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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi

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Miw rated a book 3 of 5 stars 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami read in December, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 07, 2012 12:11am
Miw liked Eddie Watkins's review of 1Q84 : " Tengo did as he was told. He began pumping slowly. These two sentences, on the second to last page of this 924 page novel, is a neat summary of Murakami’s methods in 1Q84. Tengo has spent the novel longing for Aomame and they have just been reunite... " Read more of this review »
Dec 07, 2012 12:05am · see review
Miw rated a book 5 of 5 stars Let Maps to Others by K.J. Parker	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 21, 2012 08:15pm
Miw rated a book 4 of 5 stars One Little Room an Everywhere by K.J. Parker	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 21, 2012 08:02pm
Miw rated a book 3 of 5 stars Memory (Scavenger Trilogy, #3) by K.J. Parker	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 13, 2012 08:52pm
Miw rated a book 2 of 5 stars A Small Price to Pay For Birdsong by K.J. Parker	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 13, 2012 05:42pm
Miw wants to read The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 13, 2012 04:39pm
Miw rated a book 3 of 5 stars 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years by Jørgen Randers	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very informative, important etc. He does waffle on a lot, and talks about other books he has written all the time, in case you want to buy them too. The best bits are probably the 'guest writer' parts with essays from other scientists, researchers an...more
Nov 06, 2012 04:13pm · see review
Miw rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Equality Illusion: The Truth About Women And Men Today by Kat Banyard read in October, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Important, clearly written, but hardly groundbreaking. Banyard's book lays out main areas in which feminism has work to do, and the areas surprisingly are broader than simply concerns for first-world middle-class white women. I am not convinced on so...more
Nov 06, 2012 04:10pm · see review
Miw rated a book 4 of 5 stars With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change by Fred Pearce	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 05, 2012 03:41pm