Katherine D.

Repetitive "things that work" by author Kelman

Revisado: 11-08-23

I enjoyed book and read it in one sitting. but I am one that indulges in the Classics and antiquities so this was refreshing. it looks like she has done her homework. I enjoyed a couple of comments in the book; one being that ',this was the last great generation"and that, " older generations seemed to speak many languages ". But Ms. Kelman does what so many authors do and seems to work. she loves to put a cat and describe a person putting on a kettle or a hot cup of cocoa or going out to dinner and describing what the dinner is or her grandmother's wonderful scones. these were things that she uses as comfort areas in the book and it seems to be done by every author that writes about the British people. it's it gets old but it does work. I believe Patricia Cornwell did it best and even made recipe books. that's a long time of us learning to listen to that. but an interesting story no less. I would give it a thumbs up.

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Sexist, Private Jokes makes membership cancelled!

Revisado: 01-19-23

Dominic and Tom are Walking Geniuses but love to kick Markle, Harry and laugh!

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Women Judges

Revisado: 11-03-22

Terrible comments about women calling other women bitches. I used to say that.. but I was a nurse and nurses are uptight. Corporate bitches as you say we call each other is because Doctors used to be all men. And so did other corporations besides hospitals. As we became adjusted to the workplace with even respect and men not trying to divide and conquer.. I never use that word. Shame on your sister and YOU!!!

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Wonderful!

Revisado: 11-02-22

Grisham repeated himself more than once in this book and elongated what the judge said what the jury had to go through. It actually made reading the book a little like sitting through jury trial but excellent nonetheless. Reading Grisham takes me back to 1980 or 81 when he got started and I can go back every year the book I would read at Saint Simons Island Georgia. I love you grisham.

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Polo's Return to Europe...

Revisado: 10-15-22

Marco Polo returned from decades of travel, miles of strange sites, smells, food, cultures... another world, altogether. Once trust was established, that "weird world" embraced him. And with trust? Laughter, stories were exchanged. Security swept over him. Khan was no different. But Italy? Wars!

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In a Surreal Way, Jealous

Revisado: 10-15-22

I let go and rode Krakauer's tale. His survivors guilt, love of climbing? Gold.

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Pivotal , For Me

Revisado: 10-09-22

I saw Caesar's genocide , followed by a traitorous death. They deserved each other.

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Beyond fantastic.. Read it!

Revisado: 07-30-22

Tom Holland has emerged as the greatest historian of the 21st century. Jaw dropping stuff.

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Nicely unpredictable. Believable heroics,

Revisado: 06-08-22

I loved watching the downcast protagonist just morph over a period of several years. His impulsive, beautifully romantic, brave forever friend will possibly disappear? of course but not without being the link and his life skills are beautiful but can't be taught. He's a young Gandolph. lessons are learned only when the student needs. And desperately, at times. A 1940s Life is for living man, that I loved also.

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A bit lacking....

Revisado: 04-28-22

While Paul Johnson does a good job at telling the reader about Socrates... it is not what Johnson said as much as what he omitted. There are only a handful of human beings in antiquity and hundreds of years post CE that warrant a sizeable or larger volume of information. Socrates is one. I did not look at length, amount of time it takes to read and so forth. " Note to self" , make sure coverage is thorough. Johnson does refer the reader to a better biography of Socrates in the 3rd chapter or so, highly encouraging the reader to follow up. I appreciate the narrator. He read what was written and I found myself secretly wishing, he read all of the books available on Audible and more. Too, author gives perspectives, such as Socrates' chosen tool for teaching, elaborates aptly on use of irony. He cites how oblivious the listener or student is, perhaps even confused with frequent ironic inserts. To answer a question with an unrelated but 100% applicable question or even asking the student, "what do you think?"intermittently, reminded me of several teachers in college, more. He cites all of the important Socrates graduates, importance of our acknowledgement. He focused on Socrates' virtue and his bottom line was just that. That ethical, moral and honesty were everything. So my problem? What did he eat? When did he learn sarcasm.. and use it. ? What did students enjoy? Ok. That's all from me.

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