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Joined 4 months, 1 week ago

Looking for a good place to log, rate, and maybe talk about books that isn't Goodreads.

I've already met my goal for the year, but I'm leaving it be. I used to read at most a single book per year. My ADHD would just get the best of me and I couldn't get myself to pick up a physical book (despite my absolute love for them). I bought a Kobo back in March and I've read more books since then than probably the past two decades.

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2024 Reading Goal

Success! clair has read 27 of 24 books.

Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged (1999, Plume) 3 stars

Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. Rand's fourth and final novel, it …

Review of 'Atlas Shrugged' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

I tried to read this book like four times. I almost finished it (77 page masturbatory speech totally killed it). At the time, I wanted to like it, but came to realize how poorly written and how flimsy its ideology and characters truly are.

Review of 'The Universe of Douglas Adams' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I did not like this one as much as I did the first.

It's been many years since I originally read the series. I got about halfway through and started wondering when he was going to get on with it. I still chuckled out loud at some of the jokes, but this one didn't have the life of the original HG2G.