[
  {
    "title": "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe",
    "author": "Douglas Adams",
    "dateFinished": "2026.03.25",
    "rating": 3,
    "description": "The second book in the <em>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</em> series, and lives up to my expectations. This book, to no fault of its own, took me a long time to get through, and since I only vaguely remembered the first book, was often times confusing, but a pleasant experience nonetheless.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/the-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "Dune Messiah",
    "author": "Frank Herbet",
    "dateFinished": "2026.08.18",
    "rating": "3-5",
    "description": "The second book in the <em>Dune</em> series. As is often the case, the second book to the series immediately starts with action, rather than learning about the world. A direct continuation of the first Dune book, and seems to have more stakes and consequences in it. Another great book in the sci-fi genre.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/dune-messiah.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Map that Changed the World",
    "author": "Simon Winchester",
    "dateFinished": "2025.07.18",
    "rating": "4",
    "description": "One of the books that got me interested, and cemented my desire to study geology. This is a great account of the history surrounding (british) geology, and the evolution of geological thinking in regards to strata. Could probably be considered a biography of William Smith, but very much also focused on the development of the scientific theories.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/the-map-that-changed-the-world.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "Dune",
    "author": "Frank Herbet",
    "dateFinished": "2026.06.30",
    "rating": "4",
    "description": "One of the classic sci-fi books, and has very strong worldbuilding (maybe some names are a bit too hard to pronounce). I was definitely glad that I read the books before watching the movies. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/dune.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "1984",
    "author": "George Orwell",
    "dateFinished": "2026.05.18",
    "rating": "3-5",
    "description": "A classic book, and there are far too many parallels between the fictitious events of the novel and the events occurring around the world <em>*cough cough USA*</em>. I really enjoyed the first half of the book, but the second half got weird fast, and (in my opinion) did not contribute to the story enough to warrant its length.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/1984.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Running Man",
    "author": "Stephen King (Bachman)",
    "dateFinished": "2025.06.03",
    "rating": "3",
    "description": "A book that I needed to read for English class <em>(who needs to read Shakespeare anyways?)</em>, and the first Stepehen King novel I've read. Overall a novel that I did enjoy reading, and had a fun dystopian element to it. Shares its name with a great <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mzmW63u4ig'>Fearless Flyers song</a>.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/the-running-man.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "La Cantatrice Chauve",
    "author": "Eugène Ionesco",
    "dateFinished": "2024.12.13",
    "rating": 5,
    "description": "Une pièce de théâtre que j'ai lue pour mon cours de français de 12e année. C'est l'une des premières pièces du mouvement de l'absurde dans les années 1950, et il n'y a pas un mot dans cette pièce qui ait du sens. À mon avis, cette pièce évoque l'idée qu'on accorde toujours trop d'importance aux œuvres d'art, et que parfois cette importance est mal placée. Je suis Bobby Watson.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/la-cantatrice-chauve.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "Entangled Life",
    "author": "Merlin Sheldrake",
    "dateFinished": "2024.08.22",
    "rating": "4",
    "description": "Definitely one of the weirder books that I've had the pleasure of reading. A fun biological/mushroom focused book, and made me realize how diverse and alien mycelium is. I mainly remember this book on account of a good portion of it consists of the author detailing his experience on LSD, thinking about his research.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/entangled-life.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet",
    "author": "Becky Chambers",
    "dateFinished": "2024.06.27",
    "rating": "3-5",
    "description": "A really wholesome and fun slice-of-life sci-fi book. I really enjoyed this book as a some light reading, and was often a great way to de-stress at the end of the day. A few parts got a bit too weird for me (humanoid frog orgy), otherwise I would definitely recommend it.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "Paradox Bound",
    "author": "Peter Clines",
    "dateFinished": "2024.06.12",
    "rating": "3",
    "description": "A sci-fi and fantasy book, recommended by a friend. An interesting take on the concept of the 'American Dream', and some good-old time travel too.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/paradox-bound.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "Soonish",
    "author": "Kelly & Zach Weinersmith",
    "dateFinished": "2024.05.17",
    "rating": "2-5",
    "description": "The second book I've read by the Weinersmiths, and the first one they published. The book was a bit outdated, which when it concerns technological advancements, takes away from the point. The library book had some (food?) stains in it, did not finish the book.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/soonish.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "Unreconciled",
    "author": "Jesse Wente",
    "dateFinished": "2024.05.11",
    "rating": "3",
    "description": "A required book for an English class. I haven't read many memoirs, but ended up enjoying this one. I definitely enjoyed Wente's perspective and takes from working in the flim and media industry.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/unreconciled.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "A City on Mars",
    "author": "Kelly & Zach Weinersmith",
    "dateFinished": "2024.05.02",
    "rating": "4",
    "description": "The Weinersmith's first book, found from a podcast. This was a great book: I loved the level of detail and accuracy of the science, and the author's humour and comics. I would definitely recommend it! ",
    "cover": "z-images/books/a-city-on-mars.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "Piranesi",
    "author": "Susanna Clarke",
    "dateFinished": "2024.04.20",
    "rating": "4",
    "description": "An uncanny, true fiction book. This was recommended to me by a friend, and I am very glad that I listened to him. This book definitely gave me something to think about after putting it down, and was not a good choice to read right before bed. ",
    "cover": "z-images/books/piranesi.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "Project Hail Mary",
    "author": "Andy Weir",
    "dateFinished": "2023.06.21",
    "rating": 5,
    "description": "One of the greatest hard science fiction books that I've read. Great humour, writing, storytelling and worldbuilding. <em>This review was written on 2023.05.10, and the movie was excellent, but not as good as the book.</em> I am eagerly awaiting Andy Weir's next novel.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/project-hail-mary.jpg"
  },
  {
    "title": "2312",
    "author": "Kim Stanley Robinson",
    "dateFinished": "2023.04.07",
    "rating": "3-5",
    "description": "A hard sci-fi novel, and the reason for why I imagine space to be filled with interstellar frog people. Overall I enjoyed this book, and found the worldbuilding to be very interesting. Definitely a unique book.",
    "cover": "z-images/books/2312.jpg"
  }
]