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joshua

Joined 2 years, 3 months ago

Avid bedtime reader, lover of sci-fi, mystery, and suspense. If you looked at my bookshelf you'd see a lot of nonfiction, despite how little I read it. All the good fiction I read gets passed on, the rest gets donated.

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joshua rated All the Light We Cannot See: 4 stars

Anthony Doerr: All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover, 2014, Scribner)

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and …

joshua rated Artemis: 5 stars

No cover — Andy Weir: Artemis (2018, Del Rey)

Artemis by Andy Weir

joshua reviewed Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

David Mitchell, David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas (2004, Random House Trade Paperbacks)

From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors …

Review of 'Cloud Atlas' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Cloud Atlas is a fantastic read. A friend of mine hosted a viewing party for the movie, and wouldn’t say anything about for fear of spoiling it! Later I borrowed their copy and enjoyed every minute reading it. The following may be an unpopular opinion, but I slightly prefer the movie ending.

joshua rated 11/22/63: 5 stars

11/22/63 by Stephen King

11/22/63 is a novel by Stephen King about a time traveller who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States …

joshua rated I Am Legend: 4 stars

Richard Matheson: I Am Legend (Paperback, 1995, Tom Doherty Assoc Llc)

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

joshua rated When You Are Engulfed In Flames: 3 stars

David Sedaris, David Sedaris: When You Are Engulfed In Flames (Hardcover, 2008, Little, Brown and Company)

When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris, David Sedaris

It's early autumn 1964. Two straight-A students head off to school, and when only one of them returns home Chesney …

joshua rated Don't Panic: 4 stars

Neil Gaiman, David K. Dickson, M. J. Simpson, Guy Adams: Don't Panic (EBook, 2018, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.)

Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman, David K. Dickson, M. J. Simpson, and 1 other

'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies' Douglas Adams

Don't Panic celebrates the life of …

joshua rated Fight Club: A Novel: 4 stars

Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club: A Novel (2018, W. W. Norton & Company)

Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

joshua rated The Stranger: 3 stars

Albert Camus: The Stranger (Paperback, 1989, Vintage)

The Stranger by Albert Camus

L'Étranger (French: [l‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe]) is a 1942 novella by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as …

joshua rated Cat's Cradle: 3 stars

Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle (1999, Penguin Books Ltd)

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

joshua rated Player Piano: 3 stars

Kurt Vonnegut: Player Piano (1999, The Dial Press)

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut

Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a …

joshua rated In Cold Blood: 3 stars

Truman Capote: In Cold Blood (1994, Vintage)

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 …

joshua rated Breakfast of champions: 5 stars

Kurt Vonnegut: Breakfast of champions (1999, Dell)

Breakfast of champions by Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast Of Champions is vintage Vonnegut. One of his favorite characters, aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that …

joshua rated The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: An Anthology of 8 C. S. Lewis Titles: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, Miracles, The Great Divorce, The ... The Abolition of Man, and The Four Loves: 4 stars

C. S. Lewis: The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: An Anthology of 8 C. S. Lewis Titles: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, Miracles, The Great Divorce, The ... The Abolition of Man, and The Four Loves (2017)

The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: An Anthology of 8 C. S. Lewis Titles: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, Miracles, The Great Divorce, The ... The Abolition of Man, and The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis

Mere Christianity is a 1952 theological book by C. S. Lewis, adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made …

joshua rated Of Mice and Men: 3 stars

John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men (Paperback, 2002, Penguin Books)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a …