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Books Read 2013
- Elizabeth Goudge: The Scent of Water
Stunningly beautiful. (*****) - Eric Jensen: Teaching with Poverty In Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do about It
Boring. No new information. Recommendations seem to be merely common sense. Stuart Woods: White Cargo
Entertaining read. Good for sitting and spending time. (****)Ruby K. Payne: A Framework for Understanding Poverty 4th Edition
Interesting and thought provoking points on class differences and their importance in education. Also full of generalizations and few hard facts. (****)Barbara Vine: The Minotaur
Good. Satisfying though not complexly developed. (****)Stuart Woods: Severe Clear (Stone Barrington)
The soap opera continues. I've missed a few episodes. Still entertaining. (***)Catherine Shanahan: Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
Obviously thoroughly researched with a fair amount of good information, and yet not rigorous. I feel the author gets ahead of herself, lets her enthusiasm and writing get ahead of what she can actually prove. This doesn't mean she is wrong but it doesn't also mean she is completely right. Still, worth reading. (****)Ian McEwan: Sweet Tooth: A Novel
Rather annoyingly clever. Not as interesting as I hoped it would be until the end, when as I realized what he was doing, I was dismayed at not having seen it from the beginning. (***)Jonny Bowden: The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan That Will
I found this to be an incredibly easy read. I would say it is good if it makes people question and not just take everything on faith (even this book). Not rigorous. (***)Francine Rivers: Redeeming Love
Christian Romance based on the story of the prophet Hosea. Very good and powerfully told for the genre, at times even poetic. (****)Audrey Niffenegger: Her Fearful Symmetry
thought-provoking novel of great intensity and detail masquerading as popular fiction. Does not quite work as a simple story but is very rewarding for those willing to plumb its depths. (*****)Ken Follett: Hornet Flight
Flawed and derivative but highly enjoyable (***)Dennis Lehane: Shutter Island
Gripping. Fast read. (***)Lee Child: One Shot: A Jack Reacher Novel
Good. Tightly written fast fiction. (***)Audrey Niffenegger: The Night Bookmobile
wonderful but also disconcerting. (*****)Norm Robillard: Fast Tract Digestion Heartburn
Interesting, informative. Reviewed 3/8/13 (***)Sam Kean: The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
fascinating and entertaining read which made me rethink some assumptions about how I viewed the word. The author has a talent for making the complex understandable. (*****)
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