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393 reviews

The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon by
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

Will read the sections on the relevant books when I get to them.

Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Did not finish book.

Will come back to this. It’s good, I was just in the mood for something more literary and playful.

Storm: To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 by Tad Williams

5.0

Dail Pren by Waldo Williams
Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.

Clearing the decks, having started too many books.

Y Gymraeg yn ei disgleirdeb: yr iaith Gymraeg cyn y chwyldro diwydiannol by Geraint H. Jenkins
Did not finish book. Stopped at 2%.

Clearing the decks, having started too many books.

The Celtic Roots of English by Juhani Klemola, Heli Pitkänen, Markku Filppula
Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.

Clearing the decks, having started too many books.

The Best American Short Stories 1986 by Raymond Carver, Shannon Ravenel
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.

I'll come back to this, just clearing the decks.

Cwmardy and We Live by Hywel Francis, Lewis Jones

(My edition is just Cwmardy - the second edition includes We Live, so I'll probably end up buying that down the line.)

The Keep by Jennifer Egan

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

So Long, Hector Bebb by Ron Berry, Niall Griffiths

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content