Rated Home 8/10
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Wants to read Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Rated Good Omens 10/10
Such good fun. I think my favourite character was actually Dog. I loved the inner monologue that went with the Hell Hound!<br/><br/>I don't think I've read a story with so many characters intertwining throughout a story (though, truth be told: I've not read many stories!) - and this book did a superb job of keeping all the characters unique, interesting and coherent.<br/><br/>The story (for me), started fairly light (in heart) and towards the last quarter it goes rather dark - although this may be to be expected as the Armageddon is at hand. This also did wonders for my nightmares (I had three consecutive nights dreaming about my own End Of The World dreams).<br/><br/>I'm also really impressed that two different authors created the story in a way that feels completely unified (and this edition included a Q&A chapter at the end where Pratchett and Gaiman share their process and thoughts on each other).<br/><br/>Really fun stuff and included some real laugh out loud moments. The entire last chapter could have been highlighted too - beautiful closing message.
Finished reading How to Solve Your Own Murder
Finished reading Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Finished reading Nihilism and Technology
Wants to read Solo Leveling Novel 06
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Wants to read Stakkers en wolven: In de schaduw van Gaza
Finished reading The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism
Rated There Is No Antimemetics Division 10/10
Reviewed An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else
Loved reading this book, do not necessarily also love the book though :) There is very little substance but the story is compelling!
Wants to read I Would Be Doing This Anyway
Rated The Widows of Malabar Hill 8/10
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Rated Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years 6/10
I had a hard time reading this book, took me a long time as I found Mole and the surrounding characters extremely…sad or pathetic or selfish. It continued on like this until about 80% where I started to enjoy the book a little more and the characters finally start to bloom and become more complex, and endearing. <br/><br/>It ends on a hopeful note, and after realising this was the last Mole story that Sue Townsend wrote before passing away, leaves me a little sad that this life sort of vanishes with her. I had read The Secret Diary when I was a teenager back in the 80s so Mole has always existed for me, almost like a character from a reality show. <br/><br/>So even though I struggled with this book, I'm glad to have read Mole's final chapters, and hope that he's happy somewhere in his literary universe.
Reviewed What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley
Very different than I was expecting but still very good!