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Fred is 20% done with Is a River Alive?

— Jul 15, 2025 08:58AM Add a comment

Fred is on page 120 of 582 of The Heart's Invisible Furies

Off to a quirky and enjoyable start, but starting to feel sloggish. Somehow this reminds me of all those J.P. Donleavy books I read in my youth, which seem to have fallen into obscurity and neglect. Sadly, I must say.

— Sep 30, 2020 10:03AM Add a comment

Fred is on page 222 of 752 of The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O., #1)

There's certainly a whole lot of Schrodinger going on in the first 75 pages.
Okay, 200 pages in, things are starting to happen, and Melisande is a charming narrator.

— Feb 25, 2020 05:39PM Add a comment

Fred is on page 75 of 752 of The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O., #1)

There's certainly a whole lot of Schrodinger going on.

— Feb 07, 2020 04:35PM Add a comment

Fred is 25% done with Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation

— Jan 08, 2020 08:12AM Add a comment

Fred is on page 25 of 608 of Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation

— Jan 08, 2020 08:11AM Add a comment

Fred is on page 30 of 248 of Wherever the Sound Takes You: Heroics and Heartbreak in Music Making

The preface and first chapter are pretty darn engaging.

— May 04, 2019 09:51AM Add a comment

Wherever the Sound Takes You: Heroics and Heartbreak in Music Making

Fred is 40% done with The Death of Mrs. Westaway

This reminds me of Rebecca, but without central heating.

— Feb 21, 2019 07:17AM Add a comment

Fred is 22% done with The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

— Dec 29, 2018 07:31PM Add a comment

Fred is 90% done with What W. H. Auden Can Do for You (Writers on Writers)

— Dec 29, 2018 07:30PM Add a comment

Fred is on page 310 of 317 of The Library Book

— Dec 29, 2018 12:21PM Add a comment

Fred is finished with The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

— Nov 01, 2018 11:53AM Add a comment

Fred is starting That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

— Oct 20, 2018 01:28PM Add a comment

Fred is starting Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting

— Sep 22, 2018 08:16AM Add a comment

Fred is 21% done with Seveneves

— May 29, 2018 06:32PM Add a comment

Fred is 16% done with Seveneves

— May 24, 2018 08:05PM Add a comment

Fred is 45% done with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

At 18% - I'm liking this so far, not having that slow start problem that's been an issue for me lately, although the first couple chapters are exposition-city. Lots of foreshadowing and hints of an interestingly troubled past for MC Rosemary.

— May 16, 2018 08:02PM Add a comment

Fred is 45% done with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

I'm liking this so far, not having that slow start problem that's been an issue for me lately, although the first couple chapters are exposition-city. Lots of foreshadowing and hints of an interestingly troubled past for MC Rosemary.

— May 16, 2018 08:01PM Add a comment

Fred is 18% done with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

I'm liking this so far, not having that slow start problem that's been an issue for me lately, although the first couple chapters are exposition-city. Lots of foreshadowing and hints of an interestingly troubled past for MC Rosemary.

— May 16, 2018 07:17AM Add a comment

Fred is 47% done with Clock Dance

I seem to feel every book I've read lately gets off to a slow start, maybe it's me that's slow to ignite, lol. Anyway, here I am at halfway, and feeling like the story is just getting started.

— May 14, 2018 02:25PM Add a comment

Fred is 45% done with Mr. Dickens and His Carol

Pretty darn charming.

— Feb 27, 2018 12:36PM Add a comment

Fred is 29% done with A Gentleman in Moscow

— Feb 13, 2018 09:30AM Add a comment

Fred is 9% done with A Gentleman in Moscow

I'm somewhat astonished that a book featuring a rather lengthy description of someone unhappily reading the Essays of Montaigne has been on the bestseller list for 50 weeks. Maybe I'll get with the beat ...

— Feb 12, 2018 05:15PM Add a comment

Fred is 65% done with The Monk of Mokha

Starting Book IV, we are at the "This is too good to last" part.

— Feb 11, 2018 07:53PM Add a comment

Fred is 40% done with The Monk of Mokha

What if Herman Melville wrote a book, but instead of whales it was coffee? Mokha Dick? Srsly tho.

— Feb 11, 2018 06:36PM Add a comment

Fred is 30% done with The Monk of Mokha

I wasn't expecting so much political stuff, honestly.

— Feb 11, 2018 01:08PM Add a comment

Fred is on page 10 of 384 of Hex (Robert Grim #1)

dnf, not feelin' it

— Feb 08, 2018 02:45PM Add a comment

Fred is starting Hex (Robert Grim #1)

— Feb 08, 2018 02:15PM Add a comment

Fred is on page 220 of 336 of Septimania

https://goo.gl/QKO5kX
Coincidence? I think not!

— Nov 17, 2016 07:19AM Add a comment

Fred is on page 220 of 336 of Septimania

Wait wut? 23 years just passed? That was a hell of a chapter break (and a bit of an unremarked upon heartbreak). Maybe I've been reading too many romance novels (if there's such a thing as too much of a good thing), but my favorite story element seems to have atrophied, withered and blown away like the blossoms of an apple tree in a spring storm.

— Oct 26, 2016 10:27AM Add a comment

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