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| | # | cover | title | author | isbn | isbn13 | asin | pages | rating | ratings | pub | (ed.) | rating | my rating | review | notes | | comments | votes | count | started | read | addedDown arrow | | owned | | | format | | | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | --------------- | ------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | ------ | | | checkbox | position | cover Contagion and Other Stories | title Contagion and Other Stories | author Evenson, Brian | isbn 0982225245 | isbn13 9780982225240 | asin 0982225245 | num pages 138pp | avg rating 4.06 | num ratings 190 | date pub Jul 15, 2000 | date pub edition Sep 11, 2011 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 16, 2024 | date read Nov 16, 2024 | date added Nov 16, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Brat Farrar | title Brat Farrar | author Tey, Josephine | isbn 0684803852 | isbn13 9780684803852 | asin 0684803852 | num pages 288pp | avg rating 4.02 | num ratings 11,093 | date pub 1949 | date pub edition Sep 02, 1997 | Darwin8u's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Completely blown away by this. I recognize some strange magic that seems part Patricia Highsmith (Tey is definitely in Highsmith's DNA: Tey trotted so Completely blown away by this. I recognize some strange magic that seems part Patricia Highsmith (Tey is definitely in Highsmith's DNA: Tey trotted so that Highsmith could later gallop). But the novel also seems to play with that well-loved English novel centered around country manor. Just off the top of my head I think of: Brideshead Revisited, The Remains of the Day, Atonement; plus multiple novels by Austin, Forster, Bronte, etc. The writing was great. The characters were well-developed. It was a bit predictable, but not completely. I was a bit irritated at the ending. But those are my only too, light complaints. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 6 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 14, 2024 | date read Nov 15, 2024 | date added Nov 14, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) | title My Brilliant Friend(Neapolitan Novels, #1) | author Ferrante, Elena | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 331pp | avg rating 4.04 | num ratings 379,174 | date pub Oct 19, 2011 | date pub edition Sep 25, 2012 | Darwin8u's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 13, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover God: An Anatomy | title God: An Anatomy | author Stavrakopoulou, Francesca | isbn 0525520457 | isbn13 9780525520450 | asin 0525520457 | num pages 608pp | avg rating 4.26 | num ratings 1,328 | date pub Sep 16, 2021 | date pub edition Jan 25, 2022 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review A great structure to examine Western Asia, Judaism, and Christianity's early history of a corporeal God. Dr. Stavrakopoulou dives into her intense dis A great structure to examine Western Asia, Judaism, and Christianity's early history of a corporeal God. Dr. Stavrakopoulou dives into her intense dissection of God by examining religious writings looking at God's: Feet and Legs, Genitals, Torso, Arms and Hands, and Head. She gets right in there.I grew up a Mormon so the early view of God(s) having a real body wasn't a big stretch for me. But I was impressed with the depth and exactness of her vision and she examines in detail God the Father and Jesus and those Gods that came before. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 11 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 06, 2024 | date read Nov 13, 2024 | date added Nov 06, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Not One More Death | title Not One More Death | author Eno, Brian | isbn 184467116X | isbn13 9781844671168 | asin 184467116X | num pages 80pp | avg rating 3.93 | num ratings 75 | date pub Sep 17, 2006 | date pub edition Sep 17, 2006 | Darwin8u's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review God. Reading this 20+ years after the US and it's trusty side-kick the UK invaded Iraq is hard. Clearly, the world (and especially the US, UK and Isra God. Reading this 20+ years after the US and it's trusty side-kick the UK invaded Iraq is hard. Clearly, the world (and especially the US, UK and Israel) learned nothing in 20 years. Or perhaps, they did learn. Which is the shittiest reality of them all. Anyway, this small book contains 6 anti-war (specifically anti-2003 Iraq War) essays by: - Brian Eno- John LeCarre- Richard Dawkins- Maifa Zangana- Michael FaberI bought the book for the John LeCarre essay. I'm getting close to being a completist and wanted to grab a couple extra essays, short-stories, etc. Anyway, in for a penny, in for a pound. Which I guess is very British and very relevant to the US and UK's foreign policy. Each of these essays is a masterwork in anti-war writing. All different with different approaches, audiences, and directions; all angry. It feels VERY relevant with the UK and the US sending arms and money to Israel while more innocents are dying under us bombs and from US-made ammunition. The story goes on, the death toll increases, the enemy is inside the house. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 6 | votes 17 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 31, 2024 | date read Nov 04, 2024 | date added Oct 31, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction | title The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction | author Gwynn, David M. | isbn 0199595119 | isbn13 9780199595112 | asin 0199595119 | num pages 147pp | avg rating 4.02 | num ratings 654 | date pub Aug 30, 2012 | date pub edition Oct 25, 2012 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review A well-written and organized survey of the Roman Republic. Gwynn avoids getting bogged down and does a good job of balancing describing the Republic w A well-written and organized survey of the Roman Republic. Gwynn avoids getting bogged down and does a good job of balancing describing the Republic with analyzing the Republic. He also balances using the big primary sources: Livy, Polybius, Plutarch, and Cicero with many of the great academic historians of the Roman Republic. