1. The Secret Holocaust Diaries.
2. I Sold my Soul to Ebay
3. I Shall Wear Midnight
The 50 book Challenge 2011
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I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
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Re: The 50 book Challenge 2011
you read oneBella Fortuna wrote:1. Moab is My Washpot - Stephen Fry
We have no great war, no great depression.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
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Re: The 50 book Challenge 2011
1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
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1. Hitch-22 - Christopher Hitchens
I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. [...] I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn’t frighten me. - Richard Feynman
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I'm reading it right now...his romantic side really comes out in this book. I'm loving it so far!ScienceRob wrote:1. Hitch-22 - Christopher Hitchens
Atheists have always argued that this world is all that we have, and that our duty is to one another to make the very most and best of it. ~Christopher Hitchens~
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I can't say I'm too surprised by it. His eloquent speech had to come from somewhere. I find his friendships and in particular Martin Amis interesting. I am going to have to read up on him as well as Fenton.
I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. [...] I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn’t frighten me. - Richard Feynman
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1. Uncle Tom' Cabin - H.B Stowe
2. Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday w/ William Dufty
2. Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday w/ William Dufty
Men! They're all beasts!
Yeah. But isn't it wonderful?
Yeah. But isn't it wonderful?
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The Curious Squid wrote:you read oneBella Fortuna wrote:1. Moab is My Washpot - Stephen Fry
I should be insulted but I'll take whatever encouragement I can get. 
Halfway through The Fry Chronicles! 
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I'm still only half way through To Say Nothing of the Dog but that's not a surprise since I've only been reading it when I'm taking a crap 
We have no great war, no great depression.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
JimC wrote:Ratz is just beautiful...
Where else could you go from the taste of raw egg to licking marmalade off tits in such a short space of time?
Pensioner wrote:I worked for 50 years and that's long enough for anyone, luckily I worked to live not lived for work.
Lozzer wrote:You ain't Scottish unless you live off Chicken nuggets, White Lightening and speak like an incomprehensible cow.
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Should be done by the end of today, then?The Curious Squid wrote:I'm still only half way through To Say Nothing of the Dog but that's not a surprise since I've only been reading it when I'm taking a crap
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Re: The 50 book Challenge 2011
1. The Secret Holocaust Diaries.
2. I Sold my Soul to Ebay
3. I Shall Wear Midnight
4. Skipping Towards Gomorra.
2. I Sold my Soul to Ebay
3. I Shall Wear Midnight
4. Skipping Towards Gomorra.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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1. Her Fearful Symmetry- Audrey Niffeneggar
A good read, if a touch derivative. Not as good as The Time-Traveler's Wife, but then, few books are.
2. Solaris- Stanislaw Lem
A fascinating scholarly review of books and studies that never existed. Borges in the future. Thoughtfully and convincingly written, though the dialogue suffers in translation.
3. Sleepwalker- John Toomey
Meh. Gen-X blankness from an Irish perspective. Preachy towards the end.
4. Orlando- Virginia Woolfe
Delightful use of language, though plodding/dense at times. Sumptuous. Thoughts on gender, identity, sexual politics still fresh after the better part of a century.
5. Pale Blue Dot- Carl Sagan
Beautiful language, lucid and educational. Message still current, particularly considering recent commentary on the state of the Earth/space travel by Stephen Hawking.
6. An Object of Beauty- Steve Martin
A history of modern and contemporary art, set in fiction, spun by someone who knows and loves it well. A quick, interesting, but emotionally reserved read.
On deck: The Book of Joe- Jonathan Tropper, and The Mismeasure of Man- Steven Jay Gould.
A good read, if a touch derivative. Not as good as The Time-Traveler's Wife, but then, few books are.
2. Solaris- Stanislaw Lem
A fascinating scholarly review of books and studies that never existed. Borges in the future. Thoughtfully and convincingly written, though the dialogue suffers in translation.
3. Sleepwalker- John Toomey
Meh. Gen-X blankness from an Irish perspective. Preachy towards the end.
4. Orlando- Virginia Woolfe
Delightful use of language, though plodding/dense at times. Sumptuous. Thoughts on gender, identity, sexual politics still fresh after the better part of a century.
5. Pale Blue Dot- Carl Sagan
Beautiful language, lucid and educational. Message still current, particularly considering recent commentary on the state of the Earth/space travel by Stephen Hawking.
6. An Object of Beauty- Steve Martin
A history of modern and contemporary art, set in fiction, spun by someone who knows and loves it well. A quick, interesting, but emotionally reserved read.
On deck: The Book of Joe- Jonathan Tropper, and The Mismeasure of Man- Steven Jay Gould.
The green careening planet
spins blindly in the dark
so close to annihilation.
Listen. No one listens. Meow.
spins blindly in the dark
so close to annihilation.
Listen. No one listens. Meow.
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Definitely in! When I was younger I used to read way more than 50 books a year and now I'm lucky to even read 10!
I'm making a giant list of the books I intend to read and ticking them off as I go... I don't know why but doing that kind of thing always works for me
I'm making a giant list of the books I intend to read and ticking them off as I go... I don't know why but doing that kind of thing always works for me
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I'll join in too, if that's ok. I realised last year that I haven't read as many books as I usually do for a long while and made a list which I did quite well with, only about 30 books last year though. I made another list for this year in December and I have already read three of them.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, started last year and finished this year, so not sure if that counts.
Two books by Susanna Gregory, A Plague on Both Your Houses and An Unholy Alliance, about a 14th Century monk, physician, teacher, amateur detective...a bit like Cadfael. I enjoyed both books and have put a few more of that series on my list.
Currently reading An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon. A romance novel really but I love the historical references and info about the icky bits of life in the 18th century.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, started last year and finished this year, so not sure if that counts.
Two books by Susanna Gregory, A Plague on Both Your Houses and An Unholy Alliance, about a 14th Century monk, physician, teacher, amateur detective...a bit like Cadfael. I enjoyed both books and have put a few more of that series on my list.
Currently reading An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon. A romance novel really but I love the historical references and info about the icky bits of life in the 18th century.
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