Because Lucy said to just post them straight. I guess non-fiction books about science and histories really don't have that many spoilers.
Chapter 7 is somewhat dull. I get the general impression (especially at the end, where he was writing how everyone was cheering for the football guy and not for the astronomy guy and how the top two science award had to be split between the astronomy guy and a biology person who worked out the digestive tracts of termites) (I'm thinking the lady who gave the lecture on endosymbiosis, and if that's the case, she DESERVED the prize, if not for showing us key proof for a part of eukaryotic evolution, then for sticking to it when all the male scientists made fun of her for being a woman who didn't know science).
The "panel" thing annoyed me. Part of it because he's basing an entire argument on the concluding remarks of papers (what each scientist puts in there varies, some choose to reiterate their argument, some tend to take a step back to the broader perspective, therefore it's not fair to compare them, since stylist differences can result in the comparison of two different things). Also I didn't agree with his point distribution, thought that could just be me not knowing enough about astronomy (which I don't).
Monday, June 30, 2008
Discovery!
I wandered by the library again to return some books and of course I couldn't resist the siren call of all those books. I've returned four books and got back another four, so at least net balance is still...balanced.
I checked out Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, having vaguely remember seeing the story from an illustrated children's book somewhere when I was little. Before I checked it out I made (the mistake?) of skimming the introduction and suddenly I find myself 56 pages committed to the story in the time it takes me to walk back home from the library. (I forgot to watch out for traffic, but I didn't get run-over either, so ha!)
I imagine that this story is what Anne of Green Gables would be like, if we changed the minor character set and did the story in letter-format. To illustrate:
When it was finally finished, and ourselves and the kitchen and the doorknobs all thoroughly sticky, we organized a procession and still in our caps and aprons, each carrying a big fork or spoon or frying pan, we marched through the empty corridors to the officers' parlor where half-a-dozen professors and instructors were passing a tranquil evening. We serenaded them with college songs and offered refreshments. They accepted politely but dubiously. We left them sucking chunks of molasses candy, sticky and speechless.
I lol'ed through most of the first 50 pages.
I checked out Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, having vaguely remember seeing the story from an illustrated children's book somewhere when I was little. Before I checked it out I made (the mistake?) of skimming the introduction and suddenly I find myself 56 pages committed to the story in the time it takes me to walk back home from the library. (I forgot to watch out for traffic, but I didn't get run-over either, so ha!)
I imagine that this story is what Anne of Green Gables would be like, if we changed the minor character set and did the story in letter-format. To illustrate:
When it was finally finished, and ourselves and the kitchen and the doorknobs all thoroughly sticky, we organized a procession and still in our caps and aprons, each carrying a big fork or spoon or frying pan, we marched through the empty corridors to the officers' parlor where half-a-dozen professors and instructors were passing a tranquil evening. We serenaded them with college songs and offered refreshments. They accepted politely but dubiously. We left them sucking chunks of molasses candy, sticky and speechless.
I lol'ed through most of the first 50 pages.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Blind watchers, ch5 (Lucy)
"And to discover how his vision would be changed if he modified the shape of his retina, he slipped a bodkin (a long, blunt sewing needle) "betwixt my eye & bone as neare to the backside of my eye as I could.' Again, he almost lost his sight." (pg. 120)
FREAKING OW, MAN. I'm not sure if I respect him more now or not D: Oh yeah, that's Newton. I shared this bit of information in the hufflepuff chatroom though. Someone there proclaimed that this made Newton "badass".
"This basis for the investigation of nature led to some strange statements by Aristotle- for instance, that women have fewer teeth than men. Either Aristotle was not a very accurate observer, he couldn't count, or he had odd taste in women." (pg. 123)
lolol. Hey, women without teeth need love too!
"The book was empty no longer." (pg. 133)
I literally screamed "gah!!" at this point. Too much is too much.
FREAKING OW, MAN. I'm not sure if I respect him more now or not D: Oh yeah, that's Newton. I shared this bit of information in the hufflepuff chatroom though. Someone there proclaimed that this made Newton "badass".
"This basis for the investigation of nature led to some strange statements by Aristotle- for instance, that women have fewer teeth than men. Either Aristotle was not a very accurate observer, he couldn't count, or he had odd taste in women." (pg. 123)
lolol. Hey, women without teeth need love too!
"The book was empty no longer." (pg. 133)
I literally screamed "gah!!" at this point. Too much is too much.
Blind watchers, ch6
After some consideration, I have concluded that this chapter can be summarized as the following: Greeks win at geometry and don't ever laugh at simple questions posted by the nice lady who works for you.
The thing with the stellar aberration and the dot reminds me of the chapter on optical illusions in my general psych book.
This chapter also had a lot more commentaries. Although I don't have anything against commentaries in particular and, in the case of history books (which is sort of is), commentaries can make the narration more interesting, for this chapter it was just irritating. From the part where he wrote, in parenthesis, "The obvious lesson is always be sure of yourself and never check your results!" (Which is, from my experience in science, such a spectacularly bad idea -- I mean not checking your results? Ever?) to the part where he wrote "I also wonder why the significance of scientific discoveries is so often dismissed by historians in favor of political, military, or economic developments." which, first of all, means that he probably didn't read that many historical books -- or at least, not a great variety of them because I've read ones that covered the scientific discoveries in great detail (though he was correct about biologists thinking that the Origin of Species should be mentioned in every historical text covering the Darwinian age). Second of all, scientific discoveries, I'm sad to say, often has applications that only become sociologically significant once we have the technology to apply the discovered knowledge at a more general level (meaning outside of labs in matters related to the public). There is a step between scientific discoveries and its impact on history (especially now, where everything discovered has to be vetted by a committee, published, vetted by another committee, tested, funded, tested again, before it becomes available to the general public -- okay, I lied, there are more than one steps). Whereas, say, warfare... example: Mr. President declares us to be at war, congress approves (or goes mum at the time, I guess, in our case), we are at war. Economy and politics, I feel, is not as disconnected from society as science can be (the general public generally don't care much about quarks, but they will care about inflation and any economic principle that might solve the problem with social security). Thirdly: duh. Historians are far more likely to have a background in liberal arts and social sciences than, say, quantum physics or molecular biology. Scientists, when writing books, are more likely to write about things in the field of science than, say, the significance of the meeting of troops at the Elbe River. Would it not make sense that historians, would do the same?
