Wants to read Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon
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Rated Smart Girl's Guide to the G-Spot 8/10
(review copy from the publisher, review coming)
Rated Mona Lisa Overdrive 10/10
Rated Burning Chrome 6/10
Rated Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos 8/10
I read this to my 10-yr-old son, a bit each night before bed. I liked it, especially the funny bits with the Master — which my son also liked, but he otherwise called the story, "Not the MOST interesting."
Wants to read King of the Rats
Rated False Value 8/10
Rated The Hanging Tree 8/10
Rated Anansi Boys 10/10
Rated Real Tigers 8/10
Rated The Gospel of Anarchy 8/10
To expect Taylor to devise an entire philosophy out of nothing along with the novel itself would be naïve. Expecting fiction to arrive completely out of the imagination misunderstands the act of writing. Even the most speculative or avant garde fiction hopes to connect with its readers, and readers connect when they can identify. The best fiction contains so much truth and honesty, but affords itself the benefit of creating its own facts. Taylor took an existing philosophy and manufactured a world to surround it. He lived in Gainesville between 2000 and 2004, and the description of the university town drips with humidity and rising mercury. The pressure builds in each character in a way that mimics the Florida summer. Borrowing from an existing group of people is no less valid than borrowing from an existing city.<br><br>(full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/07/gospel-of-anarchy-by-justin-taylor.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>)
Wants to read The Kremlin's Candidate
Wants to read And the Rest Is History
Rated The Haunting of Tram Car 015 9/10
<div>Loved this novella, the second book set in this world by Clark that I've read. Great ending.</div>
Rated A Second Chance 10/10
Rated The Honourable Schoolboy 6/10
Wants to read The Very First Damned Thing
Rated Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Extinction Event 6/10
Starting to think that Men Are Weird Around Bernice is the theme of S2, but still enjoyable.
Rated The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy 4/10
Ugh. This could have used some.... strong guidance from an editor as to what was necessary to include. The times that the author references herself could have worked if this was written as a mix of analysis and memoir, but instead, it was more like an uneven mixture of decent analysis paired with conjecture with the occasional, "And then I did this/liked this/talked to this person." It was really uneven, and I wanted to be charitable and give it three stars because music commentary is indeed subjective. There was so much padding in here that was -supposed- to be cultural context, but it felt tacked on as an "Oh shit, gotta make this book a certain length" at the end. <br><br>There are strong bits, and I love this album, but overall I don't recommend buying this book.<br><br>(Full disclosure: I received this book for free via NetGalley.)
Wants to read Rivers of London: Cry Fox
Wants to read Smiley's People
Rated The Subtle Knife 10/10
Rated The Golden Compass 10/10