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DNF. Got 25% of the way through the book and found I didn’t care at all for the characters, the plot was boring, and there wasn’t much interesting in the story t...

Another good Bosch entry, with a fun mystery to keep you reading. The resolution to the mystery felt equal parts clever and convoluted, but it was an entertaining...

An interesting bit of historical fiction (fictional biography?) on the life of composer Dmitri Shostakovich under Communism and Stalinism. Not a happy read, but a...

An interesting read about a prolonged hostage situation and the relationships that can form between the hostages and the hostage takers.

There are some really cool ideas in this book (the way different alien species evolve, the use of black holes, all sorts of advanced weaponry and armor), but I fo...

Another solid entry in the Gamache series. This one is not set in Three Pines, which is a shame, but instead, it’s set in a lost monastery, with an interesting ba...

DNF Not my style of book. The 19th century literature obsession with finding a “suitable husband” (based essentially on blood, salary, and a conversation or two)...

A somewhat disappointing ending to the series. The plot felt a bit meandering, character development/growth was limited, and the final battle felt rushed and unin...

An interesting exploration of orphanages, abortion, and women’s rights. As with other John Irving books, you get unique, bizarre, not-entirely realistic, and some...

There are many interesting elements here, but it felt like the book tried to do too many things at once, and so each one ended up under-developed: There ...