Really don't quite understand why teenage me was so enamoured with this book
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Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 finished reading Homo faber Ein Bericht by Max Frisch
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Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 reviewed Antwerp by Michael Pye
Enthrallingly associative narrative
5 stars
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Weirdly associative for a history book 👀
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 finished reading Understanding Molecular Typography by H.F. Henderson
No clue what to think about this book
3 stars
It's a fast read, it's somewhat witty and self aware, but the characters are largely dipshits unaware of the harm they are doing. It's definitely a book only a white man could have written, but at the same time I don't hate it.
It's a fast read, it's somewhat witty and self aware, but the characters are largely dipshits unaware of the harm they are doing. It's definitely a book only a white man could have written, but at the same time I don't hate it.
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 finished reading Der Schlangenbaum by Uwe Timm
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 reviewed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
They was an option
5 stars
Tales a bit to get into, but then a gripping read. I can see why it's a classic, but I wish the author had been less of an anthropologist, and less bioessentialist at a bunch of points. The main narrator is unfortunately misogynistic, and his narrative decisions and views get rarely challenged by the other narrators even tho it could very well have been
Tales a bit to get into, but then a gripping read. I can see why it's a classic, but I wish the author had been less of an anthropologist, and less bioessentialist at a bunch of points. The main narrator is unfortunately misogynistic, and his narrative decisions and views get rarely challenged by the other narrators even tho it could very well have been
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Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 rated The 99% Invisible City: 3 stars

The 99% Invisible City by Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt
99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we …
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 finished reading The 99% Invisible City by Roman Mars
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 finished reading Poirot Loses a Client (Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot (15))
That was a refreshingly quick read. Less refreshing the weird racism and racial slurs, but oh my I guess it's what you get for reading English books from the 30s
That was a refreshingly quick read. Less refreshing the weird racism and racial slurs, but oh my I guess it's what you get for reading English books from the 30s





