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Jan. 30th, 2016

Time (...past time) for the latest edition of abandoned books! Here's the books I started in the year 2015 and failed to finish for various reasons, with commentary.

1. Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits, by Robin McKinley & Peter Dickinson
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2. Beat to Quarters (aka The Happy Return), by C.S. Forester
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3. Phineas Finn, by Anthony Trollope
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4. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
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5. Fanny Hill
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6. A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T.E. Laurence, by John E. Mack
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7. Zahrah the Windseeker, by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
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8. Busman's Honeymoon, by Dorothy Sayers
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9. Miss Marjoribanks, by Mrs Oliphant
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10. Our Journey to Sinai: A Visit to the Monastery of St Catarina, by Agnes Bensly
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11. Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, by Kate Bernstein and S. Bear Bergman
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12. The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, by Simon Winchester
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Crossposts: http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/254691.html

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