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Average rating: 4.0 · 5 ratings · 0 reviews · 2 distinct works
Bloodharvest (Elegy in Pall...

3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings2 editions
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Mara and the Trolls

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
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It's fine. A little better than the first one technically, but the story isn't as good. I liked it. ...more
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Collisions by Alec Nevala-Lee
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Nevala-Lee's well written and comprehensive biography of Luis Alvarez is not without flaws but is worth the read.

The narrative is well constructed, avoids the pitfalls of jumping forward and backward through time, and presents Alvarez's perspectives
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
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I've read it a dozen times. It holds up.

It's grimmer than I remembered. The days are darker, and the journey to the east is filled with peril. It ends well, but it isn't the cheerful book I recall.
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Free Creations of the Human Mind by Michael D. Gordin
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On Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms by Albert Einstein
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Not sure how to rate this, as it's not a well-considered philosophical text. It's Einstein's musings about life, religion, being a Jew, and so forth.

It did show me more of a strange spirituality physicists and scientists in general often find themsel
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Ballistic by Henry Abbott
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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
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It's a bit odd for a work of fiction, because it reads like a long Wikipedia entry for a place that never was. But if it's your jam, and it is mine, it's wonderful. ...more
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Sin City, Vol. 5 by Frank Miller
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It was all right.
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Breath by James Nestor
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I found this surprisingly useful. The concrete steps are easily applicable to daily life and require little change. Most of the exercises consist of breathing in particular rhythms and concentrating on the feel of various breath patterns. They're eit ...more
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Sin City, Vol. 4 by Frank Miller
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“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.”
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