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Wants to read Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery

Wants to read Brave New World

Abandoned A Philosophy of Software Design

Wants to read De tweede sekse

Wants to read Yearbook

Rated Time Shelter 8/10

Rated Normal People 8/10

Finished reading Het Dossier

Reading The Physics of Filter Coffee

Wants to read De Toverberg

Wants to read The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life

Rated Yes Please 6/10

Finished reading Palaces of the Crow

Finished reading Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory

Reading Rise of the Lycanthrope

Wants to read House of Leaves

Rated Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West 10/10

Test review

Finished reading Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Wants to read Aching God

Wants to read Pretty Monsters: Stories

Reading Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

Rated Gone Girl 6/10

I very much understand what the big deal is about this book and also very very much understand why it bothers so many people. It is very compelling and clever and well-built; there is a twist about halfway through that I sort of saw ahead of time, and then some counter-twists that I did not expect. I can kind of recommend it if you like that sort of thing, but....<br/><br/>-<br/>-<br/>-<br/>-<br/>-<br/>-<br/>-<br/>SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS <br/>-<br/>-<br/>-<br/>-<br/>-<br/>...it hinges on two unpleasant archetypes of women. One, which is directly critiqued, is "Cool Girl," who is down for whatever and never asks for anything and defies "girliness." The other, which is not really critiqued, is "Jealous Vindictive Crazy Girl Who Lies to Punish People," which is presented waaaay too earnestly. There's a sourness about the whole book that makes it much less fun to read than it should be, even as you really want to find out how all the pieces fit together. <br/>

Wants to read Capital in the Twenty First Century

Rated The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 8/10

Wants to read How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself: A Timeless Activity Guide to Self-Reliant Play and Joyful Solitude