Review of Island of the Lost
Review of Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World written by Joan Druett Rating ***** The story told in this book has a lot of similarities to the story of Endurance and Earnest Shakelton but with a few interesting twists. First, this story involves two shipwrecks not just one. And interestingly enough […]
A review of Overboard
A review of Overboard by Micheal Touglas Rating ***** This is the story of two sailboats, a storm, and two men tossed overboard. The incident took place in May of 2005. The 45 foot sail boat Almeisan was sailing from Connecticut to Bermuda when it, like the other sail boat, got caught in a massive […]
Review of The Tiger
Review of The Tiger: A True Story of Vengance and Survival by John Vaillant Rating *** This is a book about a tiger in the Russia Primorye region that attacked and killed a Russian hunter. The story isn’t just about this one incident, but covers the reasons behind this first killing, subsequent killings, and the hunt […]
Soul Survivor: Is this proof of reincarnation?
The book purports to tell the true story of how the nightmares of the Leiningers’ two-year old son led the parents and others to the conclusion that James was the reincarnation of a WWII fighter pilot named James Houston.
Review of The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
The book starts off promising as it tells the story of Henrietta Lacks and how some tissue samples taken from her while she was undergoing cancer treatments eventually led to the discovery of a cell line that is able to grow indefinitely.
Unbroken: best nonfiction I’ve read this year
This book proves to me that publishers and bookstores have it all wrong. They want to pigeon-whole every book into a genre. This book is categorized as a military history book. Okay, so it is. But how about simply calling it nonfiction. How about calling it a true story. Laura’s previous book was Seabiscuit, another great book. She could have found another story to tell about the horse world. Instead, she came across this amazing story and decided to tell it. She’s not a military historian. She’s probably not even a WWII buff. But she knows a good story when she sees one.