Finished reading Pawn of Prophecy
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Finished reading City of Stairs
Rated Anon Pls. 6/10
<div>This was better than I thought it would be. I mean, yes, the writing is nothing special, and there are almost as many brand name drops as in a Bret Easton Ellis novel, but it IS compulsively readable, much like the IG gossip account itself. I flew through it in just a few days because I wanted to know what happened next. Also appreciated that she names her co-/ghostwriter because more people who use them should admit it. We know you didn't turn around this book that fast on your own, "babe!" So if you follow the account already, you'll probably enjoy this. </div>
Rated Doctor Who: Phobos 8/10
A solid, briskly-paced story with queer male characters. Would recommend.
Finished reading Tales From the Vulgar Unicorn
Finished reading A Drop of Corruption
Rated This Is Not the End 7/10
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Finished reading Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
Rated Everything Beautiful Began After 10/10
Let me be clear from the start: Simon Van Booy has written an extraordinary novel. Everything Beautiful Began After is both a stolen kiss and the aching memory of the best stolen kisses. It is about adoration, grief and – my number one literary wheelhouse – the chronically lonely. If there is one book published this year that you read, let it be this. <br><br>(My full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/08/everything-beautiful-began-after-by.html">Glorified Love Letters.</a>)
Rated Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty 8/10
<blockquote><br>"When future centuries say that the twentieth was the age of supreme evil, they will be referring not only to death camps and world wars, but also to the selfish, reckless consumption of energy and the destructive pollution of the air and water."<br></blockquote><br><br>I picked up this book after reading the [b:The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom|96884|The Happiness Hypothesis Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom|Jonathan Haidt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348779688l/96884._SX50_.jpg|3587], since the author recommends it when he refers to the 'Myth of Pure Evil'. This 'myth' is quickly dispelled by the author of [b:Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty|573611|Evil Inside Human Violence and Cruelty|Roy F. Baumeister|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1311990046l/573611._SY75_.jpg|932870].<br><br>What I find most compelling about the book is that Evil is viewed from the perspective of the perpetrator, instead of the victim. This creates a matter of fact depiction of evil, which some might find disturbing (e.g. "One could even suggest that it is wasteful (from a practical point of view) to kill a pretty woman without raping her first.")<br><br>The book seems to be primarily aimed at Americans, as an often-recurring theme in the book is racial segregation and violence. In that sense, it would have been more interesting if the author tried to include a wider range of evils.
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