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jbtchr rated The Midnight Library: 3 stars
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Nora’s life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on …
克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥
克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。
在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？
jbtchr rated Providence: 4 stars
jbtchr rated The Honjin Murders: 4 stars
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son …
jbtchr rated The Grapes of Wrath: 4 stars
jbtchr rated The third coast: 2 stars
The third coast by Tom Dyja
Much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook …
Dune by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
jbtchr rated The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: 3 stars
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m.
There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit.
We …
jbtchr rated The Three-Body Problem: 4 stars
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu
Cixin Liu's trilogy-opening novel about first contact with aliens and the clandestine struggle with them over Earth's future, and its …
jbtchr rated Stories of Your Life and Others: 4 stars
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's …
jbtchr rated Cannery row: 5 stars
Cannery row by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression …
jbtchr rated The Invisible Man: 3 stars
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it …
jbtchr rated The Memory Police: 3 stars
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder
A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor …