Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis

  • Started on: 2011-08-26
  • Finished on: 2011-08-26
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Graphical Novel

In this graphic novel, the story of told of the search of Bertrand Russell for the foundations of mathematics, based on logic. The story is told in two ways, by Bertrand who is giving a lecture about how logic can be used in the world, and by the writers and artists of the book themselves, in their discussions about what the main theme is. It is a very interesting story, but I am not sure I got everything. I understand Russels wish to make sure that mathematics have a solid base, and I understand the writer’s aim of showing the link between passionate logicians and madness (I was reminded of the movie Beautiful Mind). The drawings were beautiful and true to life. The explanations in the back, of the people involved, the concepts and the liberties the writers had taken was extremely welcome. A very good and interesting book. Three out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2011-08-26
  • Finished on: 2011-08-26
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Graphical Novel

In this graphic novel, the story of told of the search of Bertrand Russell for the foundations of mathematics, based on logic. The story is told in two ways, by Bertrand who is giving a lecture about how logic can be used in the world, and by the writers and artists of the book themselves, in their discussions about what the main theme is. It is a very interesting story, but I am not sure I got everything. I understand Russels wish to make sure that mathematics have a solid base, and I understand the writer’s aim of showing the link between passionate logicians and madness (I was reminded of the movie Beautiful Mind). The drawings were beautiful and true to life. The explanations in the back, of the people involved, the concepts and the liberties the writers had taken was extremely welcome. A very good and interesting book. Three out of five stars.