slamr rated The blind assassin: 5 stars
The blind assassin by Margaret Atwood
More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story …
boring
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slamr stopped reading Beauty and the Terror by Catherine Fletcher
slamr stopped reading Southeast Asia by Milton E. Osborne
boring
slamr stopped reading Matter and Desire by Andreas Weber
In Matter and Desire, internationally renowned biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber rewrites ecology as a …
Traveling
slamr stopped reading The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The House of the Dead (Russian: Записки из Мёртвого дома, Zapiski iz Myortvovo doma) is …
Lost kindle
slamr finished reading The Tent by Margaret Atwood
The Tent is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2006. Although classified …
Short and incredibly weird. Loved it
slamr rated The Wolf Border: 3 stars
All Fours by Miranda July
The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel …
slamr rated The Light Eaters: 5 stars
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association of Science Writers Award winner …
Oyster
2 stars
Too dry and so many lost opportunities to use pictures rather than words. She gave many statistics in text where a chart would have been so much more effective and interesting. Also I thought it would be an interesting mix of science and stories/facts/myths however the interesting stories only came at the end after an entire book about oyster farming techniques and I was bored by then so only skimmed. I was hoping for a Mary Roach type book but was very disappointed. Has almost put me off oysters too.
slamr reviewed New Map by Daniel Yergin
Surprisingly fascinating read
4 stars
His writing style reminded me somewhat of Naomi Klein with the way he used a historical narrative approach rather than just sprouting facts and figures. I really enjoyed it although I feel he missed the whole AI impact on energy use which is massive and would have been known at the time of writing
slamr reviewed The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis
zombies and voodoo
3 stars
Fascinating read but lost a bit of momentum in the end, not sure if it was me or the book. Still learnt a lot
slamr reviewed Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
From one of our fiercest stylists, a roaring epic chronicling the life, times, and secrets …
interesting read
3 stars
Written as in the style of non-fiction but using real historical events was interesting especially as they went to the effort of creating footnotes and references to add an element of authenticity
slamr reviewed You Don't Belong Here by Elizabeth Becker
An eye opening account of sexism in journalism
5 stars
Already angry at the patriarchal system that continues to demonise us to this day and which I experience all too often, I found this book a riveting read and can't express my admiration enough for the fight these women took on with humbleness and dignity. These stories feed my anger however that's good cause then we continue to fight and dismantle the patriarchy in any way we can. Apathy is not an option
slamr reviewed The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Overstory, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of …
The Overstory
4 stars
Beautiful stories of trees and humans and the impact of humans on trees. I became a bit obsessed with trees while reading and definitely took more notice wherever I went.
The one critique I have is that there was a bit too much packed into the plotline and I think it could have been simpler by just focusing of the trees and leaving out the digital parts. But I enjoyed it nonetheless