A somewhat random reader of both fiction and world history. I'll read the first couple of pages of an interesting-looking book in the store, and if I'm impressed, I'll buy it. Never got into eBooks. I like turning paper pages.
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Stephen King: Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis (1999) is a collection of two novellas and three short stories by Stephen King, all connected to …
This is a terrific book. I thought it would be a series of anecdotes about what it's like to be a POC in the UK, but it's a fascinating historical analysis.
This is a terrific book. I thought it would be a series of anecdotes about what it's like to be a POC in the UK, but it's a fascinating historical analysis.
Not particularly original, and somewhat predictable, but some interesting character studies and insights into English social life
Death with Interruptions, published in Britain as Death at Intervals (Portuguese: As Intermitências da Morte), …
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has become one …
Self-indulgent but thoughtful and still relevant
Red, White & Black is a provocative critique of socially engaged films and related critical …
What I actually read was a book by the same name that is a collection of essays refuting the 1619 Project. The book is not in the Bookwyrm catalog. I found some of the libertarian reasoning unconvincing, but there are several valid points relating to the importance of positive messages and role models in our educational materials.
The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent …
Consistently entertaining. You'll fly through it.
Consistently entertaining. You'll fly through it.
"After two and a half years as NPR's Moscow bureau chief, David Greene travels across …
An interesting glimpse into life in Russia. I didn't give it 4 stars only because it's an anecdotal journal that doesn't go into much depth.
An interesting glimpse into life in Russia. I didn't give it 4 stars only because it's an anecdotal journal that doesn't go into much depth.
Pervasive vulgarity seems beneath a writer of this caliber, and the characters won't exactly inspire your faith in humanity, but a pretty good vacation read. You'll fly through it.
Pervasive vulgarity seems beneath a writer of this caliber, and the characters won't exactly inspire your faith in humanity, but a pretty good vacation read. You'll fly through it.
I gave up about 120 pages in. A somewhat interesting, chronological summary of the early origins of the city gives way to a more anecdotal style that loses focus, though the author's interest comes through. Someone more familiar with the streets and neighbourhoods of London might enjoy the book more.
I gave up about 120 pages in. A somewhat interesting, chronological summary of the early origins of the city gives way to a more anecdotal style that loses focus, though the author's interest comes through. Someone more familiar with the streets and neighbourhoods of London might enjoy the book more.
Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic …