Mer Barr

6 lectures on sitting and dealing with emotions & thoughts.

Too slow for my taste and Ender wasn't even a participant in the story, which is one of the reasons I liked the first book.

Good information about the various leaders since the rise of communism. Way too much information; and I never made it to the time period I wanted to read about.

Interesting read, had some good info but there seemed to be chunks of time left out that I'd've liked to have known about.

I loved learning about the language and culture. If it's not accurate it still made for great reading.

On the other side, I was a bit confounded that the author had the sailor leave his crew to wallow in the jail as I didn't get the impression the sailor was the sort of person to leave colleagues/friends behind when he had the leverage to change things.

Very detailed read.

Interesting how each short story is a lead to the next and together sort of make a whole. A nice mix of battle, intrigue, and love but as a whole I just couldn't get excited about it.

David McCollough mentioned this book during an interview at the 2017 National Book Festival.
I don't recommend it as a light read as it goes into incredible detail of each ship on the various sizes and explains why one ship type, combination of fire power, or crew did better than the others.

I saw the movie before I read the book and I'm not sure which I like better as they both leave alot of questions unanswered. Maybe they're answered in a sequel. The book is a very light, enjoyable, quick read.

I found the connection of tarot, astronomy, and physics very interesting however I thought the ending could have been about 60% of the way in. I applaud Mr. Powers for his skill at crafting one of the longest endings I've ever read.

Although the author has chosen a side, I thought he presented why people did what they did rather well. And the story put some perspective on the injection I received as a child; too young to understand science and the leaps in knowledge the world was going thru at that time.

This book has too much of the darkness and murder and not enough of the park, for my taste. Still plenty of Anna and still enjoy the narrator's interpretation of Ms Barr's writing.

This is one of the few books I've reread at least 4 times. It's not very long and can be finished in a day with some carving out of time, it moves along, gives some mystery and I always seem to forget the ending so it's always a nice surprise when I get there.

I didn't realize this is part of a series, I'll have to check out the rest.

A nice mix of body art, information on different scientific topics, and more importantly, what the tattoos are chosen to commemorate or remind the wearers of.

A fun read, lots of nerdy references and quite a bit of science that's doesn't go over one's head. Thankfully perspective changes are heralded by chapter headings.

A nice mix of elements; dreaminess, maturity, and war and conflict seen from both sides. Didn't enjoy the ending tho.

Probably not a good read for someone not connected with the people being profiled but for those who are it's filled with alot of information that'll pop up in various readings and conversations. I find this helpful and fascinating when and where the references occur.

It's been quite a while since I had a true 'page turner'. Something you want to pick up, something you ignore all other obligations to get the last 30 pages done.

It filled in alot of gaps in my understanding of the variations of ‘autism'. Before I only knew of ‘the spectrum'. Fascinating how much her brain can store! Very thankful that she's sharing the science related to her viewpoint.

I learned alot that I didn't know. For example I always thought he was one of the Mercury astronauts, probably because they were in the same period of technology advancements and similar industries.

I like how the authors have interpreted the creation story but I've never been fond of back-biting and political intrigue that is a part of the whole series.

Very enlightening. The author traces gods from evidence in England to Scandinavia and the Mediterranean, and vice-versa.

BOTH plots seemed stalled out with BOTH stories constantly repeating the same words. Her's ‘maybe I'll be able to find out where the drop is', his ‘There's something wrong'. Geez!

Definitely a different take on many characters I'm familiar with. One issue, the confrontation between Xavier and his son, was rather hard to follow due to the tiny frames, too close shot each had, and the font.

Talk about serious world building! More like let's pause the plot to do some serious universe building. So much so that there's not a plot to see by the 25% mark.

I'd tried reading this back in 2017 but dropped it pretty quickly, clearly for the same reason.