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Rated Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama 10/10

Rated Spare 8/10

<div>After reading the Britney memoir, I thought <em>May as well read the OTHER most talked about memoir from this year</em>, and I thought it might be similar to Britney's in that most of the WTF moments would have been covered already in the press. But no! TOO MUCH WTF TO BE HAD HERE.<br><br>Now, obviously, Harry is still going to have his blind spots, and therapy at this stage will have only unraveled so much (since there is SO, SO MUCH to unravel), but he does try to be fair about himself and the circumstances in which he was raised. It really does say a lot that him being sent to an active war zone during his military service felt like a welcome break from his usual life.<br><br>Anyway, I'm definitely no royalist, but I've often thought that the life must be strange to experience, no matter how close to wearing the crown you are, and this book confirmed that. It's definitely worth a library read.</div>

Finished reading Fathomfolk

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Rated Reaper Man 9/10

Rated Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump 10/10

De twee journalisten kwamen heel dichtbij Trump en zijn team. Gesprekken zijn letterlijk opgeschreven. Afgezien van de corruptie is het schrikbarend om te zien hoe hij op zijn gevoel beslissingen neemt en alle advies van experts in de wind slaat. De experts durven geen tegengas te geven en laten hem zijn gang gaan. <br/>Je wordt niet blij van dit boek maar het is het waanzinnig om alles van zo dichtbij mee te maken. <br/>Het eerdere boek van Haberman over Trump is ook de moeite waard, trouwens.

Wants to read Felt in the Jaw

Rated My Year of Rest and Relaxation 6/10

I was fascinated by this story and wondering how it would all shake out, especially since this revolves around a person who spends most of her time asleep. It's both unpleasant and depressing, but almost in a good way? Certainly, this book is hard to describe, and though it wasn't entirely the one for me (and perhaps an unwise choice to read in the dregs of January), I still really respect what Moshfegh did here.

Shel Silverstein is famous for his children’s poetry and illustrations.

In poem Lazy Jane the word "rain" hovers just above Jane’s open mouth, as the string of words above it seems to represent the trickle of water she longs for.

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Rated Schaduwzijde 6/10

Rated Q: A Novel 6/10

Reading this book, I did not fall headlong like the narrator does with Q, or like he does in describing his latest plans for a book. It's a bit funny, but it also made me think, "Oh good lord, would we just get to how this resolves instead of watching him flail?" Still, that need to know what happens never goes away, and for that reason, I kept going. I read it while on vacation, and for airplane/hotel reading, it's a worthy distraction. Yes, it's a bit heavy-handed with the symbolism, but part of me suspects that it's done in a farcical way. Not being able to tell was annoying, even though I wanted to keep reading. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this book. Was I more patient with its faults because I was on vacation?<br><br><i>Would I feel differently if I were able to go back and read it under different circumstances?</i><br><br>Oh, I see what you did there, Mandery. Everything comes back the nagging concept of Choice.<br><br>(My full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/11/q-by-evan-mandery.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)

Wants to read How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women

Rated Geld genoeg, maar niet voor jou 8/10

What's stronger than "Strongly Agree" 😜😂

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Completly misunderstanding how society works is what tech bros do best! 😂

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But if I have a choice I prefer in the bath, the massage chair, the couch, and the bed in that order... 😁

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Perhaps not the Magic System we need, but the Magic System we deserve! 😜😂

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I know some people say they don't read speculative fiction because it's "not realistic" well guess what 😜😂

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Rated The Price of Salt: Or, Carol 10/10

God this was good. Easily, EASILY one of my favorite things I've read this year, and it just might have a spot in my Favorites of All Time. Patricia Highsmith is one of my favorite authors, but somehow I'd let myself go far too long without reading this book. With its adaptation, <i>Carol</i>, out this year (starring another long time love of mine, Cate Blanchett), I finally devoured it. It's so good. SO GOOD. All my favorite elements — love, lust, loneliness, and longing. Read it.<br><br>(See the rest of my Top 10 Favorites for 2015 at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2015/12/glorified-love-letters-top-10-favorite.html%22">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)

Rated The Starlite Drive-In 8/10

Finished reading The Membranes

Rated High Fidelity 6/10

Rated The Acme Novelty Library, Issue 20, 2010: Lint 10/10

Rated Bag of Bones 6/10

Rated De wei: het ritme van een landje 8/10

Genoten van dit boek. Zeker naar het eind toe wanneer ze veranderingen op de wei beschrijft. Daarbij kreeg ik door de doorleefde waarnemingen Nescio in gedachten. <br/><br/>Verder is het een aanrader voor wie zich niet bewust is van de veranderingen/kaalslag in het Nederlandse landschap door veeteelt en landbouw<br/><br/>Niet dat Maaike de Lange geen begrip heeft voor de belangen van de agrarische industrie (haar buren) maar ze heeft in haar hart méér oog voor wat we in dit tijdsgewricht allemaal aan het verliezen zijn. <br/><br/>Biodiversiteit is Leven! <br/><br/>Gelukkig dat er mensen zijn die zich bekommeren om natuurbeheer zonder winstoogmerk.<br/><br/>Boek verkrijgbaar bij knnvuitgeverij.nl voor €10