Jack Baty

Neil Gaiman's love of reading and writing is fascinating and infectious. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go to the library.

I didn't realize I was in the mood for a 500+ page “space opera” until shortly after starting Leviathan Wakes. A little mystery, a little horror, a little action thriller, and a lot of fun.

Short and practical.

Magic vs Technology what's not to like?

“Messy” is filled with contrarian examples and anecdotes disputing the modern idea that the only way to be productive or creative is by sitting at a spotless desk in an empty room while Jonathan Ive stands behind you whispering design mantras in dulcet tones.

On the other hand, a spotless desk works wonders for some people.

I enjoyed Simple Rules. Some of the examples were useful. A Simple Rule I already follow is “Don't keep reading if it seems to be repeating itself”. This book suffered from that problem, so I skimmed the second half and that's that.

I'll probably read any new book about typewrites. It's nice to even have them. “The Typewriter Revolution” was thorough and informative. I could have done without the “Insurgency!” bits and probably didn't need the defensiveness around typists being called “hipsters”. Otherwise, a fun read.

This type of science fiction is no longer my bag. The childish sex scenes and the dialog of the “poet” killed it for me after about 30% of the way through. Did not finish.

I no longer enjoy following douchebag characters. Didn't finish this one. American Psycho did it better anyway.

Maybe I'll finish Pest Control some day, but after 50 pages I'm not feeling it. Too many insects and not enough laughs.

Enjoyable read, but when finished I found myself wondering what it was for.

Did not finish. Not because I'd expected a Discworld novel, but because I didn't like this one enough to continue.

Geeky, high-energy fun.

Five stars because this is the first “real” book I ever read. 1970-ish. I read it while my parents and grandparents were out shopping and running errands. I made a sort of fort under my grandmother's kitchen table and just read and read.

I liked the book's easily-digestible format, but I didn't find it terribly useful overall. Worth the read, though.

Very fun read. Imaginative and delightful overall. I only wish I understood the purpose of changing everyone's name every third sentance.

While there were many laugh-out-loud moments, I just could not muster the energy to finish. I may come back to this one day.

Pressed all of my buttons.

More like an instruction manual on “How to be an Asshole”.

Adored all of it.

Hilarious and scary

Walk, push a cart, “I'm hungry.”, look for food, “be careful,” hide, walk more.

Bleak is okay with me. Boring is not. Points for style, though.