Not particularly original, and somewhat predictable, but some interesting character studies and insights into English social life
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A somewhat random reader of both fiction and world history. I'll read the first couple of pages of an interesting-looking book in the store, and if I'm impressed, I'll buy it. Never got into eBooks. I like turning paper pages.
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hwebb reviewed Snobs by Julian Fellowes
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3 stars
hwebb finished reading Snobs by Julian Fellowes
hwebb reviewed Death with interruptions by José Saramago
Death with Interruptions, published in Britain as Death at Intervals (Portuguese: As Intermitências da Morte), …
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4 stars
hwebb finished reading Death with interruptions by José Saramago
Death with interruptions by José Saramago
Death with Interruptions, published in Britain as Death at Intervals (Portuguese: As Intermitências da Morte), is a novel written by …
hwebb rated The Handmaid's Tale: 4 stars
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has become one …
hwebb started reading Death with interruptions by José Saramago
Death with interruptions by José Saramago
Death with Interruptions, published in Britain as Death at Intervals (Portuguese: As Intermitências da Morte), is a novel written by …
hwebb finished reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has become one …
hwebb started reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has become one …
hwebb finished reading Moyers on America : a journalist and his times by Bill Moyers
Self-indulgent but thoughtful and still relevant
hwebb started reading Moyers on America : a journalist and his times by Bill Moyers
hwebb finished reading Red, White & Black by Frank B. Wilderson III
Red, White & Black is a provocative critique of socially engaged films and related critical …
What I actually read was a book by the same name that is a collection of essays refuting the 1619 Project. The book is not in the Bookwyrm catalog. I found some of the libertarian reasoning unconvincing, but there are several valid points relating to the importance of positive messages and role models in our educational materials.
hwebb finished reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices …
hwebb reviewed Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent …
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5 stars
Consistently entertaining. You'll fly through it.
hwebb started reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices …