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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

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1.0

I happened to see this title on Goodreads and remembered the miserable hours I spent working as a salesclerk for a certain large bookseller during the time in which it was a bestseller. I would read it on lunch breaks and laugh at it.
Dawkins understands less about theology than Boethius did about evolutionary biology. It's an utter embarrassment that this was written not by a teenager but by a man in his seventh decade.
Probably tied with Fifty Shades of Grey for worst thing I've ever read.
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss

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1.0

Krauss, bloviating bore and friend of Jefferey Epstein, wastes 224 pages in a vainglorious attempt to redefine nothing.
Whistle Down the Wind by Mary Hayley Bell

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5.0

Ghastly that this book is out of print, it is really.
Poems for Nighttime by Various Poets

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3.0

Cute little chapbook that appeared in my house; I know not how it came to me.
Good selection. I have most of these poems in other volumes, but I
might keep this one under my pillow. It could also make a nice gift.
The Ring of Thoth by Arthur Conan Doyle

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4.0

About 500 pages into The Iliad, my eyes needed a rest and I thought I'd listen to this as an audiobook. I remember now that I really dislike listening to audiobooks.
It's a fine tale, though.