Anne Merrill reviewed Sandworm by Andy Greenberg
A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, tracking an elite group of Russian hackers and the future …
Review of 'Sandworm' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
So scary!
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Anne Merrill reviewed Two Is Company by Judy Delton
Bear becomes jealous when Duck, his best friend, makes friends with Chipmunk, who is new …
Review of 'Two Is Company' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was the book I read a million times when I was first learning to read. I checked it out of the library more than two dozen times. Pretty exciting story - a friend gets jealous of a friend's new friend. They decide they can all three drink tea and have a chat together.
Anne Merrill rated To Kill a Mockingbird: 5 stars
Anne Merrill reviewed Theft by finding by David Sedaris
Shares the author's favorite diary entries through 2002, providing a look into the mind of …
Review of 'Theft by finding' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
My favorite David Sedaris I've heard so far. I'm not always in the mood for him, but when I am there's nothing else that compares.
Anne Merrill reviewed Call the midwife by Jennifer Worth
A memoir of an unreligious girl going to learn midwifery from nuns in east end …
Review of 'Call the midwife' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I liked the show better.
Anne Merrill rated Let's explore diabetes with owls: 3 stars
Let's explore diabetes with owls by David Sedaris, David Sedaris
From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing …
Anne Merrill reviewed How not to get rich by Alan Pell Crawford
Describes the famed author's many hare-brained, unsuccessful attempts to strike it rich, including a failed …
Review of 'How not to get rich' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
The author's offensive classism made me quit after a few minutes.
Anne Merrill reviewed A primate's memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky
Review of "A primate's memoir" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Exactly the kind of book I enjoy for falling asleep. Memoir of a smart guy doing interesting things. Not so compelling that I need to hear every word.
Anne Merrill reviewed James Herriot's Cat Stories by James Herriot
Review of "James Herriot's Cat Stories" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Purrfect falling asleep stories.
Anne Merrill reviewed Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of American business magnate and Apple co-founder Steve …
Review of 'Steve Jobs' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Wow. It's typical of me to me most interested in early history and I stopped listening about a third of the way through this incredibly long and detailed book. I've been an apple user for decades, so it felt like it filled in the details on a huge factor in my life. That guy was a serious wizard. It helps with my whole understanding of the world to find out how wide open the possibilities were, back when these geeks were first connecting computing power to user interface, in a suburban bubble where lots of the dads had tech workshops in their garages. I so wish that not causing massive environmental destruction had been one of their design requirements. I did love the bit about the French first lady pitching shit at him about his abuse of workers.
Anne Merrill reviewed The Overstory by Richard L. Powers
The Overstory is a novel by Richard Powers published in 2018 by W. W. Norton …
Review of 'The Overstory' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
What a wonderful book! The story, the writing. Trees. It was a pleasure to read. I’d sometimes stop to savor a particular choice of words, an image, a metaphor, a verb. I often have a hard time keeping track of the characters in novels, but here each person is so clearly drawn, they became very distinct individuals for me. This type of structure, jumping from one story to another seemingly unrelated story, often leaves me bored with some threads, impatient to get back to my favorite characters. In this case, though, I found myself equally interested in each story. Each of the characters is sympathetic in their own way. It’s really a remarkably well constructed work. I’m not usually much of a fiction reader, but I was attracted to this book because it deals with the themes of trees and our relationships with them. I feel like I am still …
What a wonderful book! The story, the writing. Trees. It was a pleasure to read. I’d sometimes stop to savor a particular choice of words, an image, a metaphor, a verb. I often have a hard time keeping track of the characters in novels, but here each person is so clearly drawn, they became very distinct individuals for me. This type of structure, jumping from one story to another seemingly unrelated story, often leaves me bored with some threads, impatient to get back to my favorite characters. In this case, though, I found myself equally interested in each story. Each of the characters is sympathetic in their own way. It’s really a remarkably well constructed work. I’m not usually much of a fiction reader, but I was attracted to this book because it deals with the themes of trees and our relationships with them. I feel like I am still engaging the issues the book raises, somewhere inside me. I expect I’ll have to read it again.
Anne Merrill rated The Trumpeter of Krakow: 5 stars
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
A Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a great secret treasure and a boy's memory of an earlier trumpeter …
Anne Merrill reviewed Ringolevio by Emmett Grogan
Review of 'Ringolevio' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
One of my favorite novels. I've read it twice.
Anne Merrill reviewed The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Review of 'The Bean Trees' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Read this over 20 years ago! Nice to listen to for falling asleep.
Anne Merrill reviewed Calypso by David Sedaris
David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.If you've ever laughed …
Review of 'Calypso' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Funny as usual.