Joel A finished reading Real tigers by Mick Herron (Slough House, #3)
London’s Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of …
Interesting but not as good as the start of the series
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Joel A wants to read Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
National Book Award for fiction, 2022
Joel A reviewed All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See is a 2014 war novel written by American author …
Simply extraordinary
5 stars
I was a bit skeptical of the buzz when this came out. It sounded weird. But, turns out it was just as good as the reviews - humane, interesting and thought-provoking.
I was a bit skeptical of the buzz when this came out. It sounded weird. But, turns out it was just as good as the reviews - humane, interesting and thought-provoking.
Joel A rated The Prodigal Daughter: 3 stars
Joel A reviewed The Strange Career of William Ellis by Karl Jacoby
Review of 'The Strange Career of William Ellis' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
More of a 3.5*. Academic history, replete with many endnotes, but still accessible. An interesting look at how race has been constructed in America, and one Black man’s remarkable success as passing, not as white, but as Mexican.
Joel A reviewed The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of …
Review of "The Queen's Gambit" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A n interesting read, although I think, tbh, that the TV series was more dramatic. There was, if memory serves, a less dramatic ending. But the character was very interesting and the setting very evocative, and, as with the series. It did an amazing job of bringing the cerebral gymnastics of chess to life.
Joel A rated The Glass Hotel: 4 stars
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the …
Joel A rated The Dawn of Everything: 4 stars
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow
The renowned activist and public intellectual David Graeber teams up with the professor of comparative archaeology David Wengrow to deliver …
Joel A rated All the light we cannot see: 5 stars
All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See is a 2014 war novel written by American author Anthony Doerr. Set in World …
Joel A rated The secret life of the American musical: 4 stars
Joel A rated Cloud Cuckoo Land: 5 stars
Joel A rated Changing Planes: 5 stars
Joel A rated The Sirens of Titan: 4 stars
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan is a comic science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., first published in 1959. His second …
Joel A rated Dead Lions: 4 stars
