James finished reading The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada
A super short, but deep story with surreal and magical experiences it leaves you questioning what is really happening and what the symbolism might be.
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91% complete! James has read 11 of 12 books.
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James finished reading Inversions by Iain M Banks (Culture, #6)
A fun little book that is only the second I have read in a Culture series. I'm told it is very different to thr other books in the series. I really enjoyed to two tales and the framing device that joins them together.
A fun little book that is only the second I have read in a Culture series. I'm told it is very different to thr other books in the series. I really enjoyed to two tales and the framing device that joins them together.
James started reading The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada
Picked up at a bookshop because I'd cycled there and needed a small book I could put in my bike bag.
Picked up at a bookshop because I'd cycled there and needed a small book I could put in my bike bag.
@ospalh thanks for your warning about the overly descriptive prose, as I was looking out for it I started to enjoy it and get a 'here he goes again..." moment.
@ospalh thanks for your warning about the overly descriptive prose, as I was looking out for it I started to enjoy it and get a 'here he goes again..." moment.
James set a goal to read 12 books in 2025
James started reading Inversions by Iain M Banks (Culture, #6)
Previously read Excsession and enjoyed it
James started reading The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain: said a newspaper of …
Going for a nonfiction book as a break
James rated Before the coffee gets cold: 2 stars
Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
[Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary] What would you change if you could go back in time?
In a small …
James finished reading Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
[Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary] What would you change if you could go back in …
Found this book to be a real slog, did not enjoy the writing style and found the stories uncompelling.
James started reading Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
[Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary] What would you change if you could go back in …
Recommended by a colleague
James finished reading How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin (Dreamblood, #0.5)
In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing …
A great collection of speculative short stories.
James finished reading Quarterlife by Satya Doyle Byock
James started reading Quarterlife by Satya Doyle Byock
Heard an interview with the author on the radio, seems like an interesting piece if popular research.
James started reading How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin (Dreamblood, #0.5)
In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing …
Heard this mentioned on a radio talk show regarding the first story in this collection as as retelling / reinterpretation of Ursula K le Guin's 'The One's Who Walked Away from Omelas'.
Heard this mentioned on a radio talk show regarding the first story in this collection as as retelling / reinterpretation of Ursula K le Guin's 'The One's Who Walked Away from Omelas'.