Mt Roskill Grammar

154,309 pages read and 3,755 team points

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Everything is Predicatable - How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World

By Tom Chivers

4 stars

Really enjoyable book about probability, makes you think about life in general... I am a bit of a slow read, but I find it does get in.
The Lady in the Lake and Other Novels

By Raymond Chandler

5 stars

Found in one of those free wee libraries about the place. Really enjoying it. Half way through the second story. I thought I might find it a bit formulaic, but no, glad I finally got around to reading him.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

By J K Rowling

3 stars

#2 read aloud to child. Not sure I am the target market, told my daughter she has to read the rest herself. I find the hero "left alone again" to defeat the powers of evil is starting to bore me. Why aren't more of the characters used? And the main girl being left basically comatose for chapters so anything could happen to her, left me feeling a bit yuck.
Winter

By Ali Smith

5 stars

Brilliance from Smith as usual :)
God Help the Child

By Toni Morrison

4 stars

Poignant and sometimes dazzling. There is a lot written about how our childhoods affect, but Morrison has a wonerful crack at it, feels like it could have been longer.
J K Rowling

By Harry Potter & The Philosoher's Stone

4 stars

Read to my ten year old, she liked it "pretty well".
Autumn

By Ali Smith

5 stars

Smith is brilliant. Always humane, she makes me feel like this munted world is worth living in.
What We Can Know

By Ian McEwan

3 stars

This book is set in a very English (as in from and of England) academic world and talks a lot about English poetry (which I love). There were some really great ideas in the first part of this book about what can we really know about history, or other people etc. AI featured again. However, the big issue for me with the book is that I didn't like any of the main characters... there were a couple that were tolerably, maybe, but I don't want to spend my holiday with a group of people that I wouldn't boil the jug for. So, I have paused permanently about half way through the book at the beginning of the Second Part, which features the voice of a character I wouldn't ask inside the house. I've always been meaning to read a McEwan book, but not tempted to try another.
Double Fudge

By Judy Blume

5 stars

The characters and the family and sibling dynamics were very humorous and real. Having a younger (or older) irritating sibling is very relatable and the youngsters' taking things or words at face value brought many adventures and laughs. Warm and real. My daughter and I loved it! She is just ten and she still likes to be read to, so we continue!
Ancillary Sword

By Ann Leckie

5 stars

The main character is this series, Breq, is an AI transfered into a human body. Considering it is written over ten years ago, it still feels very fresh. Set in a complex world of haves and have nots with many different races and racism, where AI should do what their masters say, but since their masters are often humans, doesn't always end well. Won a lot of awards in Science Fiction, well deserved. I also loves the way she uses "she" for all sexes, which is what this world does. This is the second in the series, the first being Ancillary Justice. Roll on the third I reckon!

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