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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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) | title Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(Harry Potter, #7) | author Rowling, J.K. | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 759pp | avg rating 4.62 | num ratings 3,845,143 | date pub Jul 21, 2007 | date pub edition Jul 21, 2007 | russell'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 picked this up again having been inspired by a trip to Harry Potter world, and I'm amazed how much more balanced it is. The annoying teenage moans o I picked this up again having been inspired by a trip to Harry Potter world, and I'm amazed how much more balanced it is. The annoying teenage moans of Half-Blood Prince have faded and there are more nuances and a denser story than I remembered when I speed-read it on publication in 2007 to beat my friend Kendra.Also, Snape's death and his memories are probably the best written sections of all the novels. Final chapter is still duff, mind.[1st read 1 July 2007]Last chapter aside, top ending although how JK (like i'm a close personal friend) managed to plan all that out a bazillion years ago I have no idea....Merged review:I picked this up again having been inspired by a trip to Harry Potter world, and I'm amazed how much more balanced it is. The annoying teenage moans of Half-Blood Prince have faded and there are more nuances and a denser story than I remembered when I speed-read it on publication in 2007 to beat my friend Kendra.Also, Snape's death and his memories are probably the best written sections of all the novels. Final chapter is still duff, mind.[1st read 1 July 2007]Last chapter aside, top ending although how JK (like i'm a close personal friend) managed to plan all that out a bazillion years ago I have no idea.... ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 2 | date started not set not set | date read Jul 2007 not set | date added Jul 28, 2023 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) | title A Study in Scarlet(Sherlock Holmes, #1) | author Doyle, Arthur Conan | isbn 0140439080 | isbn13 9780140439083 | asin 0140439080 | num pages 144pp | avg rating 4.14 | num ratings 462,449 | date pub Dec 27, 1887 | date pub edition Oct 01, 2001 | russell'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 Perhaps not as absorbing as the later Holmes stories, and the middle section is a bit odd: We start off with Watson's reminiscences about meeting Holm Perhaps not as absorbing as the later Holmes stories, and the middle section is a bit odd: We start off with Watson's reminiscences about meeting Holmes, then it skips to an unnamed narrator waffling on about the Mormons who Arthur Conan Doyle clearly thought were evil, before picking back up with Watson again.Still, a pretty darn good way of wasting time by the pool whilst the milos have his afternoon snooze. Incidentally, this was one of the free Penguin classics in the nice two-tone livery given away with The Times. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 2 | date started not set not set | date read Aug 22, 2009 not set | date added Jun 20, 2023 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality | title How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality | author Rutherford, Adam | isbn 1474611257 | isbn13 9781474611251 | asin 1474611257 | num pages 224pp | avg rating 3.90 | num ratings 6,205 | date pub Feb 06, 2020 | date pub edition Feb 04, 2021 | russell'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 1 | date started May 24, 2021 | date read not set | date added May 24, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Purple Cloud (Penguin Classics) | title The Purple Cloud | author Shiel, M.P. | isbn 0141196424 | isbn13 9780141196428 | asin 0141196424 | num pages 295pp | avg rating 3.39 | num ratings 1,719 | date pub 1901 | date pub edition Nov 27, 2012 | russell's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Completely mad. A sprawling, often impenetrable Victorian first person narrative about the end of the world in which a Polar explorer is the only surv Completely mad. A sprawling, often impenetrable Victorian first person narrative about the end of the world in which a Polar explorer is the only survivor. The text naturally falls into 3 sections: The trip to the North Pole, the return and Jeffson's wanderings around the globe and without giving too much away, his being driven Westwards. The first is the most successful, mainly because it's the more coherent section, setting up much of the story and themes to come. From that point on Shiel's naturally, let's say florid style goes into overdrive, and you fall into a densely-packed, hyperbolic world of odd-ball science, Biblical references and in-jokes delivered by the least sympathetic (and sadly only) character in the book.What interest there is in modern parallels of the world being wiped out by a natural disaster, followed by unseasonable weather, are drowned by Jeffson's utter wankery - including hints of necrophilia - and Shiel's own paedophilic tendencies and belief in seances.On the upside, John Sutherland's notes and intro are flat-out the funniest I've ever seen in a Penguin Classic. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started May 13, 2021 | date read May 22, 2021 | date added May 13, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Red Leech (Young Sherlock Holmes, #2) | title Red Leech(Young Sherlock Holmes, #2) | author Lane, Andrew | isbn 0330511998 | isbn13 9780330511995 | asin B00J8X97J0 | num pages 339pp | avg rating 3.91 | num ratings 4,120 | date pub Oct 2010 | date pub edition 2010 | russell's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Not a bad addition to the growth industry of prequels and imaginings what the childhood of famous characters might have been like. It's fairly action- Not a bad addition to the growth industry of prequels and imaginings what the childhood of famous characters might have been like. It's fairly action-packed and Lane weaves through Holme's teenage adventure some beginnings of future character traits, in this addition it's learning the violin and beginning to appreciate the investigative value of distinct tattoos. I was slightly underwhelmed though, things worked out too easily and the creature of the title promises much but actually only makes about 2 appearances, playing a minimal part in this American Civil War-themed intrigue. Okay at best. