Blood and Groom by Jill Edmondson My rating: 3 of 5 stars As a writer, I’ve discovered it’s difficult for me to review books of authors I’ve met or have had some communication with. Because of the ebook SNAFU with Blood and Groom, Jill Edmondson kindly sent me paperback copies of this book and her…
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Review: A User’s Guide to the Universe: Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty
A User’s Guide to the Universe: Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty by Dave Goldberg My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m pacmanning my way through theoretical physics books these days as background reading for my next novel. I think if you want to learn complicated concepts, talking to different…
Review: On Eagles’ Wings: A Memoir about Faith, Courage, and Patriotism
On eagles’ wings: A memoir about faith, courage, and patriotism by William C Ryan My rating: 4 of 5 stars I received a signed copy direct from the author. The problem with brain injury is you meet these fascinating people, and you can’t remember how or why. This was several years ago, and I do…
Review: Reach Out for Your Dreams
Reach Out for Your Dreams by Susan Schutz My rating: 5 of 5 stars I came across this slim volume (again) while I was reorganizing my books and sat down to look through it, as is the wont of any good reader. Underneath the title “Reach Out for Your Dreams” my English grandmother had written,…
Review: The Grand Design
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking My rating: 3 of 5 stars In The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking along with his co-writer Leonard Mlodinow go beyond A Briefer History of Time, which I reviewed recently, and enter the territory of philosophers. They claim that philosophy is the domain of physicists because philosophers have abdicated their…
Review: Trent’s Last Case
Trent’s Last Case by E.C. Bentley My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think it was an Amazon Kindle group thread on good public domain books to read that I heard of this one. I downloaded it to my iPod Touch and read it using the Stanza app. Apparently Bentley was a newspaperman, who wrote…
Review: Briefer History of Time
Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking My rating: 4 of 5 stars **I’m not really sure you can have spoilers in a non-fiction book and one that was extensively discussed in the press, but if so, there is a tiny bit of a spoiler four paragraphs down and on.** In preparation for my next-next…
Review: Clouded Vision
Clouded Vision by Linwood Barclay My rating: 2 of 5 stars This novella by Linwood Barclay was OK. The point of the mystery is only partly to do with whodunnit, which is a good thing as there are little clues all over the place from the get-go. No, the bigger point is what will be…
Review: The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson My rating: 3 of 5 stars I studied psychology in university and used to be quite interested in the psychopath, what made them tick, how to deal with them (warily). Back then, there was no scientific or physiological explanation for the psychopath. And…