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 4 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 31, 2024 | date read Oct 31, 2024 | date added Oct 31, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover What is time? What is space? (I Dialoghi) | title What is time? What is space? | author Rovelli, Carlo | isbn 8883233026 | isbn13 9788883233029 | asin B0747QPF9N | num pages 80pp | avg rating 3.88 | num ratings 326 | date pub 2004 | date pub edition Nov 06, 2006 | Darwin8u's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 30, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness | title There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness | author Rovelli, Carlo | isbn | isbn13 | asin B084TF77N2 | num pages 224pp | avg rating 4.05 | num ratings 2,676 | date pub Nov 08, 2018 | date pub edition Nov 05, 2020 | Darwin8u's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 30, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Amnesia | title Amnesia | author Carey, Peter | isbn 0385352778 | isbn13 9780385352772 | asin 0385352778 | num pages 311pp | avg rating 2.82 | num ratings 2,346 | date pub 2014 | date pub edition Jan 13, 2015 | Darwin8u's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 30, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover A Long Way From Home | title A Long Way From Home | author Carey, Peter | isbn 0571338879 | isbn13 9780571338870 | asin 0571338879 | num pages 336pp | avg rating 3.50 | num ratings 3,640 | date pub Oct 30, 2017 | date pub edition Jan 09, 2018 | Darwin8u's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 29, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Dr. No | title Dr. No | author Everett, Percival | isbn 1644452081 | isbn13 9781644452080 | asin 1644452081 | num pages 262pp | avg rating 3.71 | num ratings 5,482 | date pub Nov 01, 2022 | date pub edition Nov 01, 2022 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review (Ian Fleming + Vonnegut) +/- J-P Sartre = 0Reads like a Vonnegut novel playing with the math and the philosophy of nothing, nadda, 0, ∅. The book is s (Ian Fleming + Vonnegut) +/- J-P Sartre = 0Reads like a Vonnegut novel playing with the math and the philosophy of nothing, nadda, 0, ∅. The book is set up like an Ian Fleming novel, but is absurd from the beginning to the end. No climax, of course, just nothing. Major targets are race, academia, government, and clearly the United States of Nothing. It was charming and silly, but not Everett's tightest work. But still, I hung around until there was, yup, nothing left to read. Also, Everett is a master at lyrics, poems and limericks. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 1 | votes 6 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 29, 2024 | date read Oct 30, 2024 | date added Oct 29, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Karla's Choice | title Karla's Choice | author Harkaway, Nick * | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 320pp | avg rating 4.27 | num ratings 739 | date pub Oct 24, 2024 | date pub edition Oct 22, 2024 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I’ve read most of both LeCarré and his son Harkaway. I was sad when LeCarré passed and surprised when Harkaway resurrected the reluctant Smiley. The b I’ve read most of both LeCarré and his son Harkaway. I was sad when LeCarré passed and surprised when Harkaway resurrected the reluctant Smiley. The book gives me a lot of hope for the future of Smiley, Etc. Harkaway might have been the only one with the dexterity and history to tackle this project with the precision and soul it deserved. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 14 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 25, 2024 | date read Oct 27, 2024 | date added Oct 25, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Anaximander: And the Birth of Science | title Anaximander: And the Birth of Science | author Rovelli, Carlo | isbn 0593542363 | isbn13 9780593542361 | asin 0593542363 | num pages 236pp | avg rating 4.08 | num ratings 1,716 | date pub Jan 01, 2005 | date pub edition Feb 28, 2023 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review "Science is the human adventure of accepting uncertainty, eploring ways of thinking about the world, and being ready to overturn any and all certainti _"Science is the human adventure of accepting uncertainty, eploring ways of thinking about the world, and being ready to overturn any and all certainties we have possessed to this point.. This is among the most beautiful of human adventures."_- Carlo Rovelli, Anaximander[image]I adore Carlo Rovelli. I've read most of his books. This one was great. It is a great book arguing that Anaximander was the Father of science. The first genius that attempted (often close, sometime wrong) to explain the natural world (the world, wind, earthquakes, etc) NOT through some god or gods act, but using natural explanations. I lived as a kid near Miletus in Turkey. The irony of traveling quite a bit as a kid was only fully appreciating places I've been fully years and years afterwards. Miletus was also, just a few years later, the home of Pythagorus. The 6th Century BCE was an intellectual banger in Western Turkey. Anyway, I adored the book. Not as poetic as some of his other books specifically on Physics, but the prose was fantastic (thanks also to the translator M. Rosenberg). ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 8 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 30, 2024 | date read Oct 30, 2024 | date added Oct 24, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover White Holes | title White Holes | author Rovelli, Carlo | isbn | isbn13 | asin 0593545443 | num pages 176pp | avg rating 4.09 | num ratings 4,247 | date pub Mar 03, 2023 | date pub edition Oct 31, 2023 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I adore Rovelli. He can mix quantum physics with Dante and Rilke. One chapter is almost formatted in stanzas like the Divine Comedy (which, by the way I adore Rovelli. He can mix quantum physics with Dante and Rilke. One chapter is almost formatted in stanzas like the Divine Comedy (which, by the way all 3-parts end with references to stars). Do I get it all, have I wrapped my head completely around what he's suggesting here. No. The closer I get to this idea, the slower my brain works. So, all is how it should be. