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tdeshler's Reviews (698)
This was a fun read. It reminded me of World According to Garp, which is one of my favorite books.
This is a book that I probably wouldn't have picked up if my wife hadn't read it first. We've all heard various stories about Hurricane Katrina, but there is plenty I didn't know. Dave Eggers is a great writer and he is really able to bring out the characters of this couple, especially Zeitoun. Definitely worth reading!
There were alot of interesting elements in this one. It wasn't just a Mad Max style post-apocalyptic story, although there are elements of that. A little bit of tech thrown in, but it was mostly about how people struggle to survive when their world is turned upside down. Well written and nicely paced.
This was an interesting idea. Obviously going blind would be difficult, but it is a whole different matter if everybody is blind. This book didn't really feature technology in any way, so I only realized later that it was written in 1955. It makes you glad you are in your own skin in your own place.
I am glad that Margaret Atwood continues to dabble in alternate world fiction, like Handmaid Tale (my favorite of hers). This one had some similarities to that book. It is interesting to see how people react to new situations like are found in this world.
After becoming a big Sounders FC fan in recent years, it was fun to read a bit more about fandom in the EPL. I just read that a regular season EPL game had about double the TV audience of the MLS Cup game I just attended in LA, proving that the MLS still has a ways to go to catch up in popularity.
The notion that you need a ticket buying history to buy tickets to away games is just amazing to an American fan. This was a very enjoyable read and made me appreciate the EPL more, although I still probably won't watch too much.
The notion that you need a ticket buying history to buy tickets to away games is just amazing to an American fan. This was a very enjoyable read and made me appreciate the EPL more, although I still probably won't watch too much.
Although the prose in much teen fiction, and this one is no exception, leaves something to be desired for this adult reader, the story is engaging. Seems like there are quite a few sci-fi lite type young adult books out there. Sometimes it is enjoyable to read something with a simpler plot than some of the other stuff I read. Sorta like frozen food from Trader Joes when you don't feel like cooking. Pretty good and goes down easy without much mess.
The idea of this one seemed rather interesting at the start, but I didn't really enjoy the strangeness of the story of the "future" beings. There was nothing to grab on to. Finally both story lines became very strange and unsatisfying. It was never clear where the story was heading and the ending didn't make it any clearer.
Although I had seem a couple of her youtube bits, I didn't really know that much about Sarah. There were some pretty funny bits here, but as with many memoirs, the funny bits were spread out among some drier bits that were still interesting in a "let's learn about a different world" sorta way.
Sorta like Waterworld with more well developed characters and a bunch of science thrown in.