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WHAT WILL BE THE LAST BOOK REVIEW OF 2023??

  • Ubik by Philip K. Dick 38
  • If On Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 45
  • Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (author of Stoner) 56
  • 2023-12-17
  • 139 votes
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I'd love your input :)Thank you!

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Debra

Have there been any reviews of Italo Calvino?

Bryan Wendorf

Any of these would be great. I haven’t read Butcher’s Crossing so that might be my deciding factor

G J Sykes

I missed the vote but Butchers Crossing is a sound choice.

Nils M.

Just started If on a winter's night a traveler a couple of days ago. I've never read a book narrated in the second person before, definitely an interesting first for me. The use of passages (or whole chapters) made up of chapters of fictional books within the book feels very Borgesian to me. Calvino's The Baron in the Trees had me crying at times when I read it a few years ago. A very good book indeed. Just finished Down and Out in Paris and London which might be one of my new favourite books. Getting a glimpse of the hotel and restaurant industry of a hundred years ago was really interesting to me as a kitchen worker myself. Great anecdotes often come from horrible circumstances it seems. It's a must for fans of Anthony Bourdain. Happy holidays!

Joseph Hodgson

Has anyone seen the recent Butcher's Crossing film with Nic Cage? Was it any good? 👀

Anthony Best

Ubik.........never read anything by Philip K Dick. SCi Fi Horror by someone a bit more friendly than Harry Crews.