@Daren

@Daren

Daren

Joined6 months ago

Recently signed up & moved my GR library here to see how it goes.
I read mostly vintage travel or non-fiction history, but with a scattering of classics, pop science but not really mainstream reads!

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Location:New Zealand

Daren's Books by Status

1,286 Books

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Black Ajax
Passage Through El Dorado
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
The Root of Wild Madder: Chasing the History, Mystery, and Lore of the Persian Carpet
Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium

Daren's Reading Goals

Goal

55/100 books
55%

2025 Reading Goal

Read 100 books by . You're right on schedule! 🙌

Daren's Pinned Lists

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201 books

5 Star

Vurt
The Marsh Arabs
Who Wanders Alone
My Kenya Days
Samarkand and Beyond: A History Of Desert Caravans
First Overland
Madman's Island
Still Life: Inside The Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton

Daren's Most Popular Reviews

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July 9, 2021
July 12, 2023
July 6, 2016

Rich description, beautifully written, with a non linear timeline from chapter to chapter.
Very enjoyable to read, a fantastically told story.

December 25, 2014