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• A Game of Thrones reviewed by @thebigsleepy

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Everyone in this book has three names and I have one lamp, so you can imagine how that went. I did know who Ned was, at least. When they did the thing to Ned I sat up properly for once.

  A Game of Thrones · @thebigsleepy · 14 Jun 2026

• Assassin's Apprentice reviewed by @hollowknightfan99

  7/ 107 out of 10

  slow. good. slow though

  Assassin's Apprentice · @hollowknightfan99 · 14 Jun 2026

  1212 readers agree with this review

• The Black Prism reviewed by @three_chapters_in

  8/ 108 out of 10

  ok this is fun

  The Black Prism · @three_chapters_in · 14 Jun 2026

• The Hero of Ages reviewed by @rereader

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Second read. Margin note from 2016 says "too neat." 2016 was wrong. It's set up two books earlier and I simply wasn't paying attention the first time round. Sazed's ending still gets me.

  The Hero of Ages · @rereader · 14 Jun 2026

• Night Angel reviewed by @verity_lane

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Grim, quick, and I called one of the big turns in book two roughly forty pages early. Not saying which turn. Not saying which page either, because you'd count.

  Night Angel · @verity_lane · 13 Jun 2026

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reviewed by @commuterfiction

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Arthur Dent's house is demolished on the same morning as the Earth. He travels with Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Trillian. A computer gives an answer to a question nobody has.

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · @commuterfiction · 13 Jun 2026

• Nineteen Eighty-four reviewed by @verity_lane

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Yes I've read it now. No, I'm not discussing it.

  Nineteen Eighty-four · @verity_lane · 13 Jun 2026

• Stoner reviewed by @an_ordinary_tuesday

  10/ 1010 out of 10

  It took my legs out from under me.

  Stoner · @an_ordinary_tuesday · 13 Jun 2026

• Giovanni’s Room reviewed by @an_ordinary_tuesday

  10/ 1010 out of 10

  Ten out of ten and it hurt the whole way.

  Giovanni’s Room · @an_ordinary_tuesday · 12 Jun 2026

• Slaughterhouse-Five reviewed by @kepler22b

  8/ 108 out of 10

  also: this catalogue entry is wrong

  Slaughterhouse-Five · @kepler22b · 11 Jun 2026

• Freakonomics reviewed by @books_and_bins

  3/ 103 out of 10

  Party tricks.

  Freakonomics · @books_and_bins · 11 Jun 2026

• The Left Hand of Darkness reviewed by @sam

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Cold. Excellent.

  The Left Hand of Darkness · @sam · 10 Jun 2026

• The Secret History reviewed by @verity_lane

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Everyone had read this except me, until March.

  The Secret History · @verity_lane · 10 Jun 2026

• Watchmen reviewed by @kepler22b

  8/ 108 out of 10

  nine panels, no waste

  Watchmen · @kepler22b · 10 Jun 2026

• Gone Girl (Special Edition) reviewed by @commuterfiction

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Amy Dunne goes missing in Missouri on her fifth wedding anniversary. Her husband Nick talks to the police and then to reporters. Her diary entries run alongside his account and the two do not agree.

  Gone Girl (Special Edition) · @commuterfiction · 10 Jun 2026

• Beloved reviewed by @libbyoverdrive

  6/ 106 out of 10

  Wrong format, entirely my fault. I needed to go back a page and you can't go back a page in audio, you can only scrub about and lose your place. Six for the listen.

  Beloved · @libbyoverdrive · 10 Jun 2026

• Jane Eyre reviewed by @mx_marginalia

  6/ 106 out of 10

  Six out of ten, and every one of those points belongs to Bertha.

  Jane Eyre · @mx_marginalia · 9 Jun 2026

• Siddhartha reviewed by @pageandvine

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Short enough for one sitting and that is exactly what I did, a Sunday, coffee going cold at my elbow. Gorgeous on the sentence. I didn't have the revelation and I'm fairly sure you're meant to, so, seven.

  Siddhartha · @pageandvine · 9 Jun 2026

• Flow reviewed by @annotatedannie

  6/ 106 out of 10

  1) The core observation is real and I recognised it immediately from work. 2) The evidence for it is a questionnaire and a pager. It gets a six, and I'd have read a 90-page version of this quite happily.

  Flow · @annotatedannie · 9 Jun 2026

• Kindred reviewed by @the_slow_reader

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Finished on a Sunday and couldn't speak to anyone until the evening. Two nights of desvelo after. Butler wastes nothing at all. The Spanish title, Parentesco, is flatter than Kindred, and nothing can be done about it.

  Kindred · @the_slow_reader · 9 Jun 2026

• Outlander reviewed by @plainjaneausten

  6/ 106 out of 10

  mum is obsessed and made me try it. the standing stones bit is genuinely great?? and then it just goes on and on with Jamie being wet about everything. six. sorry mum

  Outlander · @plainjaneausten · 7 Jun 2026

• A Gentleman in Moscow reviewed by @pageandvine

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Comfort food, unapologetically. The bouillabaisse alone.

  A Gentleman in Moscow · @pageandvine · 6 Jun 2026

• Entangled Life reviewed by @ivor_stack

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Eight. I have opened enough foundations to have met the stuff repeatedly and never once wondered what it was doing down there. He is careful about what isn't known, which in this field is rarer than it should be.

  Entangled Life · @ivor_stack · 6 Jun 2026

• The Hunger Games reviewed by @grimdarkgareth

  6/ 106 out of 10

  High 6. Pulls its punches right at the finish.

  The Hunger Games · @grimdarkgareth · 6 Jun 2026

  11 reader agrees with this review