Summary: After one of the members of her church community is murdered, Rebecca can't help trying to figure out who is responsible and why.
Comments: I'm not sure what I think of this book. I enjoyed the mystery-ness certainly, but I'm not sure how much I care about the protagonist. I'm curious what will happen in her life but she's not someone I'm particularly fond of. I don't know. Regardless, I'm kinda happy I've finally gotten around to reading it (it was a Christmas present. I might be a little ashamed to admit it's taken me this long to get to it. I'm thinking I won't bother to identify what the other such book is. Although it wouldn't surprise me if it's somewhat obvious.)
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Space, by James A. Michener
Space is big. Really mindbogglingly big. You may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist's, but that's peanuts compared to space.
--butchered quote from one of the Hitchhiker's Guide books
Summary: this book follows the lives of four men who were involved in the US space program (at least in the fictional universe in which they reside) as well as those parts of other people's lives relevant to the main four. It begins towards the end of World War II and follows the story through the retirement of three of them in the early 1980's. I'm not sure a real summary can be made other than "the lives of four men".
Comments: I now want to learn about the universe and about the current space missions. This book was very informative on little bits of the subject. Lots of scientific information. Very dense read, very long book. You'd better have lots of time available if you expect to get this book finished.
--butchered quote from one of the Hitchhiker's Guide books
Summary: this book follows the lives of four men who were involved in the US space program (at least in the fictional universe in which they reside) as well as those parts of other people's lives relevant to the main four. It begins towards the end of World War II and follows the story through the retirement of three of them in the early 1980's. I'm not sure a real summary can be made other than "the lives of four men".
Comments: I now want to learn about the universe and about the current space missions. This book was very informative on little bits of the subject. Lots of scientific information. Very dense read, very long book. You'd better have lots of time available if you expect to get this book finished.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Nickel & Dime Pitches, published by the Society for American Baseball Research
Summary: a variety of articles on various baseball subjects, covering history, random statistics, mechanics, among other things.
Comments: all kinds of interesting stuff! It was interesting seeing what kinds of statistics they came up with and learning more about various aspects of baseball history (the advent of free agency, for example).
Comments: all kinds of interesting stuff! It was interesting seeing what kinds of statistics they came up with and learning more about various aspects of baseball history (the advent of free agency, for example).
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Archaeology, by David Hurst Thomas and Robert L. Kelly
This is my archaeology textbook for this quarter. And since I actually read the entire thing, I figured I should add it to my list of books read.
The book describes various archaeological techniques and also touches on some of the ethical issues facing archaeology. And throughout the book there's a variety of examples of the various techniques in practice.
I'd say this book is far more dry than most of the stuff I read (it's a textbook--what do you expect?), but it was interesting to learn about the subject, even if I could only stay focused on the reading for so long. I don't think there's any point in rating the book good/bad/eh considering I doubt anyone would consider reading it if they didn't have to for some class or other.
The book describes various archaeological techniques and also touches on some of the ethical issues facing archaeology. And throughout the book there's a variety of examples of the various techniques in practice.
I'd say this book is far more dry than most of the stuff I read (it's a textbook--what do you expect?), but it was interesting to learn about the subject, even if I could only stay focused on the reading for so long. I don't think there's any point in rating the book good/bad/eh considering I doubt anyone would consider reading it if they didn't have to for some class or other.
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