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started May 04, 2021 | date read May 12, 2021 | date added May 06, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Dancers in Mourning (Albert Campion Mystery #9) | title Dancers in Mourning(Albert Campion Mystery #9) | author Allingham, Margery | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 284pp | avg rating 3.96 | num ratings 2,066 | date pub 1937 | date pub edition 1960 | russell's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I'll keep trying, but I don't really get on with Margery Allingham. The elements are all there - posh detective, comedy sidekick, country house murder I'll keep trying, but I don't really get on with Margery Allingham. The elements are all there - posh detective, comedy sidekick, country house murders, police at a loss - I think it's her style which I struggle with.Not that Golden Age writing is particularly replete with warm characterisation and in-depth scene-setting, but Allingham seems to use even less paint to bring her stock characters and settings to life, relying on the reader to do a lot of the heavy lifting. Obviously this is one of the joys of reading, but with her I constantly find myself internally crying out for more description or colour. Dancers in Mourning takes this to the nth degree as for most of it (it turns out) Campion is wrestling with a couple of mental issues, one is obvious but the other drags on with mild hints but no actual substantial clues until the end. It's infuriating. Further minus points for the inclusion of a lovely big map estate (usually a great sign in a murder mystery), but which has almost zero use as the location of people in the grounds isn't really a thing at all. To be fair though, that probably 1930s Penguin's fault rather than Margery's. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Apr 24, 2021 | date read May 03, 2021 | date added Apr 27, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain | title Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain | author Sanghera, Sathnam | isbn 0241445299 | isbn13 9780241445297 | asin 0241445299 | num pages 306pp | avg rating 4.10 | num ratings 7,454 | date pub Jan 28, 2021 | date pub edition Jan 01, 2021 | russell'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 Mar 23, 2021 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The story of the Goons | title The story of the Goons | author Draper, Alfred | isbn 0905018257 | isbn13 9780905018256 | asin 0905018257 | num pages 192pp | avg rating 4.25 | num ratings 4 | date pub Jan 01, 1977 | date pub edition Jan 01, 1976 | russell'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 Mar 21, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship | title The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship | author Pullman, Philip | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 160pp | avg rating 3.60 | num ratings 1,121 | date pub May 30, 2017 | date pub edition Jun 2017 | russell'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 None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Mar 20, 2021 | date read Mar 20, 2021 | date added Mar 21, 2021 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | title The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | author Lewis, Roger | isbn 0099747006 | isbn13 9780099747000 | asin 0099747006 | num pages 1,184pp | avg rating 3.66 | num ratings 218 | date pub 1994 | date pub edition Feb 16, 1995 | russell'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 Whilst an undeniable slog to get through, Lewis' paen to Peter Sellers is fascinating, not least because he flat-out ignores the usual rules of biogra Whilst an undeniable slog to get through, Lewis' paen to Peter Sellers is fascinating, not least because he flat-out ignores the usual rules of biographical form and structure.This is not a linear exploration of Sellers' life, rather it's a hugely, nerdily-detailed fevered fanboy unpacking of the things Lewis is obsessed by about the comedian, seemingly picked at random as Lewis makes mental connections.This is in itself difficult Lewis presupposes you are also a cultist to the Church of Sellers, so spends most of the 1000+ pages theorising about a handful of films very few people have seen and digging into various theories about Sellers' psychology. To add to the confusion, Lewis weaves in plenty of amusing digressions and quotations, not necessarily linked to the task in hand, random (and lengthy) footnotes and comedy sniping at other biographers throughout. He's basically Comic Guy from The Simpsons, which puts the casual Sellars' fan who might only have heard of him via The Goons and The Pink Panther, at a huge disadvantage. Weeks of reading later, I still only have a vague understanding of how Sellers rose to fame, and what was going when (and incredibly I've seen the film which was based on the book). I do however, now want to dig out some of the more esoteric films Lewis raves about so maybe it wasn't as bad as I thought? ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started Mar 11, 2021 | date read Apr 23, 2021 | date added Mar 11, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Arsenic For Tea (Murder Most Unladylike, #2) | title Arsenic For Tea(Murder Most Unladylike, #2) | author Stevens, Robin * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B01B3ZGP0E | num pages 243pp | avg rating 4.25 | num ratings 12,885 | date pub Jan 29, 2015 | date pub edition Feb 25, 2016 | russell'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 I know the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries are kids books, but they are brilliant reads if you're a lover of the golden age crime novels. Stevens has I know the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries are kids books, but they are brilliant reads if you're a lover of the golden age crime novels. Stevens has a magpie eye for the details of classic crime fiction and the rules underpinning it all, translating (I'm guessing) her love for the greats into turbo charged Christie-esque capers populated by richly drawn characters, suspense and vaudevillian comedy. Having said that, I suspect she likes Dotty L Sayers more due to the array of Lord Peter references which litter the first books...This time round Daisy and Hazel solve a classic locked house conundrum that's closer to home for Daisy than she'd like. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Mar 07, 2021 | date read Mar 11, 2021 | date added Mar 07, 2021 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) | title The Big Sleep(Philip Marlowe, #1) | author Chandler, Raymond | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 220pp | avg rating 3.95 | num ratings 159,945 | date pub Feb 06, 1939 | date pub edition unknown | russell'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 Really enjoyed this. As fast paced, gritty and grimy as you'd expect from the king of hard boiled detective fiction. The sun-baked Hollywood hills and Really enjoyed this. As fast paced, gritty and grimy as you'd expect from the king of hard boiled detective fiction. The sun-baked Hollywood hills and seamy bars populated with cast of thugs, gangsters and marks are all in place, but Chandler is also unexpectedly more modern in how he deals with the LGBT characters as well as having a relatively strong female character.Need to dig out the Bogart and Bacall version now. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Feb 14, 2021 | date read Feb 20, 2021 | date added Feb 16, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Big Show: The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War II (Cassell Military Paperbacks) | title The Big Show: The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War II | author Clostermann, Pierre | isbn 0304366242 | isbn13 9780304366248 | asin 0304366242 | num pages 384pp | avg rating 4.57 | num ratings 3,421 | date pub 1948 | date pub edition Feb 01, 2007 | russell's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Interesting counterpoint to Antony Beevor's D-Day: The Battle for Normandy which I recently read, particularly around the difference in the perception Interesting counterpoint to Antony Beevor's D-Day: The Battle for Normandy which I recently read, particularly around the difference in the perception of how effective aircraft were in destroying tanks and trains, and the post-war evidence.Outside of this (completely accidental) nerdery, I enjoyed this quickfire, personal read. Culled from Clostermann's wartime diaries, it's surprisingly modern narrative of his experience of combat flying during WW2 but majoring on the slow mental wellbeing erosion as the missions and deaths pile up rather than glorification of dogfights, given it was published in 1951. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Feb 08, 2021 | date read Mar 14, 2021 | date added Feb 08, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover D-Day: The Battle for Normandy | title D-Day: The Battle for Normandy | author Beevor, Antony | isbn 0140285865 | isbn13 9780140285864 | asin 0140285865 | num pages 590pp | avg rating 4.18 | num ratings 11,603 | date pub Jul 01, 2009 | date pub edition 2012 | russell'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 Bulky tomes on war appeal to a certain clientele, and I'm guessing the majority of this group aren't actually studying A-Level or degree history. Ther Bulky tomes on war appeal to a certain clientele, and I'm guessing the majority of this group aren't actually studying A-Level or degree history. There's also a sub-set who may have had a background in reading Commando comics growing up and endless repeats of Alistair McLean adaptations. Both of which are oddly applicable to Beevor's writing. Whilst his books are forensically detailed, with a host of primary and secondary evidence liberally cited (and D-Day is no different), he's also an excellent story-teller. Rather than getting bogged down in the technicalities of hardware specifications and tactical theory, he takes a human approach to his writing. Okay there are (many many) maps and the usual glossary of military units and further appendices on his website for the really committed, but what drives the narrative is his use of diary entries and recollections to tie together and breathe life and into the structure of official campaign reports and signals, animating history into an absorbing story rather than a dry lecture. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Feb 03, 2021 | date read Feb 12, 2021 | date added Feb 03, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover How to Fail | title How to Fail | author Day, Elizabeth | isbn 0008327335 | isbn13 9780008327330 | asin 0008327335 | num pages 352pp | avg rating 3.95 | num ratings 12,750 | date pub Apr 04, 2019 | date pub edition Apr 04, 2019 | russell'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 I'm on the fence with this one.Day writes movingly about when things have gone wrong in her life, how she got there and did (or did not) cope, drawing I'm on the fence with this one.Day writes movingly about when things have gone wrong in her life, how she got there and did (or did not) cope, drawing parallels with the interviews from her podcast in which celebrities talk about their failures to unpack learnings from these situations.It's nicely done and Day is a very good writer and journalist, so I think my niggle is one of editing.In my opinion I think what's slightly off is the front-loading of stories from Day's friends, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Dolly Alderton. It's like the marketing team have clocked who are the current movers and shakers and got them in early as a nod to the zeitgeist. Although their stories are interesting and well told, the effect left me a bit disengaged in the face of privately-educated, middle class, Oxbridge graduates whose first jobs happen to be in major newspapers complaining about their lives. I've overstated this, and it is a minor thing, because the sum is an interesting read, but it does mean it takes a while to start to emphasise. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started Jan 27, 2021 | date read Feb 2021 | date added Jan 27, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Collected Poems | title Collected Poems | author Masefield, John | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0DLT9RDS4 | num pages 958pp | avg rating 4.50 | num ratings 2 | date pub 1923 | date pub edition 1935 | russell'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 1 | date started Jan 19, 2021 | date read not set | date added Jan 19, 2021 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Cossacks, The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Happy Ever After | title The Cossacks, The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Happy Ever After | author Tolstoy, Leo | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 334pp | avg rating 4.07 | num ratings 86 | date pub 1960 | date pub edition 1960 | russell'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 Tolstoy's hard, right? Big Russian books with angsty, morose stories, populated by characters with hard to remember names that have something to do wi Tolstoy's hard, right? Big Russian books with angsty, morose stories, populated by characters with hard to remember names that have something to do with either their mother or their father's family name, plus diminutive plus nicknames. The reality is far from the truth because Tolstoy has such a light touch to his writing. Yes there are big themes (LIFE! LOVE! DEATH!) but his writing is so beautifully, accessibly clear and his characters are so vibrant, often ridiculous, the sense of reading great literature is swiftly forgotten in the swirl of a fab story populated by engaging protagonists. The Cossacks, telling the story of a young aristocrat who flees society to save money, winding up as a military cadet on the borders of Chechnya, is the best of the three. Featuring a cast of comic countryfolk showing up the aristo from the city's ideals as nothing more than idle dreams, it also contains an early showcase of Tolstoy's skill at writing about man's place in nature, later beautifully replayed in Levin's hunting and working in his fields in Anna Karenina.The names remain a royal pain in the arse though. Particularly as two of the Cossacks have virtually the same name. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Jan 13, 2021 | date read Jan 26, 2021 | date added Jan 18, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Covent Garden Ladies | title The Covent Garden Ladies | author Rubenhold, Hallie * | isbn 1784165956 | isbn13 9781784165956 | asin 1784165956 | num pages 432pp | avg rating 3.69 | num ratings 2,068 | date pub Apr 01, 2005 | date pub edition Oct 29, 2020 | russell'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 Jan 05, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1) | title Murder Most Unladylike(Murder Most Unladylike, #1) | author Stevens, Robin * | isbn 0552570729 | isbn13 9780552570725 | asin 0552570729 | num pages 350pp | avg rating 4.03 | num ratings 24,393 | date pub Jun 05, 2014 | date pub edition Jun 05, 2014 | russell'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 Robin Stevens' books are the perfect gateway drug for kids, gently tempting them in with a sniff of crime before hooking them with some subliminal Wim Robin Stevens' books are the perfect gateway drug for kids, gently tempting them in with a sniff of crime before hooking them with some subliminal Wimsey before they hit the hard stuff and start shooting up Marple in the library. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Jan 03, 2021 | date read Jan 11, 2021 | date added Jan 05, 2021 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Meditations | title Meditations | author Marcus Aurelius | isbn 0143036270 | isbn13 9780143036272 | asin 0143036270 | num pages 170pp | avg rating 4.28 | num ratings 277,572 | date pub 180 | date pub edition Sep 06, 2005 | russell'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 Had to rediscover my philosophy degree eyes to start with as this style of discourse isn't the most immediately accessible, but once you've embraced t Had to rediscover my philosophy degree eyes to start with as this style of discourse isn't the most immediately accessible, but once you've embraced the discourse, Marcus' self-help notes are eminently readable. I read a book a night, but it's also a really appealing book to dip in and out of, particularly as he revisits and refines his Stoic doctrine through each of the books and clauses. It's also worth digging out The Happy Reader magazine's edition on it, which has some interesting background notes on the text and it's modern-day applications. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Dec 30, 2020 | date read Jan 17, 2021 | date added Dec 31, 2020 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | |

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