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The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I've never read anything by Amy Tan before and this book made be love her!
Christianity and War and Other Essays Against the Warfare State by Laurence M. Vance

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 1%.
A friend bought this for me and I tried to find an interest in it. It's just not for me.
I'm not a Christian, but I am against war in the same way the author seems to be. But I have no interest in the Christian reasons. When I was one, though, I never could (still can't) understand how they could justify being so pro-war. It was unnerving.
Consider the Lobster And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
Just not my cup of tea.
Defending the Undefendable by Walter Block

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fast-paced

4.0

Good arguments.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

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emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Absolutely beautiful. Like living another person's life. 
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

What can I possibly say? It's beautiful. I'd put this high up on my list of favorite classics.
The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Highly entertaining!
Irish Folktales by Henry Glassie

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funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

3.0

I loved the stories, but I wanted more in the way of an explanation for most of them. Some were so strange that I wanted to know the significance. Why was this story included?
Overall, it is a great collection, though.
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

The Peripheral by William Gibson

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challenging

2.0

Quick Review: Not a fan. I was confused... maybe it's just not my kind of sci-fi. I had hoped the book would shed more light on the tv show, but it was an entirely different story.