James's Updates en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:10:10 -0700 60 James's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9516169764 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:10:10 -0700 <![CDATA[James wants to read 'Random House Word Menu [Paperback]']]> /review/show/7632985654 Random House Word Menu [Paperback] by Stephen Glazier (Author) James wants to read Random House Word Menu [Paperback] by Stephen Glazier (Author)
]]> Review7512738418 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 04:10:49 -0700 <![CDATA[James added 'Shades of Grey']]> /review/show/7512738418 Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde James gave 4 stars to Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1) by Jasper Fforde
A book about how tough it is to get a middle-class person to realize just how fucked up their world is, and imagine that anything can be done about it. Has all of the absurd sci-fi/fantasy trappings and rule-of-cool worldbuilding I've come to know and love from Fforde.

Feels very much like the first of a trilogy, like a prolonged Act 1 -- looking forward to acts 2 and 3! ]]> ReadStatus9503061117 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 03:32:59 -0700 <![CDATA[James started reading 'The Other Valley']]> /review/show/6324877226 The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard James started reading The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
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]]> Review7596020675 Sat, 24 May 2025 12:32:20 -0700 <![CDATA[James added 'Infinite Jest']]> /review/show/7596020675 Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace James gave 1 star to Infinite Jest (Paperback) by David Foster Wallace
Pretty infinite. Not a lot of jest though. ]]> Rating855709529 Fri, 09 May 2025 05:30:19 -0700 <![CDATA[James liked a friend]]> /
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James liked Metaphorosis's review of Gordini Protocols (Shades of Grey, #3):
Gordini Protocols by Jasper Fforde
"How are there reviews of a book that's completely unreleased, possibly unwritten, and that may never be published? Even more, how are there reviews that are 2-4 stars?

I can imagine some people giving a hopeful, prospective 5 star review for what the book will be, or a 1 star review because the book they wanted isn't out, but how do you give an unpublished concept 2 stars?"
]]> ReadStatus9397194182 Wed, 07 May 2025 04:18:07 -0700 <![CDATA[James wants to read 'Gordini Protocols']]> /review/show/7549992492 Gordini Protocols by Jasper Fforde James wants to read Gordini Protocols by Jasper Fforde
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