smashClock rated The Hunger Games: 5 stars
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see …
Solid---good book. Kind of reminded me of The Interestings.
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Used to read a ton as a kid and sort of stopped when I started adulting. Now I'm starting to get back into it!
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smashClock rated The Goldfinch: 4 stars
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel …
smashClock rated A Fine Balance: 5 stars
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the …
smashClock rated Memoirs of a Geisha: 5 stars
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions …
smashClock rated The Magicians: 5 stars
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
"Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to …
smashClock rated Cutting for Stone: 4 stars
smashClock rated The Martian: 5 stars
The Martian by Andy Weir
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one …
smashClock rated Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1): 5 stars
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, …
smashClock rated The Magician'S Land: 5 stars
smashClock rated The Magician King (The Magicians, #2): 5 stars
The Magician King (The Magicians, #2) by Lev Grossman
The Magician King is a new adult fantasy novel by Lev Grossman, published in 2011 by Viking Press, the sequel …
smashClock rated From Sand and Ash: 5 stars
In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners …
Solid book
smashClock rated A Discovery of Witches: 1 star
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah E. Harkness
An epic, richly inventive, historically sweeping, magical romance.
When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, …
smashClock reviewed In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt …
One of the best books
5 stars
Great, great book. I read it a long time ago, but it's a book I definitely recommend to others. Grabs you and pulls you in. It was recommended to me by an English major. A historical thriller.