Books I've Read - September 2009

• Rhonda

  9 Sep 09, 08:26

  Oi oi, peeps!  What happened to this thread?  Just cause I took a sabbatical, it's dissipated into oblivion! 

  Anyways, hope that you guys are still into the reading habit!  Now that I've changed workplaces and am slammed with long commutes (2 hours both ways -> 4-hr commute every workday!), I bury my face in a book / mag on the long journey.

  So... here's my list of books I've read from my disappearance till now...

  - A Lion Called Christian, Anthony Burke & John Randall;

  - The School of Essential Ingredients, Erica Bauermeister;

  - Don't Try This At Home, A compilation of stories from famous Chefs, edited by Kimberly Witherspoon & Andrew Friedman

  I struggled to read "Vaccine : The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver" by Arthur Allen, a whooping 400+ page non-fiction by an investigative journalist, and after 110+ pages, decided that I need to break the drudgery and embarked on "Personality : What Makes You the Way You Are" by Daniel Nettle.  I've decided what works best for me is to juggle a few books at the same time, like I used to do in my teenage years, and so, in that line of thought, I started on "The Bounce Back Book" by Karen Salmansohn as well. 

  So, what have you read, what are you reading, and what are your reading habits like? 

• 不如就死

  9 Sep 09, 08:30

  I have read ...

  Janet Evanovic - Stephanie Plum Series until part 10 ..

  Robin Cook - Toxin, Harmful Intent, Chromosome 6, Vital Signs etc

  Nora Roberts - Time & Again

• fudgester

  9 Sep 09, 08:32

  Just finished this......

  

  Solid stuff.

  Unfortunately, too much emphasis was placed on the manhunt instead of the rise of Pablo, which I thought was more interesting..... but then again, it's a Mark Bowden book...

• Rhonda

  9 Sep 09, 08:39

  Originally posted by �如就死:

  I have read ...

  Janet Evanovic - Stephanie Plum Series until part 10 ..

  Robin Cook - Toxin, Harmful Intent, Chromosome 6, Vital Signs etc

  Nora Roberts - Time & Again

  Robin Cook!!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE Robin Cook! 

  I love Michael Palmer and John Case too!

• Kenashi

  9 Sep 09, 09:16

  read a bunch of chinese books on short stories or thoughts.

  Quite interesting! Now getting hooked on chinese books.

  Though I will skip the chinese novels, too lengthy for me n i tend to fall asleep reading them.

  Now reading a chinese book on jokes regarding r/s.

  started my new job last wk, so no "today" newspaper hence gone back to reading books.

  :)

• nightzip

  9 Sep 09, 10:32

  Oooh... I have finished close to 15 books since beginning of the years. Cant remember the titles and authors though.

  A rough recap:

  5-6 books on Team work, Management, Contract Research Organizations, Leadership etc

  3-4 books on Intermetallics growth, microelectronics and solder materials and reliability

  2-3 books on Materials science and manufacturing technology

  2-3 books on health, recreation etc.

  1 book on Nanotechnology dimystified

  All are library books from National Library though. =)

• tare

  9 Sep 09, 10:52

  Originally posted by Kenashi:

  read a bunch of chinese books on short stories or thoughts.

  Quite interesting! Now getting hooked on chinese books.

  Though I will skip the chinese novels, too lengthy for me n i tend to fall asleep reading them.

  Now reading a chinese book on jokes regarding r/s.

  started my new job last wk, so no "today" newspaper hence gone back to reading books.

  :)

  if u like light-hearted, short stories sort, try 王文� books, eg. 蛋白质女孩

• Kenashi

  9 Sep 09, 11:12

  Originally posted by tare:

  if u like light-hearted, short stories sort, try 王文� books, eg. 蛋白质女孩

  
  i think i saw this book when i was at the library last nite.

  but i hit the quota for borrowing, hence i gave it a miss.

   

• new_b

  9 Sep 09, 11:14

  not much solid stuff. for year 2009 :P
  1. Paolo calho books - Witch of portebello and Brida
  2. Star Wars - Fate of the Jedi (outcast)
  A lot of X-Men graphic novels

  
  currently reading , Star Wars - Fate of the Jedi (Omen)
  
  Have 2 books in the queue :)
  Star Wars - Fate of the Jedi (Abyss)
  Paolo calho - 11 Minutes

  cheers

   

• elindra

  9 Sep 09, 11:30

  Erhmm graphical novels and newspapers not counted right

• new_b

  9 Sep 09, 13:00

  i think so.. :)
  80% materials i read is graphic novel and 20% are books :D

• 93'guy

  9 Sep 09, 13:03

  New Moon & Eclipse .

  Finished both in 12hours ytd

  

• technoboy

  9 Sep 09, 13:10

  I'm reading Time Traveler's Wife. Pretty interesting!

• yiha093

  9 Sep 09, 23:27

  the hapless teacher's handbook by phill ball

  ^ ^ 

  

• mystiv

  10 Sep 09, 00:02

  am on William Trevor's 'The Children of Dynmouth'..

  
  

  anyone read this before?

• Aloozer

  17 Sep 09, 08:53

  'Everyday Zen' by Charlotte Joko Beck.

• Aloozer

  17 Sep 09, 08:53

  'Everyday Zen' by Charlotte Joko Beck.

• ManOne

  25 Oct 09, 02:09

  Just read JPod by Douglas Coupland - It is a good read. Humourous and sharply written. I thought he captured contemporary working life quite well.

  Then I read The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke. It is set in the same universe as her last book, Strange and Norrell. Good read if you are into faeries and magick.

  Currently reading Downtown by Ed Mcbain. I've only recently discovered Ed McBain even though he has written about 50 books already. He is a pioneer of police procedural fiction and I really like the fast pacing of his books. All in all, I am a recent convert and will be looking out for more of his books.