Did I just rant? Very well, I've just ranted.
End rant.
(Stellar aberration is a cool term, though. Just try saying it aloud.)
The thing with the stellar aberration and the dot reminds me of the chapter on optical illusions in my general psych book.
This chapter also had a lot more commentaries. Although I don't have anything against commentaries in particular and, in the case of history books (which is sort of is), commentaries can make the narration more interesting, for this chapter it was just irritating. From the part where he wrote, in parenthesis, "The obvious lesson is always be sure of yourself and never check your results!" (Which is, from my experience in science, such a spectacularly bad idea -- I mean not checking your results? Ever?) to the part where he wrote "I also wonder why the significance of scientific discoveries is so often dismissed by historians in favor of political, military, or economic developments." which, first of all, means that he probably didn't read that many historical books -- or at least, not a great variety of them because I've read ones that covered the scientific discoveries in great detail (though he was correct about biologists thinking that the Origin of Species should be mentioned in every historical text covering the Darwinian age). Second of all, scientific discoveries, I'm sad to say, often has applications that only become sociologically significant once we have the technology to apply the discovered knowledge at a more general level (meaning outside of labs in matters related to the public). There is a step between scientific discoveries and its impact on history (especially now, where everything discovered has to be vetted by a committee, published, vetted by another committee, tested, funded, tested again, before it becomes available to the general public -- okay, I lied, there are more than one steps). Whereas, say, warfare... example: Mr. President declares us to be at war, congress approves (or goes mum at the time, I guess, in our case), we are at war. Economy and politics, I feel, is not as disconnected from society as science can be (the general public generally don't care much about quarks, but they will care about inflation and any economic principle that might solve the problem with social security). Thirdly: duh. Historians are far more likely to have a background in liberal arts and social sciences than, say, quantum physics or molecular biology. Scientists, when writing books, are more likely to write about things in the field of science than, say, the significance of the meeting of troops at the Elbe River. Would it not make sense that historians, would do the same?
Did I just rant? Very well, I've just ranted.
End rant.
(Stellar aberration is a cool term, though. Just try saying it aloud.)
Friday, June 27, 2008
Blind watchers, ch5
Newton gets his own special chapter, with no references to him being blind. I guess this means that the author really liked him.
Meanwhile:
The book that Newton found, which had paramount importance to the development of science, was blank. Empty. p116
Yes, we know what a blank book means, thank you (also, blank book:chapter 5 = IT'S AN ELLIPSE!:chapter 3).
In te hunt for the truth, Newton became the hunted. p118
Anyone else gets the feeling that the author wanted to type "Duh duh duh!" after that line?
To exaggerate the leap made by Newton is nearly impossible (but I will try). p133
My first thought was: thanks, but no thanks. (Except of course I don't really get a say in the matter, do I?)
Yeah the author is a Newtonian, just a little.
To those who say Newton removed the hand of God from the heavens, I say he replaced a toilsome hand of brute force with a sublime hand of beauty. p 135
I lol'ed. Just a little.
If I ever want to know what hero-worship sounded like in the field of physics (which I didn't, but oh well), this is Exhibit A.
P.S.
(IT'S AN ELLIPSE!)
Meanwhile:
The book that Newton found, which had paramount importance to the development of science, was blank. Empty. p116
Yes, we know what a blank book means, thank you (also, blank book:chapter 5 = IT'S AN ELLIPSE!:chapter 3).
In te hunt for the truth, Newton became the hunted. p118
Anyone else gets the feeling that the author wanted to type "Duh duh duh!" after that line?
To exaggerate the leap made by Newton is nearly impossible (but I will try). p133
My first thought was: thanks, but no thanks. (Except of course I don't really get a say in the matter, do I?)
Yeah the author is a Newtonian, just a little.
To those who say Newton removed the hand of God from the heavens, I say he replaced a toilsome hand of brute force with a sublime hand of beauty. p 135
I lol'ed. Just a little.
If I ever want to know what hero-worship sounded like in the field of physics (which I didn't, but oh well), this is Exhibit A.
P.S.
(IT'S AN ELLIPSE!)
Blind watchers, ch4 (up to 112)
Just a post to add that Galileo, while you are a genius, you fail as a lawyer.
Did we just go for 30 something pages (76-112) without another reference to blind watchers?
ZOMG.
Did we just go for 30 something pages (76-112) without another reference to blind watchers?
ZOMG.
Blind watchers, p76-98
Posting by chapters is a good idea (for anything with a chapter, at least -- we'll worry about poetry collections and what-have-you when we get there). However, since I'm nearly done with chapter 4 and this post is supposed to be written up yesterday, not today, I figured I should get a little lee way with this post.
Also, I can't resist quoting this bit:
"We all know the apocryphal story. Galileo dropped two objects of unequal weight (most likely graduate students) from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and noticed that they both hit the ground at the same time."
I have the vague memory that this is not the first time the author's alluded to grad student abuse. Anyone get the impression that he might not be too happy with his?
(It makes me think about how fortunate I am to be going into the field of biology, and not physics.)
Also, I can't resist quoting this bit:
"We all know the apocryphal story. Galileo dropped two objects of unequal weight (most likely graduate students) from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and noticed that they both hit the ground at the same time."
I have the vague memory that this is not the first time the author's alluded to grad student abuse. Anyone get the impression that he might not be too happy with his?
(It makes me think about how fortunate I am to be going into the field of biology, and not physics.)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Blind watchers 21-71 (maybe we should start doing this by chapters)
Man, Tycho was quite the SlytherClaw (yes, you can't escape my sorting ways even here!). At least in youth. Then he goes all stubborn-and-arrogant Gryffindor on everyone.
