Somehow now quite as enjoyable as [b:The Areas of My Expertise|24807|The Areas of My Expertise|John Hodgman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309200692s/24807.jpg|3249447] although the entire thread of Today in RAGNAROK is interesting.
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finkyhead rated Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies: 3 stars
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. …
Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (2021, Independently Published)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll by Lewis Carroll
A very real little girl named Alice follows a remarkable rabbit down a rabbit hole and steps through a looking-glass …
finkyhead rated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1): 4 stars
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures …
finkyhead rated The Fellowship of the Ring: 4 stars
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
finkyhead rated Angels & Demons: 3 stars
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Robert Langdon, #1)
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the …
finkyhead reviewed That Is All by John Hodgman
Review of 'That is all' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
finkyhead rated Calvin and Hobbes 10th Anniversary: 5 stars
finkyhead rated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
finkyhead rated The Andromeda Strain: 3 stars
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, Michael Crichton
The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to …
finkyhead rated Chronicles: 3 stars
finkyhead rated Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1): 5 stars
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents …
finkyhead rated Foundation: 2 stars
Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #1)
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
finkyhead reviewed You are not so smart by David McRaney
McRaney reveals that every decision we make, every thought we contemplate, and every emotion we …
Review of 'You are not so smart' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Rather interesing. It scratches the surface of the oh-so-many ways we are easily fooled by our own self, others and our environment.
Good to read in short bursts.