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Keep a record of all the books you have read.fetcheveryone's Book List
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- 7Abandoned
| 2023 [12 books] | |||
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| 5 |
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir Nov 2023 CURRENT
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100 pages left... hoping it doesn't fluff the finale. | |
| 4 |
Why I Write
George Orwell Nov 2023 COMPLETED
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Contains various other essays. Some views a bit dated, but contains his famous six rules for writing. Enjoyable. | |
| 4 |
Big Beacon
Alan Partridge Nov 2023 COMPLETED
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Non-Accidental Partridge. Plot not required. | |
| 4 |
Fibber in the Heat
Miles Jupp Nov 2023 COMPLETED
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Miles pretends to be a cricket correspondent to blag his way onto the tour of India. Very enjoyable. | |
| 5 |
Zen The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Pirsig Oct 2023 CURRENT
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Quality. | |
| 5 |
The Satsuma Complex
Bob Mortimer Sep 2023 COMPLETED
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Easy to read, and easier to do so in Bobs voice. Good fun. | |
| 5 |
Terrortome
Garth Merenghi Sep 2023 COMPLETED
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Breaks the fourth wall frequently, is very self-referential, mocks the horror genre and is a very clever dig at authors with a sense of self-importance. Loved it. | |
| 3 |
A Wrinkle In Time
Madeleine L'Engle Jul 2023 COMPLETED
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Fun kids story. Read it because Roy Fking Kent read it. | |
| 2 |
Star Rover
Jack London Mar 2023 ABANDONED
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Dense print, too slow, and just didnt inspire me to continue. Abandoned at 85 pages. | |
| 4 |
The Murderers Ape
Jakob Wegelius Feb 2023 COMPLETED
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Lovely book, very easy to read. | |
| 4 |
Go Set A Watchman
Harper Lee Jan 2023 COMPLETED
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Uncomfortable reading on a difficult subject. A grown-up Scout returns home to find that the gods she looked up to when younger must be torn down. | |
| 3 |
Down To The Sea In Ships
Horatio Clare Jan 2023 COMPLETED
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Lots of interesting detail about life at sea. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect was the type and volume of goods that travel across the seas. A bit repetitive at times, and perhaps a bit long. | |
| 2022 [24 books] | |||
| 3 |
Post Office
Charles Bukowski Sep 2022 COMPLETED
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Mostly autobiographical and of its time. Similar vibe to On The Road etc. Not unenjoyable, but more a stream of consciousness than a novel. | |
| 2 |
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut Aug 2022 COMPLETED
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Felt a lot like meandering nonsense, with some uncomfortably aged descriptions. Has put me off any further Vonnegut. | |
| 4 |
Overtaken
Alexei Sayle Aug 2022 COMPLETED
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Enjoying so far. Hard not to read it in his voice. Bit disappointed with the ending, but will read more. | |
| 4 |
The Troop
Nick Cutter Aug 2022 COMPLETED
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Really gross, but very compelling. | |
| 4 |
When You are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris Aug 2022 COMPLETED
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Very good. It feels like all his other books, which is not a bad thing. | |
| 4 |
Under Milk Wood
Dylan Thomas Aug 2022 COMPLETED
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Quick read. Beautiful rich descriptions. My dad played Willy Nilly in our local amateur production, when I was too young to appreciate it. Loved it. | |
| 4 |
The Doors Of Perception
Aldous Huxley Jul 2022 COMPLETED
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Short book. Life as we know it is a convenient and simplified veneer covering the richness of experience. Drugs are good, mkay | |
| 4 |
Northern Lights
Philip Pulman Jul 2022 COMPLETED
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Great story, loved Lyra and Iorek :-) | |
| 3 |
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami Jul 2022 COMPLETED
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Compelling but an odd hollow feeling. Sentences have a strange crisp quality that feels a bit sanitised. Sartre-esque surreal logic leaves me mystified. | |
| 4 |
Release The Bats
DBC Pierre Jul 2022 COMPLETED
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Enjoyable whirlwind of useful advice and encouragement for writing. | |
| 4 |