"In fact, if today you open any encyclopedia to the section on solar eclipses, you will find a diagram showing Eath at the center of the solar system." (pg 35)
Er, really?
References to blind watchers: pg. 34, 36, 45 (but how could he resist this one considering Kepler's vision problems?), 66 ("myopic"), 71.
References to smashing celestial spheres: possibly more than to 'blind watchers' but I realized this too late to start counting. At least half a dozen. However, IT'S AN ELLIPSE! takes the cake XD
And I totally agree with Susan- the book is funny! I giggled all through the story of Tycho's daughter getting married, but it's a whole big paragraph so I'm not typing it. It's on pg. 41.
Also, we've discussed counting the value of human life in Econ classes :P It's a slightly different approach than asking a hitman, but that certainly works as well. (For the record, it involved medical care and compounds of future payments).
I'm not sure I enjoyed learning all that about Kepler, but I can't say it wasn't interesting. Also, he's a total Ravenclaw.
"The third problem with the model is that it is complete, total, and absolute nonsense." (pg. 54)
lol.
"our inevitable chronicler describes his blushing birde as 'simple of mind, and fat of body, with a stupid, sulking, lonely, melancholy complexion.'" (pg. 55)
I shouldn't laugh but LOL.
"Knowing that his place in history was secure, he composed this epitaph:
I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure
Skyborn was the mind, Earthbound the body rests." (pg. 69)
Nothing funny about that quote (it's kind of pretty), but totally made me think of Snape :D "Would you like me to do it now or would you like a moment to compose an epitaph?"
"In fact, if today you open any encyclopedia to the section on solar eclipses, you will find a diagram showing Eath at the center of the solar system." (pg 35)
Er, really?
References to blind watchers: pg. 34, 36, 45 (but how could he resist this one considering Kepler's vision problems?), 66 ("myopic"), 71.
References to smashing celestial spheres: possibly more than to 'blind watchers' but I realized this too late to start counting. At least half a dozen. However, IT'S AN ELLIPSE! takes the cake XD
And I totally agree with Susan- the book is funny! I giggled all through the story of Tycho's daughter getting married, but it's a whole big paragraph so I'm not typing it. It's on pg. 41.
Also, we've discussed counting the value of human life in Econ classes :P It's a slightly different approach than asking a hitman, but that certainly works as well. (For the record, it involved medical care and compounds of future payments).
I'm not sure I enjoyed learning all that about Kepler, but I can't say it wasn't interesting. Also, he's a total Ravenclaw.
"The third problem with the model is that it is complete, total, and absolute nonsense." (pg. 54)
lol.
"our inevitable chronicler describes his blushing birde as 'simple of mind, and fat of body, with a stupid, sulking, lonely, melancholy complexion.'" (pg. 55)
I shouldn't laugh but LOL.
"Knowing that his place in history was secure, he composed this epitaph:
I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure
Skyborn was the mind, Earthbound the body rests." (pg. 69)
Nothing funny about that quote (it's kind of pretty), but totally made me think of Snape :D "Would you like me to do it now or would you like a moment to compose an epitaph?"
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Blind Watchers p 21-75
The book does get better, thank heavens, though I'm not sure how much of this is due to the fact that it's becoming a funny read (IT'S AN ELLIPSE!). Part of the funniness is intentional. The author has a sense of humor and he wants us to know about it. Part of the funniness is purely by accident (IT'S AN ELLIPSE!) because, let's face it, he over plays the drama and the metaphors quite a bit.
It's funny, though.
Now I want to make an icon that says "Have quadrant. Will travel."
(And possibly one that says "IT'S AN ELLIPSE!")
And I also really need to start tallying how many times he alludes to the phrase "blind watchers." Lucy counted three times in yesterday's pages. I counted at least three more (though I think there are four in reality) in these pages.
It's funny, though.
Now I want to make an icon that says "Have quadrant. Will travel."
(And possibly one that says "IT'S AN ELLIPSE!")
And I also really need to start tallying how many times he alludes to the phrase "blind watchers." Lucy counted three times in yesterday's pages. I counted at least three more (though I think there are four in reality) in these pages.
Glee
I just skimmed the first chapter of The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it is awesome.
Still need to finish Blind Watchers first though, so now I think I'll try reading it at a faster pace.
I'll leave you with a quote:
Which brings us neatly to God. The Guide was begun just before reason trotted to the back of the bus and had a quiet smoke, leaving the front seats to be occupied by the gibbering prophets of the New Age.
The entire thing seems to be written like that.
These "the science-behind..." books, when done well, are such fun to read.
Still need to finish Blind Watchers first though, so now I think I'll try reading it at a faster pace.
I'll leave you with a quote:
Which brings us neatly to God. The Guide was begun just before reason trotted to the back of the bus and had a quiet smoke, leaving the front seats to be occupied by the gibbering prophets of the New Age.
The entire thing seems to be written like that.
These "the science-behind..." books, when done well, are such fun to read.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Blind Watchers; pg. 1-20 (Lucy)
"The author once dreamt that he was a partial derivative!" (pg. vii)
OMG. I am horrified and a little in love.
"Astronomers are haunted by the thought that discoveries are before their eyes but they are too blind to see them." (pg. 7)
O, I see what you did there! ;P But that is a scary thought, isn't it?
"When our ancestors first looked at the sky, it was with blind eyes." (pg. 8)
O, I see what you did there. ...Again.
"..., we are still blind watchers of the sky." (pg. 9)
OK YOU CAN STOP NOW. xP
Well, I'm a bit disappointed. It's not a bad book, but so far it hasn't told me anything new. And since I've taken 2 college courses that concerned cosmology some of it almost sounds like baby talk. (I do believe iron was referred to as "hard to digest" for stars or something like that. I didn't mark down the quote). I do feel like I like the author though, he seems to have a good sense of humor.
OMG. I am horrified and a little in love.
"Astronomers are haunted by the thought that discoveries are before their eyes but they are too blind to see them." (pg. 7)
O, I see what you did there! ;P But that is a scary thought, isn't it?
