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• Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software July 1, 2009
  author: Steven Johnson name: Charlie average rating: 3.84 book published: 2001 rating: 2 read at: 2009/07/01 date added: 07/01/09 shelves: review: I didn't actually finish this book. I got about halfway through before deciding to give up. The book opens really well. I really enjoyed the chapters about ants, sli […]
• Disgrace June 28, 2009
  author: J.M. Coetzee name: Charlie average rating: 3.85 book published: 1999 rating: 4 read at: 2009/06/28 date added: 06/28/09 shelves: review: I'm struggling to find the words to describe this book. I'd recommend it to anyone though. He's got a great writing style. Blunt and lyrical in equal measure […]
• Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain June 25, 2009
  author: Robert Harvey name: Charlie average rating: 4.00 book published: 2000 rating: 4 read at: 2009/06/24 date added: 06/24/09 shelves: review: Cochrane is the basis for Patrick O'Brien's fictional character Aubrey Maturin. Having read this book now I feel less guilty for not having read any of O'Br […]
• The Book Is Dead (Long Live the Book) June 11, 2009
  author: Sherman Young name: Charlie average rating: 4.00 book published: 2007 rating: 5 read at: 2009/06/10 date added: 06/10/09 shelves: review: I borrowed this book from the library but soon found that I wanted to get a paper copy for myself. That's a bit ironic considering the central argument is that we nee […]
• Saturday May 23, 2009
  author: Ian McEwan name: Charlie average rating: 3.54 book published: 2005 rating: 3 read at: 2009/05/17 date added: 05/22/09 shelves: review: Not as good as On Chesil Beach but still really good. Going to read Atonement next I think.
• White limbo: The first Australian climb of Mt. Everest May 23, 2009
  author: Lincoln Hall name: Charlie average rating: 3.50 book published: 1987 rating: 3 read at: 2009/05/22 date added: 05/22/09 shelves: review: Not to belittle their achievement but it's not the most eventful climb. Having said that it's really well written and a great insight into what it takes to scale […]
• The Big Sleep (Penguin Fiction) May 11, 2009
  author: Raymond Chandler name: Charlie average rating: 3.95 book published: 1939 rating: 4 read at: 2009/05/11 date added: 05/11/09 shelves: review:
• On Chesil Beach May 7, 2009
  author: Ian McEwan name: Charlie average rating: 3.42 book published: 2007 rating: 5 read at: 2009/05/07 date added: 05/06/09 shelves: review: Amazing book. A masterpiece. Really moved me. I'm going to make the effort to read the rest of his books now.
• The Heart of the Matter April 16, 2009
  author: Graham Greene name: Charlie average rating: 4.02 book published: 1948 rating: 4 read at: 2009/04/11 date added: 04/16/09 shelves: review: I see what all the fuss is about Graham Greene now. This is the first of his books that I have read. Definitely going to read a few more of his books now.
• The Old Man and the Sea (Scribner Classics) April 7, 2009
  author: Ernest Hemingway name: Charlie average rating: 3.51 book published: 1952 rating: 5 read at: 2009/04/07 date added: 04/07/09 shelves: review: I was clearing out my books a few days ago and found this book and realised that I'd never read it. I started it straigh away and was a bit bored at the start and […]