My books of 2012

Re:My books of 2012 by milkman on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @10:47PM (#4995214)

I'm a tad annoyed that you listed so many books. It loses its meaning. Some of the books you listed are gems, but they are midstream in a long boring list.

I want my 15 minutes back.

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Re:My books of 2012 by daave on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @11:48PM (#4995357)

I don't think the OP was intending to provide a curated list of recommendations, but rather just blog about the list of books he read this year.

Even though I can't be bothered reading the whole list, this post inspires me to resolve that I will read more books in 2013 than I did in 2012.

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Re:My books of 2012 by phren0logy on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @06:13AM (#4996148)

You are worried that you spent too much time reading about things you could read? Really?

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Re:My books of 2012 by milkman on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @07:26AM (#4996303)

Sure, I was a bit of a sourpuss. I should have said nothing or said it better.

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Re:My books of 2012 by barbs on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @01:58AM (#4995613)

I'm impressed he read to many books! Makes me wonder what I'm doing with my time :(

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Re:My books of 2012 by sp4rki on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @09:58AM (#4996961)

Sell your TV and make it a conscious choice to not look at a screen past say 7pm.

I've been reading a minimum of one novel a week and from one to three tech/design/cooking/misc/etc books a month over the past 16 years. Sure there are exceptions, for example reading Game of Thrones took me at least two weeks per novel and the third book took me a full month.

Also, get a kindle. I don't read much technical books on it but it's a godsend for novels and not accumulating a bunch of paperbacks. Unless you don't enjoy reading as a pastime, in which case don't waste your time because you can actually burn out reading too much.

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Re:My books of 2012 by lmm on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @04:07AM (#4995892)

Try taking public transport, if you can. An hour on a bus may sound worse than a 30 minute drive, but if you spend it reading you may well enjoy it more.

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Re:My books of 2012 by alexpopescu on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @06:26AM (#4996173)

I'm wondering if we could get a quick script to count how many pages are in the 75 books listed so we can understand how much did he actually read :-D.

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Re:My books of 2012 by dudurocha on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @09:30AM (#4996822)

Not really a script, but if you use goodreads to track your read books, you can see the number of pages.

Like this: http://www.goodreads.com/review/stats/6314428-eduardo-rocha#...

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Re:My books of 2012 by fichtl80 on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @07:08AM (#4996261)

yes ... if he could highlight the books he can recommend would be a good idea.

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