Monthly Archives: August 2010
The Seven Rays, by Jessica Bendinger
I am listening to the audiobook. It is so cool that I came out during lunch at work and sat in the car to listen to the next couple chapters. Elizabeth (or maybe Aleph Beth) is a high school girl, … Continue reading
Outcast, by Michelle Paver
In Outcast, the fourth book in the Chronicles of Darkness, Torak find that his mother of Red Deer Clan declared him clanless. His unusual power of being able to talk with animals makes the people of the Raven Clan uneasy. … Continue reading
Soul Eater, by Michelle Paver
This is the third book of the Chronicles of Darkness, set 6,000 years ago in prehistoric Europe, pre agriculture. Each book takes our hero Torak to a different environmental zone (or two). Torak knows he is a Spirit Walker who … Continue reading
Spirit Walker, by Michelle Paver
This is the second book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. I have to keep reminding me that these stories are supposed to take place in Paleolithic Europe instead of the Paleolithic Northwest of the U.S. and Canada. The only … Continue reading
The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper
This is the sequel to Under Sea, Over Stone in The Dark is Rising Sequence. The next book is Greenwitch and then The Grey King which is already reviewed on this blog. I was somewhat surprised that there wasn’t much … Continue reading
Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us, by Daniel H. Pink
This is a great and inspiring book about the shift in the workplace from profit motives to doing something greater for society. The three things studies show that employees want are autonomy, control over their time and control over their … Continue reading
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
You know they are going to make movie of this series. They will be blockbusters. But who will play Katniss? How about the star of “Victorious?” She looks like she could be a huntress. I read this book in about … Continue reading
Wolf Brother, by Michelle Paver
TJhis the first in Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, followed by Spirit Walker. The author did a great job of archaeological research and talked with experts who could give her tips on survival techniques, uses of native plants, hunting, and … Continue reading
Serving Young Teens and ‘Tweens, ed. Shiela Anderson
jThe great thing about this book is that it is a very practical, rather than totally theoretical sort of book. I am hanging on to it as I want to read a number of suggested books for tweens. It also … Continue reading
With Honors, a movie about Harvard student life and life
First of all I must make the disclaimer that I was a graduate student at Harvard in the 1980’s. This movie portrays 4 roommates from the Class of 1994 in their senior year. It brought back lots of memories, and … Continue reading
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