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Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle
3.0
Doyle's empathy and eye for detail are still there, but the book is disjointed and doesn't work up much energy.
Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
3.0
Interesting, but mostly as a source of cocktail-party ammo. Some of the anecdotes and comparisons are too cute for their own intellectual sake.
Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
3.0
Fun little mysteries written in Asimov's approachable, friendly style. Not terribly deep, but one shouldn't crack open a book of short, formulaic stories expecting that anyway.
More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
3.0
Fun little mysteries written in Asimov's approachable, friendly style. Not terribly deep, but one shouldn't crack open a book of short, formulaic stories expecting that anyway.
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle
4.0
Immersive character study with a strong voice. Fairly depressing, but not desperate.
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker
5.0
A classic of popular (and at times, fairly academic) linguistics. The ideal gift for someone with an interest in language who's tired of hearing nothing about it in the mainstream but arguments over "proper" English and word origin fairy tales.