devpurkayastha - Finished - Books I Am Reading

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."

Finished: Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:37:08 -0700

Finished: I Am America (And So Can You!)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"Finished it. It's funny, but the most brilliant thing really was the reproduction of Colbert's White House Correspondents' Dinner speech. Most of the book is funny but safe satire, while that speech in particular burns dangerously. Real satire."

Finished: The Castle of Crossed Destinies

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:18:51 -0700

"The stories are rather threadbare and lack something in continuity/causality, and there's so much depth that it almost cancels its depth out. Okay, but the actual mechanics of the tarot-driven story generation are more interesting to me, and I'll probably steal it for a game some time."

Finished: The Exile Kiss

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:56:04 -0700

"Slightly average end to an otherwise great series. It definitely makes for exciting, well-paced adventure in the world of the Budayeen, but a few parts were lazy, some of the character themes didn't hit, and the alt-world spec-fic was more mutd. "When Gravity Fails" is still a must read."

Finished: Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:33:48 -0700

"It's a correct read, concise and clear if pedantic. (But I don't like it's true conclusions.)"

Finished: The Art of SQL (Art of)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:50:21 -0700

"Good book if you have some intermediate-to-advanced SQL skills and want to deepen its knowledge. I don't want to agree 100% with the book, but it got me thinking. (So I fear SQL less; but I don't love it.) The book has this "war" metaphor going on throughout, and that metaphor alternates between charming and helpful and stretched-thin."

Finished: Rainbows End

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:22:38 -0700

"Read it straight through over a six-hour train ride. My mind was really quite warped afterwards."

Finished: Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:00:57 -0700

"Epic social spec-fic.. It's been over a decade since it came out, and it's flaws show, but it's still a strong novel, bearing down with the full force of technological and social change. If you're into space / futurism / specfic, you want to read this."

Finished: Deploying Rails Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide (Facets of Ruby)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:01:55 -0700

Finished: Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E. Volume 2 - I Kick Your Face TPB (Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.)

Sat, 24 May 2008 07:44:41 -0700

"NEXTWAVE is SO AWESOME. And also, so insane. You need this kinda surreal in your reading life."

Finished: Saving and Investing: Financial Knowledge and Financial Literacy that Everyone Needs and Deserves to Have!

Thu, 22 May 2008 19:35:17 -0700

"This is a really smart, quick book. Kind of like the elementary physics of personal finance. A must read; you might not know this stuff already."

Finished: How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career

Wed, 21 May 2008 19:51:35 -0700

"Cute book with good advice. Kinda dude-ish at time, but generally like some smart guy telling you smart things, with enough pieces of wisdom within."

Finished: The Devil You Know

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:13:07 -0700

"Well-crated noir private-eye / private-exorcist supernatural urban horror mystery thriller. And, appropriately, chilling."

Finished: Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:16:40 -0700

"Masterwork. This books is a brilliant, creative redpill about all kinds of art, not just comics."

Finished: Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:58:34 -0700

"Damn. This book tells all of the epic glory and infamy and damnation that is software development - really, scaling up to nearly any project. Good for noncoders to understand coders, and for coders to understand WTF they're in the midst of. NOT a "management/programming" book, but a narrative."

Finished: Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Omnibus, Vol. 1

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:40:57 -0700

"Eh."

Finished: Fever Pitch

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:40:10 -0700

"A really great book, and a fun read. I'm ready for the Revs season now!"