KnittedMushroom started reading The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
I hope I like Kate Morton's writing style. If I do that means I've unlocked a bottomless repertoire of fiction to burn through.
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KnittedMushroom finished reading 1984 by George Orwell (duplicate)
1984 by George Orwell (duplicate)
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world …
KnittedMushroom reviewed 1984 by George Orwell (duplicate)
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the …
What a miserable book. 10/10 stars. Must read.
5 stars
Content warning Second paragraph details my opinion on the ending.
It's amazing how much of this book still can be compared to our current situations across multiple countries. The constant surveillance part is still a scary threat we live with today.
1984 gave me the same feeling I've had reading other not-so-happy books where the climax and falling action are pulling you through the pages because you don't know how the author is going to write the character out of the situation. And then the ending finally leaves you feeling underwhelmed and defeated. It's definitely a book you need to sit and think with. I'd encourage anyone who read this in high school give it a second read as an adult with more life experience to draw experience from.
KnittedMushroom replied to Hollie ☕️'s status
@hollie@social.coop I'd also love more resources for finding epubs, but here's what I've got to contribute. Calibre is an open source program that you can search their databases for DRM free epubs. (I've had mixed results) There's also ebooks.com that has an entire DRM free section. But it's substantially smaller than the DRM content pages. openlibrary.org is a GIANT library of ebooks for rentals as well!
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Where do folks go to get DRM-free epub books when they're trying to avoid Amazon and Barnes & Noble?
I use bookshop.org and thriftbooks.com for my hard copies of things, but I LOVE my eBooks too.
Right now the only advantage to Amazon is that I can legally break the DRM, so the book is truly mine once I purchase it (I won't buy eBooks I can't unlock). But I'd really like to find alternate sources of DRM-free books. Ideas?
KnittedMushroom started reading 1984 by George Orwell (duplicate)
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the …
I've decided to put my money where my mouth is and start working through some classic banned books.
KnittedMushroom wants to read Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett (The Founders Trilogy, #2)
Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett, Robert Jackson Bennett (The Founders Trilogy, #2)
As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant new novel from the Hugo-nominated …
KnittedMushroom finished reading Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
KnittedMushroom rated Murder Your Employer: 2 stars
Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes
FROM EDGAR-WINNING NOVELIST AND PLAYWRIGHT RUPERT HOLMES COMES A THRILLER WITH A KILLER CONCEPT: THE McMASTERS CONSERVATORY FOR THE APPLIED …
KnittedMushroom wants to read Neuromancer by William Gibson (Sprawl Trilogy, #1)
Neuromancer by William Gibson (Sprawl Trilogy, #1)
The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus- hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in …
KnittedMushroom started reading Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on …
KnittedMushroom stopped reading Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes
FROM EDGAR-WINNING NOVELIST AND PLAYWRIGHT RUPERT HOLMES COMES A THRILLER WITH A KILLER CONCEPT: THE …
I'm going to preface all of this with the fact that murder mysteries are not my usual genre. This book had been recommended to me by a friend as "similar to Hitchhikers Guide." While the written wit does start similarly, I found myself struggling to feel absorbed into this world and invested in the characters.
It reads like "a series of events." The events were neither dramatic, joyous, or interesting in any manner to me. I understand that the main character, and thus you, are supposed to be thrust into a confusing and antithetical to "normal" life world. But every action that had even a minor tinge of drama and excitement was heavily underscored by the "but since we're in school, there was never any danger" excuse.
I actually put this book down at the end of a chapter where the character is yet again hurtling to his death, because …
I'm going to preface all of this with the fact that murder mysteries are not my usual genre. This book had been recommended to me by a friend as "similar to Hitchhikers Guide." While the written wit does start similarly, I found myself struggling to feel absorbed into this world and invested in the characters.
It reads like "a series of events." The events were neither dramatic, joyous, or interesting in any manner to me. I understand that the main character, and thus you, are supposed to be thrust into a confusing and antithetical to "normal" life world. But every action that had even a minor tinge of drama and excitement was heavily underscored by the "but since we're in school, there was never any danger" excuse.
I actually put this book down at the end of a chapter where the character is yet again hurtling to his death, because I just feel like nothing was of consequence anymore in that book.
KnittedMushroom rated Nona the Ninth: 5 stars
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many …
KnittedMushroom rated Dracula: 4 stars
KnittedMushroom rated Weyward: 3 stars
Weyward by Emilia Hart
I am a Weyward, and wild inside.
2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited …