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Rated Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles 8/10
I read Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles right after Kristopher Jansma's The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, and they complimented each other to the point of Miracles almost reading like a sequel to Leopards. Both deal with unreliable male protagonists speaking to the reader, men who need some enlightening on matters of women and healthy relationships.<br><br>I preferred Jansma's book, but Miracles is still quite good. Currie's self-named character somewhat accidentally fakes his own death in the Caribbean, and as a result, his novel becomes a bestseller. He misses the woman with whom he'd lived “pre-death,” and eventually coming “back to life” makes the public unhappy with upending their Lost Genius fiction they'd constructed in his absence. We all have stories we tell ourselves, and facing their inaccuracies is startling.<br><br>(More at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2013/11/for-your-reading-pleasure-3-books-on.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)
Rated The Book of Spice: From Anise to Zedoary 8/10
<div>Though some of the factual asides — those little bits of irresistibly mentionable research that don't quite fit the brief — could maybe have been narrowed, this was still an informative, interesting read. Some of the spices, I'd never heard of, and discussion of others made me want to cook. (I have a bit of a problem when it comes to buying all sorts of herbs and spices.) If a person wanted to do further research, there is also a fairly comprehensive notes section, as well as a small section on different spice blends.</div>
Finished reading Call of the Bone Ships
Finished reading The Folded Sky
Rated Spread Me 8/10
Pretty weird and well written. It's short which works well for the story as it didn't need to be longer. I feel like some people might like this a lot more than I did.
Finished reading Kallocain
Rated Zen and the Art of Archery 10/10
Edited 79d ago
What happens in the brain when we read #books?
In an fMRI study, #reading a #novel was associated with measurable changes in resting-state brain connectivity, with some effects persisting for several days.
A good #book does not just pass through us — for a while, it may actually change how the #brain is functioning.
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Edited 175d ago
Ender’s Game is a brilliant #ScienceFiction about relationships - brothers and sisters, children and adults, group dynamics… and #loneliness
A war that begins because they cannot simply talk to each other.
And love for the enemy, without which true victory is impossible.
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Rated Master! Nemesis Express 7/10
<div>Not the strongest of all the various Master offerings, but still a good one. Eric Roberts being the one American version of this character continues to amuse, and Vienna is growing on me.</div>
Rated mental_floss: The Book: The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory 8/10
If nothing else, <i>Mental_Floss: The Book</i> is excellent material for the trivia nerd in your life, and I'm sure I will be using the site's future lists to badger unsuspecting relatives and Facebook/Twitter friends.<br><br>For super awesome facts and the use of an interrobang, my full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/12/mentalfloss-book-only-greatest-lists-in.html">Glorified Love Letters.</a>
Finished reading Moxyland
Rated As You Wake, Break the Shell 10/10
Very well done and the relationship between the two main characters is very realistic and also heartwarming. The rorqual is also interesting, an original kind of alien being and its relationship with one of the main human characters is an entertaining part of the book.