Brothers--#99 finished

 The rest of the title is:  What the Van Goghs, Booths, Marxes, Kelloggs & Colts Tell Us About how Siblings Shape Our Lives and History.  The author is one of the Colts, not a famous family but just his own that he includes details of their lives along with writeups about the other more famous people & families mentioned.   Really sounded like an interesting read but really gets bogged down at points.  This book was a struggle to get through.  Interesting facts and info about the other families but just too long in try to force a narrative where didn't alway seem to go.  Also left wondering about family dynamics with sisters, no real mention in this book about that.  

I have posted it on PBS, it is the only copy in system.  When I started reading it there was 1 WL for the book and I figured I would post & mail but that WL went away by the time I finished.  Oh well I figure it will go at some point.

The 716 Love & Consequences--#98 finished

 This is one that I read for something a little different.  It is a self published book and you can tell by the editing--misspellings, capitalizations wrong, a = sign where just didn't belong.  It wasn't as noticeable at the beginning of the book but the last 100 pages or so was really bad.  The story well, that also seems a little far-fetched.  It is about some young 20 somethings in Buffalo in the 1990s where most of the guys are into dealing drugs and the girls are the hottest things around.  Lots of sex and crazy living.  And by sex well it was maybe close to porno type in reading it--a sort of mature audiences only thing.  I tried to look up the author and found an Amazon listing for book with a different ISBN so maybe it got cleaned up some.  The author is a woman and that sort of changed my opinion somewhat at least on the sex scenes--more of women embracing the whole sexual revolution thing instead of a guy writing dirty sex with hot young things.  Oh well, not a very good book but some potential it seems.

I have posted it on PBS because why not, maybe someone will want it.  It is an autographed copy, not that that really matters much.  I have a copy of the self published on my PBS bookshelf but not sure how long will keep them--might have to get donated away.  I bought them a a library sale shelf so might be going back there.

Sirens--#97 finished

 An interesting read about a down on his luck police detective in Manchester, England.  He is caught stealing drugs from the evidence and is basically threatened with being off the force and prosecuted for this but is given an undercover job that is sort of off the books as a way to get back into good graces.  A lot about the drug culture and issues in Manchester which is not something I have read about so in that way it was interesting.  The story and characters were good and it kept you guessing until the end.  A good read overall.

I had posted it on PBS & it has already been requested so I will be mailing off in the next few days.  There were no WL for the book but it was the only copy until it was requested.

The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy--#96 finished

 This is a book with several writers hitting on topics dealing with the TV show The Big Bang Theory and matters of philosophy, etc.  I thought it looked interesting several years ago when I put it on my WL in PBS and a couple years ago I received it.  I finally got around to reading it and while parts were good, overall not really what I was expecting.  The articles are written after the 4th year and since I watched the show I knew there was more to it than what was being discussed.  Also most of the articles were more academic and less humor--which is what I was expecting so not really what I wanted.  Oh well.

I have posted it back on PBS, it is the only copy in system so maybe it will move at some point.

I Miss You When I Blink--#95 finished

 This is a book of stories or essays by Mary Laura Philpott.  They are essays on her life, some are a little sappy and others retrospective but overall mostly entertaining.  Her life growing up, meeting her eventual husband, having kids, moving, etc.  A nice and sometimes different perspective on things.

There are 5 WL for this book so I will post & send off at some point.

Apocalypse Never--#94 finished

A really interesting read about the whole climate change discussion.  The author looks at various issues in climate change and comes to different thoughts and conclusions that what is reported in media and other sources.  Author is a big proponent of nuclear energy and really shows how this should be used more instead of using other sources of energy--green sources and fossil fuel sources.  He talks about how groups are out there with ulterior motives in fighting new nuclear power plants and also wanting to close the existing ones.  The numbers he has from deaths from Chernobyl and then the Japanese plant seem much less than what I have heard before.  He also talks about things like saving the whales and looks at it as instead innovations in other things like palm oil probably did as much to save whales as protestors.  He also looks at 3rd world energy issues and argues they should be able to adopt using coal & other fossil fuels for their energy instead of forcing them to use green energy that is not as consistent or workable for them.  The fossil fuels will provide energy for these 3rd world countries to develop their economies which would help overall those countries combat climate change.  A lot of interesting and thought provoking ideas in this book.

There are 20 WL for this book on PBS but for now I am keeping it, will see if others want to read it.   

How Lucky--#93 finished

 A young man confined to a wheelchair with SMA, sees a girl get picked up in front of his house.  She is a student from China and was walking to her classes at University of Georgia.  It comes out that now she is missing.  The you man, Daniel, is also not verbal but is able to communicate with typing and a voice box.  The book goes through his struggles in getting this information to the police and others.  That storyline runs with just Daniel's life and how he has been successfully coping with SMA and the good people around him.  An interesting read about a character not seen much in books, at least the ones I come across.  Throw in the sort of detective story aspect as well and just adds to this book.  I did enjoy this one too.

There is 1 copy in PBS system already but I will go ahead and post this one too.  A newer book so I think could move at some point yet.