enjoyable as long as you don't mind slow, very detailed and precise descriptive writing. I read Tolstoy not long again and it reminds me of that style where everything is described with utmost attention to detail
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slamr finished reading Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary E. Roach
A hilarious and witty look into the history of using cadavers for science, grave diggers, and options to consider about …
slamr finished reading The Stasi Poetry Circle by Philip Oltermann
The Stasi Poetry Circle by Philip Oltermann
The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry club: Stasiland and The Lives of Others crossed with Dead Poets Society.
slamr finished reading Interview With the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles) by Anne Rice
Interview With the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles) by Anne Rice
This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. …
slamr finished reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
slamr finished reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
slamr finished reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver's acclaimed international bestseller tells the story of an American missionary family in the Congo during a poignant chapter …
slamr wants to read Circe by Madeline Miller
Circe by Madeline Miller
The daring, dazzling, and highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Song Of Achilles that briliantly reimagines …
slamr wants to read Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya
Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Self-replicating moon bases …
slamr wants to read The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981. It chronicles …
slamr finished reading Manufacturing consent by Noam Chomsky
Manufacturing consent by Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media is a 1988 book by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. …
slamr finished reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this groundbreaking book, …
slamr finished reading The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming is a 2019 book by David Wallace-Wells about the consequences of global warming. It …
slamr finished reading Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies …
slamr reviewed A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
When, in 1922, thirty-year-old Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik …