Category: Goodreads Reviews

author: Stephen Hunt
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/17
date added: 2011/06/29
shelves: fiction, fantasy, steampunk, sci-fi
review:
Somewhat slow to start, but an entertaining adventure book in the same vein as the previous. Brings back a lot of characters from the earlier books, which actually is a bit frustrating having been so long since I read them. (Especially the first one, and there’s lots of characters and plot references from the first one.) All the dust-jacket descriptions focus on Purity Drake, but I actually identified with Molly as the central character. (Maybe because I vaguely remembered her role in the first book?) Great weird imagery.

author: Douglas Perry
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/14
date added: 2011/06/14
shelves: biography, crime, ebook, gender, history, media, non-fiction
review:
Interesting tale of the women murderers of 1920s Chicago and one of the "girl reporters" who covered them. Sometimes disjointed – I kept mixing up Belva & Beulah – but solid storytelling. Apparently he aims to correct some of the myths about the author of the original play "Chicago" (the aforementioned girl reporter) – none of which I was aware of, but she’s an intriguing character nonetheless.

author: Douglas Perry
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/14
date added: 2011/06/14
shelves: biography, crime, ebook, gender, history, non-fiction, media
review:
Interesting tale of the women murderers of 1920s Chicago and one of the “girl reporters” who covered them. Sometimes disjointed – I kept mixing up Belva & Beulah – but solid storytelling. Apparently he aims to correct some of the myths about the author of the original play “Chicago” (the aforementioned girl reporter) – none of which I was aware of, but she’s an intriguing character nonetheless.

author: Douglas Perry
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/14
date added: 2011/06/14
shelves: biography, crime, ebook, gender, history, non-fiction, media
review:
Interesting tale of the women murderers of 1920s Chicago and one of the “girl reporters” who covered them. Sometimes disjointed – I kept mixing up Belva & Beulah – but solid storytelling. Apparently he aims to correct some of the myths about the author of the original play “Chicago” (the aforementioned girl reporter) – none of which I was aware of, but she’s an intriguing character nonetheless.

author: Nouriel Roubini
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/06
date added: 2011/06/06
shelves: ebook, economics, history, politics
review:
The subtitle is lame, but the book is excellent. Good overview of the history of crisis in capitalism, something that was incredibly frequent prior to the reforms instituted during the Great Depression. Then a clear look at what got us into this particular crisis – and what didn’t – followed by an analysis of options for long-term improvements to the financial system. Definitely recommended.

author: Nouriel Roubini
name: Elaine
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/06
date added: 2011/06/06
shelves: ebook, economics, history, politics
review:
The subtitle is lame, but the book is excellent. Good overview of the history of crisis in capitalism, something that was incredibly frequent prior to the reforms instituted during the Great Depression. Then a clear look at what got us into this particular crisis – and what didn’t – followed by an analysis of options for long-term improvements to the financial system. Definitely recommended.

author: Nouriel Roubini
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/06
date added: 2011/06/06
shelves: ebook, economics, history, politics
review:
The subtitle is lame, but the book is excellent. Good overview of the history of crisis in capitalism, something that was incredibly frequent prior to the reforms instituted during the Great Depression. Then a clear look at what got us into this particular crisis – and what didn’t – followed by an analysis of options for long-term improvements to the financial system. Definitely recommended.

author: Nouriel Roubini
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/06
date added: 2011/06/06
shelves: ebook, economics, history, politics
review:
The subtitle is lame, but the book is excellent. Good overview of the history of crisis in capitalism, something that was incredibly frequent prior to the reforms instituted during the Great Depression. Then a clear look at what got us into this particular crisis – and what didn’t – followed by an analysis of options for long-term improvements to the financial system. Definitely recommended.

author: Nouriel Roubini
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/06
date added: 2011/06/06
shelves: ebook, economics, history, politics
review:
The subtitle is lame, but the book is excellent. Good overview of the history of crisis in capitalism, something that was incredibly frequent prior to the reforms instituted during the Great Depression. Then a clear look at what got us into this particular crisis – and what didn’t – followed by an analysis of options for long-term improvements to the financial system. Definitely recommended.

author: Heidi Cullen
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2011/05/30
date added: 2011/06/01
shelves: ebook, environmentalism, non-fiction, science
review:
Basic, but clear and concise. Spends the first half walking the reader through an overview of the science of climate prediction in general and human-caused climate change in particular. If you’re reasonably well-read on this topic, not a whole lot new, but very well expressed. The second half looks at scenarios for particular locations: Sahel, Great Barrier Reef, California Central Valley*, Canadian/Greenland Arctic, Bangladesh, and New York City. Covers possibilities for both disaster and adaptation, although honestly it doesn’t look good anywhere.

* Having read A Dangerous Place: California’s Unsettling Fate, some of this was actually familiar, if still totally unnerving.