Mt Roskill Grammar

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Hamnet

By Maggie O'Farrell

0 stars
The Social Instinct : How Cooperation Shaped the World

By Nichola Raihani

5 stars
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk

By Kathleen Rooney

0 stars
Blink

By Malcolm Gladwell

0 stars
Morning and Evening

By Jon Fosse

0 stars
Foster

By Claire Keegan

3 stars

This book was heavily acclaimed by many influential medias and authors, but I am not that much touched. -__-
The cellist in Sarajevo

By Steven Galloway

5 stars

Survival over humanity. Ordinary people still try to keep their dignity and humanity as human-beings. Highly recommend.
Everything Under

By Daisy Johnson

2 stars

3 views at different times and places weave to make the story. This book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2018, but I was not fascinated nor fully convinced. But I know that other people will find this book very interesting.
The age of seeds

By Fiona McMillan-Webster

5 stars

How seeds evolved to survive? How have humans stimulated the changes? This book brings a wide range of examples to illustration the evolutions of plants in their seeds. Very interesting book.
Humankind

By Rutger Bregman

5 stars
The girl who saved the king of Sweden

By Jonas Jonasson

3 stars

Not literature but certainly an interesting and good time-killing fiction. In terms of entertainment, pretty good.
Elmet

By Fiona Mozley

5 stars

Fight rather than surrender. I do not know if/whether I fully understood the message that the writer wanted to write, but anyway, I liked this book. Man Booker Prize finalist in 2017
A Short History of the World in 50 Places

By Dr Jacob F. Field

5 stars

Another interesting book of the 50 series.
A Short History of the World in 50 Books

By Daniel Smith

5 stars

Most of the books are widely, well-known books so not much new information but still it is an interesting book about books.
All that man is

By David Szalay

4 stars

This book describes moments of 9 men's lives. I felt a little uncomfortable when reading the first some chapters, but it became alright. Interesting book but I am still a little surprised/disappointed that it was a finalist for the Booker Prize
Small things like these

By Claire Keegan

5 stars

There are some books that the more you read you, the slower you read, feeling sad that the number of remaining pages decreases, and you read them word by word, slowly and slowly to read all the messages of the book. It was such a book to me. A thin book but profound messages to me, and the sentences were short but strong. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022.
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies

By Natasha Tidd

5 stars

Did Caesar conquer Gaul not for the glory of Rome but to pay off his debt and climb up the political ladder? Did a woman give birth to 15 rabbits? The book introduces 50 interesting lies that shaped or did not shape histories. A very interesting book.
A Short History of the World in 50 Animals.

By Dr Jacob F. Field

5 stars

Interesting book. Both you and your children will enjoy this book.
The girl on the 88 bus

By Freya Sampson

2 stars

Easy, holiday book. But at least it does not end up with the "cliche" ending.
Tastes like Chicken: a History of America's Favorite Bird

By Emelyn Rude

4 stars

Interesting history on how beef-frenzy Americans became ardent chicken eaters. At the start or end (and sometimes middle) of each chapter you can find chicken recipes.
The noise of Time

By Julian Barnes

5 stars

Shostakovich under the Soviet Russia. Some knowledge in 20th Russian classical music and politics helps reading. Excellent book.
When Hitler took cocaine and Lenin lost his brain: history's unknown chapters

By Giles Milton

5 stars

As the name suggests, this book shows not well-known facts/episodes in history. Interesting book. Each chapter is short so easy to read.
The Promise

By Damon Galgut

3 stars

The focus of narration changes quickly so needed time to get used to the style. The promise is finally fulfilled after justice is done? It is the winner of the 2021 Booker Prize but this book did not appeal to me.
Big Lies: from Socrates to Social Media

By Mark Kurlansky

5 stars

Do you feel guilty that you lied to your students "This topic is REALLY important for your exam." or " I will call your parents, if you do not behave properly."? Then will you feel a bit better to learn that Child psychologist Jean Piaget concluded that telling lies is a natural tendency .... spontaneous and universal? Mark Kurlansky describes white lies in intimate relationships to big lies in society and between nations. Mark Kurlansky never disappoints me!.... By the way, even though it is a human nature, Donald Trump's 30573 false or misleading claims in his four years in office is too much!
Galatea: a Short Story

By Madeline Miller

3 stars

It is a short book, only 57 pages long, and you can finish it within 20 minutes, but the message from the author is not simple. As she wrote in Afterword, Galatea is more independent and free-willed creature unlike Ovid's Pygmalion, and determines the end of the story. Certainly an interesting book.
Remember; the Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

By Lisa Genova

5 stars

It is a good introductory/ medium-depth book to memory and forgetting. As long as you have basic understanding in Biology you can easily follow the book. Most of all, it explains that we do not need to over-worry about out forgetfulness.
Nutshell

By Ian McEwan

3 stars

A smart and cynical foetus listens to, and think about his father, mother and uncle. Interesting but not convincing to me.
Machines like me

By Ian McEwan

5 stars

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