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13 October 201428 October 2020|by jbraineThe Bone Clocks (Audiobook)

Some books really seem to narrow the gap between short stories, novellas, and novels. Take George Saunders’ Tenth of December, the off-kilter dystopian world these short stories are set in give it a combined narrative that makes it seem very...

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05 August 201428 October 2020|by We are all completely beside ourselves (Audiobook)

I really enjoyed this. In fact I always seem to enjoy books that feature quirky families. And it doesn't get much quirkier than a girl who grows up with a chimpanzee for a sister. Karen Joy Fowler is a very...

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29 July 201429 July 2014|by John Braine – The Vodi (Paperback)

I've read a couple of John Braine books just for the namesake. But The Vodi sits just below my favourite book, The Wasp Factory, in a top ten by John Harrison*. Funnily I just did a search for this top ten...

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25 July 201428 October 2020|by Silas Marner – Audiobook & Kindle

I don't have a good track record with ye old classics. I've found a lot of them quite dated, regardless of how ahead of their time some of them once we're. And others are just a bit too... stiff &...

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09 May 201409 May 2014|by Doctor Sleep (Audiobook)

Like a lot of young readers, I grew up reading lots and lots of Stephen King. Then I found myself tiring of the genre. And then I starting thinking a lot of his books were, to be blunt: shit. “Nightmares...

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25 April 201428 October 2020|by Open, by Andre Agassi (Audiobook)

I heard a lot of good things about Open, Andre Agassi’s autobiography. And right from the opening pages I thought wow, this is great. Agassi is a really good writer, with interesting thoughts, and a fascinating life, which makes for...

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07 April 201425 April 2014|by A few quick reviews

Tampa, by Alissa Nutting (Audiobook) Celeste Price became a teacher with the sole purpose of seducing teenage students. I usually roll my eyes when I hear people complaining that a book is controversial just for the sake of controversy, but...

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20 February 201420 February 2014|by Beautiful Ruins

Beautiful ruins (Audiobook) Written by Walter Jess Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini I said it before and I'll say it again: I love a good dose of contrast in books. Beautiful Ruins contrasts between the charms of a small Italian coastal...

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22 January 201428 October 2020|by Swimming home (on Kindle)

Is it a bear? is it a plane? No! It's Kitty fucking Finch and she's in your swimming pool. The poet Joe Jacobs is relaxing in a villa in France with his family and friends, when a naked girl appears...

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15 January 201415 January 2014|by I can stop hating Apple so much

I've started noticing the appearance of some Android apps that I can't install on my phone. It turns out that the OS on my phone won't be getting any further updates. http://www.neowin.net/news/htc-officially-stops-one-s-updates-barely-a-year-after-launch This has been driving me crazy with the...