (Superior historical fiction set in the reign of Domitian)
6. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder Joanne Fluke (Might have been more thrilling had the eponymous pie been the murder weapon)
7. Bess of Hardwick Mary S. Lovell. (Lively and scholarly biography.)
8. The Mating Season P.G. Wodehouse. (Jeeves and Wooster in full effect.)
9. The Anglo-Saxons ed. James Campbell (dry, dry, dry :()
10. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight trans. Simon Armitage (should have read it 25 years ago, better late than never)
11. The Hare with Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal (Potter chases netsuke - delightful)
12. Manon Lescault Abbé Prévost (What a silly pair! Unpleasant, too)

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Post by Callan » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:34 pm

1. Kitchen Diaries 2, Nigel Slater. (Annoying little turd.)
2. Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, Laurie Viera Rigler. (Interesting premise but it was stretched out too long.)
3. The White Queen Philippa Gregory. (Historical fiction about Elizabeth Woodville - undemanding.)
4. The Murders in the Rue Morgue and other stories E. A. Poe. (Dupin is the forerunner of Holmes - but less exciting.)
5. Master and God Lindsey Davis (Superior historical fiction set in the reign of Domitian)
6. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder Joanne Fluke (Might have been more thrilling had the eponymous pie been the murder weapon)
7. Bess of Hardwick Mary S. Lovell. (Lively and scholarly biography.)
8. The Mating Season P.G. Wodehouse. (Jeeves and Wooster in full effect.)
9. The Anglo-Saxons ed. James Campbell (dry, dry, dry :()
10. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight trans. Simon Armitage (should have read it 25 years ago, better late than never)
11. The Hare with Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal (Potter chases netsuke - delightful)
12. Manon Lescault Abbé Prévost (What a silly pair! Unpleasant, too)
13. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson (Surprisingly readable)

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2013 AKA Anna Will Kick Your Arse Agai

Post by macdoc » Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:23 am

1. Legend in Autumn Persia Woolley
2. Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey
3. The Getting of Wisdom -Marcus Clarke -oh damn that was a chore....sigh - me and learning about Australia.
4. Nexus - Ramaz Naam
5 Quicker - Laurence Dahners
6 The Human Divison 1 - The B Team Scalzi
in progress
7. Identity (Eyes Wide Open, Book 1) Dekker - can't resist a freebie fast read with decent reviews tho not my fav genre.
8 .hmmmm - haven't settled on a series or genre tho Darwin's Bastard's is luring me. 30 hour flight next week - need some goodies

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight trans. Simon Armitage (should have read it 25 years ago, better late than never)
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2013 AKA Anna Will Kick Your Arse Agai

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:04 pm

1)Shadowrun : Vice.
2) William Gibson : Pattern Recognition
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Post by Callan » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:09 pm

Will do, thanks macdoc!
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Post by anna09 » Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:58 am

1. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin- Masha Gessen
2. Pnin- Vladimir Nabokov
3. Slaughterhouse-Five- Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Daydreamer- Ian McEwan
5. Free Will- Sam Harris
6. The Drinker- Hans Fallada
7. The Victim- Saul Bellow
8. Dubliners- James Joyce
9. Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro (Very good but so sad! :cry: )
10. The Moral Landscape- Sam Harris (I've been rereading some books to see what I can use for my senior thesis).
11. The Bell- Iris Murdoch

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:08 am

Fuckin' hell! :lay: I'm crawling my way through books 2 & 3! :sulk:
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