Jenni Ogden skillfully juxtaposes: University based health care research scientists and Wildlife researchers in the Great Barrier Reef.
Perhaps one could say Jenni developed a matrix juxtapositions of scientists and researchers in settings of…
Island life where supplies are delivered every two weeks…no utilities or ground transportation in the Southern Hemisphere contrasting with one of the oldest communities in Europe…Unst, the northern most inhabited island in the British Isles.
This Memorial Day weekend…perhaps in a cemetery near you…
I SPY a parking meter!
“EXPIRED”
Then there is the Navy Veteran…
There is a soul who loved his service.
God Bless You!
This is an amazing book! The setting is LosAngelos, which didn’t appeal to me until the storyline developed fully. Short quotes from classic books (of different genres starting with Shakespeare) expertly punctuated the narrative. Cause of death and paternity was a mystery for Mira, who had been misled. She also processed the enormity of inheriting a struggling bookshop 3000 miles from her new home and teaching career on the east coast…learning the financial record keeping, personnel/staffing, business cycles and plan to turn a profit.
Anyone involved with handling an estate with a significant number of books will appreciate this novel!
We saw the movie. I knew I needed to read the book, bonus found the sequel.
The movie starring Robert DuVall and Lucas Black is warm, genuine and inspiring. In my youth, I took golf lessons and followed tournament play. As an adult, I played in a golf league after work. I’m fond of movies about baseball…Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, The Natural… Frankly, it never occurred to me that there were great stories and lessons to be told about golf. (I don’t count Caddy Shack.)
Seven Days in Utopia narrative differs between the movie and the book. (Both are equally time well spent.) The book has more details on honing technical golf skills. There is an opportunity loss, if practice is dominated by driving range parameters. Improving skills means practicing with up and downhill lies, behind trees, bare ground, deep grass…and more…
What is extraordinary about the lessons? The originality, experiential and spiritual nature of the situations. Watch or read for yourself.
Over 2 million sold.
Written in 1986 and 1989 respectively. These novels are bold, elegant and powerful. I much prefer these over Harry Potter books. One reviewer described the books as “Christian thrillers.” Smile 🙂 Each narrative is set in a small U.S. town with complex problems.
These books were brought to my attention in a Twitter post by Qanon EyetheSpy.
Book 5 of 5 featuring Professor Robert Langdon
I have been a Dan Brown fan for years. I was delighted to find this at a used book store. Was there no fanfare on the release? If there was, I missed it.
The dramatic adventure set in Spain includes outstanding narrative of art, architecture, literature, history, science and technology. I had 2 years of Spanish in high school and appreciated Spanish speaking characters speaking Spanish (English translations keeps one from getting confused).
Not only is reading Origin compelling entertainment, but it is also refreshingly educational as Dan Brown does so expertly.
My interest in bee keeping is shown on the Beehaven@OwlCreek tab above.
I struggled with this book. I also appreciate the story. Well over half way thru the book, I felt that I was reading multiple Twitter feeds. Some characters lived in the 1800s, some in the present and some in the future. The author does bring it together in the end. If I had first read the Reading Group Guide on page 340 of my digital version, I would not have been so frustrated.
The contents include valuable information about commercial hives and the highly productive, delicate life cycle of bees.
I chose The Music of the Deep because the author ‘Elizabeth Hall’ grabbed my attention (and I read her work Miramont’s Ghost last year). Elizabeth is my middle name and Hall is my maiden name…I answered to ‘Elizabeth Hall” for over 30 years….no I am not the author….I like seeing my name on the cover.
The narratives on domestic violence as well as marine biology research of orca whales are both VERY well done! This small Pacific Northwest community has a circle of friends whose love of spinning and knitting created a safe place for Alexandra.
Toward the end of the book the narrative on the character “Robin” seemed misplaced. My opinion: It would have been better as a sequel.
I recommend this book.
Love this! “One sewing machine, two families, three secrets, four generations and millions of stitches”.
This book was funded by readers through a new website: Unbound.com…a modern version of Samuel Johnson’s idea funding publishing of his dictionary in 1755 in today’s jargon…crowd sourcing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language
Recommended!
