Wilderness Europe by Douglas Botting

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is another book from the armchair-travel genre whose text is as enjoyable as the photographs. I enjoyed reading about the author's experience with the otters from "Ring of Bright Water." If I ever get the opportunity to travel to these areas, this book provides me with places I might like to visit some day.



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Ninja by Jon F. Merz

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


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Code Blue by Richard L. Mabry

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I look forward to Big Reads discussions of this book at local libraries. It is a well-written creative non-fiction that provides strong emotional content to the reportage of big themes of our history of racism and its legacy of mistrust, plus the evolving topics of medical research ethics and cell and tissue culture.



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Three Seconds by Anders Roslund

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is excellent for both entertainment and for its level of writing craftsmanship.



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The Great Barrier Reef by Craig McGregor

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I rated this with 5 stars for the text is as enjoyable as the pictures.



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Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Maybe, because this book had so much marketing hype, I rated it 2 stars instead of 3; but I found it disappointing because I've read other multi-generational books by other authors that I enjoyed more. This book is the first part of a trilogy about five families in different parts of the world in the 20th century; and yet, when the book ended I really did not care what happened to any of the characters. I don't eagerly anticipate the next book.



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