"When our ancestors first looked at the sky, it was with blind eyes." (pg. 8)
O, I see what you did there. ...Again.
"..., we are still blind watchers of the sky." (pg. 9)
OK YOU CAN STOP NOW. xP
Well, I'm a bit disappointed. It's not a bad book, but so far it hasn't told me anything new. And since I've taken 2 college courses that concerned cosmology some of it almost sounds like baby talk. (I do believe iron was referred to as "hard to digest" for stars or something like that. I didn't mark down the quote). I do feel like I like the author though, he seems to have a good sense of humor.
Blind Watchers p 1-20
Page 15:
"The German painter George Busch warned that the new star augured the coming of all sorts of calamities, such as "'inclement weather, pestilence, and Frenchmen.'"
Nick and I lol'ed.
How do you pronounce "zeitgeist"?
P 17: "Perhaps our eyes cannot see what our mind is not prepared to accept" makes me think of Gaiman's London Below Inhabitants and Pratchett's Death & Co.
Then, P 18:
"Many dismissed the apparition of 1572 as a tailless comet, some sort of atmospheric phenomenon, a condensation of the rising vapors of human sin..."
...I was not aware that human sin obeyed the laws of thermodynamics, much less state change, but I guess?
And P 19:
"Scientific genius, like musical genius or artistic genius, comes in all shapes, sizes, and types. Each one had his individual tint and coloring."
In my experience, all the scientific geniuses are all boring and human-shaped. I think the author lives in a more exciting world than I do.
And Tyco's from Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern? Seriously? (Okay so it's Rosenkrantz and Gyldenstierne but!)
...
Current opinion: Contains disappointingly less science and more history than I'd hoped, but not too bad.
"The German painter George Busch warned that the new star augured the coming of all sorts of calamities, such as "'inclement weather, pestilence, and Frenchmen.'"
Nick and I lol'ed.
How do you pronounce "zeitgeist"?
P 17: "Perhaps our eyes cannot see what our mind is not prepared to accept" makes me think of Gaiman's London Below Inhabitants and Pratchett's Death & Co.
Then, P 18:
"Many dismissed the apparition of 1572 as a tailless comet, some sort of atmospheric phenomenon, a condensation of the rising vapors of human sin..."
...I was not aware that human sin obeyed the laws of thermodynamics, much less state change, but I guess?
And P 19:
"Scientific genius, like musical genius or artistic genius, comes in all shapes, sizes, and types. Each one had his individual tint and coloring."
In my experience, all the scientific geniuses are all boring and human-shaped. I think the author lives in a more exciting world than I do.
And Tyco's from Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern? Seriously? (Okay so it's Rosenkrantz and Gyldenstierne but!)
...
Current opinion: Contains disappointingly less science and more history than I'd hoped, but not too bad.
Books read
Over the past week I've read:
Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (p261, paperback)
Which is funny with the sort of absurd humor that reminds me vaguely of Ros. & Guil. Are Dead (except this is fiction, not play, and it's very, very...not-Hamlet in any sense) but with less depth. Unfortunately I don't like any of the characters, as fun as laughing at their foibles may be.(Which reminds me: what on earth does Bertie do for a living, anyway?) After one book I think I can safely conclude that this really isn't my cup of tea.
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (p55 hardcover)
Mostly because if there's a book-based movie out that I'm interested in I will want to read the book first (though time doesn't always permit this). The writing's not particularly memorable (you don't get a strong sense of the author's style the way you get with Gaiman, for instance), but the story is good and it speaks louder than the writing. Reads like a short folktale, not literature. Also: short. It won't be on my re-read list but I know I'll remember the story for a very long time, so it balances out.
Re-read:
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (370 paperback)
Every bit as good as I remembered and a lot more graphic than I remembered, too (though that is probably because I forgot a lot of the details over time). It's one of those fantasy stories that the author has put magic in. It also makes me want to paint. Or at least doodle Escher-isque scenes from London Below on the margins of my to-do list.
...
Starting Blind Watchers of the Sky today.
...
I got roped into Shelfari, so I'll be playing around with that, too.
Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (p261, paperback)
Which is funny with the sort of absurd humor that reminds me vaguely of Ros. & Guil. Are Dead (except this is fiction, not play, and it's very, very...not-Hamlet in any sense) but with less depth. Unfortunately I don't like any of the characters, as fun as laughing at their foibles may be.(Which reminds me: what on earth does Bertie do for a living, anyway?) After one book I think I can safely conclude that this really isn't my cup of tea.
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (p55 hardcover)
Mostly because if there's a book-based movie out that I'm interested in I will want to read the book first (though time doesn't always permit this). The writing's not particularly memorable (you don't get a strong sense of the author's style the way you get with Gaiman, for instance), but the story is good and it speaks louder than the writing. Reads like a short folktale, not literature. Also: short. It won't be on my re-read list but I know I'll remember the story for a very long time, so it balances out.
Re-read:
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (370 paperback)
Every bit as good as I remembered and a lot more graphic than I remembered, too (though that is probably because I forgot a lot of the details over time). It's one of those fantasy stories that the author has put magic in. It also makes me want to paint. Or at least doodle Escher-isque scenes from London Below on the margins of my to-do list.
...
Starting Blind Watchers of the Sky today.
...
I got roped into Shelfari, so I'll be playing around with that, too.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Kate's list, reposted,
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Lewycka, Marina A Short History of Tractors
Mitch, Cullin A Slight Trick of the Mind
Pelevin, Viktor A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia
Shteyngart, Gary Absurdistan
Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Olsson, Linda Astrid and Veronika
McCabe, Patrick Breakfast on Pluto
Mitchell, David Cloud Atlas
Russo, Richard Empire Falls Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Blume, Judy Forever
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Hartinger, Brent Geography Club
Pynchon, Thomas Gravity's Rainbow
Dickens, Charles Hard Times
Bradshaw, Gillian Hawk of May
Crick, Mark Kafka's Soup
O'Nan, Stewart Last Night at the Lobster
O'Neill, Eugene Long Day's Journey into Night
Eliot, George Middlemarch...?