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 5 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 24, 2024 | date read Oct 24, 2024 | date added Oct 24, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction | title Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction | author Blackmore, Susan J. | isbn 0192805851 | isbn13 9780192805850 | asin 0192805851 | num pages 160pp | avg rating 3.88 | num ratings 3,209 | date pub 2003 | date pub edition 2005 | Darwin8u's rating liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Lots of things to contemplate, but few definite answers. Do I think some animals (besides home egoist) possess some level of consciousness? Yes. Do I Lots of things to contemplate, but few definite answers. Do I think some animals (besides home egoist) possess some level of consciousness? Yes. Do I think language and executive function and consciousness are all coupled together? Also yes. Am I a dualist? Probably not, but it is easy to fall into that well-worn rut.Solidly works in communicating the basic space of what we know and just how much we don't know about consciousness. The book was OK. Just not sure I liked how it was structured, but also not sure how to structure this in a VSI that would be much different. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 1 | votes 13 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 20, 2024 | date read Oct 21, 2024 | date added Oct 21, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Message | title The Message | author Coates, Ta-Nehisi | isbn 0593230388 | isbn13 9780593230381 | asin 0593230388 | num pages 232pp | avg rating 4.57 | num ratings 8,470 | date pub Oct 01, 2024 | date pub edition Oct 01, 2024 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I think a lot of errors have been made my MSM trying to review this small book. They fear the last essay, but they lose the context of what he's sayin I think a lot of errors have been made my MSM trying to review this small book. They fear the last essay, but they lose the context of what he's saying in the essays before. This book works together. Essay 1: Is about the power of the word, of journalism, etc. Essay 2: Is essentially how Senegal, in the mind of Coates, his father, and other African Americans is a fantasy (the reality is not the dream that is held by many in the US). Essay 3 uses this framing to talk about 1) how the fact that MSM seldom lets Palestinians tell their own story fails all of us. We hear stories and myths about Palestine and Israel in narratives that are created by the MSM, by Israel, but almost never by the Palestinians themselves. Coates uses his own perspectives as a child of Jim Crowe era America to draw parallels with the Apartheid State that is Israel. He also recognizes that even using that framing is limited, because despite the parallels, the Palestinian story told by him is still being framed by an outsider (a sympathetic outsider, but an outsider nonetheless). He mostly delivers what he's trying to deliver. That message, however, gets lost because a lot of Zionists aren't ready to hear the reality of what the state of Israel is doing and a lot of the old colonial nations aren't ready to hear it either, because what is happening now in Israel and Palestine is a reflection of what colonial powers have always done: take land that belonged to someone else and dehumanize those that were living there before. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 4 | votes 40 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 19, 2024 | date read Oct 21, 2024 | date added Oct 19, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Playground | title Playground | author Powers, Richard | isbn 1324086033 | isbn13 9781324086031 | asin 1324086033 | num pages 381pp | avg rating 4.28 | num ratings 5,422 | date pub Sep 24, 2024 | date pub edition Sep 24, 2024 | Darwin8u's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Mixing games, multiple stories, and always a return to the Ocean, this book addresses AI, capitalism, and the environmental issues we are currently fa Mixing games, multiple stories, and always a return to the Ocean, this book addresses AI, capitalism, and the environmental issues we are currently facing. The story is cleverly done, gets really close to crossing a sentimental line, but mostly avoids that trap. This is a perfect compliment to Power's earlier novel The Overstory. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 2 | votes 20 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 18, 2024 | date read Oct 19, 2024 | date added Oct 18, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Bookmarked (Bookmarked, 8) | title Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Bookmarked(Bookmarked, 8) | author Evenson, Brian | isbn 1632460610 | isbn13 9781632460615 | asin 1632460610 | num pages 184pp | avg rating 4.47 | num ratings 95 | date pub Mar 23, 2018 | date pub edition Apr 17, 2018 | Darwin8u's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 15, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Good Night, Sleep Tight | title Good Night, Sleep Tight | author Evenson, Brian | isbn 1566897092 | isbn13 9781566897099 | asin 1566897092 | num pages 256pp | avg rating 4.24 | num ratings 185 | date pub Sep 10, 2024 | date pub edition Sep 10, 2024 | Darwin8u's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 15, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz | title Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz | author Davis, Dick | isbn 0143107283 | isbn13 9780143107286 | asin 0143107283 | num pages 285pp | avg rating 4.13 | num ratings 429 | date pub Sep 06, 2012 | date pub edition Aug 27, 2013 | Darwin8u's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Lovely. A book I will return to often. The three poets, while translated by the same man, each maintain a unique voice. I only wish I could read Hafez Lovely. A book I will return to often. The three poets, while translated by the same man, each maintain a unique voice. I only wish I could read Hafez and the rest in Persian. I feel like I'm getting only 2 of the 3 dimensions, but still I'm grateful for what these poems are and what they say. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 8 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 14, 2024 | date read Oct 15, 2024 | date added Oct 15, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | |

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