moftasa rated The fault in our stars: 4 stars
The fault in our stars by John Green
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy …
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moftasa rated Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Trilogy, No 5): 4 stars
Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Trilogy, No 5) by Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Trilogy of Five, #5)
In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on …
moftasa rated Life, the Universe and Everything: 3 stars
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982, ISBN 0-345-39182-9) is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy …
moftasa rated The Universe of Douglas Adams: 5 stars
Douglas Adams: The Universe of Douglas Adams (Paperback, 1989, Pocket Books)
The Universe of Douglas Adams by Douglas Adams
Contains:
- The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- [The Restaurant at the End of the Universe][2]
- …
moftasa reviewed The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's …
Review of "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a 1997 British Fantasy Award nominee. It was first released …
moftasa rated Soul Music: 3 stars
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #16)
'This is a story about sex and drugs and Music With Rocks In. Well… …one out of three ain’t bad.' …
moftasa rated Reaper Man: 4 stars
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #11)
Reaper Man is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1991, it is the 11th Discworld novel …
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.
moftasa reviewed The Stand by Stephen King
One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the …
Review of 'The Stand' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
This is the first Stephen King novel I read. It is quite an enormous book with very good character development and loads of suspense. I liked all the travels that the characters had to make, that was enjoyable and the first half of the book was excellent. That's about it and if all of King's novels are like that it is probably going to be my last. As soon as the book took a sharp turn into parapsychology, hypnosis and telepathy I stopped enjoying it and I was only reading it to know what will happen to the protagonists. I don't have anything to add to what others here have said in regards to the racist parts in the book, problems in the female characters and the two-dimensional and comical representation of evil characters.
This is the first Stephen King novel I read. It is quite an enormous book with very good character development and loads of suspense. I liked all the travels that the characters had to make, that was enjoyable and the first half of the book was excellent. That's about it and if all of King's novels are like that it is probably going to be my last. As soon as the book took a sharp turn into parapsychology, hypnosis and telepathy I stopped enjoying it and I was only reading it to know what will happen to the protagonists. I don't have anything to add to what others here have said in regards to the racist parts in the book, problems in the female characters and the two-dimensional and comical representation of evil characters.
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor …
Review of 'The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This is an incredible book. One of the best biographies I've ever read. Enormous amount of research and great writing brings to life the amazing story of Henrietta Lacks and her cells.
This is an incredible book. One of the best biographies I've ever read. Enormous amount of research and great writing brings to life the amazing story of Henrietta Lacks and her cells.
moftasa rated Cang ying wang: 4 stars
William Golding: Cang ying wang (Chinese language, 2011, Ying shu Weijing qun dao shang Gao bao guo ji you xian gong si Taiwan fen gong si)
Cang ying wang by William Golding (Wen xue xin xiang xi lie = -- Literature new vision -- 181)
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
We (Russian: Мы, romanized: My) is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, written 1920–1921. It was first published …
In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's former finance minister …
Review of 'Talking to My Daughter about the Economy' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Finally a book about economics that I can understand. May have benefited from footnotes pointing out which theories are being discussed. But certainly a very accessible introduction to the economy of the current world of market society, how it came about and where it might lead us to.