I had a paper rejected because the reviewer clearly only looked at the graphs and didn't read the bit explaining anything, ie the rest of the paper. They basically called me an idiot.
My point is I really hate this, too.

What a great list! I really love the synopses; brief but conveying a lot.

The reason I bought my present phone was because my previous phone was no longer getting security updates. It still worked well, the battery was good. But something that lives on the interwebs like your phone needs security updates.

And writings from the 1800s often use "race" to mean "family." It's been a word used for demarcating an us vs them divide since ages ago and is long past due for retirement.

Yes! I enjoy the evil river not staring back at me while I read.

I knew a some climbers in NZ who would likely do this type of thing. And they weren't white, either, just arrogant.

Not to mention, I can't afford a new ereader...

This had me at "depressed Scottish werewolf"

Ah, I forgot Japan...

Of those listed I think it's 8 either have a monarchy or are in the British commonwealth.

Wow. That's literally the 5 Minutes Of Hate from 1984. (I can't remember exactly how long the book says it is, but it's that.)