Charlie's Bookshelf

Informal book reviews and general thoughts about books from someone who enjoys reading
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Poorly written reviews of well written books

Monday, July 30, 2012

The Windup Girl

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The Windup Girl was an interesting journey in book form.  I was a fair way in before I decided that I liked it.  Immediately after I made t...
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Sunday, July 29, 2012

The Prince

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machiavellian: suggesting the principles of conduct laid down by Machiavelli; specifically : marked by cunning, duplicity, or bad faith...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Blackout/All Clear

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My introduction to Connie Willis was different from many of my introductions to other authors.  Last year, I was in my computer science clas...
Monday, June 25, 2012

REAMDE

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NOTE:  I know that a significant number of the books I have put up on here recently have been written at least in part by Neal Stephenson.  ...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

The Day of the Triffids

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The Day of the Triffids , by John Wyndham, is a very traditional post apocalyptic story.  However, there are two things that set it apart fr...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

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Tucker Max is a self-admitted terrible person.  This book is a collection of autobiographical vignettes from his life.  They are HILARIOUS. ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The Mongoliad: Book 1

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The Mongoliad is a historical fiction novel written by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo, and E...
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