jmags reviewed Thief of Always by Clive Barker
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3 stars
Good use of the day after my birthday?
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jmags reviewed Momo by Michael Ende
With drawings by Marcel Dzama.
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3 stars
Has a sort of curmudgeonly conservatism that undercuts its point a little bit, but still good.
jmags reviewed Mongol Storm by Nicholas Morton
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4 stars
Good overview of a very interesting part of history.
jmags reviewed Under the Eye of Power by Colin Dickey
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2 stars
Because liberals don't conceive of history structurally, they never have solutions for anything.
jmags rated Number Go Up: 3 stars
Number Go Up by Zeke Faux
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it; and TV ads …
jmags reviewed The spy who came in from the cold by John le Carré
Spy Novel
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4 stars
The dramatic conclusion is a little bit of a slog, but the buildup is all-cylinders le Carre.
jmags reviewed The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
"The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. He dreams of the land of death, of his wife …
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4 stars
An interesting and meaningful conclusion.
jmags reviewed Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
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5 stars
Brief but profound.
jmags reviewed A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty
A Brief History of Equality is a non-fiction book by the French economist Thomas Piketty …
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3 stars
Too optimistic, tbh.
jmags rated Night Watch: 3 stars
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #29)
One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. …
jmags rated The Dispossessed: 4 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a …
jmags reviewed Alteration by Kingsley Amis
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4 stars
Curmudgeonly, but intriguing. Also, v. well written.
jmags reviewed Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #7)
It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to …
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3 stars
Not a notable entry, but fun.
jmags reviewed Terribly Serious Adventure by Nikhil Krishnan
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3 stars
Despite disliking most of its figures, I do find this an interesting stretch of history.
jmags reviewed Menewood by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #2)
In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to …
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5 stars
I feel like most people don't combine an interest in historical minutiae with a contempt for the possibility of "real" history. If that's you, though, you'll like this book.