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Joel D is 25% done with Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Thoroughly enjoying this. Surprised by all the latent homo eroticism, was not expecting that.
Oct 09, 2025 04:57AM Add a comment
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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Joel D is 10% done with Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
Ok they are really overdoing it with this Hamilton/Jefferson thing. They are trying to impose the dichotomy on everything, it doesn't always fit!
Sep 15, 2025 04:56AM Add a comment
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back

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Joel D is 33% done with Ragtime
Rollicking good writing.
Jun 24, 2025 06:53PM Add a comment
Ragtime

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Joel D is on page 25 of 1774 of The Man Without Qualities
Not an auspicious time to begin reading this 1000 page tome, but hey, why not try.
May 16, 2025 01:45AM 1 comment
The Man Without Qualities

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Joel D is on page 195 of 351 of Growing Up Asian in Australia
There are some great stories but then also many stories that should have been left on the cutting room floor. This brings down the average quality. The book would be better if shorter and better curated for a higher average quality and some sort of meaning.
Sep 01, 2024 12:59AM Add a comment
Growing Up Asian in Australia

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Joel D is 61% done with Possession
It is slow going! I very much enjoy the good bits, just a shame they are diluted by the boring bits
Jun 09, 2024 03:59PM Add a comment
Possession

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Joel D is on page 40 of 272 of No Country Woman: A Memoir of Not Belonging
Enjoying it so far, great reflections
Aug 31, 2023 05:11AM Add a comment
No Country Woman: A Memoir of Not Belonging

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Joel D is on page 102 of 246 of The Painted Veil
Absolutely loving it, such gripping writing. Great prose.
Aug 14, 2023 05:04AM Add a comment
The Painted Veil

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Joel D is 47% done with The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
I think it is weakened by some poor argumentation, sometimes saying things that are clearly false or not supported by his evidence.
Jul 27, 2023 05:22PM Add a comment
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

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Joel D is 18% done with The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Intrigued by the idea of using one episode of victimhood to justify a barrage of villainy.
Jul 24, 2023 05:05AM Add a comment
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

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Joel D is 70% done with Unbowed
Enjoying this a llot!
Mar 20, 2023 07:45AM Add a comment
Unbowed

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Joel D is 90% done with Respectable: The Experience of Class
Bewildered by this book. There's some interesting stuff in there but a terrible lack of structure, I don't know what the author is trying to say. Heaps of stuff about education but then strange pivots into whether working class people are racist, an excessive amount about pop music, and then throwaway critiques of 'the 99%' as a concept.
Feb 19, 2023 11:07PM Add a comment
Respectable: The Experience of Class

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