From Chapter 7, The Glacier Meadows: The influences of pure nature seem to be so little known as yet, that it is generally supposed that complete pleasure of this kind, permeating one’s very flesh and bones, unfits the student for scientific pursuits in which cool judgement and observation are required.…
Author: eprowe
This rather long passage came from Chapter Five, The Passes: To the timid traveler, fresh from the sedimentary levels of the lowlands, these highways, however picturesque and grand, seem terribly forbidding-cold, dead, gloomy gashes in the bones of the mountains, and all of Nature’s ways the ones to be most…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ready Player One has been on my To Read list for quite a while. I’ve seen it mentioned on a variety of web-sites. Having heard that it was being adapted to film I decided it was time to…
The Cyclops Initiative by David Wellington My rating: 4 of 5 stars I just finished up David Wellington’s latest chapter in the Jim Chapel series and I must say I liked it. Once again I must reiterate that I’m a big David Wellington fan so I was very excited to…
Positive by David Wellington My rating: 4 of 5 stars Once again David Wellington takes the post-apocalyptic zombie genre and once again puts his own spin on it. Wellington did something similar with this Monster series by giving us a zombie that could think and talk. Giving the reader a…
The Martian by Andy Weir My rating: 5 of 5 stars Holy cow I can’t believe I finished Andy Weir’s The Martian in two days! It was that easy of a read. There are parts that get very technical and scientific and for those who don’t enjoy technical and scientific…
Blood, Sweat, and Tea: Real-Life Adventures in an Inner-City Ambulance by Tom Reynolds My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s been several years since I’ve read Tom Reynolds blog Random Reality. I remember following his page and reading all his posts about his job as an EMT in London. I…
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can’t believe how drawn in I was by Paula Hawkins thriller The Girl on The Train. It only took me a matter of days to power through the entire book, the bulk of which was…
The New American Road Trip Mixtape by Brendan Leonard My rating: 2 of 5 stars Having raced through Brendan Leonard’s The New American Road Trip Mixtape, I finish it slightly disappointed. I’m not sure if it is just me or what, but I feel I missed what was supposed to…
Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time by Michael Perry My rating: 3 of 5 stars Finished up Michael Perry’s Population 485 a few days ago while camping with my daughter over Spring Break. I must say that I’m pretty happy with the book overall. Having read…