Fry, Stephen Moab is my Washpot
Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
Oren, Michael B. Power, Faith, and Fantasy
Docx, Edward Pravda
Senge, Peter Presence
Quindlen, Anna Rise and Shine
Pouncey, Peter Rules for Old Men Waiting
Swann, Maxine Serious Girls
Russo, Richard Straight Man
Gilbert, Daniel Stumbling on Happiness
Morrison, Tony The Bluest Eye
Morgan, Robin The Burning Time
Docx, Edward The Calligrapher
Harris, Sam The End of Faith
Appiah, Kwame Anthony The Ethics of Identity
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
Hamer, Dean The God Gene
Doyle, Brian The Grail: A year ambling…
Solzhenitsin, Alexander The Gulag Archipelago
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Fowles, John The Magus
Feynman, Richard The Meaning of It All
Edwards, Kim The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Pollan, Michael The Omnivore's Dilemma
Stewart, Rory The Places In Between
Coe, Jonathan The Rotters' Club
Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Donohue, Keith The Stolen Child
Beaufort, Simon et al. The Tainted Relic
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Slouka, Mark The Visible World
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Johnson, Ron Them: Adventures with Extremists
Ferris, Joshua Then We Came to the End
Bachelder, Chris U.S.!
Zamyatin, Yevgeny We
Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk
Lewycka, Marina A Short History of Tractors
Mitch, Cullin A Slight Trick of the Mind
Pelevin, Viktor A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia
Shteyngart, Gary Absurdistan
Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Olsson, Linda Astrid and Veronika
McCabe, Patrick Breakfast on Pluto
Mitchell, David Cloud Atlas
Russo, Richard Empire Falls Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Blume, Judy Forever
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Hartinger, Brent Geography Club
Pynchon, Thomas Gravity's Rainbow
Dickens, Charles Hard Times
Bradshaw, Gillian Hawk of May
Crick, Mark Kafka's Soup
O'Nan, Stewart Last Night at the Lobster
O'Neill, Eugene Long Day's Journey into Night
Eliot, George Middlemarch...?
Fry, Stephen Moab is my Washpot
Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
Oren, Michael B. Power, Faith, and Fantasy
Docx, Edward Pravda
Senge, Peter Presence
Quindlen, Anna Rise and Shine
Pouncey, Peter Rules for Old Men Waiting
Swann, Maxine Serious Girls
Russo, Richard Straight Man
Gilbert, Daniel Stumbling on Happiness
Morrison, Tony The Bluest Eye
Morgan, Robin The Burning Time
Docx, Edward The Calligrapher
Harris, Sam The End of Faith
Appiah, Kwame Anthony The Ethics of Identity
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
Hamer, Dean The God Gene
Doyle, Brian The Grail: A year ambling…
Solzhenitsin, Alexander The Gulag Archipelago
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Fowles, John The Magus
Feynman, Richard The Meaning of It All
Edwards, Kim The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Pollan, Michael The Omnivore's Dilemma
Stewart, Rory The Places In Between
Coe, Jonathan The Rotters' Club
Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Donohue, Keith The Stolen Child
Beaufort, Simon et al. The Tainted Relic
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Slouka, Mark The Visible World
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Johnson, Ron Them: Adventures with Extremists
Ferris, Joshua Then We Came to the End
Bachelder, Chris U.S.!
Zamyatin, Yevgeny We
Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk
Kate's book list
And because she's Kate she has the authors listed first before the titles, but at least it's in Excel so I re-alphabetized it using the titles....
Author Title
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Lewycka, Marina A Short History of Tractors
Mitch, Cullin A Slight Trick of the Mind
Pelevin, Viktor A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia
Shteyngart, Gary Absurdistan
Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Olsson, Linda Astrid and Veronika
McCabe, Patrick Breakfast on Pluto
Mitchell, David Cloud Atlas
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Blume, Judy Forever
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Hartinger, Brent Geography Club
Pynchon, Thomas Gravity's Rainbow
Dickens, Charles Hard Times
Bradshaw, Gillian Hawk of May
Crick, Mark Kafka's Soup
O'Nan, Stewart Last Night at the Lobster
O'Neill, Eugene Long Day's Journey into Night
Eliot, George Middlemarch
Fry, Stephen Moab is my Washpot
Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
Oren, Michael B. Power, Faith, and Fantasy
Docx, Edward Pravda
Senge, Peter Presence
Quindlen, Anna Rise and Shine
Pouncey, Peter Rules for Old Men Waiting
Swann, Maxine Serious Girls
Russo, Richard Straight Man
Gilbert, Daniel Stumbling on Happiness
Morrison, Tony The Bluest Eye
Morgan, Robin The Burning Time
Docx, Edward The Calligrapher
Harris, Sam The End of Faith
Appiah, Kwame Anthony The Ethics of Identity
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
Hamer, Dean The God Gene
Doyle, Brian The Grail: A year ambling…
Solzhenitsin, Alexander The Gulag Archipelago
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Fowles, John The Magus
Feynman, Richard The Meaning of It All
Edwards, Kim The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Pollan, Michael The Omnivore's Dilemma
Stewart, Rory The Places In Between
Coe, Jonathan The Rotters' Club
Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Donohue, Keith The Stolen Child
Beaufort, Simon et al. The Tainted Relic
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Slouka, Mark The Visible World
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Johnson, Ron Them: Adventures with Extremists
Ferris, Joshua Then We Came to the End
Bachelder, Chris U.S.!
Zamyatin, Yevgeny We
Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk
P.S. That post by The Blog is strangely intimidating, considering that it came from a non-corporal conglomeration of data.
