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Jared’s 2025 Year in Books
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I've decided to start going with the 'official' Goodreads rating system, which is as follows: 1 star - didn't like it 2 stars – it was OK 3 stars – liked it 4 stars – really liked it 5 stars – it was amazing So, this book gets three stars because I liked i ...more |
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"Catherine Chidgey is impeccable when it comes to creating worlds. Absolutely believable; I was right there for this dense, detailed story with enough real life pinpoints to make it enjoyable as a Google prompt too. Alligator-drawn carriages, Victoria"
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| I read this novel in its entirety since high school English class, and then again maybe 15 years ago. I turned to it yet again out of curiosity, since it's such an enduring novel in America, and I expected it would have a lot to say about American at ...more | |
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| A friend recommended this book. The first time I tried to read it, I hated it. I don't know why. It bugged me. I read a couple chapters then stopped. I tried to give it back to my friend and she said, "You hold onto it and pick it up later. I swear y ...more | |
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| I’ve been interested in Hanif Kureishi’s writing ever since I first saw ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ at the Detroit Film Theatre in the late 1980s (Kuresihi wrote the screenplay.) When I picked this up in the bookstore I was shocked to learn that he had ...more | |
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| I love books about hermits or anybody who goes off to live by themselves. It’s a topic that has fascinated me my entire life. This is one of the best hermit books I’ve ever read – completely engaging and makes you feel like you were there. I finished ...more | |
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| The first two stories in this collection are phenomenally good. The rest of the collection felt uneven to me, so overall I'm giving it 3 stars. Shattuck has an amazing skill when it comes to making historical settings and characters feel fully realiz ...more | |
“It is a scientific fact that the crack between the stove and the kitchen counter serves as a kind of voracious black hole, sucking in all falling objects within a meter radius.”
― Moon Over Martinborough: From Michigan to the Wairarapa
― Moon Over Martinborough: From Michigan to the Wairarapa
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“It is a scientific fact that the crack between the stove and the kitchen counter serves as a kind of voracious black hole, sucking in all falling objects within a meter radius.”
― Moon Over Martinborough: From Michigan to the Wairarapa
― Moon Over Martinborough: From Michigan to the Wairarapa
“I think there is a difference between comic essays and war reporting, and people can tell that.”
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“Our hopes may seem unrealized, but we were in all likelihood hoping for the wrong thing.”
― The Snow Queen
― The Snow Queen
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