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Cara gave to: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin read in January, 2012	My rating:
Game of Thrones is a fantastic story, with mostly respectable style as well (although I got a little tired of the word 'craven'). The characters are complex and human, the fantasy elements are remote and mysterious enough to not be gauche, and the st...more
Jan 27, 2012 12:31pm · see review
Cara gave to: The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson read in January, 2012	My rating:
Diamond Age started off with some really brilliant ideas and fantastic potential to be one of the most interesting books I've read, but the story gradually lost some of its focus and failed to braid together in the end. The nanotechnology theme was r...more
Jan 09, 2012 10:47pm · see review
Cara gave to: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) read in October, 2010	My rating:
Listened to the audiobook, which I thought had some nice added bonuses (music). A great follow-up to Oryx and Crake.
Nov 27, 2011 09:22pm · see review
Cara gave to: Microserfs by Douglas Coupland	My rating:
Really entertaining writing about the character and culture of the mid 90's tech boom. More a painting of a particular world and a group of likable personalities, less plot-driven tale.
Nov 27, 2011 09:22pm · see review
Cara gave to: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner	My rating:
Yes, the title sounds exactly as the book is - really freaking depressing and painful. This is the first book by Faulkner that I've read, and I do hope to read more if only to confirm that their is indeed a reason why every pretentious literate perso...more
Oct 14, 2011 08:08pm · see review
Cara marked as to-read: If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino	My rating:
Sep 12, 2011 11:49pm
Cara gave to: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author) read in June, 2011	My rating:
Really better than I thought it would be. I received this book as a freebie, and my first impression on reading the description ('With music pulsing on every page', 'exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption') was that the publisher was t...more
Sep 08, 2011 09:46pm · see review
Cara gave to: Kushiel's Avatar (Kushiel's Legacy, #3) by Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author) read in September, 2011	My rating:
The experience of this book for me: yawn...HOLYSHIT...yawn... I never really planned on reading this third book in the trilogy, after being so un-entertained by the second book, but the reviews all said it was much better than the second, and a good f...more
Sep 08, 2011 09:23pm · see review
Cara gave to: Kushiel's Chosen (Kushiel's Legacy, #2) by Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2010	My rating:
Booooooring. The first book wasn't particularly intellectually challenging, more a scandalous summer read, but it was certainly entertaining. This book was just completely uninteresting, unless you're really into the intricacies of court politics kin...more
Sep 08, 2011 09:17pm · see review
Cara gave to: Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan read in May, 2011	My rating:
This book started out super intense - both very disturbing, and enthralling at the same time. There were some really interesting (and very adult) themes as the story opened. However, it seemed by the end to kind of peter-out into a fairly predictable...more
Sep 08, 2011 09:13pm · see review