I felt I had to reply to a comment I saw on Amazon.com recently. The situation was this: a new, non-fiction book was being “reviewed” and one of the commenters gave it one star. It’s impossible to give anything lower on Amazon.com. The reasoning was that the price of the Kindle version of the book […]
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We had another great group today and some really interesting books were shown. I really like the format of this group. There’s no pressure to read a particular book by a deadline. Everyone simply brings a book or two that they’ve read and introduces it to the gang, tells us if they liked it or
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond My rating: 1 of 5 stars I was initially excited to read this book as the subject interests me. The premise is to understand how humans lived before modern civilization and to compare that to our lives now. Should we try
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These history books were all gifts from family and friends for Christmas this past year. All of them were on our Amazon.com gift list, which I love to use for gift-giving (and gift-getting!). One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement – Edited by Marjorie Spruill Wheeler The Scotch Irish: A Social History by
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Today I attended a great book group with which I hope to continue. San Antonio Book Lovers Meetup* held their monthly Book Swap & Gab Session at La Madeleine, and my friend Margaret Ann went with me to see what it was like. We were met by the Meetup organizer, newly-appointed Bill, who did a
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“Strawberries and Silver” by Richard Aaron from the Nanette Richardson Fine Art gallery in San Antonio, Texas. © Jan McClintock of We Need More Shelves
Conqueror by Conn Iggulden My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is part of a series (5 of 5 so far) that describes what happened to the Mongols of central Asia during and after Genghis Khan’s rule. I hadn’t read the previous books, and I’m sure that made a big difference in how much I
Spring House (Westward Sagas, Book 1) by David Bowles My rating: 4 of 5 stars Based on historical facts and real people, this well-written, fictional account of the Mitchell family during the American Revolutionary War is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Through good times and bad, they stick together, and along with their neighbors, fight for
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