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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2018, 08:24:08 pm »
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So I totally forgot about this thread. So I might update what i've finished reading and reading now from my last post.

I'm still reading those 3 books still.
I've added even more books to read because my brain likes variety and also just can't stick to one book, even though it delays me from finishing them.... sigh

Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users 2nd Edition by Cynthia Brewer. I got this because my lecturer used a lot of examples from this textbook, so I thought why not have a look at it. So far its been useful, if you ever use GIS like ArcGIS, QGIS, MapInfo, etc. It is a must read to up your map-making skills and understand the mindset/concepts of Cartography (the technical term for map-making).

I'm also reading a bunch of various research papers/articles as I will have to do a major research project in my 'honors' year, so I want to see if some of my ideas have been researched on or what ideas/topics I could do. It isn't a book per-say, but its is extremely interesting reading some of the older papers like a 1998 paper laying out conventions for online maps and seeing the perceptions have about them. Spoiler: Many people detested online maps and many still do to this day 8).
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2018, 08:31:23 pm »
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"Stoner" by John Williams and "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy. :)

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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #32 on: June 24, 2018, 09:04:49 am »
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I've just started reading Win, which is book three of a series called The Atlantis Grail by Vera Nazarian. It's not very well known but it's very, very good. I've read the first 2 books three times each haha. They're mainly available as ebooks, and they're like $7 so definitely worth buying.

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You have two options. You die, or you Qualify.

The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help.

But there’s a catch.

They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth’s population back to the colony planet Atlantis. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify.

Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family.

Because there’s a loophole.

If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. And if you are in the Top Ten, then all your wildest wishes are granted… Such as curing your mother’s cancer.

There is only one problem.

Gwen Lark is known as a klutz and a nerd. While she’s a hotshot in classics, history, science, and languages, the closest she’s come to sports is a backyard pool and a skateboard.

This time she is in over her head, and in for a fight of her life, against impossible odds and world-class competition—including Logan Sangre, the most amazing guy in her school, the one she’s been crushing on, and who doesn’t seem to know she exists.

Because every other teen on Earth has the same idea.

You Qualify or you die.

I think you can get the first book free on kindle btw.
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #33 on: June 24, 2018, 06:09:17 pm »
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Long walk to freedom by Nelson Mandela.

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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #34 on: June 24, 2018, 08:07:12 pm »
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths.

Only a couple of chapters in, but it has been pretty interesting thus far; a bit of a mix of computer science, psychology and philosophy. The authors explore the intersections of these three fields, revealing how ubiquitous common computer science concepts are in our everyday lives, and how they can be used to explain and effect our everyday behavious. From what I've read so far, I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in learning a little bit about computer science, no prior knowledge required :)

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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #35 on: June 29, 2018, 11:18:11 pm »
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Just finished Donna Tartt's The Secret History. It was amazing, to say the least! ;D

The next few books I'm picking up:
Conversations with Friends- Sally Rooney
The Breakthrough- Daphne du Maurier
I have Lost my Way- Gayle Forman
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #36 on: June 30, 2018, 10:36:02 am »
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Currently reading Anna Karenina, and honestly I'm a sucker for classics but this isn't quite doing it for me. Maybe I'll change my mind a bit later on...
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #37 on: June 30, 2018, 01:17:28 pm »
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - got the boxed set of HP books for Christmas and now uni holidays are here I've been able to recommence reading through the series. Been years since I read any Harry Potter book, and I'm rediscovering the magic of the series, which is really special.

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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #38 on: July 05, 2018, 12:41:21 pm »
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I've been reading Jude the Obscure by my favourite author of all time, Thomas Hardy. It was his final novel before he turned to poetry, and it's speculated that he stopped writing novels because of the negative reception that it received (however, I'm not so sure). It is, however, very easy to see how Jude sparked controversy in Victorian society, with people calling it "Jude the Obscene". It challenges the, then, notion of marriage and the tyranny it causes for women oppressed by the patriarchal society, as well as truthfully depicting the struggle that the poor and disadvantaged face to make their way into the bourgeois world. I like it, but then again I like anything that Hardy has written. Hardy is a genius. However, I probably wouldn't recommend you start here with Thomas Hardy. It's probably the bleakest novel of his that I've read thus far and if I had dived into this without any previous readings/knowledge of his work, I definitely wouldn't appreciate it as much as I do.
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #39 on: July 30, 2018, 06:47:22 pm »
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Currently reading To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han. After watching the trailer and teaser trailer x100 times, I thought I would give the book a go and I don't regret my decision. This book makes me so fuzzy and so warm inside~ And I just love how the protagonist is an Asian female like me! Representation is so important!!
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #40 on: July 30, 2018, 06:52:08 pm »
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Long walk to freedom by Nelson Mandela.

800 page's. I'll report in a month.. ;)
Well?

At the moment I'm reading some G.K. Chesterton, Father Brown which is just awesome, though it is quite dark at times. Finished the Silmarilion a while ago and it was great, seriously recommend to everyone, it is an incredible book. Tolkien's world-building skill is brilliant to a unique level in my opinion, his entire Middle Earth universe is incredibly detailed in its creation.
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #41 on: July 30, 2018, 06:56:49 pm »
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Currently reading Burial Rites! ;D
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #42 on: July 31, 2018, 08:05:42 am »
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Well?

Well... It was shorter than I thought it would be...

Being his auto-biography, it is incredibly detailed, and certainly highlights errors in other biographies of him!
His early life, as well as the foundation of his links with the ANC are detailed strongly, but his time in prison  is somewhat compressed, and appears all the more graphic because of it.
But over-all I was a little disappointed that it stopped short without describing his presidency. The book stops at the final forming of CODESA before the nation goes to vote. But then again, it is the Long walk to Freedom, so I guess there is no reason to continue after the country receives mass suffrage...

Probably the best thing I got out of it is that I have a very strong foundation for my analysis of Invictus v. Ransom now! :)
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #43 on: July 31, 2018, 05:20:49 pm »
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dunno why but i started reading the brothers grimm and fahrenheit 451
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #44 on: July 31, 2018, 05:22:18 pm »
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Really enjoying Kevin Rudd's autobiography atm. It's well-written. Engaging.

Definitely looking forward to getting through this one, and then avidly waiting for the next part of the autobiography to come out haha (I think I'll be even more interested in part two!).

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