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Re: Ask HN: What books are you reading

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Post by tokenadult »

I just finished reading the entire Harry Potter series of novels for the first time, as my third son was reading it for the second time. My daughter will finish the series soon.

I also read selected parts of The Good Book: A Humanist Bible

http://www.amazon.com/Good-Book-Humanist-Bible/dp/0802717373...

before I had to return it to the library yesterday. I especially like the section "Proverbs," which I read in full. I was able to find the section that quotes Confucius and Mencius extensively just before I returned the book. It's an interesting concept, but some parts of The Good Book: A Humanist Bible are extremely dull reading.

I am likely to read Quotology

http://www.amazon.com/Quotology-Stages-Willis-Goth-Regier/dp...

next, to learn more about how quotations are traced after being misattributed, a subject I own another book about.

I agree with the OP that A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is well worth reading.

Re: Ask HN: What books are you reading

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Post by yread »

noelsequeira wrote: post #31

Interesting aside: I'm pretty sure your intention was jest, but lolling isn't as modern a word as the internet generation would have you believe (and has an entirely different meaning). From the etymology of loll ( http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=loll ): mid-14c., lollen "to lounge idly, hang loosely," perhaps related to M.Du. lollen "to doze, mumble," or somehow imitative of rocking or swinging. Specificall…

yes, thank you. I understood more or less what it meant but I have never seen it before and considered it an interesting contrast

Re: Ask HN: What books are you reading

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Post by wushupork »

Here are some business books I've read or am reading http://www.shelfluv.com/pek.pongpaet/business

I also read books on design - here's a few I like: http://www.shelfluv.com/pek.pongpaet/design

One of my favorite books of course is Founders at Work. I also find books about entrepreneurs very inspiring - like anything from Richard Branson. Ted Turner's book and Howard Schultz are also good.

Re: Ask HN: What books are you reading

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Post by flomincucci »

Just finished reading The Loser by Thomas Bernhard. Cruel, repetitive, ironic... effing brilliant. It's about three pianists - one of them it's Glenn Gould, and how meeting him ruined the life of the other two. Currently reading High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. I can't be objetive about him, I simple love it. (The movie is great, also)

Re: Ask HN: What books are you reading

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Post by Toddward »

Crazy - I was just about to ask this same question.

My New Years resolution for this year was to read two books a month. I just finished reading "In the Plex" by Steven Levy and I'm starting Stephen Hawking's "A Briefer History of Time." It should take me no time to blow through the latter, so I'm looking for suggestions as for what to read next.

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