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Category Archives: 2014
1177: The Year Civilization Collapsed
1177: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline 2014 / 253 pages read by Andy Caploe / 8h 3m Rating: 8.5 / ancient history-anthropology I’ve read only a wee tad about Ancient Egypt and the Late Bronze Age, certainly not … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, non-fiction
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Those Who Wish Me Dead
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta 2014/ 400 pages read by Robert Petkoff – 10h 30m rating: C+ / thriller Can’t really call this a crime novel because this all happens well after the crimes have been committed … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Audio, Thriller
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On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee 2014/368 pages read by B. D. Wong 11h 8m rating: 8 / dystopian fiction “Don’t sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind?” asks the unnamed Narrator in Chang-rae Lee’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, fiction, US
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Savage Harvest:
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman 2014 / 323 pages read by Joe Barrett 9h 18m rating: 8 / non-fiction – travel/ true crime (I both read and … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, non-fiction, travel, true crime, US
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The Wars of the Roses:
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones 2014 / 416 pages read by John Curless 15h 7m rating 9 / history – England 15th century (I both read and … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Audio, British, history, non-fiction
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how to be both
how to be both by Ali Smith 2014/ 384 pages rating – 9 / general fiction The introductory material says this book (even e-book) can be read in two ways – the EYES section first and then the CAMERA section … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, British, fiction, woman author
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Historical Fiction – 2014
Due to a discussion in a reading group I got to wondering about the Historical Fiction I’ve read in the past year (2014) So I did a little survey analysis since I’d never actually done a count. I read … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, fiction, thoughts, Uncategorized
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The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller 2014 / 336 pages read by Mark Deakins 10h 41m Rating: 8/ sci-fi (literary) … life as we on earth know it ended nine years ago and the first sentence reads “In the beginning … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, sci-fi/fantasy, US
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The Drowning Spool
The Drowning Spool by Monica Ferris 2014 / 304 pages read by Betsy Bronson 7h 31m rating A- / crime #17 in the Betsy Devonshire series I started reading the Betsy Devonshire a couple years ago at Christmas time with Crewel … Continue reading
Posted in "A's" (crime fiction, 2014, Audio, self-select, US, who-done-it, woman author
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