Sara Martin
I found this book disjointed and confusing. I realize the author was talking about her journey through many New Age practices, but the lines were always blurred between them. It seemed very stream of consciousness as she would talk about a practitioner and then talk about herself. I think she basically said mindfulness or self improvement and maybe seeking her inner self or God was what it came down to, but I'm really not quite sure. I learned some things I didn't know, but the book was very muddled.
As with many other Genealogical Publishing Company books, the print is small and there are typos. As for content, this book was entertaining as it delved into researching family myths and discovering if there is any truth to them.
For a new genealogist, learning not to take these family stories as gospel is important to learn. For a more advanced genealogist, reading how these stories began is interesting. Personally, I was happy to see one of my husband's own family legends mentioned in here - that of the Ames family descending from King James.
This was a fairly quick read, although the small print was difficult for me. Some of the information is repetitive. Although this is a 2013 book, there is very little dated material, mainly just mentioning a few websites.
I had never heard of Brownie Wise, the lady at Tupperware responsible for getting the home party system off the ground and successful. She was amazing! This book was interesting and I was compelled to rent a DVD documentary about Wise and Tupper. This makes me glad that I was not an adult woman in the 50s living in such a male dominated America. I take so much for granted nowadays.
Short and sweet, but tells you what you need to know. I have the most recent 2019 edition and the older edition with the examples in the back. Everyone said to get both.
Not sure that I will apply for certification, but I want to be a good, professional genealogist and I want to do it properly. This book keeps me on my toes. (Plus, it's required for my courses.)
This book is an odd book. The author, Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck, has great credentials in the back pages, but I'm not sure what exactly this book was supposed to be.
There are typos galore. Such a shame.
There is a lot of interesting tidbits of history here concerning migrations. Some sentences are repeated in the same section. That brings me to another point: This is not a narrative.
There is no bibliography. Books that can be used for additional research are mentioned in the text.
The span of time it covers is from colonial days to about 1900, depending on the territory. There is some great detail but the book is so short that the detail is not quite enough. It is a good summary but the flow of thoughts under each section appears to be very jumpy and scatteted.
It seemed like it was written a century ago. It's odd to read a book referencing Indians instead of Native Americans. (There is no social commentary in this book. Just the facts ma'am.) The last sentence is “Many arrived quite ill, suffering from typhus.”
I will keep it for reference but I really need a much larger tome.
I'm just getting started with Evernote.
I've been reading about it, watching Webinars, joined a Facebook group, and now this book. It was very informative, even though Evernote has gone through changes. It is still a worthwhile book to read.
I learned a few tips. I'm still trying to use it for more than a document and photo storing app. I love using Excel so I don't see doing a lot of logs and charts in Evernote, but the author explains that.
It's from Family Tree Magazine. They have several helpful books like this.
This is a short book by Thomas MacEntee, one of my favorite genealogy presenters. This is very good info. I'm attempting a Do-Over/Go-Over of my own and it's been fun but more difficult than I anticipated. I have a pdf version that's been updated but it was nice to read a real book. I wish this was longer instead of so very short and sweet.
This is a short novella about the collective dreams of adults remembering their childhood in Chili during Pinochet's regime. The memories center on one of their classmates named Estella who one day had to leave school and never came back.
Some memories are ordinary, some are sad, angry, and confused. Some memories are violent and terrifying. All seem to revolve around Estrella. She was a mysterious jewel in a strange world and the memories of Chili revolve around the memories of her.
Turn of the century bizarreness.
Lord Jim is not a likeable fellow, all show and no substance; although, in his self delusion, he seems to think his actions are reasonable. Somewhere, in the corner of his mind, he knows his truth.
I can say a bit about the subject matter - white men ruling over native peoples - and the resulting colonialism is abhorrent, chaotic, and disturbing. In no fashion is it portrayed heroically with upstanding characters. We are treated to the most unscrupulous group of men sailing, pirating, converting, swindling, and making a living as ever sailed the tropical seas. Still, the story is told by a proper British nobleman whose world at this time never sees a sunset and who, for some reason, takes the young Jim under his wing.
I can talk about what is good in the book - the beautiful sentences, the descriptions, the metaphors. I did tire of the flowery prose and took a long break in the middle of the book.
How Conrad developed the story is wonderful. We are teased by the narration, chapter by chapter, finding out about Jim's actions slowly but surely. A seasoned, wealthy, British gentleman named Marlow tells the story with his gin and tonic and fine cigar in hand. He tells stories within stories.
Personally, as much as I appreciated the methods used to write this novel, I could have enjoyed it if it was much, much shorter. It is definitely of its time.
I was expecting sad but it wasn't quite as sad as I had anticipated. I found the life of an Olympic skater in the USSR in the 80s very interesting. I was always finding tidbits to tell my husband!
I found some parts amusing like being bored at a dinner with Reagan and Gorbachev! I was surprised by how they left Daria with her grandparents so often, but I could tell that skating was her life.
This book group read will provide a good discussion for love and loss.
This book is a narrative of Mary's story after the crucifixion. It does not follow the Biblical narrative; instead it tells the story of a Mary that fled from the cross, who despises John, and does not believe her son was the Son of God. I found the story more depressing than haunting. It was a sad tale and I found it too short to really get much of a glimpse into who Mary was.
This book is our current discussion book for our book group and I appreciated it immensely. Part of the book deals with why and how we put our elders in nursing homes and how we can find a balance between safety and freedom. Our country seems to have a safety first mindset which isn't amenable to having a good end of days.
This book also touches on terminal illness and our attempts to let go or hang on. Finding our priorities and what matters most to us should determine the care we receive at the end.
So embarrassed to be giving TS Eliot 3 stars, but now that I've read it, I probably won't do a re-read. I liked Prufrock more than The Wasteland. I could spend days reading the commentaries and then the literary allusions from the poems. I felt Prufrock was delightful and read it several times. I felt I read The Wasteland multiple times (with commentary) because it was imperative to a decent poetic education. It seemed like a lot of World War I angst and soldiers returning with PTSD - a sad poem, really. I read this small book which I've owned for years because my sister decided to read his poems so we might have a discussion about it.
