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A superb treatise on finding yourself again after burnout from overwork.

The book gathers together a collection of characters who, in some way or other, have been the victims of overwork (and a teenager who worries about joining the workforce), and how they manage to change their lives to deal with the issues it has caused. They meet in Yeongju's new neighbourhood bookshop - beautifully described throughout the book and a place anyone would want to visit and start to heal again with the power of words and reading.

A great book to read - all about healing, the nature of work, how, why, and when we work and for what purpose. And how work is related to happiness and finding out what happiness actually is for each individual.

A genuinely funny book about golf with huge laugh-out-loud moments. There are side pilots of drug deals, gangsters, affairs, tourettes, and family relationships, but they don't detract from the golf. Some fantastic descriptions of the kind of madness that envelops people who are addicted to a sport, especially one that seems so incredibly random and difficult to be good at as golf.

I give it five "smoke my big fat ****ing dobbers" out of five.

This isn’t a book about anything. Nothing happens. There is no adventure and the author forgot to add the content of a story. However, there are endless descriptions of the earth from orbit. Page after page of run-on sentences, no paragraph breaks, and lists of things. Also lots of reflections on what it is to be human, what is humanity, and our role in the cosmos. Tedious stuff but an extra star for being relatively short.

A straight-up traditional biography of Andrew's life so far. There are a few chapters on his childhood and education, but most of the book details his various business failures and successes. There isn't much business or financial advice, but the book's central theme is the pursuit of more. More for the sake of it and having got more, what to do with it? And why did he get more? And is it morally wrong to have more? And how much more is enough?

It's a great read. Andrew comes across as a nice guy, even if he is a billionaire.

A fun workplace dramedy, written in a heartfelt manner from the point of view of the lead, Jolene. I enjoyed reading about the Persian culture too and the pressure to succeed and have a rich life. Cliff the MMC was a cool dude too and loved his nerdiness.

PS. Supershops sounded like a horrendous place to work. No idea if it's real but if you work there, move on.

Bizarrely, this is the second sex bot novel I've read this year. It's better than the other one, "The Hierarchies". As is normal, there is no sex in these books.

Annie's developing sentience makes you feel sorry for her predicament - trapped with a controlling narcissist in an apartment with little to no stimulus. The novel feels claustrophobic because of it and the few times outside are euphoric moments when you get to feel alive, just like Annie.

Even with all the advances of technology, I hope we never have these things in our lives. Men are terrible enough anyway...Without actual consequences to their actions, men with sexbots would seriously set back society.

Good, could have been better but I enjoyed it.