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lucyinthesky said – Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:20:51 -0000 ( Edit Link )

I went to the Indigo bookstore this weekend and I bought this cool book that teaches you Italian through sticky notes – there are 303 sticky notes with colourful, simple pictures and the Italian word beneath it. It’s really cool! I’m going to stick them up all over my house.

I also bought Stumbling On Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. It’s along the same vein as Freakonomics and Blink. He tries to answer why choose the things we do and how our minds work, and how our imaginations get in the way of doing what will make us happy. It’s pretty interesting.

What was the last book you bought? How are you enjoying it? Or what is a book you want to buy but haven’t had the chance to yet?

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windwind said – Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:02:36 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Well, I really like mysteries and so I bought a book by A.McCall-Smith. He has a series of detective books that I find quite enjoyable.
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oLahav said – Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:00:46 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I just bought an Ed McBain book, and a Ludlum one, and a Grisham one. I could’ve taken them all out from the library probably, but whatever. I spend too much money lately…

I haven’t started reading them yet though, I’m currently rereading the LOTR trilogy. I really enjoy rereading classics every once in a while.

That Italian book sounds good, does it work? If it does, do they have one in Spanish?
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1. lucyinthesky said – Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:56:41 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  It works well! The images are clear and vibrant – and the pronounciation of the word is right there, so it’s pretty easy. I didn’t see on in Spanish…although I imagine they would have something like that in other languages as well. The only problem I see is sticking up these sticky notes everywhere and having to take them down…when I take them down, will I forget the word?
  
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chandra_avinash said – Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:28:34 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I bought Brsingr (third book in Paolini’s Inheritance trilogy; yes, I am an SFF nut). The book is weird.
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1. lucyinthesky said – Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:31:08 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Cool – I’ve never really gotten into the high fantasy genre. I never quite understood the appeal of it. I guess it’s more of a way to escape reality and dream up things only found in the imagination. I prefer books which have a more realistic, almost tragic aspect to them. I find I can better relate to these types of books. Do you have any particular reasons as to why you enjoy the high fantasy books so much?
  
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xmonkee said – Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:48:53 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I bought Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger. It’s a brilliant book, amazingly funny and sharp as a laser knife. This is the first non SF book I have read in a very long time. I got weirdly depressed after I read this book called Glasshouse by charles stoss, and I am taking a break from SF for atleat a year. Next is Midnight’s Children.
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swadhina said – Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:51:33 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I last bought the book “One Night At The Call Centre” and I really enjoyed the book.
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1. lucyinthesky said – Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:10:10 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  nice! Who is it by? What is the book about?
  
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avicster said – Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:55:57 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” – although some may call it a comic book for overgrown kids or undergrown adults, and others may glorify it as a graphic novel. But it is the most brilliant thing I’ve read in a long time. Well, actually I also recently bought and read Kurt Vonnegut’s “Timequake”, so I’m a bit torn between the two. But in the near future, I’m hooked to graphic novels.
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1. oLahav said – Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:09:09 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  The Watchmen is the absolute best graphic novel ever made! (and it is a graphic novel… come on) I’ve thought about buying it myself… they’re making a movie now, but I doubt it’ll be very good.
  
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hcraig said – Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:23 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Well I didn’t buy this book.. but I’ve just had a new roommate move in and he’s come with heaps of books. I’ve already picked out about 10 I want to read. The one I’m working on now is Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami . I’m only 4 chapters in, which equates to 2 chapters into each story line, but I’m really enjoying it so far.
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lucyinthesky said – Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:09:12 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

My father is lending me a book he just bought called “The Post-American World” by Fareed Zakaria. It’s a political science book examining the “rise of the rest of the world” in relation to the States. It looks quite interesting.
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avicster said – Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:44:14 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Yea Zakaria is supposed to be really good. I have heard him on TV a couple of times, but contemporary political commentary is a bit trite for my taste. Probably because there’s so much of it in this part of the world. So many viewpoints make sense that you start thinking maybe none of them does.

Anyway, if you’re interested in that sort of thing, I suggest E.F. Schumacher’s “Small is Beatiful”, and also Amartya Sen’s socio-political essays and books.

Look at me preaching apolitical attitude and simulatenously propounding libertarian viewpoints. Talk about hypocrisy!
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swadhina said – Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:27:08 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I’ve bought “Code Name God : The Spiritual Odyssey Of A Man Of Science”. It is written By Dr. Manilal Bhoumik, a scientist. I haven’t started the book, but I think it would be a great one.
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coolmini said – Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:15:26 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

i m a SFF nut too, just like avinash and i found brisingr to be a gr8 read. but the last book I bought was ‘season of secrets’ by sally nicholls. i liked it
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