What books are you reading?

[Collin Li]

I need to read something these holidays, anyone have any suggestions??
Thanks

Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman

It's a classic, and he's passed away now, so you might have to look at a more academic library, but I think you'll still be able to find a copy at your local library. It is non-fiction, but provides a valuable insight to how the world works.

[Odette]

I need to read something these holidays, anyone have any suggestions??
Thanks

Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman

It's a classic, and he's passed away now, so you might have to look at a more academic library, but I think you'll still be able to find a copy at your local library. It is non-fiction, but provides a valuable insight to how the world works.

Um is that about political ideas or something? lol because i'm not into that sort of thing but i'll have a look anyway Thanks

[Collin Li]

It is about political ideas, but if you liked the quote you have in your signature by John Ruskin, then you should find this book will reflect on truths that are even more captivating than Ruskin's thoughts.

[Odette]

It is about political ideas, but if you liked the quote you have in your signature by John Ruskin, then you should find this book will reflect on truths that are even more captivating than Ruskin's thoughts.

Hmm interesting I'll go see if the local library has it, thanks coblin =)

[humph]

Masters of Reality - Traci Harding

very crappy sci-fi/fantasy novel, but it's addictive stuff. sigh.

also have about 4-5 maths books i'm reading on the go, on convexity, intro to hilbert spaces, ordinary differential equations, complex analysis...

oh, and i'm going to go buy the new Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and the new Ben Elton novel, with Borders and Angus & Robertson gift vouchers that i got for christmas 

[millstone]

reading lolita by vladimir something something too hard to spell etc
and
harry potter and the deathly hallows
at the same time

[Ren]

libraries are usually free

a lot have websites so check if your local one has a website which will tell you all about registering to become a member, what you need (if anything) etc.


What sort of genres are u into mel?

[astarael]

finished HP7 about a week ago (never got around to reading it when it came out) and then just before that i finished "a thousand splendid suns" by khaled hosseini.  i quite liked it and i'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed studying the kite runner.

the next book on my "to read" list is a german translation of a sergio bambaren book, called "die zeit der sternschnuppen".  i finished vce german two years ago and we don't really speak it at home so figured reading german books (along with with watching german movies) is a good way to keep the language up.  does anyone else read foreign language books?

[Mao]

finished HP7 about a week ago (never got around to reading it when it came out) and then just before that i finished "a thousand splendid suns" by khaled hosseini.  i quite liked it and i'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed studying the kite runner.

the next book on my "to read" list is a german translation of a sergio bambaren book, called "die zeit der sternschnuppen".  i finished vce german two years ago and we don't really speak it at home so figured reading german books (along with with watching german movies) is a good way to keep the language up.  does anyone else read foreign language books?

i read some chinese classics, but thats coz its my mother tongue

like "four houses"

[Pencil]

i finished vce german two years ago and we don't really speak it at home so figured reading german books (along with with watching german movies) is a good way to keep the language up.  does anyone else read foreign language books?

apart from french harry potter? no
i'd read more if i could but unfortunately my local library doesn't have a very extensive collection of french literature haha. I'm thinking of going there tomorrow but I haven't been in yeeears and I'm not even sure they are still open

[melanie.dee]

yeh i read a few french books, i still have au bonheur des dames by emile zola sitting there a quarter of the way through it, but iv read a few others, particularly when i was in france.

apart from from that, im kind of in the middle of reading sense and sensibility but havnt picked it up since i was killing time on results evening when i couldnt sleep.

i have the black dahlia in french, but i couldnt really get into it.

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Catch 22, just started...

[RD]

JPod by Douglas Coupland

[humph]

JPod by Douglas Coupland

i LOVE that book.

must've read it about 5 times now.

[TrueLight]

i've read robert jordan the wheel of time series ... and ian irvines view from the mirror series ... and the well of echoes series from him as well...and harry potter series ... and now reading terry goodkinds the sword of truth series... so yeah fantasy ftw!