hedgeling wants to read Border Nation by Leah Cowan
Borders are not just meaningless geographical lines. They have an impact on all of our …
Looks like a very interesting discussion of the recency and harms of borders
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hedgeling finished reading The Dirty Streets Of Heaven by Tad Williams
Kind of pulp-fiction-y writing, and not the best characters, but an interesting premise and compelling read. Compelling as in, even when I felt I knew what was happening I wanted to read more to confirm it.
Kind of pulp-fiction-y writing, and not the best characters, but an interesting premise and compelling read. Compelling as in, even when I felt I knew what was happening I wanted to read more to confirm it.
hedgeling rated In Other Lands: 5 stars
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Despite his aversion to war, work, and most people (human or otherwise), teenaged Elliott, a human transported to a fantasy …
hedgeling reviewed Be a Unicorn by Sarah Ford
Review of 'Be a Unicorn' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Cute book, but seems to be mass/corporate produced cuteness to ride on the unicorn craze rather than some inspired work from an independent artist which got picked up by a publisher.
hedgeling reviewed The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an …
Review of 'The Midnight Library' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
An easy read dealing with suicidality and the possible lives we might lead. Basically what it says on the tin.
hedgeling rated Rabbit cake: 4 stars
Annie Hartnett: Rabbit cake (2017)
Rabbit cake by Annie Hartnett
Twelve-year-old Elvis Babbitt has a head for the facts: she knows science proves yellow is the happiest color, she knows …
hedgeling rated Solutions and Other Problems: 5 stars
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
Allie Brosh returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays.
Solutions and Other Problems includes humorous …
hedgeling rated Where The Crawdads Sing: 4 stars
Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, Lorenzo F. Díaz
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; …
hedgeling rated American Gods Volume 2: 3 stars
hedgeling rated Ninth House: 5 stars
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern, #1)
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a …
hedgeling rated Disobedience: 5 stars
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
By the age of 32, Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New …
hedgeling reviewed The soul of an octopus by Sy Montgomery
"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, …
Review of 'The soul of an octopus' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Not what I was hoping for from the title. More a description of a fun set of experiences with octopuses than an exploration of consciousness and what we know about octopus cognition.
hedgeling rated A Gentleman in Moscow: 5 stars
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest …
Fever by Deon Meyer
hedgeling reviewed Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven is a 2014 novel by Emily St. John Mandel, her fourth. It takes …
Review of 'Station Eleven' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Beautiful and haunting