Review: Super Better: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient; Powered by the Science of Games

Super Better: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient; Powered by the Science of Games by Jane McGonigal
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is pretty awesome. I've tried a few things and I think the ideas are legitimately valid. I may actually buy an Xbox now.

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Review: The Call of Cthulhu -

The Call of Cthulhu - by H.P. Lovecraft
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Finally got around to this. Was similar to reading Poe but more imaginative. On the whole, it wasn't as good though.

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Review: The King in Yellow

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I'm not certain what the point of this was.

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Review: The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I don't understand why these public domain digital books all seem to have so many errors in them. Who on earth are they hiring to transcribe these things?

Not very scary for a ghost story.

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Review: The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Good Halloween read but not too scary for wusses like me.

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Review: The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I wanted to read this before seeing the movie so I finally got it from the library. Quite the life this family lived and Walls is really good at telling their stories. It was pretty depressing though and I don't think I want to see the movie anymore.

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Review: A Horse Walks into a Bar

A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Quite the story.

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Review: The Countess

The Countess by Rebecca Johns
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I really want to read some non-fiction about Countess Bathory, but this was the only book my library had. I thought it might at least be good for a Halloween read but it just didn't jibe with what I wanted.

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Review: Ringworld

Ringworld by Larry Niven
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I don't like to judge books harshly if they are part of a bigger whole that I am yet to be familiar with. That said, this did not live up to the hype I heard about it. I found it to be pretty boring and I couldn't visualize some of the concepts. Don't think I'll read any more of the series.

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Review: Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge

Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I thought this would make a good October read but it was too ridiculous to be borne.

This review is in exchange for a free e-galley from netgalley.com.

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Review: Standard Deviation

Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was well written and the characters were interesting but, as a whole, I didn't fall in love with it.

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Review: When Dimple Met Rishi

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I watched The Big Sick right before the library finally sent this book through from my holds list. Apparently it's the inadvertent week for arranged marriages as a sub-topic.
Anyway, this was really cute and sweet. I enjoyed reading it.

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Review: Rabbit Cake

Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Some books need to have disclaimers before critical chapters that warn you to stop reading if you don't want to embarrass yourself by crying in public.

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Review: Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I thought I'd heard somewhere that this was a creepy story but it wasn't. There were disturbing elements but it all seemed very realistic and plausible.

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Review: Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-1793

Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-1793 by Winston Graham
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I thought I'd be in to new material by now but this book was covered in season two also. I need to rewatch it and figure out how they crammed so much in.

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Review: Jeremy Poldark

Jeremy Poldark by Winston Graham
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Most of this was covered in season two of the show so I wasn't very surprised. I thought the show would do one book per season so I have some catching up to do.

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