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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel, @julia1
After a bunch of longer books, I decided it was time for some shorter stuff, and so I just finished a couple of short little books– A Mathematician’s Apology, by G.H. Hardy (153 pgs), and The Club of Angels, by Luis Fernando Verissimo (135 pgs).
First, A Mathematician’s Apology. Hardy was a mathematician at Cambridge and…[Read more]-
Hi if you have it set so that you get emails every time someone replies to you, sorry! My html was fucked so I deleted it and I’m replying again.
Your description of that first book, A Mathematician’s Apology, reminded me of something I’ve read along the same lines. It’s clearly influenced by Hardy: A Mathematician’s Lament by Paul Lockhar…[Read more]
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Thanks for linking to that Lockhart essay! He perfectly articulates what I think is wrong with math education–how does such a beautiful and interesting subject get turned in to something so boring? I wish I’d had him as a math teacher.
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Chloe posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoOver my vacation, I read Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez (217 pages), Alma Mater, by Rita Mae Brown (260 pages), Getting It by Alex Sanchez (210 pages), and Life Mask by Emma Donoghue (650 pages). These are all books by authors I’ve read other works of and loved. Boyfriends with Girlfriends was great – other Sanchez novels I’ve read…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI just finished Hello, I Must Be Going by Christie Hodgen (312 pages).
A tomboy named Frankie has a father who is a Vietnam vet who lost his leg in the war. He does a good job masking his pretty severe depression with humor, but it’s still too much for him and he ends up killing himself. This book is about Frankie’s…[Read more]
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Chicagostraddlers 12 years, 2 months ago
Hiya…new to the Autostraddle community! Shout-out to my fellow ‘straddlers in the area!
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Maddie posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoOh hello AS book club, it has been a while. Here is what I have read in the meantime, @internrachel and @julia1.
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 864 pages. I quite liked it. Anna was a very complex character, but at times I thought I knew how she felt. And the character Levin – he was practically the main character; the book could’ve been given…[Read more]
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I AM SO IMPRESSED BY YOUR READING. So many books that I’ve been too intimidated to try! (Tolstoy, Joyce). YOU ROCK
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You could totally do it! Tolstoy is totally manageable, just long. I’m not gonna lie, though, Ulysses was a tough one.
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I just got my schedule for my next year of school, turns out I’ll be tackling Anna Karenina in class this fall…
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Sam posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI am so bad at updating, @internrachel and @julia1 . But I made readings don’t worry!!1
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (395 pp)
A dystopian novel, year 2150. The US (now Gilead) is long past population 0, and a totalitarian regime takes over to reorganize society and encourage population growth. Women find themselves (again) without rights,…[Read more] -
Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoHey, guess what you guys! Being in this group won me a BRAND NEW NOOK COLOR!!!1eleventy!
My local library was having a summer reading club for adults where you fill out a short review for every book you read. I thought “Hey, I’m already doing that for Autostraddle, I can just copy what I write for that onto these slips.” So I did and each slip…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (256 pages) is an international bestseller so no doubt someone else is the group has probably read it and I’d be interested in your thoughts.
The story is that of London-based Juliet Barrows who is trying to write a new book but has writer’s block. She…[Read more]
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Jamie posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agojury duty can be useful @internrachel and @julia1 , I got to reread ‘The Walking Dead’ graphic novel series up to the 6th book (issue #72, I think) by Robert Kirkman, 848 book club pgs, 1696 actual pgs. As a person who is equally terrified and fascinated by zombies I love this series. I’m stoked that the next hardcover collection is coming out in…[Read more]
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Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI just finished Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan (496 pages).
This was another dollar store find. I like Amy Tan’s writing and this book had a really interesting genesis. According to the introduction at the start of the book, Tan was caught in the rain in New York and came across a building marked “American Society…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1. This afternoon I finished “The Cellist of Sarajevo” by Steven Galloway. A quick read. 260 pgs but it feels much shorter. The story takes place during the Seigue of Sarajevo, and centers around a local cellist, who witnesses an explosion at the market across the street from his home. He brings his cello into the street, and…[Read more]
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