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Mag is on page 100 of 328 of Dewajtis
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Dewajtis

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Mag is starting Hurricane Season
DNF

Objectively speaking, the writing is very good, but I couldn’t endure the relentless misery the book portrayed. I read about half, and just couldn’t go on.
Feb 21, 2021 12:53PM Add a comment
Hurricane Season

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Mag is 60% done with The White Bone
I did not finish it. A great concept, but it didn’t work for me.
Jan 24, 2021 08:21AM Add a comment
The White Bone

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Mag is 78% done with The Mars Room
I’m three quarters in, and I’m exhausted. I think it’s a very good book, but I have to take a break.
May 24, 2019 03:03PM Add a comment
The Mars Room

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Mag is starting The Boy Behind the Curtain
Audio. A memoir in short essay-like pieces. Read by the author and lovely so far.
Sep 16, 2018 05:35AM Add a comment
The Boy Behind the Curtain

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Mag is starting The Boy Behind the Curtain
Audio. Read by Tim Winton and lovely so far.
Sep 16, 2018 05:30AM Add a comment
The Boy Behind the Curtain

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Mag is on page 59 of 81 of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
very elegant and extremely clear
Jul 01, 2016 06:27PM Add a comment
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

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Mag is on page 197 of 768 of Rembrandt's Eyes
And, I am just getting to Rembrandt ... So far, it has almost exclusively been Rubens. Puzzled...
May 24, 2015 04:28PM Add a comment
Rembrandt's Eyes

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Mag is on page 80 of 503 of Autobiography of a Yogi
As I am reading it I am wondering what attracted Steve Jobs to it so much. He supposedly read it repeatedly...
May 23, 2015 05:30AM Add a comment
Autobiography of a Yogi

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Mag is on page 9 of 528 of Galileo
Definitely not breezy reading. Interesting so far but full of digressions and overburdened by details.
May 19, 2014 04:13AM Add a comment
Galileo

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Mag is on page 105 of 326 of Hallucinations
Oliver Sachs is being entirely his usual cultured garrulous quirky self here again.
So far not much repetition.
Nov 08, 2013 02:37PM Add a comment
Hallucinations

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Mag is on page 50 of 352 of Walden or, Life in the Woods
So far, I am seriously underwhelmed. The tone is that of superiority and proselytization. There are some surprisingly insightful remarks that sound very modern, especially those about corporations, but they are few and far between. Reading, or rather listening on...
Nov 06, 2013 05:13PM Add a comment
Walden or, Life in the Woods

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Mag is on page 150 of 332 of Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
Exquisite writing, but curiously enough and much like with Trilobite, I got tired of it for now. Will finish soon.
Oct 24, 2013 04:29PM Add a comment
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind

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Mag is on page 150 of 332 of Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
Exquisite writing, but curiously enough and much like with Trilobite, I got tired of it for now. Will finish soon.
Oct 24, 2013 04:29PM Add a comment
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind

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Mag is on page 410 of 509 of One Summer: America, 1927
I have a feeling that I will feel sorry when it finishes.
Oct 24, 2013 04:26PM Add a comment
One Summer: America, 1927

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Mag is on page 410 of 509 of One Summer: America, 1927
I have a feeling that I will feel sorry when it finishes.
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One Summer: America, 1927

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Mag is on page 318 of 569 of Angle of Repose
Lovely writing.
Oct 24, 2013 04:18PM Add a comment
Angle of Repose

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Mag is on page 200 of 509 of One Summer: America, 1927
That's an approximation since I am listening to it, but I am about 1/3 through. I started listening to it on my way up north for Thanksgiving. Not bad. Typical Bryson, quite entertaining. It's amazing how much you can write about one year, even if this is the year of Lindbergh's first successful solo flight over the Atlantic...Only Bryson can get to so many little quirky facts.
Oct 16, 2013 05:35PM Add a comment
One Summer: America, 1927

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Mag is on page 245 of 376 of Oryx and Crake
Do you remember ChickieNobs -chicken breasts grown without the chicken starfish like fashion with just a mouth? Well, have a look at this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-env... :)
Aug 05, 2013 03:45PM Add a comment
Oryx and Crake

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Mag is on page 98 of 376 of Oryx and Crake
I started re-reading Atwood's Oryx and Crake in prep for the third part of her speculative trilogy, Madaddam, that's coming out at the end of August.
Aug 03, 2013 05:45PM Add a comment
Oryx and Crake

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Mag is on page 24 of 384 of The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Continuing to de-stress.... Quite funny so far.
Jun 29, 2013 06:00PM Add a comment
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

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