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READING PROGRESS 2017
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IncRead wrote: "Jurassic Park is one of my favorites. I too read it after the movie, but it didnt diminish in anyway."i don't know the movie keeps flashing in front of my eyes. Am waiting for Ian Malcom to appear now :D
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finished Magic Breaks: full 5/5 stars and with that the 100 count is complete but who is counting right?
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Gorab wrote: ":D Full 5 stars to your reading year.... and the "not counting" seems feasible in your case. Why waste *so much* effort there!"thank you, thank you =D
"not counting" but totally showing off ;P
Shalini wrote: "We are counting. :P"thank you for keeping tabs :P
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Gorab wrote: "Are we good to take on Elon Musk from today J?"ohh hann thanks for reminding me! will start today (y)
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If not a disaster, might pick this up next....
Wanted to include a graphic novel in my current reads. Not able to decide which one....
only read 20 of 200 pages as of now. artwork is good but in black and white... hoping its is spooky/creepy enough if one is to believe the reviews
Can't recall where I left off since my last post. A few books must have been read, dumped or forgotten since then...Meanwhile:
Currently reading
Good omens-50%
Elon Musk...-36%
Hell and High water-43%
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Also, are you continuing with Uzumaki? Just let me know whenever you plan on taking any graphic novel (I'll keep a tap on your activities anyhow :P)
Uzumaki was a pleasant discovery :)
A re-read Gorab. Loving it more than i did the first time...And thanks :) but il only pick up Uzumaki once am back. You finished?
Il keep you posted on the ones on my.radar. Do give Velvet and Magneto Testament a shot
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Ms Marvel, Killing Joke, Magneto, From Hell (I remember you reco'd it sometime? Or may be I'm delusional)...
Thanks a ton J.
:D not a much stuff as I would have liked to haveAnd yes i keep recco-ing Moore's From Hell
And you are most welcome ^.^
Acquired Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever and Rock Music: Culture, Aesthetics, and Sociology amidst the vacation hiatus. So what's the big deal?
Got it from The Strand Bookstore, NY. Feeling thrilled would be a too mild a word to describe how I felt
So one bookstore crossed off my bucket list.
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And if there's an emotion beyond jealousy, consider that I am experiencing it. :P
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And if there's an emotion beyond jealousy, consider that I am experiencing it. :P"
+100
Thank you, thank you ^.^I am jealous of my own self, want to go back ;P
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Hahaha i meant to the store. But thank you anyway :D
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Consider these wishes in advance :)
When are you returning back?
Sure, sure, I already did :))Reaching on 19th
FinishedGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, a second time read here's my take on it
Magic Shifts, over and done with. I don't really know what i felt after I finished the book. Being disappointed for sure...rest am not ready to explore yet :-[
Also read a few toddlers books with my 2+ year old neice. Those were great fun! Mostly 4 starred.
FinishedElon Musk: Inventing the Future...phewww... 3.5 starred for me. I was not the right reader/spectator to appreciate the lives of such people. So it was more of, its-not-you-but-me problem
Also finished a short Poiroit mystery, The Chocolate Box: A Short Story 2-meh-stars
Jaya wrote: "FinishedElon Musk: Inventing the Future...phewww... 3.5 starred for me. I was not the right reader/spectator to appreciate the lives of such people. So it was more of, it-not-you-b..."
heyyy coool.. I thought you wouldnt get time to read at all while in vacation.
:))Had a few days of bad weather, so made use of that
Jaya wrote: ":))Had a few days of bad weather, so made use of that"
whattay silver lining :)
looking forward to catching up more on your return
:D Unfortunately couldnt appreciate the book more than it deserves :-[
And will catch-up totally for sure ^.^
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Felt your interest wading off in the middle when it got too technical.
Are you going to review it?
Last week. Happy vacationing :)
Thanks and you are absolutely right. I had to push myself to finish it. It was too technical and even the business aspect of the take overs, change of head and who was who was beyond my retaining powerSo no review really, i dont have the know-how to do that.
Thanks!! Just one more day infact then back to same old :-/
EXCITING TIMES probable BRs with my good friends here
Hangwoman with Girish, Indrani (others are way ahead)-starting tonight
Ready Player One: reading with Gorab. i'l be listening to the audio because c'mon...Wil Wheaton is reading it
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind : sometime in June, planning to join the bandwagon
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself: continued BR with Arvind
The Power of Myth & The Song of Achilles: with Sri, sometime soon I hope...
Jaya wrote: " EXCITING TIMES probable BRs with my good friends here
Hangwoman with Girish, Indrani (others are way ahead)-starting tonight
Ready Player One: reading with Gorab. i..."
Super list... I am with you on hangwoman, sapiens and ready player one (hopefully)
Indrani wrote: "Jaya wrote: " EXCITING TIMES probable BRs with my good friends here
Hangwoman with Girish, Indrani (others are way ahead)-starting tonight
Ready Player One: reading ..."
yayyy awesome :))
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Same! (Except
Gorab wrote: "Indrani wrote: "Super list... I am with you on hangwoman, sapiens and ready player one (hopefully) "Same! (Except hopefully :P)"
LOL
Gorab wrote: "Indrani wrote: "Super list... I am with you on hangwoman, sapiens and ready player one (hopefully) "Same! (Except hopefully :P)"
:D
a friend suggested that i should work out the playlists that accompany each book while am reading it... not a bad idea, though my music has usually nothing to do with the book. Let me try.
Current reading log:
Butterfly in Amber: 40% (Foo Fighter-Pretenders, Everlong, Headwires)
Hangwoman (Steven Wilson-Collecting Space; Pain of Salavation- Dryad of Woods, Undertow)
Jaya wrote: "a friend suggested that i should work out the playlists that accompany each book while am reading it... not a bad idea, though my music has usually nothing to do with the book. Let me try.
Current..."
Oh! I almost never play music when reading. Find it too disttracting.
I need music whle working though. Nowadays mostly Hindustani classical vocal.
Indrani wrote: "Jaya wrote: "a friend suggested that i should work out the playlists that accompany each book while am reading it... not a bad idea, though my music has usually nothing to do with the book. Let me..."
Yes i can imagine, but old habits...
I listen to only instrumentals if i need to concentrate really hard on something while working/studying.
Started SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome-120/1378 pages (to Stone temple Pilot's Wicked garden, Bush- Everything Zen)
The Cabinet of Curiosities at about 50% (Listening to Fleetwood Mac-mixed tracks; Kasabian-Fast Fuse)
succumbed to temptation and joined the GR reading challenge. Target is 200 this time as compared to 150 of last year.currently 111/200 books
Pages red: 25813
How to calculate the average rating for a year? i wish GR would reflect that in the stats
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Used to listen to instrumentals while reading. It doesn't helps now.
Only combination which still works is Interstellar soundtrack while reading Sapce Odyssey series or any science fiction.
Ready Player One ;)
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Special mention to Magic Rises, one of the BEST reads of this year, till now.
Currently reading:
Jurassic Park: at 10% or thereabouts. It really good. I wish i had read the book before watching its adaption.
Magic Breaks: at 10-12%
All other books on hold as of now.