Author Title
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Lewycka, Marina A Short History of Tractors
Mitch, Cullin A Slight Trick of the Mind
Pelevin, Viktor A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia
Shteyngart, Gary Absurdistan
Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Olsson, Linda Astrid and Veronika
McCabe, Patrick Breakfast on Pluto
Mitchell, David Cloud Atlas
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Blume, Judy Forever
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Hartinger, Brent Geography Club
Pynchon, Thomas Gravity's Rainbow
Dickens, Charles Hard Times
Bradshaw, Gillian Hawk of May
Crick, Mark Kafka's Soup
O'Nan, Stewart Last Night at the Lobster
O'Neill, Eugene Long Day's Journey into Night
Eliot, George Middlemarch
Fry, Stephen Moab is my Washpot
Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
Oren, Michael B. Power, Faith, and Fantasy
Docx, Edward Pravda
Senge, Peter Presence
Quindlen, Anna Rise and Shine
Pouncey, Peter Rules for Old Men Waiting
Swann, Maxine Serious Girls
Russo, Richard Straight Man
Gilbert, Daniel Stumbling on Happiness
Morrison, Tony The Bluest Eye
Morgan, Robin The Burning Time
Docx, Edward The Calligrapher
Harris, Sam The End of Faith
Appiah, Kwame Anthony The Ethics of Identity
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
Hamer, Dean The God Gene
Doyle, Brian The Grail: A year ambling…
Solzhenitsin, Alexander The Gulag Archipelago
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Fowles, John The Magus
Feynman, Richard The Meaning of It All
Edwards, Kim The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Pollan, Michael The Omnivore's Dilemma
Stewart, Rory The Places In Between
Coe, Jonathan The Rotters' Club
Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Donohue, Keith The Stolen Child
Beaufort, Simon et al. The Tainted Relic
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Slouka, Mark The Visible World
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Johnson, Ron Them: Adventures with Extremists
Ferris, Joshua Then We Came to the End
Bachelder, Chris U.S.!
Zamyatin, Yevgeny We
Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk
P.S. That post by The Blog is strangely intimidating, considering that it came from a non-corporal conglomeration of data.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
You have angered the blog. I am alive, but just barely. I have been drinking unicorn blood to stay alive this last year.
I shall take my revenge by ridding the world of non-posters. These people think they can kill me, but they're WRONG. I have my supporters and I know where all of you live.
I have sent out my minions to hunt down the following people:
Anna
Victoria
That Kate
The Other Kate
Malvina
Christine
If your name is on this list, post soon or face the consequences. Remember: the blog is unhappy and the blog knows where you live!!!
I shall take my revenge by ridding the world of non-posters. These people think they can kill me, but they're WRONG. I have my supporters and I know where all of you live.
I have sent out my minions to hunt down the following people:
Anna
Victoria
That Kate
The Other Kate
Malvina
Christine
If your name is on this list, post soon or face the consequences. Remember: the blog is unhappy and the blog knows where you live!!!
Monday, June 02, 2008
Lucy's list, re-posted
Following the same bolding/italics format
Anything by Terry Pratchett: have read Reaper Man, Mort, Soul Music, Hogsfather, Thief of Time (the Deaths story arc), Carpe Jugulum and Masquerade - I wouldn't mind re-reading any one of those.
100 Years of Solitude
Absurdistan (by Gary Shteyngart)
Bartimaeus Trilogy: have read the first one
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (by McKinley)
Confederacy of Dunces, A
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams!
Freakonomics
Pillars of the World
Yeah, that's why my book list tends to grow fairly easily.
Is anyone else doing this?
Anything by Terry Pratchett: have read Reaper Man, Mort, Soul Music, Hogsfather, Thief of Time (the Deaths story arc), Carpe Jugulum and Masquerade - I wouldn't mind re-reading any one of those.
100 Years of Solitude
Absurdistan (by Gary Shteyngart)
Bartimaeus Trilogy: have read the first one
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (by McKinley)
Confederacy of Dunces, A
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams!
Freakonomics
Pillars of the World
Yeah, that's why my book list tends to grow fairly easily.
Is anyone else doing this?
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Lucy's list
I don't really keep a list :/ These are a couple titles I've managed to save up somewhere:
Anything by Terry Pratchett. And no, that's not a book title.
100 Years of Solitude
Absurdistan (by Gary Shteyngart)
Bartimaeus Trilogy
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (by McKinley)
Confederacy of Dunces, A
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Freakonomics
Pillars of the World
Here's Susan's list reposted. I italicized the few titles that I've read. In one case I also bolded it, because I wouldn't mind reading again.
A Million Little Pieces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Atonement
Black Earth
Blind Watchers of the Sky Kolb, Rocky
Blink Gladwell, Malcolm
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine
Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx
Canterbury Tales, The Chaucer, Geoffrey
Cheating Culture, the
Crashing Through Kurson, Robert
Darkly Dreaming Dextor Russell, Frank Eric
Deep Time Darling, David
Descartes' Error Damasio, Antonio R.
Divine Comedy, The- Dante
E: the Story of a Number
Education of Robert Nifkin, the- Pinkwater, Daniel
Einstein's Dreams Lightman, Alan
Ethnobotany Martin, Gary J.
Fabric of the Cosmos Greene
Faerie Queene, the- Spenser
Fixer, the- Malamud, Bernard
Fuente Orejuna- Lope de Vega
Geeks Katz, Jon
Gift, the Hyde, Lewis
Greener Than You Think Moore, Ward
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies- Diamond, Jared
Hermes Serres, Michel
Hiroshima- Hersey, John
Hot Zone Preston, Richard
How to Cure Fanatic Oz, Amos
Humanoids, the Williamson, Jack
I Am The Cheese Grogan, John
Idiot, the Dostoyevsky
Iliad, the translated by Rober Fagles
I'm Okay--You're Okay Harris, Thomas
In Search of Memory Kandel, Eric R.
Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots On Wheels Hrynkiw, Dave
Lamb
Language in Motion
Last Letters Home
Level 7 Roshwald, Mordecai
Leviathan- Hobbes, Thomas
Lysistrata
Man Who Mistook His wife For A Hat, the Sacks, Oliver
Marley & Me
Master and Commander: the far side of the world McEwan, Ian
Master and Magarita, the
Memory Bible, the- Small, Gary, MD
Myth of Sisyphus, the Camus, Albert
Name of the Rose, The Eco, Umberto
Natural History of California
Notes from the Underground
Odyssey" Homer- translated by Robert Fagles
On The Beach Shute, Nevil
Our Inner Ape De Waal
Out of Gas Goodstein, David
Painted Bird- Kosinski, Jerzy
Parable of the Sower- Olamina, Lauren
People's Act of Love, the Meek, James
Power of One, the Courtenay
Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math
Reading Lolita in Tehran Nafisi, Azar
Republic, the Plato (PLATO WAS CREEPY. Just from what I learned this quarter)
Right Ho, Jeeves Wodehouse, P. G.
