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Category Archives: Kindle/ebook
A Tale for the Time Being x2
A Tale for the Time Being x2 by Ruth Ozeki (Canada) 2013 / 422 pages read by Ruth Ozeki 14h 43m rating – 8 / fiction This is a re-read because although I read it for the Booker Group back … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Audio, Canada, fiction, Kindle/ebook, woman author
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The Meaning of Human Existence
The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson 2013 / 208 pages read by Jonathan Hogan 5h 6m rating – 8.5 / nonfiction – science philosophy (I both read and listened to this one) Read for the All-Nonfiction reading … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Audio, essays, Kindle/ebook, science, US
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Anil’s Ghost
Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje 2000 / 303 pgs (Kindle) Rating: 8 I usually totally enjoy Michael Ondaatje‘s work – especially Divisadero and Cat’s Table, but The English Patient was also quite good. Imo, he seems to have been improving as he’s … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, fiction, historical fiction, Kindle/ebook
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Narcopolis
Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil 2012 / 288 pgs ( Kindle) rating: 8.5 This book started out so lovely, so real, so refreshing. I’d say the first half was like that. Then, probably like the addicts themselves, it just went downhill … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, fiction, India, Kindle/ebook
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Care of Wooden Floors
Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles 2012/299 pages rating 8 When the unnamed narrator house-sits his friend’s flat in an unnamed Eastern European city he should have known it might be a bit of trouble. The two friends are … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, British, fiction, Kindle/ebook
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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 1963 / 234 pages Rating – 9 The Bell Jar is a moderately short novel. It’s based on Plath’s experiences as a student in New York when she was about 20 or so (1953) … Continue reading
Posted in classic, fiction, Kindle/ebook, US, woman author
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The Book of Evidence
The Book of Evidence by John Banville 1989 / 219 pages Rating – 8.5 Freddie Montgomery, a 38-year-old scientist, seems to bumble through life and now he’s out of luck and out of money and seriously wanted by some really … Continue reading
Posted in detective/mystery, fiction, Ireland, Kindle/ebook
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Holy War
Holy War: How Vasco da Gama’s Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations by Nigel Cliff 2011 / 560 pgs Rating – 8.5 When Vasco da Gama managed to steer his little fleet around the Cape … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, British, history, Kindle/ebook
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Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan 2012/K. – 323 pages Rating 7 Okay, I read McEwan to see what he’s up to. I loved his early work which was fine story-telling in the suspense genre – Black Dogs was the best, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, British, Kindle/ebook
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Kalevala
Kalevala Finnish National Epic (from tales) compiled and written by Elias Lönnrot published in 1835 / 600+ pages Rating – 10 I started this long ago, but restarted in late October 2012. Going well – basic mythology with a good … Continue reading
Posted in classic, Finland, Kindle/ebook, self-select
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Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin 1835 / about 200 pages – Kindle (reread) Rating – 9.5 I read this for a group and because I was never able to locate my Penguin edition, I had to use a Gutenberg download. … Continue reading
Posted in classic, Kindle/ebook, Russian
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