Our adventures take place in a slightly dystopian future, where some people can tap into extra parts in their brains and gain X-men-like powers. The people who have strong powers are called Greater-Thans, because they can access more than 10% of their brains at once. Your “integration” level is the percentage of your brain you can use. Normal people can only access 10% or less, so they are called Fractions, for a fraction of 10% (which doesn’t make sense to me, but whatever.) Powers include […]
A Stalker with a Heart of Gold and a Perfect Dead Wife (This Book has It All)
I realized I had a few more Liane Moriarty books to check off my list to be a completionist– having just finished The Last Anniversary last week, I think I’m down to just one book left. And that’s sad because I can’t say that I loved this book, i’m really hoping that my last book will be better and give me a little reminder of what I loved from her other books. Because this one? I just felt majorly perplexed by it. We start […]
Richer than the people richer than God
China Rich Girlfriend, the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians, was all over the place. It’s a testament to Kevin Kwan’s ability to craft interesting characters that this is getting 3 stars instead of 2. I think the makings of a great story are in this novel, but his editors needed to help Kwan focus the story more. Spoilers ahead if you haven’t read Crazy Rich Asians (the first book). It’s been two years since the end of book 1 and Rachel and Nick are getting […]
It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish
This final book in the Old Filth Trilogy gives us the story of Terry Veneering, lover of Betty Feathers, romantic and professional rival of Eddie/Filth. It also fleshes out a few of the secondary characters from the previous two novels, notably Dulcie Willy and Fred Fiscal-Smith. Gardam continues the recurring themes of being orphaned, alienated and lacking love within the context of pre- and post-war England (1930s into the 1950s). Each novel is told from the perspective of old age and end of life, which […]
What if your educational voyage does not teach you anything?
A few words in advance This is my second attempt to do the cannonball read. My first was rather short-lived because I could not find the time to write reviews anymore and I hope I will make it this time. Bear in mind that English is not my first language, which means I will make mistakes. Feel free to point them out to me in the comments. The Book Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) is set before World War I. Hans Castorp, scion […]
Richer Than God
This was one of those books that takes over your life for a couple of days while you speed through it. It was incredibly fun. Rachel Chu, an ABC (American Born Chinese), agrees to spend the summer with her boyfriend in Singapore, but she doesn’t know what she’s getting into. Her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, is from one of the oldest and richest families in Singapore. His family has plenty of opinions about his future wife so even though Rachel has a PhD in economics and […]
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