Mer Barr

The author does a good job of focusing on other topics than the blow-by-blow of the fights. And the technologies are new to me so very intriguing. The characters are interesting.

I'll read the next in the series.

A bit depressing but the storytelling is good, the interactions between characters is great, the timeline jumps aren't too jarring, and lots of unexpected twists.

Sort of funny but definitely not laugh out loud. It actually makes my head ache, trying to keep up with the jumping back and forth between stories and time periods and the science (or science fiction).

This is the type of science fiction and young adult that I enjoy; alot of technology and not alot of young adult angst. It also has a plot that moves along, no side tracking for topics that aren't relevant or pausing for too long, and characters that have some depth to them.

I read this almost ten years ago, thinking it was about folks working on the Manhattan Project. I remember feeling a bit confused but didn't remember why. Today I understand why.

This book is 2/3rds biography of the author's family, an uncle's science fiction book that was based on top secret work he was involved in, and 1/3rd about the science his uncle, relatives, and their coworkers were creating. Sciences like radar, radiation, microwave, and cyclotrons to name a few.

A rare form of parallel and intersecting stories <spoiler> where the stories don't merge into one story </spoiler>. And a bit disconcerting as the stories move back and forth through time to before, during, and after the two main events. But once you relax into it, it's really quite an enjoyable story, excluding the two main events of course; with interesting takes on how people react to their trauma.

I'd be curious to see how the world and people continue.

I don't really have a desire to revisit my teen years so I'm not fond of listening to that age-based anxiety in my books. It's not the majority of the book so I was able to wait through these parts to enjoy the rest of the story.

One of the better Robin Cook books because not alot of time is spent on describing the technology / biology. Though, I wish there wasn't a requirement to visit the incredibly darker side of some people, to have a good mystery.

Just a cameo from Mr. Cook's medical examiner's team.

Amazing read! The author is also the narrator and he has a great speaking voice; his timing and modulation keep your focus well.

The material is broken into chapters that designed for relatively short reads over a seris of days. And I like that he's interspersed some of his own story into the telling.

I highly recommend this for folks wanting to get a new take on US history.

A very quick read; not the author's usual big books. Her usual, interesting stories, pictures big enough you can see some of the detail and an interesting logic to the sequence of the images.

One of the books the 2022 streaming series is loosely based on. Still an exploration of the Joe Leaphorn character, which I think is great.

Good pace and a pretty complex mystery make for a good story

The main characters are here, some of the supporting cast briefly and all the funniness and sweetness of their relationships is here.

The storyline is a bit drawn out but the mystery is maintained for a nice length of time.

Overall a nice holiday book and being it's fairly short a nice 'stocking stuffer' to meet your reading goal, if you include novellas.

Focused on three male characters, Luke, Corwin and Merlin. It's been a long time since I read the series but it sounds like these are all towards the end of both series.

I'm not a fan of short stories but I give 3 stars as the stories give you enough information to know who the main character is and their blood relationship, at least, to the other characters.

This book reminds me alot of Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. A heavy dose of science, an interesting storyline, and characters you can take an interest in for the entire book.

I took off 1 star because I found the explanation of the sciences would drag the story down alot of the time but that's just me. If I were worked in the world of science I might enjoy this level of detail.

I do know enough science to recognize the name Jim Green in the acknowledgments. I used to listen to his podcasts (Gravity Assist) and was sad when he shut it down but hey, what a way to move on to other pastures!

2.5 stars only because the younger end of the YA spectrum is too young for my taste. The writing and interplay between the characters is great.

The author does a great job of blending her family's part in the story she tells with the story of the tribes relocated to Oklahoma and the challenges of working thru the legal system to correct sovereign boundaries.

Considering the age of the book, the science involved is not that well known yet, which is amazing. However the storyline hasn't age well for me.

Sometimes pretty creepy and gruesome but always fascinating dives into the sciences involved in forensics, across many decades of application.

Another great story in the Dortmunder series, https://hardcover.app/series/dortmunder. This is my favor humor and fiction series! And if you like Elmore Leanord you might like this series as well. https://hardcover.app/authors/elmore-leonard

In this one, the O. J. Bar and Grill becomes a character in the Dortmunder universe, not just the Regulars and Rollo.

You don't really need to read any of the previous books to follow the story and understand the characters, as each is redescribed upon introduction and their unique qualities are just a fleshed out in this as in any other of the series. However, you will miss alot of their backstories including their introduction to the Dortmunder universe, their unique skillsets, and inter-relationships between the various characters.

I was Very surprised to find this was pretty much a different story than the movie. I was happy to have some gaps in the movie's world building, filled in; especially regarding animals and the origami.

Still not sure what the title has to do with the plot, sounds like a throw of word magnets at a fridge door.

Light-hearted, intriguing characters, lots of interesting interactions between characters, intriguing growth in most characters, interesting twists, and a mystery that stretches out for quite some time.

The only drawback is alot of the above is drawn out overly, creating alot of 'keep it moving' hand gestures on my part.

I was really looking forward to some humor but there wasn't much of it in the first quarter of the book, nor did the storyline really peak my interest; alot of prose and not much action.

Another whale-sized book, another read-through-the-night plot, more interesting characters and surprising twists. It's getting darker and sadder.

And the aliens' goings-on are taking up more of the pages. These my eyes glaze over, there are too many groups and members of those groups, too many mythologies, gods, demi gods, inferior gods that are sisters and wives of the same junior god. So confusing! I just slide over it and hope it doesn't trip me up somehow, later.

I'm caught up now. I think the latest book has just been released so I'll probably have to wait several years before the San Francisco library will let it out of there hands. I find it shocking that the nearest library that has this book in any format is on the other coastline from me!

Set in the early days of the rediscovery, the storyline is how each of three women must reconcile themselves and the culture of Darkover, and how they interact with each other.

The mental struggles are thought provoking, the story moves along nicely, no sidetracking or stalling. It's nice to get reacquainted with Darkover and its people, after being away from this universe for so long.

I feel too old to put this book to good use. I'm past needing to negotiate my way through the male-dominant industries I've worked in for 40 years and I'm not planning to be on any big non-profits or board of directors to put this to good use.

However! I believe it's still a valuable book for any woman that needs to navigate business politics and intrigue and/or move in male-dominated environments and has a desire to work her way up the proverbial ladder.