An interesting memoir about an African American father and a Jewish mother written by their son. Not the best thing I've ever read but still a worth while read.
Wow. This one was surprisingly good. It's a junior fiction book about two boys, one high functioning autistic, and a quest. Seriously good. Deals with death and loss and pi. You heard me. Trust me on this one.
I picked this one up and read the first chapter before I realized what it was, which is ironic because the cover actually said what it was. I suppose I thought it would be less about the movie and more about the history. Not so. Very hard to read and not it all worth it in my view. I finished and still need to learn about Dunkirk.
I truly desire to be intelligent and understand everything, hence my reasoning for this book. I love astronomy! A lot of this book is way over my head but I understood most of it thanks to Tyson's writing. It's not - life altering / must tell everyone about this book - stuff but it was good. Hopefully I'll understand more and more as I continue onward. I love the last chapter where he waxes poetic about what our responsibilities as human beings should really be.
Completely eerie. My first and possibly my last in this genre. Well written and kept my interest to the end but... yikes.
I admit, the title almost made me NOT want to read the book, however I looked more into the book and was swayed by highly positive reviews. Turns out it was well worth it. Highly recommendable.
I was anxious from the moment I started the book. Wow. Of course now I need to learn more about North and South Korea. It's interesting to me that this is happening now - or at least not too long ago.
Good junior fiction story about growing up.
I enjoy this author. He's very easy to read and highly entertaining. I've read so many accounts of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima that it has become more real to me causing many tears. This account was emotional as well. The last chapter of this book leaves you horrified, but hey - the title is "bomb" so it's kind of expected.
This was exactly what I was looking for. It's more about the fall of Czar and the Russian civil war, all was well written and great information. Much easier to read and understand than the book October: The story of the Russian Revolution, which I read and attempted to understand last September. On a side note, I recognized the author's name. Apparently she wrote a few children's books that we've pursued (Bulldozer's Big Day for example). Kind of a wide rang which lead me to be skeptical but this was truly a well done book.
Recommended through a friend because it was recommended to her. Guess she wanted me to check it out first? It was actually pretty good but I'm not sure if I'll take the time to read all the other books in the series. Basic female-power lead character who decides to masquerade as a boy so she can be trained as a knight. Pretty benign with romance and violence although I heard the next few books delve into the whole - wow, I'm a girl... no wait, a woman - romance stuff. Good story though.
Rebekah books:
This was a great find. Rebekah and I both liked the short stories (there are 3 or 4 in the book). I'm hoping the author has done more like this.
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