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I like to hear both the good and bad reviews from books. Sometimes there is something that will turn one of us off from reading a book and the bad reviews can help with that. Anyhoo
I am still reading Every Soul A Star which is a really cute book so far. I'm not sure how I ended up putting it on my TR list as it is a Children's/YA book but a good story so far
I am switching gears. My granddaughter loves Bones. So I told her that the author of Bones writes books she can read. We got the first one in the series called Virals by Kathy Reichs. I am reading it now before my granddaughter and stepdaughter get to it.
BTW, phonelady don't give up on that book. If you are enjoying it so far finish it.
younglisa7~ I enjoy lots of childrens/YA books myself! I read whatever grabs my fancy and just sounds like a good story.I just finished two by YA ghost story author Mary Downing Hahn.I think she writes the best ghost stories. Deep,Dark and Dangerous was more a mystery,but good, and also enjoyed The Doll In The Garden.I haven't yet read any by her that I wasn't happy with.
I wasn't able to finish A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by James Horn. It was a disappointment. Far too much about the politics of the time,between England,Spain and France,to keep my interest.
Next up~The Magic Cottage by James Herbert. I did enjoy Haunted by him,so I'm hoping that I will enjoy this one as well.
younglisa7~ I enjoy lots of childrens/YA books myself! I read whatever grabs my fancy and just sounds like a good story.I just finished two by YA ghost story author Mary Downing Hahn.I think she writes the best ghost stories. Deep,Dark and Dangerous was more a mystery,but good, and also enjoyed The Doll In The Garden.I haven't yet read any by her that I wasn't happy with.
I wasn't able to finish A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by James Horn. It was a disappointment. Far too much about the politics of the time,between England,Spain and France,to keep my interest.
Next up~The Magic Cottage by James Herbert. I did enjoy Haunted by him,so I'm hoping that I will enjoy this one as well.
Thanks for those. I like to have an easy story to go to after heavy stories
I like Isles. He does a lot of research for his books and it's interesting information. Plus, his characters are fully developed, even some of the minor ones, so that the reader gets a full picture of these folks and what makes them tick. In this case several of the characters are truly evil.
Next up is a rereading of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. I first read it about 3 decades ago. I wonder what I will think of it now.
The boom : how fracking ignited the American energyrevolution and changed the world / Russell Gold. Simon & Schusterc 2014. Summary: "Fracking hasvociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these campshas obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the Americanlandscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energycompanies around the globe, and it has started to change geopolitics and globalenergy markets in profound ways. Gold tells the story of this once-obscureoilfield technology--a story with an incredible cast of tycoons and geologists,dreamers and drillers, speculators and skeptics, a story that answers acritical question of our time: Where will the energy come from to power ourworld--and what price will we have to pay for it?" -- from publisher's website.
Summary: Presents an unstintingexploration of controversial fracking technologies to consider the arguments ofits supporters and detractors, profiling key contributors while explaining howthe practice is changing the way energy is used.
Description: vii, 366 pages : map; 24 cm
Very interesting book - on the history, technology, companies, players, pros & cons. A good read, nice touches by the author.
Still can't get past the first few chapters of Watership Down so I'm putting it aside for now and reading Ground Zero: A Zombie Apolcalypse by Nicholas Ryan.
Not ready to throw in the towel yet on Richard Adams, but it doesn't look good.
The boom : how fracking ignited the American energyrevolution and changed the world / Russell Gold. Simon & Schusterc 2014. Summary: "Fracking hasvociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these campshas obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the Americanlandscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energycompanies around the globe, and it has started to change geopolitics and globalenergy markets in profound ways. Gold tells the story of this once-obscureoilfield technology--a story with an incredible cast of tycoons and geologists,dreamers and drillers, speculators and skeptics, a story that answers acritical question of our time: Where will the energy come from to power ourworld--and what price will we have to pay for it?" -- from publisher's website.
Summary: Presents an unstintingexploration of controversial fracking technologies to consider the arguments ofits supporters and detractors, profiling key contributors while explaining howthe practice is changing the way energy is used.
Description: vii, 366 pages : map; 24 cm
Very interesting book - on the history, technology, companies, players, pros & cons. A good read, nice touches by the author.
I am adding this to my TBR list,it does sound interesting and certainly 'timely'!
I am adding this to my TBR list,it does sound interesting and certainly 'timely'!
i_love_autumn, You might like this one, too.
I bought the Tony Horwitz Kindle Single, Boom: Oil, Money, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever after reading the difficulty Horwitz encountered when he tried to publish an eBook. In Boom, he relates his wild trek through the tar sands of Canada and along the Keystone XL pipeline. His adventure allows him to meet very interesting characters on all sides of the energy boom. Fracking is part of his story. It's informative, easy to understand and also entertaining. I was going to post the link in the eBook thread awhile ago.
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so I'm putting it aside for now and reading Ground Zero: A Zombie Apolcalypse by Nicholas Ryan.