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Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code (2004)

The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is …

A renowned book awoke in a ginormous four poster bed

This renowned book turns into an insect-like page turner once you manage to ignore renowned writer Dan Brown's peculiar penchant for verbose and repetitive description, and odd similes. Keep good watch over your brain cells as they get bombarded with conspiratorial narratives of the utmost quality.

Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback, 2009, Pan Books)

Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams ...

On 12 October …

Not the best material for a re-read

Re-reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy really makes the seams of Adam's and-then story telling obvious. And then there's the answer to life, the universe and everything. And then there's a president. And then there's a depressed robot

Uwe Timm: Der Schlangenbaum (Paperback, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH & Co KG)

No clue what to think about this book

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.

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback, 2010, Ace Books)

On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …

They was an option

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