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Books I have read this year (2014)

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Well after thinking a little about it I decided to do a post about the books I read this year (2014), I didn't committed to any particular number of books but in the previous year I resumed my reading hobby, and this year started buying books like crazy. So I wanted to write a little about each book: Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) To be fair, I started reading this book in 2013 but finished it this year (it's a big book!) and also wanted to write about it. This is a awesome book, full of details and ideas; Ayn Rand magnum opus is a must read. In it she develops her Objectivism philosophy, each character embodying an archetype around it. It's a lengthy book, even some parts are very boring (for example, the John Galt's monologue is too much, could be shorten very much), but for the most chapters the writing is great and it gets you thinking about some of your values, principles and thoughts about life it self and life in society. I liked that the book is written i