devpurkayastha - Finished - Books I Am Reading

Finished: Green Mars (Mars Trilogy)

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:58:07 -0700

"The series slows down, but it's still epic and legendary and a great continuation of Red Mars. Great ecological/environmental content, also."

Finished: Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:04:30 -0700

"Yeah, totally hooked on this series now."

Finished: Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:04:27 -0700

Finished: Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:04:21 -0700

Finished: X-Men: Longshot

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:04:16 -0700

Finished: Non-Designer's Design Book, The (3rd Edition) (Non Designer's Design Book)

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:54:17 -0700

Finished: Proof: A Play

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:05:23 -0800

Finished: Enterprise Rails

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:11:31 -0800

"A very intelligent book. If you're a Rails Developer, you owe it to yourself to read this and challenge your own orthodoxies. Like "Art of SQL", I'm not certain whether I'll follow every chapter and verse, but it nonethless is greatly affecting my way of thinking about building software."

Finished: Tales of the Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:10:45 -0800

"If you dig the Buffy mythos, you'll enjoy this short collections of stories. It scratches my alt-history itch."

Finished: The Man Who Was Thursday

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:06:59 -0800

"A classic that I enjoyed greatly. Perfect book to start 2009."

Finished: Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:18:37 -0800

Finished: No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:23:53 -0800

"The author has a signature style in her work, and after the first short story you'll know: either this series isn't for you, or you'll be reading each of the short stories for the next several nights, and the echoes of longing and isolation and uncertainty and quiet personal fear will mix with your dreams."

Finished: Advanced Rails Recipes

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:54:57 -0700

Finished: Shooting War

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:54:54 -0700

Finished: Burning Chrome

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:57:44 -0700

Finished: Alice In Sunderland

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:46:18 -0700

"Masterwork of graphic novels and comic arts. Talks about, well, everything but especially Lewis Carrol, north England, literature, comic art, and the soul of Britain. It's a very info-dense book, but it's working through to get through the whole thing. The pace really picks up and then kicks you in the wisdom."

Finished: Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas)

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:40:08 -0700

"This was great. I love Orwell's writing. The second, longest essay - about England and Socialism - is a little bit too limited in worldview, a bit too much taken up with its time. But the other three essays are powerful and timeless. The essay on political language is a must read."

Finished: The Difference Engine (Spectra Special Editions)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:15:48 -0700

Finished: Runaways: Dead End Kids Premiere HC (Runaways (Marvel))

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:10:45 -0700

Finished: Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:09:32 -0700

"Sacco's comics-journalism is quality. This is probably some history that should be read up on."