I picked up Robert Kurson’s latest book Pirate Hunters after really enjoying its predecessor. Shadow Divers was about the discovery of a German submarine that had sunk off the coast of New Jersey. I was hooked on that book, as Kurson talked about the divers’ near death experiences, the eerie feeling of exploring a ship full of the corpses of young enemy combatants, and the research necessary to positively identify the vessel. It was the story of adventure and discovery that kept me enthralled until […]
Fracking should be more fun
The Fracking King by James Browning Win Crwth, rhymes with Truth, loves Scrabble. He relates to the world through it. Poorly. This (YA? Do any youth actually know how to spell anymore?) story seemed full of potential. A boy with a Welsh name and parents who thought being bi-coastal would make him cosmopolitan (instead, he became “a hippie prig”) receives a scholarship to his 3rd boarding school. A scholarship sponsored by Dark Oil & Gas, which leads to far-too-many Darkside puns and nowhere near […]
I love Wuthering Heights, sorry, not sorry
As I mentioned in my last post, that book was such a slog that I took a break from it and re-read an old favorite–Wuthering Heights. I realize this book gets a bad rap, particularly to the extent that it romanticizes Heathcliff despite the fact that he is a terrible person. (For any of you who read the Thursday Next series–I find the references to Heathcliff in those books hilarious). I’m more of a Hareton girl myself, and (my two cents) I do not believe […]
Interesting subject matter, terrible writing
This book was such a slog for me. I even stopped reading for a bit and read an old favorite (review forthcoming). Little Big Horn and Custer’s last stand should be interesting–but this was just so dry. Moreover, the information was presented in such a jumbled fashion. It was neither chronologically or thematically organized. It might have been better for someone with more pre-existing knowledge about Little Big Horn, but as someone who had only very general knowledge going in, I really needed the information […]