Shane
This book was amazing. I had no idea the Vikings had that level of influence. 3 days of the week, ship terms, countries, cities and even technology all named after or by the Vikings.
Only got 25% through and just could not get into it. These do not feel like Sherlock Holmes stories to me. I just can't see listening to the remaining 12 hours.
Just could not get into this book. It seems like a bunch of fact dumping. Chapter breaks seem disorganized and the recipes scattered throughout just interrupt the flow.
The North Pole, Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club, Fully Illustrated
This book was a fascinating look into the adventure to the North Pole. This is just a reading of his extensive journal. The interactions with the crew, and Eskimos were very interesting with both respect for their skills yet subtle treatment as an inferior race. The casualness which they talk about walking and even playing in -20 degree temps just made me feel cold.
The screen play format took some getting use too but the author delivers a full featured story.
The 12 stories go by quickly. I had an issue by missing some of the story breaks. Needed some music to transition.
This book was not for me. We “sappy” and generic advice. free download for honest review
Another great work from Mr. Rutherford. If you have not read any of his books, you need to start. They are so engaging, well paced and just good fun to read. Empire continues this tradition with a fascinating new story line.
It was interesting but something about the writing bugs me. Is it because every response is too dramatic “don't wait for warrant just do it now now”, “get that tracker on the car or we will loose him. Do it now right now”. Or maybe it's because while she is a strong female lead she always is portrayed as a supermodel with at least one male character completely infatuated with her. Seems unnecessary as the terrorist story is very good.
OMG. When an audiobook has to spend 15 minutes at the end to describe the motivation and plot then you know it's a crappy book. I am ok with twists and surprise endings but this one had to hold our hand through the whole plot. I am also quite irritated that patterson has chapter breaks right in the middle of discussions. Does not make sense and its very maddening when listening to a character comment then narrator says “chapter 101” then a character replies to the previous comment. ARRGH.
This book was written by my mom. It was a tough read for me. To experience the emotions of my mom's journey adds a unique perspective to my own journey with dads passing. Proud that she documented her journey and after many years was able to share it with others.
This book is a hot mess. It started with 1.5 hours (audiobook) on “detecting life” experiments on earth then jumped to Russian Luna 15 and Apollo 11 moon landing then back for 3 hours of Russian moon background. Skipping between US and Russian and different programs was very confusing. We spent over 2 hourson Luna 16 moon rover from its design/creation and the main engineers life from 1917 to 1960's (blah blah blah. don't give a shit if they designer liked soccer and enjoyed fish). The want back from 1970-71 Luna 16 back to Apollo (not sure why) then jumped to Vera Venus missing the forward to Voyager then backward to Mars Viking. I quit 50% through. that's 8 hours. So I felt I gave it a good shot.
In 1881, Edward Everett Hale published “Hands Off” This was the first known story to feature an alternate history being created as a result of time travel.
Written in 1980 and you can tell it. A 22 hour audio book it was repetitive and long winded.
not has detailed as I would like. just a bunch of anecdotes about archeologists working or protecting sites.