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Must-read for American history buffs. Super fun and interesting.

Exactly what a great non-fiction book should read like.

I love Fannie Flagg

Very atmospheric and moody, but a bit slow, and I was distracted a lot at work while audiobooking, so: grain of salt.

Might be part of an unintentional trilogy with House of the Spirits and another book that I knew I'd forget if I didn't write down...and did, cause I didn't.

If you like Malcolm McDowall, read this...and vice versa.

Started off awesome, was disappointed by the end. Made me want to go to New Orleans so bad I made beignets.

Candidate for unintentional triology with Gone Girl and possibly Dance Dance Dance

Very good but not exceptional. The best part of this type of book is the relationships and many were included but not fleshed out, though ultimately the bond between the three main characters might make up for it. But where Garp seemed cosmically correct, Last Night can be somewhat contrived.

Sort of a letdown - possibly due to subtlety I missed?

Enjoyable and a page turner, but an awful lot of rehashing of opinions/positions/statements that you're probably already familiar with if you're a podcast fan.

Like Herman Melville, I thought John Irving was a srs bsns author and I wouldn't want to read anything he wrote, and like Melville, I was wrong. This book, at least, reads a lot like Vonnegut with the wackiness turned down. The beginning was great and the ending was very satisfying (by making the book better than the sum of its parts), but maybe the 2nd quarter was not my taste, and I almost stopped reading, but I'm glad I didn't.

Sort of a fizzle-out if you ask me. Trying Rebus next.

Much better than “I hate my neck”

Best book ever. I need to get a “What Would Elner Shimfissle Do?” t-shirt printed up. Also didn't realize it was third in a trilogy...

Starts stupid. I ended up liking it a lot, but the first few chapters read very self-involved, and are sorta weirdly less well written. But stick with it!

Though I feel like the end sort of petered out rather than wrapping things up, I think this is a great book - the one that since-disappointed lovers of Stiff have been waiting for, or close to it.

Very interesting, and recommendable, though really dry at times - the author doesn't pick his focal points terribly well.

This book should be called “The Assholes Abroad”.

More about the soul, etc. than ghosts - bummer!

Thesis not particularly supported, but interesting vignettes.

Take away was two things: Mindy Kaling is exactly like me, Mindy Kaling is not that likeable. Harsh takeaway.

Very very short. I think Laura Vanderkam has a great message about finding time by making choices, and revisiting her work always helps me get back on the right track. Don't begrudge her the gimmicky title :)

Definitely engaging and page-turning, but looking back after finishing it there was more cliche than I expect from Ian Rankin

Nothing happens, it's obvious nothing is going to happen, but it's extremely readable and kept my interest.

Definitely a “the man behind the legend” alternative narrative of Shackleton. The title needlessly makes reference to Ireland, as this isn't particularly focused on Shackleton's Irish heritage or even life (I put off reading this book because I was worried about it being only nominally about the explorer). I will warn readers that it (fairly, given the intent of the book) TOTALLY glosses over the cool, exciting, unbelievable stuff of Antarctic exploration. So you also need to read “South”, “The Worst Journey In The World”, etc. to really appreciate the Shackleton legend.