This is a hard book to rate. On one hand, Stephen Hawking's humility, dry humor, and the devastating disease he overcame make him incredibly endearing and admirable. On the other hand, I don't think all of the questions he answered in this volume pertain to his area of expertise. Apparently there ...
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Wow, what an ending!! I thought the story started out a bit slow, and even uninspired, seeming to be a mash-up of "Top Gun" and "Ender's Game" with a teenage female protagonist. Spinna (spelling unknown since I listened rather than read) is the ultimate tomboy who idolizes her pilot father in a ...
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There is something intriguing and inherently magical about circuses, particularly in the 1920s. The story follows Lara Barnes, opening on her wedding day to the boy whom she had loved all her life, even though he'd broken her heart a number of times. The intro was long and heart-tugging, so that ...
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I'm having a hard time figuring out how to rate this book. The concept behind it boils down to the idea that humans are happier when we're forced (though hardship, usually) to band together and look after the needs of one another, rather than just our own. Examples include how early white ...
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Ugh. I loved this book (with a few minor annoyances throughout the text that I overlooked) until the very end, when I realized I knew exactly how it was going to end. And I thought, I've just invested HOURS in this?! (Spoiler alert: I really can't review this book without giving away the ...
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So cute! I've found I really enjoy WWII period pieces, and I also love stories that use the love of literature as part of the setting or motivation for characters to meet and bond with one another. This one has both, and a sweet Anne of Green Gables-style romance thrown in to boot. The story ...
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It's interesting to me that I love these so much and yet when I finish listening to them, I'm not sure I could really explain the plot if asked, nor can I easily distinguish one of Wheelers' series from the next. They're all so similar. They have similar archetypical characters in nearly all of them ...
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I absolutely loved "Victoria" by Daisy Goodwin, and I was really into the Amazon miniseries based upon that book as well. So when I saw that this one was recommended for fans of Goodwin, I decided to give it a shot. What exactly was wrong with this book? I struggle to put my finger on it, but I ...
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Most of the Great Courses skew heavily left, and with a topic like conspiracies and conspiracy theories, I was bracing myself for a one-sided liberal rant against the idiocy of conservatives. But I have to hand it to the author/lecturer: while it's clear that he identifies as liberal, for the most ...
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This would make a great movie! It's the untold (until the 1920s anyway) story of six spies during the Revolutionary War who fed critical information to George Washington at great personal risk, very possibly (as the subtitle says) influencing the war's outcome. They were so secret that even ...
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