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It’s the season again

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Aernout, one of my school’s English teachers and a Cool Fellow, recommended this book to me, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” by Mark Haddon, and I plan on reading this next week. Cause next week is—hurrah—test week. So not much time for updates on weblogs and such… Priorities currently are school and work (you’ll hear about that soon, thank you).

While I’m at it, anyone knows of other books I should read soon, next to of course Angels and Demons? Like I said, it’s the season again.

Posted on 2005-01-20 during the good parts of the evening.

13 comments

  1. Gabriel Mihalache 2005-01-20 #1

    Confucious say: “once one is out of highschool, life is better” 8^)
    I’m really sorry for you... I know how it it, having to deal with other people’s problems and expectations, and withholding one’s own. Keep at it, you’re almost done.

  2. RB 2005-01-21 #2

    ** Dutch/offtopic alert. ** Dude, hoe zijn jouw ervaringen met mevr. Jagtman geweest? Positief, negatief? Liberaal, progressief, conservatief? Mijne: progressief, doch in de praktijk vrijheden inperkend tot zover het schoolregelement toestaat. ‘Nieuwe’ vrijheden moeten eerst officieel (leerlingenraad) bevochten worden om ze terug te krijgen. Rare manier om jezelf te laten gelden.

  3. Rob 2005-01-21 #3

    WTF, Robbert, spreek je over mijn school? Het Stedelijk Gym Nijmegen? Want ik heb haar niet meegemaakt. Bij ons is er wel sprake van een zeker inperkend reglement, maar dankzij lossere mensen op de posities zit het nu wel goed, denk ik. En als je dan ook werkelijk over mijn school praat: WTF!

    Oh, en offtopic is goed, zolang het mij maar aangaat en/of boeit :P

  4. Arthur! 2005-01-21 #4

    I’d recommend anything by Douglas Adams, especially ‘Last Chance To See’.

    I’m currently rereading Lewis Carrols’ Alice in Wonderland. After all those years it’s still a really cool book to read.

  5. Stu Schaff 2005-01-21 #5

    Since I just finished Angels and Demons, Deception Point will be my next Dan Brown thriller.

    But, then again, since school just started again, it might be a while until I get around to it.

  6. Jeff 2005-01-21 #6

    Intersting, I was also going to recommend something by Douglas Adams. You read anything by him before? After that, try Micheal Chricton, and wow my spelling stinks today. Sorry.

  7. Ryan Brooks 2005-01-21 #7

    Well, if you’re looking for fulfillment in a book, try reading a book called “Green Eggs And Ham”, by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) which is available at most bookstores.

    ;)

    Anyways, I wanted to drop by and say hi, and let you know that me site is back up and running... drop by, will ya!?

    ;)

    -Ryan

  8. Kevin Harris 2005-01-21 #8

    Dan Brown is one of my personal favorites. Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress were especially great. I recommend you check out Christopher Rice (the son of Anne Rice) and his Snow Garden—the ending, jeez...

  9. Mark Wubben 2005-01-21 #9

    I’m currently reading a lot of Dean Koontz. Odd Thomas is perhaps the best book he wrote.

  10. Hayo Bethlehem 2005-01-21 #10

    I read all Dan Brown books in the summer. Very nice works.

    Currently I’m reading Heretics of Dune, which is well.. weird.

    On the pile are Dune: Battle of Corrin, Ultimate Hitchhikers guide (again) and Going Postal by Pratchett.

    All highly recommended.

  11. Seth Thomas Rasmussen 2005-01-21 #11

    I’m currently in the middle of a book of lectures and essays by Karl Popper. Might interest you if you’re into science and philosophy. One of his basic messages is one of optimism and embracing our faults, namely ignorance and subjectivity, as they do not detract from those things that make us truly great and progress as a species and society: in particular, our critical thought. He emphasizes that dogmatism and notions of authority are damaging, and that what is important is the ultimate value of criticism and the search for truth by eliminating fault from our theories and practices, not the search for ultimate truth or perfect theories as they, of course, do not exist.

    ::shrug::

    It’s kinda neat, but kinda wordy and heavy at times.

    In Search of a Better World

    There are several pages you can read as a preview there if you’d like.

    I think I want to try to read ‘The Hitchiker’s Guide’ after this.

  12. Mathias Bynens 2005-01-23 #12

    I’m not much of a book-reading person, but “Dood van een Non?” sure was an exciting read for me.

    Jou zal het misschien iets minder interesseren, daar het verhaal niet alleen echt gebeurd is, maar zich ook nog eens in en rond mijn huidige school afspeelt. Je weet wel hoe dat gaat; al jarenlang zijn er geruchten dat zuster Gabrielle ergens in de schoolmuren gemetst is, omgeven door een krokante laag beton. Dit boekt maakt dit alles alleen maar erger... Werkelijk zeer cool. Als je graag eens lacht met mij, mijn school en het corrupte beleid ervan: lees dit 200 pagina’s tellende boekje!

    Have fun in your test week! :P

  13. Vidar 2005-01-24 #13

    Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, in case you haven’t already.

    J.G. Ballard always makes for an interesting read.

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