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Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 7 September 2009 08:23 (A review of A Short History of Nearly Everything)

I think this will be the book that I will go back to again and again. There were so many interesting facts to learn, and I enjoyed reading about how various scientists discovered new information that often surprised them. I liked reading about William Herschel's discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781 and how he wanted to name it after King George III (Georgium Sidus). I also liked learning about prehistoric guinea pigs the size of cows.


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Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 7 September 2009 04:48 (A review of Have Space Suit, Will Travel)

I enjoyed this book. I liked Kip and Pee Wee's friendship and their interactions with the "Mother Creature." I also liked how Kip's father challenged him to learn more than what the school was teaching him.


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Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 7 September 2009 04:46 (A review of Denial)

At first I wasn't sure if I would like the book as the main character, Frank Clevenger, was not the most likeable person. But as the story progresses and Frank has to both solve the crimes and face the reason he tends to self-destruct, I got more interested in how the story would end. I look forward to reading more about Frank and his friends and enemies in the next book, Projection.


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Posted : 14 years, 8 months ago on 28 August 2009 04:00 (A review of The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island)

I enjoyed reading this book about trying to make a new life back home. I especially like Linda's observations about her relatives and other Islanders.


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Posted : 14 years, 8 months ago on 28 August 2009 03:48 (A review of Picoverse)

This was an interesting and challenging book to read. I liked the way the characters entered various alternate picoverses, sometimes for seconds at a time.


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Posted : 14 years, 8 months ago on 18 August 2009 02:32 (A review of Dead City)

While the battle scenes got to be repetitive after a while, I enjoyed this horror book about a virus which turned people into zombies. I only wish that the zombie portion ended earlier in the book so that the story would move onto how Eddie and others dealt with the aftermath.


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Posted : 14 years, 8 months ago on 18 August 2009 02:29 (A review of The Climb Up to Hell)

This was a very interesting book about the 1957 rescue of Claudio Corti from the north wall of Mt. Eiger. The descriptions of the climb and the rescue were very good and I could imagine being there myself.


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Posted : 14 years, 8 months ago on 18 August 2009 02:27 (A review of Renfield: Slave of Dracula)

I enjoyed this book which looked at the events described in Bram Stoker's Dracula from Renfield's, John Seward's and Van Helsing's point of view. I especially liked the interactions between Renfield and Dracula's wives.


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Posted : 14 years, 8 months ago on 18 August 2009 02:22 (A review of "Gipsy Moth" Circles the World (Sailor's Classics Library))

Sir Francis Chichester tells a fascinating and detailed story of his historic solo circumnavigation via the Southern Oceans. From day to day, with changes in the weather and the boat's responses to it, there were plenty of surprises both good and bad. I enjoyed reading this book very much.


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Posted : 14 years, 9 months ago on 27 July 2009 07:57 (A review of The Secret Garden)

I enjoyed rereading this childhood favorite. I liked how Mary "blossomed" as she started caring about others and let others care about her. I also liked how she and Dickon showed Colin a new way to live.


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