Road, the McCarthy, Cormac
Rubble Byles, Jeff
Russia, Youth, and the Present Day World Lindsay, Jeff
Satan Is Alive and Well On Planet Earth Lindsey,
Scion's Lady Bradley, Rebecca
Search for King Arthur, the
Selfish Gene, the Dawkins, Richard
Solaris Stanislaw, Lem
Star Thrower, the
Stones from the River- Hurstone, Hegi, Ursula
Story of English, the McCrum, Robert
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman
Tending the Wild Anderson, Kat
The Singularity Is Near Kurzweil, Ray
Ubiquity: The science of History Buchanan, Mark
Virtual Terror Fink, Jeri
Voyage of the Beagle, the Darwin
Wasp Russell, Eric
What Do You Care What Other People Think
Women on War Daniela Gioseffi
===
A lot of these sounded way too depressing D:
Anything by Terry Pratchett. And no, that's not a book title.
100 Years of Solitude
Absurdistan (by Gary Shteyngart)
Bartimaeus Trilogy
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (by McKinley)
Confederacy of Dunces, A
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Freakonomics
Pillars of the World
Here's Susan's list reposted. I italicized the few titles that I've read. In one case I also bolded it, because I wouldn't mind reading again.
A Million Little Pieces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Atonement
Black Earth
Blind Watchers of the Sky Kolb, Rocky
Blink Gladwell, Malcolm
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine
Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx
Canterbury Tales, The Chaucer, Geoffrey
Cheating Culture, the
Crashing Through Kurson, Robert
Darkly Dreaming Dextor Russell, Frank Eric
Deep Time Darling, David
Descartes' Error Damasio, Antonio R.
Divine Comedy, The- Dante
E: the Story of a Number
Education of Robert Nifkin, the- Pinkwater, Daniel
Einstein's Dreams Lightman, Alan
Ethnobotany Martin, Gary J.
Fabric of the Cosmos Greene
Faerie Queene, the- Spenser
Fixer, the- Malamud, Bernard
Fuente Orejuna- Lope de Vega
Geeks Katz, Jon
Gift, the Hyde, Lewis
Greener Than You Think Moore, Ward
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies- Diamond, Jared
Hermes Serres, Michel
Hiroshima- Hersey, John
Hot Zone Preston, Richard
How to Cure Fanatic Oz, Amos
Humanoids, the Williamson, Jack
I Am The Cheese Grogan, John
Idiot, the Dostoyevsky
Iliad, the translated by Rober Fagles
I'm Okay--You're Okay Harris, Thomas
In Search of Memory Kandel, Eric R.
Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots On Wheels Hrynkiw, Dave
Lamb
Language in Motion
Last Letters Home
Level 7 Roshwald, Mordecai
Leviathan- Hobbes, Thomas
Lysistrata
Man Who Mistook His wife For A Hat, the Sacks, Oliver
Marley & Me
Master and Commander: the far side of the world McEwan, Ian
Master and Magarita, the
Memory Bible, the- Small, Gary, MD
Myth of Sisyphus, the Camus, Albert
Name of the Rose, The Eco, Umberto
Natural History of California
Notes from the Underground
Odyssey" Homer- translated by Robert Fagles
On The Beach Shute, Nevil
Our Inner Ape De Waal
Out of Gas Goodstein, David
Painted Bird- Kosinski, Jerzy
Parable of the Sower- Olamina, Lauren
People's Act of Love, the Meek, James
Power of One, the Courtenay
Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math
Reading Lolita in Tehran Nafisi, Azar
Republic, the Plato (PLATO WAS CREEPY. Just from what I learned this quarter)
Right Ho, Jeeves Wodehouse, P. G.
Road, the McCarthy, Cormac
Rubble Byles, Jeff
Russia, Youth, and the Present Day World Lindsay, Jeff
Satan Is Alive and Well On Planet Earth Lindsey,
Scion's Lady Bradley, Rebecca
Search for King Arthur, the
Selfish Gene, the Dawkins, Richard
Solaris Stanislaw, Lem
Star Thrower, the
Stones from the River- Hurstone, Hegi, Ursula
Story of English, the McCrum, Robert
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman
Tending the Wild Anderson, Kat
The Singularity Is Near Kurzweil, Ray
Ubiquity: The science of History Buchanan, Mark
Virtual Terror Fink, Jeri
Voyage of the Beagle, the Darwin
Wasp Russell, Eric
What Do You Care What Other People Think
Women on War Daniela Gioseffi
===
A lot of these sounded way too depressing D:
What I hope to one day read
Yes I changed the blog layout. I don't have time to make a new one yet, so we're sticking with something that's blogger-made.
Directions? Paste your own list, then copy this list, paste it, and bold anything you want to read.
(Also, using labels for the posts will make organization later easier. I hope.)
...
I actually managed to reduce the list to under 100 within the past two years?? When did that happen?!
A Million Little Pieces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Atonement
Black Earth
Blind Watchers of the Sky Kolb, Rocky
Blink Gladwell, Malcolm
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine
Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx
Canterbury Tales, The Chaucer, Geoffrey
Cheating Culture, the
Crashing Through Kurson, Robert
Darkly Dreaming Dextor Russell, Frank Eric
Deep Time Darling, David
Descartes' Error Damasio, Antonio R.
Divine Comedy, The- Dante
E: the Story of a Number
Education of Robert Nifkin, the- Pinkwater, Daniel
Einstein's Dreams Lightman, Alan
Ethnobotany Martin, Gary J.
