The Glade 4.0

New England Journal of Medicine (continuing medical education)

Ayala's Angel by Trollope http://www.amazon.com/Ayalas-Angel-Press-Anthony-Trollope/dp/1409913902/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255532548&sr=1-2

Cry Wolf by Briggs http://www.amazon.com/Cry-Wolf-Alpha-Omega-Book/dp/0441016154/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255532721&sr=1-1 (maybe getting ideas for a worgen)

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Memento Vivere

I have local knowledge.
That sandbar was not there yesterday!

You have my pity- Shriver and Atkins sucks hard for Inorganic Chemistry- I can only assume it's a descriptive course?

If it's organometallic in base, I would strongly suggest getting a used copy of "The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals", by Robert Crabtree. I got my copy for 12 bucks, and it is an excellent book- descriptive and mechanistic organometallic chemistry, very easy to read.



I quite enjoy Feist, as a general rule (I have all of his books on my shelf), but I just can't seem to get into his most recent series- I'm stuck on Wrath of a Mad God, and not getting any further. I keep reading about half of it then quitting. I still go back and re-read his older works, consistently, though.

As to what I'm reading at the moment:

The Casebook of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov
The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Elements Robert Crabtree
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman Feynman
Quantum Chemistry McQuarrie
Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers McQuarrie
Modern Physical Organic Chemistry Ansyln and Dougherty
Applied Group Theory For Physicists and Chemists Duffey
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: Letters of Richard Feynman
Reaction Mechanisms of Inorganic and Organometallic Systems Jordan
Evaluation of Enzyme Inhibitors in Drug Discovery Copeland
Enzymes Copeland

And a bunch of other random books that I read sections of on a rotating basis. The above are the ones I'm semi-consistently working my way through.

Also, on a daily basis:

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, The Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biomacromolecules, Bioconjugate Chemistry, Organic Letters and Chemical Reviews

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Yeah...Atkins wrote the Physical Chemistry text book that we used last year, so I am already used to his writing style. It's a pain in the *** sometimes, but the information is really good.
I think that it's a purely Inorganic class, so there doubtfully are any applications into Bio/organic chemistry, but I'm not sure yet. I'll look into that text, as this area is one of the reasons I'm taking the class. But yeah, no lab work for it, which is kind of sad. Where did you order yours from?

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"I've got twenty ways to tell you shut the f*ck up / nineteen of them are twenty-four bars long / the other one goes: SHUT THE F*CK UP" - Aesop Rock
"There is no God higher than truth." -- Gandhi
Formerly: Tulamian

Phantom Prey - John Sandford

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

Sunshine by Robin McKinney. And somewhere in the midst of the 5 Penny Arcade books I have...

Lately, mostly Crimson Skies sourcebooks. The mail brings me such wonderful things!

I've been reading the last few Wheel of Time books in prep for the upcoming one; I don't have the time or energy for a complete re-read, as I used to. Instead, I'm catching up on the earliest stuff with Leigh Butler's ongoing recap.

When I get done with that, I'll probably do a Dresden Files re-read.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Here is the one I got, it's the first edition, but any of the new editions are good too.

I honestly didn't even think the material in Shriver and Atkins was that good- I keep it around for occasional reference, but in most cases it stops short of being any more useful than Wikipedia. Not a lot of citations, either.

That level descriptive inorganic course will probably be one of the most useless you will take- just get through it, is my advice. It doesnt even have that much utility to future inorganic courses.

I can't comment on Atkin's physical book, we used Levine's undergrad and quantum text, and now I'm using McQuarrie, who is excellent.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

Going back through the Song of Ice and Fire series again.

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It feels like all the people who want limited government really just want government limited to Republicans.
---The Daily Show

I actually didn't start having trouble with it until the introduction of "Mercantile Jack". I just finished that section and am planning to wiki it in the hopes that someone will be able to tell me WTF it was all about, cuz I sure as hell don't have a clue.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

I've considered doing the same thing, in anticipation of the new installment. Of course, who the hell knows when thats going to be.

Heh, found out today why the last several chapters have had nothing discernible to do with those preceding. The ebook version of "Great Expectations" which I downloaded has also "The Uncommercial Traveller" appended, and I failed to realize that I'd come to the end of one book and begun reading another. Quite confusing, I must say.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

So I finished Wrath of a Mad God a week or so ago, then read some more Conan, and am now starting on the Discworld novel Making Money.

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Making Money was a lot of fun.

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It feels like all the people who want limited government really just want government limited to Republicans.
---The Daily Show

picked up The Color of Magic, A War of Gifts and girlfriend lent me the first 3 books of Dresden Files series

Haven't heard of A War of Gifts, but the others are Good Stuff (TM)¹.

¹ -- Admin, we need BBCode for super- and sub-script. A TM tag that inserts the correct OS/browser agnostic font/symbol would be handy, as well.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

A war of Gifts is a short novella set at the Battle School midway through Ender's 2nd year there. Reads like a christmas story actually. YMMV

Under the Dome by Stephen King.

Pretty good so far.

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Dearly Devoted Dexter.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

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Hokanu
Duty is a magnificent blessing because it is the sign of trust from the universe.
END OF LINE.

Big fan. They start off well, but they get even better and better as they go along.

Speaking of which, Turn Coat is out.

That's what I'm reading, now. Farskee, why didn't you tell me!? (Or didn't you know?)

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Chinese literature books, I'm trying to learn a little more chinese atm.

I fell way, way behind. I was working on book 5 and something shiny caught my eye. I wandered off and haven't gotten back yet.

I've been sort of idly collecting them, I just haven't gotten around to reading. *sigh* I have such entertainment ADD.

OMG! Fix that! The awesomeness only accelerates! Let's see. Fifth book is the one after, what, Summer Knight? Blood Rites or Death Masks, I think. But after that, you get .. hold on. Time to double check book order.

Okay, if you're on 5, that was Death Masks. That's good, the Denarians was a good story with some neat setup for later. Next up for you should be Blood Rites, and that's delicious White Court vampire stuff with Thomas & his dysfunctional family! Then, you're missing out on Dead Beat's necromancy party, and Sue (not going to spoil it, but Sue is awesome), and Harry chumming it up with the Wardens in the process. Proven Guilty, then, wasn't one of my favorites, but introduced a bit more of the Carpenter household and got Harry a bit more involved there long-term, which I thoroughly approve of. White Knight and Small Favor turn especially awesome, as they further and resolve some excellent long-standing plotlines.

Gah! It's, like, impossible to talk this stuff without spoilerifficness. Read, boy, read! =p Not to mention, flipping through these has made me want to re-read them.

Oooh. And the next one's due out in April. Nifty.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Don't forget to go looking for the Dresden short stories he occasionally slips into anthologies. Good fill material.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones