Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Monday, February 22, 2016
Book love....
Rogue Lawyer. John Grisham consistently delivers fun reads and this was no exception. :)
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Book love......
The completion of my first book (thesis) calls for celebration: books, books and more books to read. Happy as a clam!
Go Set a Watchmen. The much anticipated second novel by Harper Lee. It received widely mixed reviews and some scathing criticism but I was just happy to read something else from the author of my favorite book, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Go Set a Watchmen. The much anticipated second novel by Harper Lee. It received widely mixed reviews and some scathing criticism but I was just happy to read something else from the author of my favorite book, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Letters to a Young Scientist. A great perspective piece by E.O. Wilson. And all the more enjoyable as I finished it just after thesis submission. :)
The Fault in Our Stars. Just because light fiction is fun to read!
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Book love....
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body. Simply brilliant - a very readable account of the origins of genetic diversity. If you like historical medicine this one is for you.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Book love (catch up).....
Talk about a mix bag - all three were simply wonderful. :)
Complications.
The Rosie Project.
Ender in Exile.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Book love....
Clash of Kings. After an epic and all consuming run of molecular analysis my PhD lab work has come to an end! And so has this book. Another gigantic tome: just shy of 1000 pages. Now onto Storm of Swords. :)
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Book love.....
To Kill a Mockingbird. Simply brilliant - Harper Lee delivers wit and sarcasm with perfect precision. This one remains my all-time favorite.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Book love....
Game of Thrones. This book, and its three successors, has been sitting on the shelf since we returned from the US over two years ago. Fail. Now I'm jumping in and it's no surprise this was, in itself, a tour de force. Now onto the next epic tome.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Book love.....
The Drunkard's Walk and What Einstein Told His Cook. An unexpectedly beautiful combination - I read these two simultaneously, alternating chapters.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Book love....
Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Slow to start, a bit confusing. Then you realize this World War II tome is not just clever alliterations but sarcastic and funny. By the end I couldn't tear myself away.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Derailed.....
I start my "Book Challenge" with the best of intentions. Read a book a week for twelve weeks and clean up my bookshelf. But, things happen. As I wrote a few posts ago I had a slight set back when I couldn't resist a local book fair. Now I must admit that I'm abandoning the venture entirely. The main reason is that while I'm traveling back to the US in November to attend a research conference I won't be traveling to see any of our families this time around. So the books will remain here and I will read them. Sometime. Sometime before we move away from NZ which is likely to happen toward the end of 2015. This is just as well because I keep finding books I want to read and everyone I know is generous and willing to let me borrow said titles. :)
Book love....
The Maze Runner. After seeing the movie last week I had to read this one; juvie fiction is just plain fun!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
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