Category: Review
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Communist Manifesto
Review: The one that started it all. Changed minds, changed history. Marx seems like a really unpleasant individual, and apparently this is true. But it’s well written, almost unbelievably passionate, and the original. Not literature, but very well written and worth reading. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: RNG4LRP Noteworthy experiences while… Read more
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The Ambassadors
Review: A great writer, but a boring, stilted hidebound slog of a read. Glad I read it, but glad it’s over. Manners, decorum, overthinking, and never getting anywhere worth going. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Random number generator for the Lifetime Reading Plan (RNG4LRP) Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Did… Read more
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To The Lighthouse
Review: Stream of consciousness as narrative form. Beautiful scenery evoked. Another example, like Der Zauberberg of how WWI changed the way people think. An extraordinary book. Fast and delightful. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Rando Kindle Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Check out author’s other books? Y Recommend this book?… Read more
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The Cherry Orchard
Review: Russian tragi-comedy. Hard to follow at times, but still a fine piece of drama. I may read (or see) it again someday. Now I can say I have read a Chekhov play, only short stories so far (which are excellent). Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Rando Noteworthy experiences while reading… Read more
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King Solomon’s Mines
Review: A ripping yarn! Danger.Gentlemen.Savage natives. Parts of this likely influenced Raiders of the Lost Ark. Very racist by today’s standards, but good and fast paced reading nonetheless. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Rando Kindle Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Check out author’s other books? Y Recommend this book? To… Read more
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Dandelion Wine
Review: Poetry. Not prose. One of the only 5 star books I have ever read. Could not change one word. Brilliance. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Audiobook made me want to read it. Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Tears. Actual proper tears. Repeatedly. Check out author’s other books? Y Recommend… Read more
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The Good Soldier
Review: An outstanding read. Very good insight into “the stiff upper lip” happy looking proper English couple. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Rando Kindle Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Check out author’s other books? Recommend this book? To whom? Ratings (1-10, 10 being exceptional): Read more
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Broca’s Brain
Review: A collection of essays, articles and thoughts of the late great Carl Sagan. Very good read, with keen insights considering it was written in the 1970s. It was the dawn of space travel and he looked ahead with a mix of hope and skepticism. Lots of good info, some seemed so dated now that… Read more
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Lysistrata
Review: Dick jokes! Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Referenced in the news with Alyssa Milano Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Learned what a godemiche is Check out author’s other books? Y Recommend this book? To whom? Ratings (1-10, 10 being exceptional): Read more
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Three Men in a Boat
Review: Funny, charming tale of 3 Holmes & Watson era dudes on a boat trip down the Thames. Humor but also lovely descriptive passages that make you feel as though you were there, and bits of history thrown in for good measure. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Rando Noteworthy experiences while… Read more