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- One Minute to Midnight (9)
- Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
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By Michael Dobbs -
Reading since Aug 2, 2008 
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- Spook Country (175)
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By William Gibson -
Reading since Jul 4, 2008 
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- Holy War (12)
- The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
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By Karen Armstrong -
Reading since Jun 6, 2008
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- Outposts (9)
- Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
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By Simon Winchester -
Reading since May 25, 2008
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- How to be Good (907)
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By Nick Hornby -
Finished on Jun 12, 2008
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- The Pillars of the Earth (970)
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By Ken Follett -
Finished on Jun 6, 2008
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Ebb and flow... -
I'm still not sure how I feel about this book. Sometimes Follett's writing is great, other times it's juvenile. Sometimes I want to skip whole chapters because the story is so slow, and other times I can't read fast enough to find out what happens next. This conflict frustrates me and leaves me with ... (
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- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (804)
- A Novel
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By Susanna Clarke -
Finished in May 2008
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Brilliant story -
Okay, so the beginning may have been a little bit slow - but not enough to put you off of the book. And as you keep reading, you realise how necessary all of it was.
The character and location development is gorgeous. The storytelling is witty and intelligent and moves along well after the fir ... (
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- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (11160)
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By J.K. Rowling -
Finished on Jul 27, 2007
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- The Gifts of the Jews (15)
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By Thomas Cahill -
Finished in Feb 2007
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- How the Irish Saved Civilisation (52)
- The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
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By Thomas Cahill -
Finished in 2006
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- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (7)
- (and Environmentalism)
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By Christopher C. Horner -
Finished in 2006
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- Under the Black Flag (23)
- The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
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By David Cordingly -
Finished in Aug 2006
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- A Long Way Down (961)
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By Nick Hornby -
Finished in Aug 2006
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- The Second World War (30)
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By John Keegan -
Finished in Jan 2006
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- Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste (11)
- A Lester Bangs Reader
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By Lester Bangs -
Finished in 2005
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Waysideviole…
How to be Good
The only thing that made this book enjoyable were the two pages that mentioned Dick from High Fidelity. Overall, the book was quintessential Nick Hornby, I just didn't enjoy the subject matter.
I also had to get back into Hornby's style of writing. He has a tendency to always sound like he's ... (continue)
The only thing that made this book enjoyable were the two pages that mentioned Dick from High Fidelity. Overall, the book was quintessential Nick Hornby, I just didn't enjoy the subject matter.
I also had to get back into Hornby's style of writing. He has a tendency to always sound like he's starting a whole new section, but it never really goes anywhere and you have to connect it back to the rest of the story. Which I liked in High Fidelity and Long Way Down, but was sort of hard to follow when the subject matter is about the conflict of whether to divorce your husband or not.
And the last sentence confused me, which is never good. I'm still not sure how the book ended, and there was nothing else left after the final words.
I think fans of Nick Hornby should read How To Be Good at least once, but it probably won't be your favourite book by him. I probably won't read it again.