Gathered from years of interviews, this is one of the best accounts of the human impact of Chernobyl. I loved this book, but be warned it is gruesome and brutal in places.
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Megan reviewed The Destruction of the European Jews by Raul Hilberg
The Destruction of the European Jews is a 1961 book by historian Raul Hilberg. Hilberg …
Detailed description of the mechanisms of the Holocaust.
5 stars
Megan reviewed Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Aleksievich
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (titled Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle …
The Best Human Account of the Chernobyl Disaster
5 stars
Review of 'Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Investigative journalism at it’s best. The book is excellent, readable, clear and logical. The question I kept asking as I read this was “What were they thinking?” When someone perpetrates a massive and clear fraud in public I am always amazed that they somehow convince themselves they won’t get caught. I don’t believe Elizabeth Holmes was a hapless victim of Sunny Balwani, or of structural sexism. it will be interesting to see what the jury thinks.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II is a bestselling 1997 non-fiction book written by Iris …
Megan reviewed On Writing by Stephen King
"Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. …
Review of 'On Writing' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
And absolute diamond of an audio book read by the man himself. One of the best on the subject. The sections on his life and the account of the accident that almost killed him are unmissable. Its thanks to this book that I now have my own copy of The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, in my endless quest to improve my own grammar and readability.
Megan rated A Scanner Darkly: 5 stars
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
A Scanner Darkly is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published in 1977. The semi-autobiographical story …
Megan rated The Spy Who Came In From the Cold: 4 stars
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John Le Carré
In this classic, John le Carré's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he created a world …
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
Megan rated Do androids dream of electric sheep?: 3 stars
Do androids dream of electric sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Voyager)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
Megan rated From Russia with love: 5 stars
From Russia with love by Ian Fleming
James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH in Ian Fleming’s masterful spy thriller, and the …
Megan rated Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: 4 stars
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
The man he knew as “Control” is dead, and the young Turks who forced him out now run the Circus. …
Megan rated The Honourable Schoolboy: 5 stars
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
In the aftermath of the events described in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, George Smiley attempts to bring the Circus …
Megan rated The Constant Gardener: 3 stars
The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
Frightening, heartbreaking, and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carré's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful …
