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Paul

pwaring@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 1 year, 3 months ago

Reader of a wide range of genres, including a lot of non-fiction. I’m an active member of a sci-fi book club and occasional attendee at a post-apocalyptic book club.

Trying this out as an alternative and hopefully replacement for Goodreads, though I'm posting on both sites at the moment.

I don't follow from here, my main Fediverse account is: @pwaring@fosstodon.org

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Daniel Kahneman, Cass Sunstein, Olivier Sibony: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment (2021, Little, Brown Spark)
J. V. Jones: The Baker's Boy (The Book of Words) (Paperback, 1996, Orbit)
Andrew Steele: Ageless (2020, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

Currently Reading (View all 10)

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Richard Pevear, Alexandre Dumas: Three Musketeers (2008, Penguin Books, Limited)
Adrian Goldsworthy: The Fall of Carthage (Paperback, 2007, Cassell)
Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet: Madly, Deeply (2022, Canongate Books)

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Frank Herbert: Dune Messiah (2017, Hodder & Stoughton)
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Christopher Clark: Prisoners of Time (2021, Penguin Books, Limited)
Alistair Cole: French Politics and Society (2017, Taylor & Francis Group, Routledge)

2025 Reading Goal

50% complete! Paul has read 25 of 50 books.

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reviewed Wizard's first rule by Terry Goodkind (TOR fantasy)

Terry Goodkind: Wizard's first rule (Paperback, 1995, Tom Doherty Associates) 4 stars

The protective barrier that separates Westland from its neighbors to the east is about to …

Review of "Wizard's first rule" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Really enjoyed this book, hit the right balance between epic fantasy and not being ridiculously long (Wheel of Time I'm looking at you...). Although part of a series, the book ended at a definitive point which cleared up a lot of loose ends whilst still leaving enough open for me to want to read the next one.

reviewed Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter

Stephanie Saulter: Gemsigns (2014, Quercus NA) 3 stars

Review of 'Gemsigns' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Picked this up due to a reading group, never having heard of the author before. I found it a slow starter, and the ending felt like a let-down, but the core of the book was an enjoyable read.

Good enough that I'll read the next book in the trilogy at some point, but not so good that it gets bumped up the reading queue.