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nalani

nalani

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I just finished reading "The Red Tent" .. twice .. by Anita Diamant. I loved that book. Then my son gave me a book called "The Edge on the Sword" by Rebecca Tingle. Great read. Now I'm doing the "Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

So, who's reading what?
 
How to Program in C++ Third Edition.

Great Read!!

Actually, I'm preparing for Data Structures and Algorithyms, next semester. :retard:
 
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel. It's the story of Galileo, but with special emphasis on his relationship with his illegitimate daughter, Suor Maria Celeste, who was a cloistered nun.

Prior to that I read Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, also by Dava Sobel. Guess I'm on a History of Science kick. :eh:
 
Ards, just out of curiosity, is it a rule of yours to read books that have more than five words in the title, or a title that is seperated by a colon? :D
 
nalani said:
Ards, just out of curiosity, is it a rule of yours to read books that have more than five words in the title, or a title that is seperated by a colon? :D
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:lol:

Nah, but apparently it's Sobel's rule to give her books long-winded titles. :p Fortunately, she writes better than her titles would suggest. Galileo's Daughter is particularly interesting for the glimpse it gives of a nun's life in the 17th century.

The daughters of noblemen were often put into convents. If a husband could be found for them, great. If not, then they stayed there for life. The rules of some orders prevented them from ever stepping outside the convent. Because she was illegitimate, Suor Maria didn't have a chance to marry well. From the time she stepped into her convent, she never left it.

She wrote many letters to her father, and he also wrote to her. Apparently, the letters he wrote to her were destroyed after her death. The letters she wrote to him, though, were preserved, and Sobel uses them to illustrate the close relationship the two had, and how Galileo's troubles with the church affected his daughter.

It's an interesting book. :)
 
it's probably on my reading list for next semester ... at least I know who to go to when I realize I don't know what the hell I'm reading LOL :D
 
I usually read Robert Jordan, JRR Tolkein, etc....
Those kind of writers.
I tried the C++ book, but it was a bit on the confusing side.
 
I've just started reading "The Robot Builders Bonanza" - 99 inexpensive robotics projects.

I'm partway through Wrox "Professional VB6 Databases", "Javascript Weekend Crash Course", "SQL A Beginners Guide", "Designing Web Interfaces, Interactive Workbook", "PCOverclocking, Optimisation and Tuning" and "Advanced PC Architecture".

And if I ever finish reading them "Chocolat", "My Year of Meat", the Harry Potter books and several others in various states of partly read. :)

Still got to start that philosophy book. The robotics is just for fun. :)
 
Fave book:

Hitchhickers Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
(the trilogy in five parts)

I read the whole series!

LOVED EVERY BIT!

:headbang:
 
im getting into HP lovecraft now, i liked The Last Temptation of Chrsit(fantastic book but the movie dissapointed me),IT by stephen King,my rpg books,
 
freako104 said:
im getting into HP lovecraft now
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I can only take so much of Lovecraft before I start wanting to slash my wrists. If you like spooky, though, I highly recommend M.R. James. He was one of those Oxford guys, like Tolkien, but he liked writing creepy ghost stories for his friends. Among the most well known are Casting the Runes and The Ash Tree. Some of his stories can be found on the web... go here to check them out.
 
I'm not reading anything, haven't been to the bookstore in weeks. But my sister told me that she got me a gift certificate to Border's bookstore so I'll be making a visit next weekend. :)

Which reminds me, I have to find out if our local library will take donations of some of our books. We have too many, between Rusty and I reading all the time.
 
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