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The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that pulses with life in the midst of death.]]> 706 Thomas Mann Sara 0 dnf, club-xr 4.12 1924
author: Thomas Mann
name: Sara
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1924
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/28
shelves: dnf, club-xr
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]]> 12187787 In this groundbreaking book, award-winning physicist David Deutsch argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe--and that improving them is the basic regulating principle of all successful human endeavor. Taking us on a journey through every fundamental field of science, as well as the history of civilization, art, moral values, and the theory of political institutions, Deutsch tracks how we form new explanations and drop bad ones, explaining the conditions under which progress--which he argues is potentially boundless--can and cannot happen. Hugely ambitious and highly original, "The Beginning of Infinity" explores and establishes deep connections between the laws of nature, the human condition, knowledge, and the possibility for progress.]]> 498 David Deutsch 1101549823 Sara 0 dnf, club-xr 4.28 2011
author: David Deutsch
name: Sara
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/12/06
shelves: dnf, club-xr
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DNF at 66%. I was already struggling with it, and then I got the plague and missed the book club discussion, and now I'm just not feeling the need to continue. Bad timing.
]]> 21412400 No One Belongs Here More Than You, a spectacular debut novel that is so heartbreaking, so dirty, so tender, so funny � so Miranda July � readers will be blown away.

Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six, who sometimes recurs as other people's babies. Cheryl is also obsessed with Phillip, a philandering board member at the women's self-defense non-profit where she works. She believes they've been making love for many lifetimes, though they have yet to consummate in this one.

When Cheryl's bosses ask if their twenty-one-year-old daughter Clee can move into her house for a little while, Cheryl's eccentrically-ordered world explodes. And yet it is Clee � the selfish, cruel blond bombshell � who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, provides her the love of a lifetime.

Tender, gripping, slyly hilarious, infused with raging sexual fantasies and fierce maternal love, Miranda July's first novel confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling, disorienting, and unforgettable.]]> 288 Miranda July 1439172560 Sara 0 dnf 3.67 2015
author: Miranda July
name: Sara
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at: 2018/04/07
date added: 2018/04/08
shelves: dnf
review:
I picked this up on a whim at the library, but couldn't get into it. Gave up after five chapters.
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