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Amphigorey Too

Edward Gorey

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This follow-up to the darkly humorous Amphigorey is wittier, more macabre, and more wondrous than...

A Beauty of Magic The Crystal Ball

Ronald Guadamuz

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In this humorous fantasy YA adventure, Ian is on a quest to find a crystal ball. He enters a magical...

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Idiot: A Novel in Books

Jan 3, 2018

The Idiot: A Novel

Elif Batuman | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

4.5

(2 Ratings)

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A rather juvenile romp

As the title suggests, Elif Batuman's novel explores linguistics and Russian literature through the eyes of a young Harvard undergraduate, Selin. The character falls in love with an older, neurotic Hungarian mathematics student, and travels to his country to be near him. It is occasionally humorous, and describes a rite of passage - but no more than that. Unfortunately, at times it is rather banal and tedious.

While Batuman's writing is to be desired, the content fell short as the narrative varies between sharp and rambling. The naivety of Selin also appears slightly unbelievable, and would probably be better geared at a younger audience.

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Erika (17788 KP) rated Fyre (2019) in Movies

Feb 13, 2019

Fyre (2019)

2019 | Documentary

7.8

(6 Ratings)

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Since I'm home, sick with the flu, I decided to watch both Fyre Festival documentaries.
This was the one I watched first, and it focused more on the setup of the festival itself. It was kind of amazing to watch the clusterf*** from the inside, and it was kind of humorous. It was interesting, and a complete train wreck. I really hope that d-bag that was in charge of it didn't profit from it at all, because that'd be really messed up.
I do find it hard to sympathize with all of the rich kids and ridiculous 'influencers'. If it seems too good to be true, it is.

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Erika (17788 KP) Feb 14, 2019

Uh oh... thought I smelled something funny about this doc:https://newrepublic.com/article/153095/fyre-festival-huge-scam-netflixs-fyre-documentary-scam-too

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Andy K (10821 KP) Feb 14, 2019

Wow weird...

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Liliannar (58 KP) rated Stranger in a Strange Land in Books

May 29, 2018

This book was phenomenal. I listened to it through an audio version and would highly recommend doing so. When this was recommended to me by a friend I skeptically gave it a try and it has turned out to be one of my favorite books of this year.

This book takes you through a journey of discovering quite a bit about human-kind and our nuances to be awful to each other. This can be extremely humorous or extremely sad depending on the circumstances. There are also parts of this that will push your boundaries of what you find to be morally or ethically acceptable.

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Tanya K. Taylor (1 KP) rated Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium in Books

Nov 24, 2018

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Informative

Intriguing

A fun book about a generally taboo subject

I first came across Caitlin Doughty when her YouTube channel 'Ask A Mortician' came up on suggestions. I loved how she was able to talk about such a typically taboo and awkward subject in such an engaging way, and when I found out about her books I knew I had to read them. She writes as she speaks, which means these books often take a light hearted approach, which can make the subject matter easier to deal with. I highly recommend this book to anyone who isn't afraid to step outside the norm :)