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Nov 21st, 2012, 11:44 PM
Osiris

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Originally Posted by HardKor

I just finished a nice little marathon of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series followed by "The Hunger Games" trilogy.

I tried to get into "The Girl" books... could... not... do it.
Nov 21st, 2012, 11:50 PM
HardKor

Yeah, I can understand that not everyone is going to love them. Larsson had a tendency to get bogged down in mundane details. I seriously doubt that we needed an exhaustive list of every single thing Lisbeth bought at IKEA to furnish her apartment. But I still loved the stories and once Larsson got down to the important parts I actually did like his writing style.
Nov 21st, 2012, 11:55 PM
Osiris

Hey man... if we all liked the same books then the shelves in bookstores would be pretty damn boring.
Nov 22nd, 2012, 08:00 AM
scbubba

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Originally Posted by HardKor

Yeah, I can understand that not everyone is going to love them. Larsson had a tendency to get bogged down in mundane details. I seriously doubt that we needed an exhaustive list of every single thing Lisbeth bought at IKEA to furnish her apartment. But I still loved the stories and once Larsson got down to the important parts I actually did like his writing style.

I read the 3 hunger games books. As long as I kept in mind that I wasn't the target audience, the 1st two books were pretty entertaining. The third one was kinda hard to get through, but I finished it. It wasn't as good as the earlier ones but not too bad.
Nov 22nd, 2012, 11:05 AM
YetAnotherBloodyCheek

I am actually reading Land of Lisp at the moment, for two reasons. I am keen on learing functional programming. And then, there is just this f******* awesome cover:
Nov 22nd, 2012, 09:39 PM
scbubba

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Originally Posted by YetAnotherBloodyCheek

I am actually reading Land of Lisp at the moment, for two reasons. I am keen on learing functional programming. And then, there is just this f******* awesome cover:

Aaaaaaggghhhhh!!!! Lisp!
The subtitle of this book could be "How to go blind counting parentheses..."

But it is a good way to learn functional programming....
Nov 22nd, 2012, 11:30 PM
YetAnotherBloodyCheek

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Originally Posted by scbubba

Aaaaaaggghhhhh!!!! Lisp!
The subtitle of this book could be "How to go blind counting parentheses..."

But it is a good way to learn functional programming....

I have been waiting a long time for this joke to make, so here it is: Lisp's parentheses prevent me from becoming a Schemer like Scratch. Thank you so much, scbubba! :)
Nov 23rd, 2012, 03:24 PM
Solanine

Hmmm, Dune is my current book. And I got forty pages in. Two weeks ago. I just can't seem to find the time to read right now.
I know I'll enjoy Dune when I get to it but for now it can go back and grace the shelves of the local library.
Nov 23rd, 2012, 07:24 PM
scbubba

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Originally Posted by YetAnotherBloodyCheek

I have been waiting a long time for this joke to make, so here it is: Lisp's parentheses prevent me from becoming a Schemer like Scratch. Thank you so much, scbubba! :)

<rimshot> thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Remember to tip you waitress and bartender. Good night!
Nov 23rd, 2012, 09:33 PM
scbubba

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Originally Posted by Solanine

Hmmm, Dune is my current book. And I got forty pages in. Two weeks ago. I just can't seem to find the time to read right now.
I know I'll enjoy Dune when I get to it but for now it can go back and grace the shelves of the local library.

I've tried a few times with Dune. Once I got most of the way through it but never all the way. Just doesn't ever click for me.

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