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(k) The 22... or so... books I read in 2008 :)

A good reading year, 2008. :) I found several faves! It may have something to do with the fact that in the summer I graduated from uni, where I'd been locked up with numerous heavy textbooks since 2003. I was pretty STARRRRRRRRVED for leisure reading. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Starting dates, titles, authors and any comments I may have... :)

 

23-Jan-2008: 1. "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh

One of my fave books, I suppose. :) I had already seen the movie, which is also one of my faves. So is Ewan McGregor. And Scottish accents. :|

 

12-Feb-2008... I think: 2. "Asperger syndrom" (That's Swedish rather than a misspelling) by Christopher Gillberg

Who, me? WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT %P

 

17-Feb-2008: 3. "Jag avskyr ordet normal" (Swedish for "I hate the word normal") by Malin Nordgren

Another Swedish Aspie book. :) I don't hate the word "normal." I do hate people who automatically attach a positive meaning to it. 8) PS. Here is somebody else's great blog post on the subject of normal people. :B

 

18-Feb-2008: 4. "Unweaving the rainbow" by Richard Dawkins.

OMFFSM IT'S SO AWESOMESAUCE. 8D Three years after reading it I still think about chapter 1 pretty much every day. :) Almost everything Dawkins says is sensible. :D #smileyoveruse

 

27-Feb-2008: 5. "Djuren - i människans klor" by... a bunch of people, I think.

A Swedish little book about various animal / people relationships.

 

5-Mar-2008: 6. "On human nature" by Edward O. Wilson

 

3-Apr-2008: 7. "Guns, germs, and steel" by Jared Diamond

I recommend this.

 

7-Jun-2008: 8. "Animal farm" by George Orwell

 

9-Jun-2008: 9. "1984" by George Orwell

Went onto my fave list. :)

 

16-Jun-2008: 10. "The road" by Cormac McCarthy

Haven't seen the movie yet but I will. Not because I was crazy about the book; I just like to see pretty much every movie based on books I've read. :B

 

19-Jun-2008: 11. "The world without us" by Alan Weisman

Mmmmmmmmmmm. :B It also offers interesting and important bits about our current situation. Fave.

 

5-Jul-2008: 12. "The God delusion" by Richard Dawkins

READ THIS TOO. DO IT. :) Kthxbai.

 

18-Jul-2008: 13. "Heart-shaped box" by Joe Hill

Teh funs for a Nine Inch Nails fan, heehee! :D

 

21-Jul-2008: 14. "The diversity of life" by Edward O. Wilson

 

5-Aug-2008: 15. "Animal liberation" by Peter Singer

MY FAVOURITE BOOK. So if I could recommend 1 book to everyone, THIS WOULD BE IT. :O When it becomes possible to download books directly into one's brain, I shall learn to write virus programs (by... downloading the knowledge into my brain?) and infect you all. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA

 

16-Aug-2008: 16. "The elegant universe" by Brian Greene

My ex-email addy contained the phrase yoze_hates_physics, but this book on string theory is MATH FREE :D and a rather enjoyable mindfuck! :)

 

13-Sep-2008: 17. "Dude, where's my country?" by Michael Moore

 

17-Sep-2008: 18. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

I'M NOT A TWITARD I'M JUST GONNA READ ALL THE BOOKS K. And... see all the movies... at the cinema... :|

 

24-Sep-2008: 19. "The complete guide to Asperger's syndrome" by Tony Attwood

:B *hugs book, which proceeds to scream*

 

5-Oct-2008: 20. "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to save civilization" by Lester R. Brown

JUST. READ. IT. Which you can do ONLINE FOR FREE! :D

 

30-Oct-2008: 21. "The ancestor's tale" by Richard Dawkins

About evolution. Btw, you know what would be EXTREMELY KEWL?!?!?! If you could obtain photos of each of your great-great-great-great-and-so-on grandmothers - back to the ancestral cell - and line up the photos in the correct order (you - mum ----- ancestral cell) and walk along them and look at them all. :) :D 8D It might take a while. And be impossible and stuff. But awesome. :D ... #smileyoveruse

 

29-Dec-2008: 22. "Doing democracy" by Bill Moyer

Interesting if you're in any kind of movement... :q

 

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