Pam Phillips started reading Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London, #10)
THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES
'This isn't …
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Taking my next step into the Fediverse from Mastodon. I've written some weird little SF stories and poems, but I don't read much fiction any more. Now I'm mostly interested in science and history, especially non-human intelligence.
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Pam Phillips finished reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the …
Pam Phillips started reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great …
Beautiful prose, but I have the nagging feeling that I'm not catching on to what's really going on.
Pam Phillips finished reading System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
Pam Phillips wants to read Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When …
Pam Phillips started reading System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
Pam Phillips wants to read System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
Pam Phillips started reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall.
When …
Pam Phillips finished reading Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.
You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had …
Pam Phillips started reading Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.
You know that feeling when you’re …
Libby came through while I was still plowing through Power Broker. Read a couple chapters just to get it started on my Kobo.
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One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and …
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5 stars
Wow, what to say about this book? 1,200 pages about a bunch of long dead megalomaniacs, led by Robert Moses, a tunnel visioned urban planner who, if it wasn't big highways ploughed right throw New York City, he was hardly interested. It tells the story of how he screwed over a city I don't care about by ignoring non-whites and mass transit, while being the shadow government behind New York City politics for more than 50 years. An unelected bigot, beholden no one and completely on his own.
And, despite the fact it took me over 2 years to read it, I enjoyed every page of it. One of the reasons for the delay was because it was a library book and it was under such demand, I never could renew it. I finally bought my own copy (which I will donate to my library now), so I wasn't at …
Wow, what to say about this book? 1,200 pages about a bunch of long dead megalomaniacs, led by Robert Moses, a tunnel visioned urban planner who, if it wasn't big highways ploughed right throw New York City, he was hardly interested. It tells the story of how he screwed over a city I don't care about by ignoring non-whites and mass transit, while being the shadow government behind New York City politics for more than 50 years. An unelected bigot, beholden no one and completely on his own.
And, despite the fact it took me over 2 years to read it, I enjoyed every page of it. One of the reasons for the delay was because it was a library book and it was under such demand, I never could renew it. I finally bought my own copy (which I will donate to my library now), so I wasn't at the mercy of the library. It is, as you might imagine, impeccably researched and written with verve and, in places, real anger at the shortsightedness of this "visionary" planner. He did get a few interviews with the man himself, until, I imagine, Moses realized this wasn't going to be a puff piece, when he pulled the plug.
But it was a fascinating glimpse behind the power curtain and man, is it ugly. He goes into all kinds of details and, trust me, it is all very readable. Somehow. It truly is a magical book that I am so glad to have read. Now, on to his massive (and unfinished!) LBJ biography!
Pam Phillips finished reading The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The …
Pam Phillips wants to read The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice …
Pam Phillips commented on The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and …
picking up in hard copy after ebook loan ran out in March