Books I’ve Read
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Doesn’t live up to the standard of Trainspotting 5.5/10 #IrvineWelsh #Crime
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Doesn’t live up to the standard of Trainspotting 5.5/10 #IrvineWelsh #Crime
The style makes reading this heavy going 6/10 #NormanMailer #WhyAreWeinVietnam
January 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The style makes reading this heavy going 6/10 #NormanMailer #WhyAreWeinVietnam
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Tongue in cheek - repeats a bit 5/10 #ChelseaHandler #MyHorizontalLife
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Tongue in cheek - repeats a bit 5/10 #ChelseaHandler #MyHorizontalLife
Evidently #HelenDewitt has a lot to say, but the structure of this book completely lost me 5/10 #TheLastSamurai
January 4, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Evidently #HelenDewitt has a lot to say, but the structure of this book completely lost me 5/10 #TheLastSamurai
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Brilliant. Urgently needs translating into English 9/10 #AlfredSant #LaBiduLaTmiem
January 1, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Brilliant. Urgently needs translating into English 9/10 #AlfredSant #LaBiduLaTmiem
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Favourite reads for 2025
December 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Favourite reads for 2025
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Enjoyable classic (of the so called hard-boiled genre) - originally banned in some US cities 8/10 #JamesMCain #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice
December 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Enjoyable classic (of the so called hard-boiled genre) - originally banned in some US cities 8/10 #JamesMCain #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice
I found this somewhat childish 4.5/10 #TaylorJenkinsReid #Atmosphere
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I found this somewhat childish 4.5/10 #TaylorJenkinsReid #Atmosphere
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Sharp and crisp writing - should be read at one go 8/10 #PaoloCognetti #DownintheValley
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sharp and crisp writing - should be read at one go 8/10 #PaoloCognetti #DownintheValley
Not all medicine is science 7.5/10 #VSNaipaul #TheMysticMasseur
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Not all medicine is science 7.5/10 #VSNaipaul #TheMysticMasseur
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Was so disappointed when I eventually realized that my childhood hero in #TintinintheCongo was a propaganda attempt to normalize the colonial atrocities committed in the Belgian Congo 2/10 #Herge
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Was so disappointed when I eventually realized that my childhood hero in #TintinintheCongo was a propaganda attempt to normalize the colonial atrocities committed in the Belgian Congo 2/10 #Herge
#FrancescoZahra: A Late Baroque 18th century artist 8/10 #KeithSciberras
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
#FrancescoZahra: A Late Baroque 18th century artist 8/10 #KeithSciberras
Not #CixinLiu’s best 6.5/10 #TheWanderingEarth
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Not #CixinLiu’s best 6.5/10 #TheWanderingEarth
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The definitive biography of a unique postwar leader 8/10 #MarkMontebello #TheTailthatWaggedtheDog
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The definitive biography of a unique postwar leader 8/10 #MarkMontebello #TheTailthatWaggedtheDog
Had the #IllustratedClassic as a kid - still remember the sense of wonder and excitement #JulesVerne
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Had the #IllustratedClassic as a kid - still remember the sense of wonder and excitement #JulesVerne
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Weekend reading: #KimStanleyRobinson
November 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Weekend reading: #KimStanleyRobinson