Mer Barr

What a fascinating and wide ranging set of skills Milicent Patrick had! So glad the author was passionate about, and determined to complete, her research for the book.

A great read for those who went to work in the 50s-00s as a confirmation they weren't the only ones getting nauseous and angry over comments from male coworkers and other men. And I think a great read for those entering the workforce today, to see another woman in the working world that they can learn from.

As enjoyable as the previous book. The ending seems like a cliff-hanger to me.

If you're visual, consider watching the Starz mini-series of [a:Philippa Gregory 9987 Philippa Gregory https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1560883006p2/9987.jpg]'s The Cousins' War series https://www.goodreads.com/series/55424-the-cousins-war. Or keep a genealogy tree of those folks because you're going to need it to keep all these people straight!A good blend of continuing to move the story along, not much side tracking or bogging down in the details, but plenty of details to make each woman come alive, and better representative of them than most male opinions of strong women.

Didn't realize this was short, unconnected, stories. It's definitely different from the other books of the author's that I've read; this doesn't have the dreaming, descriptive, quality of those stories.

This checks off alot of my requests for a story. Science, the plot moves along no stalling or sidetracking, no confusion when switching between multiple story lines, and characters that have depth and personality.

Another book in the Discworld universe that I'm not fond of.

There's something lost in translation, for me, when reading this series in ebook form. Maybe I need to get the physical book or the audio because the scene changes, especially towards the end, are very quick and short, which generates alot of frustration and confusion for me.

Like some of the others, the story goes beyond the logical end of the story, leaving me wondering what this extra bit is for?

And alot of unanswered questions about plot references. What does the bit about the creation of a city have to do with Death's story? Any why is Death, not Death anymore?

Too much jumping around to stay in sync with what the author was trying to present and figuring out if a section was ‘now' or reminisce. Something need to have if I want to enjoy a book.

And the stories are waaaay too depressing for me, even pre-2020!

It was better the second time around.. several decades made a difference.

My introduction to the story is not the video game but the movie of the same title. As with the movie, this book, created to accompany the game release, is full of people with enough detail and character that you become interested in their lives.

And altho this is about war between two different cultures, and alot of killing, the storyline does a great high-wire act, balancing between the blow-by-blow of the battles and the story between the battles.

And it's answered the question I've always had about the tv-series called Blue versus Red which is also in the same universe, I believe.

A rarity! A second book in a series that's not a ‘dud' but just as good as the first book, and possibly better. Thankfully the same two primary characters I enjoyed in the first book. This time there's alot of philosophy, I think is the right term, in this book.

Alot of what's going on in their own thoughts but not so much that it bogs down the movement of the story. Thankfully the end of the book doesn't end on a final note, giving the impression their story will continue.

A nice mix of humor, frustration, and information I didn't know.

About half the book seems to be terms related to space and time travel, which is not a language I know and made it hard for me to become invested in the characters and had me wondering when the plot would get back to the opening scene.

I'm sure there's a good plot in here somewhere but I couldn't get past the depressing work environment at the start of the book. I managed to ignore it in the first 3 books but this year it hits too close to home.

This was so much closer to what I was looking for than the previous book I read, which focused exclusively on the tactics of the battles. Based on the last several chapters, this book is an excellent condensing of the history of the organization, how they came to be, and how they were actually brought down. Not only does the author go into what can be gleaned from historical documents but also talks about the various spinoffs from Christianity and the different branches of Islam and their relation to the reason for the Templars' creation.

He also goes into alot of the myths that have arisen over time. [The author is definitely not a Dan Brown fan.]

This is going in my personal library for rereading.

Could be a benefit to someone with, or is helping someone with, the higher ranges of the autism spectrum. Also an eye opener on the situation today when it comes to being able to earn an income or get additional help outside of the school systems.

Alot of science language thrown about amongst the storyline but not too distracting. A bit slow to start but picks up fairly quickly. I'll put the next in the series on my TBR list.

Found it on YouTube.

A fun read, lots of action and movement [what I like in a story], who was who was a mystery til almost the end [I like this too]. The characters had good depth and personality, and I liked that objects of nature have manifestations.If you like this book and don't mind a bit of leaning towards sci-fi, you may enjoy [b:The Atrocity Archives 101869 The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1) Charles Stross https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1440461724l/101869.SY75.jpg 322252] by [a:Charles Stross 8794 Charles Stross https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1355510574p2/8794.jpg]. London today, supernatural, and managing the chaos that ensues.

Some text about why the person / place was on the photographer's list and alot of text about the person / place and a bit about the image taken. Text and image were not always in the vicinity of each other so sometimes you had to imagine and then say ‘ahah'when you came across the photo, or ‘what?' and then ‘ok, now I understand what I saw a bit back'.

And the wording of the text didn't seem to be in first person but someone else talking about the photographer and her experience. I'm not sure who did the research, the speaker or the photographer, or both.

For being classified as a novella on Goodreads, the story was long enough and the detailing of the main character and human interactions was deep. I enjoyed this and will look for more from the author.

The only issue I had is with the title. Although the term is referenced a couple times, it never seemed to apply to the main character or the storyline.

I thought the author covered a wide variety of subjects related to the telescopes, their policies, and the ethics surrounding them. Also the various sub-communities drawn to the area [not related to the establishment of the radio telescope] and the technology challenges in a technology heavy national culture.

I find it interesting I translated most of the information as more cons than pros to the area.

I struggled with this book. Possibly because I've been single and on my own for most of my life so no new insights for me.

I struggled alot with the style of the writing and I'm not sure I can easily put my finger on it. This is not to say it's bad but it's not how my brain gathers information for non-fiction topics. Something to do with each chapter seeming to be small essays on the chapter subject and not a linear timeline to them. There was alot of bouncing around from time periods and locations in the country [USA specific I think].

The list of sites is amazing and the page or 2 about the science associated with the site are incredible if not a bit overwhelming at times. The author does do a heroic job in the science pages of explaining in layman's terms.

I tried looking for a website where more sites could be found with no luck. I was hoping to find more closer to home.

I'm pretty sure I've read this before but there was so much I have no memory of at all! Lots of topics I was saddened over, some additional adventuring before all was said and done, and definitely surprised by the last few chapters.

All in all I don't think there were any loose ends which was surprising considering how long the grand story was.

Nice continuation from the first book. Can't remember what the pace of the plot was for the first book but this one was a bit slow for my taste. More of the interesting naming convention, which I enjoyed thinking about, however I had a hard time remembering which name set went with which person causing me to miss some of the storyline.