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood Jul 2022 COMPLETED
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Another Atwood dystopia. Flashbacks to genetically modified animals growing six kidneys to become organ banks whilst in the new future, everyone is running around naked. Really enjoyable read. | |
| 1 |
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry Jul 2022 ABANDONED
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Book was in very heavy dense print, and I got through about ten pages before realising I didnt really know what was going on. | |
| 3 |
Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog
Dan Ariely Jul 2022 COMPLETED
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Very quick read. Collection of agony articles from The New Yorker. Fun to read, but was hoping for something a bit meatier. | |
| 5 |
The Terror
Dan Simmons Jul 2022 COMPLETED
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Yay, great read. The turning of the screw, as 100 men slowly succumb to Arctic ice. Brilliant! | |
| 4 |
No Logo
Naomi Klein Jun 2022 ABANDONED
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I may dip in and out, as it's weighty. But fascinating so far! UPDATE: Haven't been back to it. Clearly good, but I can't give it a 5 if I've not felt the pull. | |
| 3 |
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy Jun 2022 ABANDONED
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Enjoyed it, but had to give it back to the boy. | |
| 2 |
Scoop
Evelyn Waugh Jun 2022 ABANDONED
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Not grabbing me. | |
| 4 |
Night Watch
Terry Pratchett May 2022 COMPLETED
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Very Pratchett. Wondered if Id have benefited from reading more Vimes books in the right order. But worth it for the occasional beautiful turn of phrase. | |
| 3 |
American Pastoral
Philip Roth May 2022 COMPLETED
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Readable, but too rambling and introspective for my enjoyment. Perhaps thats why it took me so long to get through it. Glad its over. | |
| 4 |
The Call Of The Wild
Jack London Feb 2022 COMPLETED
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Nice story. Has stood up well to 120 years since it was written. Made me give my dog more hugs :-) | |
| 4 |
The Salt Path
Raynor Winn Jan 2022 COMPLETED
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An uplifting read, and eye-opening about homelessness. | |
| 1 |
A Passage To India
EM Forster Jan 2022 ABANDONED
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I really struggled to keep up with the number of characters and the cultural references. I don't feel great about that. | |
| 4 |
Hooked
Nir Eyal Jan 2022 COMPLETED
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Fascinating reading into how to encourage users to keep coming back to a website. To be used only for good purposes, not dark magic :-) | |
| 1 |
Neuromancer
William Gibson Jan 2022 ABANDONED
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Persisted for 50 pages, but there was too much tech-slang to stay on top of. | |
| 2021 [9 books] | |||
| 3 |
Red Pill
Hari Kunzru Dec 2021 COMPLETED
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Dark stuff. Mixed feelings. Lots of disconnects, weird jumps and streams of odd. Reminded me of Glamorama. | |
| 5 |
Vernon God Little
DBC Pierre Dec 2021 COMPLETED
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Really enjoyed. A few chapters needed to get to grips with the style, but a page turner from there on. Satisfying. | |
| 3 |
Smut
Alan Bennett Dec 2021 COMPLETED
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Two short stories - more like long anecdotes really. Ok, and fun to read it in his voice, but not a classic. | |
| 2 |
Titus Groan
Mervyn Peake Dec 2021 COMPLETED
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Too slow, too weird. I enjoyed Steerpike's plotting, but it was all too strange. | |
| 3 |
The Rapture Of The Nerds
Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow Oct 2021 COMPLETED
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Pretty good, although a bit floaty and lacking in places. Lots of future tech ideas to get used to. | |
| 3 |
Clochemerle
Gabriel Chevallier Aug 2021 COMPLETED
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Some nice dry observations on people and their vanities. | |
| 4 |
Yellow Blue Tibia
Adam Roberts Jul 2021 COMPLETED
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Pretty good. Funny. | |
| 3 |
The Ghost On The Grand Banks
Arthur C Clarke Feb 2021 COMPLETED
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Not bad. A few of the future tech ideas feel a bit dated, but also pretty decently accurate. | |
| 4 |
The Librarian of Auschwitz
Antonio Iturbe Jan 2021 COMPLETED
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Harrowing, but a useful read for some insights into just how horrific recent events were. | |