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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
3.92
did not like it
Full review can be found at: https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-re...

I wanted to love The Thursday Murder Club. I really did.

Like most people, I was d
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Aug 2020
Aug 09, 2020
 
The Sound Mirror
4.14
it was amazing
The Sound Mirror is a first-rate piece of fiction.

If you haven't yet read it, do yourself a favour and pick up a copy.

The novel is about three central
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May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
 
In Absurdia
3.67
liked it
REVIEW (read the full review on Tales from Absurdia)

In Absurdia is a trip.

It's a dizzying, disorientating piece of absurdist fiction that’s harder to
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Aug 27, 2020
Aug 16, 2020
 
The Path and the Way
3.96
really liked it
Full review available at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/ringlander-the-path-and-the-way-book-review/

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Sep 06, 2021
Jul 08, 2021
 
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel
4.11
liked it
Full review published at: https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/review-seven-nights-at-the-flamingo-hotel/

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Leave any assumptions about S
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Jan 22, 2021
Dec 12, 2020
 
The Living Sword (Living Sword, #1)
3.44
liked it
Full review published at: https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/the-living-sword-review/

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The Living Sword is a curious book.

I
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Mar 2021
Feb 15, 2021
 
Inside Story
3.93
liked it
Inside Story, Martin Amis’s latest autobiographical novel*, is brilliant at times.

It’s well written and a sombre ennui pervades his entries on late fa
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Sep 17, 2020
Aug 26, 2020
 
Winterset Hollow
4.04
really liked it
Read the full review at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-re...

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Winterset Hollow is a novel about a novel called Winterset Holl
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Dec 10, 2021
Oct 17, 2021
 
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
4.27
it was amazing
I'm going to need a few days to process what I've just read.

We're often prone to looking upon North Korea through the lens of our perspective of Kim-J
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Apr 24, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
 
The Girl From the Attic
3.91
liked it
The Girl in the Attic is a charming tale, but I think it probably should have been a short story.

There's a decent narrative here, and Octagon House is
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May 23, 2020
May 15, 2020
 
The Playmaker Project
3.33
really liked it
Who’d have thought that the worlds of sci-fi and soccer could collide?

Well, author Daniel Peterson has done a remarkable job in bringing these two see
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May 19, 2020
May 15, 2020
 
Islands of Abandonment
4.21
it was amazing
Full review available at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/islands-of-abandonment-book-review/
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Jul 28, 2021
Jul 01, 2021
 
1984
4.19
it was amazing
Full review available at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/nineteen-eighty-four-audiobook-review/
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Feb 16, 2021
Jan 31, 2021
 
A Tale of Two Cities
3.86
really liked it
A Tale of Two Cities indeed! The first two parts of this three-part text, located in England for the most part are a slow read. The book has a very st ...more
Jun 24, 2015
Aug 14, 2012
 
Ico: Castle in the Mist
3.66
liked it
I was cautiously optimistic about ICO: Castle in the Mist, with a strong emphasis on 'cautiously'.

On the one hand, ICO is one of the more memorable vi
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Apr 11, 2020
Aug 14, 2012
 
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
4.21
really liked it
Full review available at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue-book-review
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Jun 26, 2021
May 29, 2021
 
Rogue: Untouched
3.83
really liked it
Full review available at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/rogue-untouched-book-review/
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Jun 06, 2021
Apr 26, 2021
 
Boys Don't Cry
4.36
really liked it
Full review available at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/boys-dont-cry-review/
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This is Dublin.

Exce
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Apr 24, 2021
Apr 14, 2021
 
Sheltered: When a Boy Becomes a Legend
4.15
it was ok
**spoiler alert** Full review available at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/sheltered-when-a-boy-becomes-a-legend-review/
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Apr 13, 2021
Feb 15, 2021
 
The Rings of Mars
4.33
liked it
Full review published at: https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/the-rings-of-mars-review/

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Blighted by the effects of climate chan
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Mar 19, 2021
Feb 16, 2021
 
Mrs Death Misses Death
3.54
it was amazing
Read the full review at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-re...

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Mrs Death Misses Death is a tremendous book and the best book I
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Jan 20, 2022
Apr 17, 2021
Apr 05, 2021
 
Winter in Tabriz
3.90
it was amazing
Read the full review at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-re...

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Set against the backdrop of the 1978/9 Iranian Revolution, Wint
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Oct 26, 2021
Sep 06, 2021
 
And Then There Was No One
3.20
liked it
I enjoyed And Then There was No One.

I wasn't entirely convinced at first - Adair came across as pompous and overly wordy, but that's all part of the j
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Jul 27, 2020
Jul 19, 2020
 
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
4.06
really liked it
An excellent piece of investigate journalism.

Hitchens is no doubt motivated by his antagonism towards organised religion, but the sources included in
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Apr 12, 2020
Apr 12, 2020
 
What It Feels Like for a Girl
4.31
it was amazing
Read the full review at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-re...

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Paris Lees is a journalist, model, and now a published author.
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Aug 08, 2021
May 29, 2021
 
T Is for Time Travel
3.99
really liked it
Read the full review at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-re...

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T is for Time Travel is a curious collection of short stories b
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Oct 26, 2021
Jul 08, 2021
 
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
4.47
it was amazing
Over 20 years later, J.K. Rowling's debut is still absolute magic.

Accessible to all, with rich lore, humour, and memorable characters, The Philosopher
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Apr 19, 2020
Apr 14, 2020
 
Copywriting Is…: 30-or-so thoughts on thinking like a copywriter
4.27
it was amazing
Read the full review at https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-re...

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Copywriting Is... is a veritable trove of eclectic copywriting
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Jul 2021
May 23, 2021
 
The Alchemist
3.90
did not like it
Pretentious, contrived and pretty poorly written.
Jul 22, 2013
Aug 14, 2012
 
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
3.94
it was amazing
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Mar 03, 2015
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