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Marsha L. Woerner

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She had such an amazing influence

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-29-25

(As posted in Goodreads)
I read this book when I was a teenager or a freshman in college, but I realized it must have been a different version of the book with the same name and topic. This was very different than I recall from an original reading. Either way, both my memories from the first one and this current one are that it's a really good book. The view into Siam as it was at the start and the changes that came about after Anna Leonowens was there and taught is truly astonishing and fabulous. She had such a good affect on the king and the overall community, a long lasting, overall positive and revolutionary effect.
It's definitely a worthwhile read, and I'm going to go back and see what other version I might have read before; maybe I'm confusing my memory with that of the musical “The King and I”- although they are quite different...
Siam is now Taiwan, I believe...

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No creature is exempt

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-19-25

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It's an extremely interesting book pointing out the horrifying possibilities presented by Fungus, bacteria, and viruses in relation to animals of all genres and species! It does get a little boring in the middle when it seems to be presenting the same symptoms and outcomes for individual species, but it comes around in the end to relate it to common diseases, and how it all relates.
And I liked that it presented the book _The Girl with all the Gifts_ (which my daughter's mother in law had just recommended to me in a totally unrelated context) which gives a picture of a kind of external zombification as it might pertain to actual people. Started reading that...

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what a kooky lady!

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-15-25

(As posted in GoodReads)
What a terribly fun story (or set of stories). I actually first read this book well before grad school. I had forgotten to just have fun it was. It could be a memoir, but it really is more collection of stories- and they're all presented in such a - rip-roaring, rib - tickling way that it really makes the day! And the characters! They just keep coming at you, and you have to keep adjusting your realms of believability and what an individual person can accomplish and how!

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Mind bending premise

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-20-25

(As posted in Goodreads)
I have read sci-fi books before, but this was totally different than what I have experienced so far. The premise was terribly intriguing, but it was also unpredictable. Overall alliances were changing and surprising, it's the first in a series of three, and it wasn't until the end that it was even imaginable what the others could cover, but the end left many opportunities for actually finishing the overall story.
The characters were well presented, and changes in individual personalities were relevant to the situations and understandable. But there was a LOT of death, but it was totally consistent with the story and helped illustrate the direness of the situation and serves as an impetus to continue the series.

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Evil that lurks in the heart of Man...

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-19-25

(As posted in Goodreads)
I first read this in 1976, shortly after it came out. I was in Israel for the year, and my room might on the kibbutz recommended it, but she warned me that I had to avoid spoilers. She was definitely right.
Now, 50 years later, I've reread it, and I still think it's worthwhile. It was indicated as a “ horror story”, as well as science fiction and historical fiction, but I don't think it's a horror story- although it has horrific ideas! But I won't tell you very much about it come on because it's definitely true that spoilers should be avoided! But its thought provoking and makes the consider how far is too far to go.
For me, it was a great revisiting, and for others, it's a worthwhile book.

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Life is never what you expect

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-15-25

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Full of Intrigue and twists- I was rapt from the beginning. The whole situation was interesting and engrossing; the different lives of the characters were as full as they could be in a book whose overall point was not the lives of the characters, but it all fits so well!
It was engrossing to see the different sides of individuals. And the fights they all had to continually fight just to maintain sanity and the feeling of completeness.
A surprisingly enjoyable book.

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Never trust anyone

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-16-25

(As posted in Goodreads)
I love the characters and the camaraderie displayed! I'm unclear on the original murderer, but I may have to go back and revisit the end.
The number of moving parts was invigorating, and I love that it me on the edge of my seat; nothing was lead pass.
Invigorating

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The queen always stands out

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-10-25

(As posted in Goodreads)
What a fun and beguiling start to a new series to enjoy! The Queen is depicted in a wonderful, relatable way and all the other characters are highly enjoyable! I'm glad I found this series.

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Physics is for truth and knowledge, not for war an

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-05-25

(As posted in Goodreads)
This was a book club book, and although it's nominally a children's book, and took the effort not to talk down to the reader and actually discuss the science in an informative way that I really appreciated! The book club gave it 4 out of 5 atoms (stars) [we use a unit relative to the individual book when rating it: in this case, we use atoms to correspond to the topic and title]
Several of us that on the science in the book intimidating and over our heads, but on the other hand, the rest of us were quite comfortable with it. The writing itself Was simplistic and the overall structure- aimed at a preteen- was almost stilted and definitely choppy for at least one reader, but when she changed to the audio (which is what I always use) it was definitely better; she then went back to the written book for the cartoons (of which I was totally unaware...)
It, of course, pointed out the early discriminations against women in science; then, it got into the discrimination against Jews in Germany in the 1930s. The trials of Lise Meitner's life were on full display. She was denied the Nobel Prize, but she was decreed to be “Queen of the atom bomb”, a title she always detested. Physics was for Knowledge and truth, not for bombs and death!
I really like this book, despite the fact that it's nominally our children's book. And my middle name is after her first one :)

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Engrossing and thought for voting

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-24-25

(As posted in Goodreads)
I hadn't realized that it was marketed as a young adult book, but upon reading it, I'm not surprised by it But it is a rather complete and varied world and story. It caused me to go through a whole range of emotions and alliances. Satisfying ending, so I'm not sure whether I want to read the next in the series or just be satisfied with the current ending. There clearly is room for a continuation, but I'm not sure it's necessary...

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