Book Reviews
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell: it’s about subconscious decisions. It was interesting, but I don’t think that it was exactly… life-changing. However, that’s just my snap impression. :P (The author is big on snap impressions.) Â
Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris: Thumbs up. Especially after reading I Kissed Dating Goodbye (which I didn’t have to do, having never started 
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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde: I’ve just started re-reading this book. It’s a hoot. But language is a definite issue. >_<
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides: Good book. And very useful for me to get some sort of perspective on WWII… the book was like a story (but a pretty horrific one) and made history seem a little more real. Warning: if you’re prone to nightmares, I don’t recommend this book. And if you are trying to convince yourself that humans aren’t depraved, again, this shouldn’t be high on your To Read list.Â
Lost Horizons by James Hilton: Cool book, but I’m cynical of utopias. And even more so of those who leave them.Â
The Parthenon Code by Robert Bowie Johnson Jr.: Interesting. Very… interesting. He thinks that Greek art and mythology depict the Biblical story of creation and so forth. He may be right. I haven’t finished it yet.
Richard Jury mysteries by Martha Grimes: They’re okay. Fairly mediocre. Unfortunately, they’re not… erm… very… well, HE is not very moral. If you need that clarified, you definitely shouldn’t be reading them. Agatha Christie’s mysteries are better, and Dorothy Sawyers’ are wonderful. Â
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger: RUN AWAY!!!! *GAGS* Seriously, this book… BLECK. Don’t read it. If I was censoring it, it would be going from a 500+ page book to a five page brochure on the dangers of time travelling. Totally immoral and… *walks away mumbling “And I thought the Canterbury Tales were bad.”)
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle: It was okay. Now, that wouldn’t be an insult to a lot of books, but I usually find her stuff wonderful, so I was disappointed. Unfortunately, there was far too much evolutionary/New Age junk. The good news is, there was plenty of kything. And loads about mitochondria. But A Swiftly Tilting Planet has been my favorite so far, methinks.Â
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