Started listening to the audiobook of this today on my evening walk. The clouds were overcast and dark, and lighting split the moonlit sky into pieces. I only read (or listened to) one chapter, but I am enjoying the book so far. I have not read any blurbs or synopses so do not know what to expect, however, I am enjoying the introduction of characters thus far.
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Nathan John Cooper started reading The Stranger by Albert Camus
Thirty years after its original publication, The Stranger remains among the most influential books of …
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of …
Nathan John Cooper wants to read Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each …
Nathan John Cooper wants to read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Everyone in Fairview knows the story.
Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal …
Nathan John Cooper wants to read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Updated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the special edition of Braiding Sweetgrass, reissued in honor of the …
Nathan John Cooper wants to read Selfish, shallow, and self-absorbed by Meghan Daum
Nathan John Cooper wants to read The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, …
Nathan John Cooper wants to read The female eunuch by Germaine Greer
Nathan John Cooper wants to read The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens
Nathan John Cooper wants to read Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that …
Nathan John Cooper wants to read The secret history by Donna Tartt
The secret history by Donna Tartt
In a rural Vermont college, a group of Classics students get carried away at a bacchanal, and an innocent man …
Nathan John Cooper reviewed The life you can save by Peter Singer
This is the right time to ask yourself: "What should I be doing to help?"For …
Overly Dense yet Fascinatingly Philosophical
3 stars
While I certainly enjoyed the points made in this book and thought that they were made in a concise and indisputable manner, I did find the book rather dense and as a result, rather difficult to read.
In this essay -- adapted from her TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda …
More of an Adaptation of a Speech, but Concise and Appropriate.
5 stars
For a little while now I’ve been wanted to read more feministic literature but I hadn’t gotten round to it till today. I decided that We Should All Be Feminists should the start of my journey through feministic literature. Above all else this book started a desire within me to take up public speaking, to speak for those who have no other means of public communication, to speak to those who otherwise won’t or don’t listen, and most of all, to share, further, and develop ideals that should be globally accepted.
One point in the book that really stood out to me was the mention of the differences between referring to yourself as an egalitarian rather than as a feminist. To quote Adichie, ‘to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that …
For a little while now I’ve been wanted to read more feministic literature but I hadn’t gotten round to it till today. I decided that We Should All Be Feminists should the start of my journey through feministic literature. Above all else this book started a desire within me to take up public speaking, to speak for those who have no other means of public communication, to speak to those who otherwise won’t or don’t listen, and most of all, to share, further, and develop ideals that should be globally accepted.
One point in the book that really stood out to me was the mention of the differences between referring to yourself as an egalitarian rather than as a feminist. To quote Adichie, ‘to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded. It would be a way of denying that the problem of gender targets women.’
Nathan John Cooper reviewed Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were …
A Memory
4 stars
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Apparently, when I finished this book, I never wrote a review... which is insane to think about but I'll try and write one now (despite it being around a year later). I loved this story. As a British teenager I have always loved the platonic and romantic dynamic that boarding schools encourage and, as such, thoroughly enjoyed how different relations played out throughout this tale. Furthermore, the addition of science-fiction elements allowed for the exemplification of narrative elements and enigmas ergo drawing the audience even further into the strange world of Hailsham. I will likely revisit this book many times throughout my life to feel what I felt whilst reading it for the first time; to walk the halls of Hailsham; to watch the football games on the field; to stare into the ambiguous forest across the accommodation windows.