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Trying to wrap this up and get to some of my Autumn reads!

Can goodreads please stop merging short stories into larger collections and fucking up all my reviews? Thanks.

I can't stop starting to read new books before I've finished those I'm currently reading.

A bit predictable so far, but I do enjoy Dickens' prose.

I already like the characters and the flow of this story better than my most recent Murakami read.

"I seemed to love them so much, from a distance..."

It shames me to say this is only my second Dickens novel, but I can already see that I'll be a fan of him given his beautiful prose and his wry humor.

I'm... Really not a fan of this Illustrated Edition, actually. The illustration quality is all over the place and some seem to be misplaced within the text. Nearly all include spoilers for the forthcoming chapter, too.

Just really not impressive work on Bantam's part. It reeks of a cash grab. I may finally bite the bullet and pick up the Folio Society Collector's Edition and read that instead.

It boggles my mind how Dostoyevsky is able to portray irrationality in a manner that feels genuine and earned rather than contrived and random.

Third time reading; first time reading Bantam's Illustrated Edition.

This foreword by John Hodgman (who?) is perhaps literally the worst foreword I have ever read. Clocking in at a scant 2.5 pages, featuring 2 spoilers (one major), and one hamfisted modern political reference to no purpose, all while saying nothing unique or interesting about the book or the person writing the foreword.

Just awful.

"Those common men can be dangerous when they get it in their head to start slaying lords and heroes."

I liked Old Man's War, but really not feeling this one.

Rohanne Webber is a really great character.

Well... It's science fiction, I guess.

I kinda just want to read ASOIAF over and over again.