Fabric of the Cosmos Greene
Faerie Queene, the- Spenser
Fixer, the- Malamud, Bernard
Fuente Orejuna- Lope de Vega
Geeks Katz, Jon
Gift, the Hyde, Lewis
Greener Than You Think Moore, Ward
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies- Diamond, Jared
Hermes Serres, Michel
Hiroshima- Hersey, John
Hot Zone Preston, Richard
How to Cure Fanatic Oz, Amos
Humanoids, the Williamson, Jack
I Am The Cheese Grogan, John
Idiot, the Dostoyevsky
Iliad, the translated by Rober Fagles
I'm Okay--You're Okay Harris, Thomas
In Search of Memory Kandel, Eric R.
Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots On Wheels Hrynkiw, Dave
Lamb
Language in Motion
Last Letters Home
Level 7 Roshwald, Mordecai
Leviathan- Hobbes, Thomas
Lysistrata
Man Who Mistook His wife For A Hat, the Sacks, Oliver
Marley & Me
Master and Commander: the far side of the world McEwan, Ian
Master and Magarita, the
Memory Bible, the- Small, Gary, MD
Myth of Sisyphus, the Camus, Albert
Name of the Rose, The Eco, Umberto
Natural History of California
Notes from the Underground
Odyssey" Homer- translated by Robert Fagles
On The Beach Shute, Nevil
Our Inner Ape De Waal
Out of Gas Goodstein, David
Painted Bird- Kosinski, Jerzy
Parable of the Sower- Olamina, Lauren
People's Act of Love, the Meek, James
Power of One, the Courtenay
Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math
Reading Lolita in Tehran Nafisi, Azar
Republic, the Plato
Right Ho, Jeeves Wodehouse, P. G.
Road, the McCarthy, Cormac
Rubble Byles, Jeff
Russia, Youth, and the Present Day World Lindsay, Jeff
Satan Is Alive and Well On Planet Earth Lindsey,
Scion's Lady Bradley, Rebecca
Search for King Arthur, the
Selfish Gene, the Dawkins, Richard
Solaris Stanislaw, Lem
Star Thrower, the
Stones from the River- Hurstone, Hegi, Ursula
Story of English, the McCrum, Robert
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman
Tending the Wild Anderson, Kat
The Singularity Is Near Kurzweil, Ray
Ubiquity: The science of History Buchanan, Mark
Virtual Terror Fink, Jeri
Voyage of the Beagle, the Darwin
Wasp Russell, Eric
What Do You Care What Other People Think
Women on War Daniela Gioseffi
[ETA: We're not doing re-reads right now. Re-reads = separate list, later.]
Directions? Paste your own list, then copy this list, paste it, and bold anything you want to read.
(Also, using labels for the posts will make organization later easier. I hope.)
...
I actually managed to reduce the list to under 100 within the past two years?? When did that happen?!
A Million Little Pieces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Atonement
Black Earth
Blind Watchers of the Sky Kolb, Rocky
Blink Gladwell, Malcolm
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine
Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx
Canterbury Tales, The Chaucer, Geoffrey
Cheating Culture, the
Crashing Through Kurson, Robert
Darkly Dreaming Dextor Russell, Frank Eric
Deep Time Darling, David
Descartes' Error Damasio, Antonio R.
Divine Comedy, The- Dante
E: the Story of a Number
Education of Robert Nifkin, the- Pinkwater, Daniel
Einstein's Dreams Lightman, Alan
Ethnobotany Martin, Gary J.
Fabric of the Cosmos Greene
Faerie Queene, the- Spenser
Fixer, the- Malamud, Bernard
Fuente Orejuna- Lope de Vega
Geeks Katz, Jon
Gift, the Hyde, Lewis
Greener Than You Think Moore, Ward
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies- Diamond, Jared
Hermes Serres, Michel
Hiroshima- Hersey, John
Hot Zone Preston, Richard
How to Cure Fanatic Oz, Amos
Humanoids, the Williamson, Jack
I Am The Cheese Grogan, John
Idiot, the Dostoyevsky
Iliad, the translated by Rober Fagles
I'm Okay--You're Okay Harris, Thomas
In Search of Memory Kandel, Eric R.
Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots On Wheels Hrynkiw, Dave
Lamb
Language in Motion
Last Letters Home
Level 7 Roshwald, Mordecai
Leviathan- Hobbes, Thomas
Lysistrata
Man Who Mistook His wife For A Hat, the Sacks, Oliver
Marley & Me
Master and Commander: the far side of the world McEwan, Ian
Master and Magarita, the
Memory Bible, the- Small, Gary, MD
Myth of Sisyphus, the Camus, Albert
Name of the Rose, The Eco, Umberto
Natural History of California
Notes from the Underground
Odyssey" Homer- translated by Robert Fagles
On The Beach Shute, Nevil
Our Inner Ape De Waal
Out of Gas Goodstein, David
Painted Bird- Kosinski, Jerzy
Parable of the Sower- Olamina, Lauren
People's Act of Love, the Meek, James
Power of One, the Courtenay
Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math
Reading Lolita in Tehran Nafisi, Azar
Republic, the Plato
Right Ho, Jeeves Wodehouse, P. G.
Road, the McCarthy, Cormac
Rubble Byles, Jeff
Russia, Youth, and the Present Day World Lindsay, Jeff
Satan Is Alive and Well On Planet Earth Lindsey,
Scion's Lady Bradley, Rebecca
Search for King Arthur, the
Selfish Gene, the Dawkins, Richard
Solaris Stanislaw, Lem
Star Thrower, the
Stones from the River- Hurstone, Hegi, Ursula
Story of English, the McCrum, Robert
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman
Tending the Wild Anderson, Kat
The Singularity Is Near Kurzweil, Ray
Ubiquity: The science of History Buchanan, Mark
Virtual Terror Fink, Jeri
Voyage of the Beagle, the Darwin
Wasp Russell, Eric
What Do You Care What Other People Think
Women on War Daniela Gioseffi
[ETA: We're not doing re-reads right now. Re-reads = separate list, later.]
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