Cory Doctorow has recently made a few waves in the blogging and podcasting world by generally being EVERYWHERE. So I decided that in addition to listening to him talk about copyright law and how ridiculous it has become, I would read one of his books. I picked Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom for [...]
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readability: 9
plot: 8
characterization: 7
writing: 6
swing: 9
rating: 7.8
The latest, and apparently final installment of the saga of Harry Potter, that charming, angsty young wizard with a penchant for dangerous situations and heavy-handed irony, apparated with a resounding crack in bookstores this past weekend. Forgive me; that quip has probably been used by thousands of reviewers around the world.
The [...]
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