Tag: DNF
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A rare DNF for the Neilos Reading Machine. Made it to page 92 and tapped out, just couldn’t keep my eyes open. This is a good book, and I feel it is worthy of a review despite my not being able to get through it. Bill Bryson is a bestselling travel author who, back in… Read more
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The Demon Haunted World
Review: A rare Neilosian DNF. I liked this book, I really did. But after 200 pages I just tapped out due to how dated it was to read. I was alive (and absolutely drunk every single day without exception. The more you know.) in 1996 and it takes a book like this to remind me… Read more
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Year of Wonder
Review: This was a Christmas gift and a nice premise, that is one reads a page each day and listens to the musical selection being discussed. That I made it to the end of July is a testament to my perseverance and courage because this was awful. At first I figured I would be the… Read more
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The House Gun
Review: This was awful. I made it 107 pages and I feel that some sort of prize should be awarded in recognition of my tenacity and determination. It doesn’t have to be a Nobel Prize. I’d be happy with, say, a Rolo. This book made me want to: Re-evaluate my priorities, namely why I would… Read more
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Islands in the stream
Review: I bailed on this. Got through about 30% and just had to move on. I wanted to like this. I wanted it to live up to A Farewell to Arms or the short stories. But no. Drinks, bars, descriptions of making drinks, descriptions of bars, descriptions of drinking drinks in bars. I would have… Read more