FAVORITE BOOKS --
I liked "A Thousand Splendid Suns" more than "The Kite Runner", enjoyed the history of Gilgamesh in "The Buried Book" and found the last Harry Potter alot of fun.WORST BOOK --
This one's a no-brainer. Tho' this did make for several fun bog entries, and is now on the list of a few archaeologists teaching about archaeological fraud. So, time well spent...I guess.
MOST EDUCATIONAL --
I knew nothing about Teddy Roosevelt; "River of Doubt" also had some interesting information about the Amazon, and the Father Zahm angle was likewise fun. "Einstein" provided an interesting glimpse into the mind of a genius, plus I learned a bit of physics.BRAVEST BOOK --
The front half of the book is a pretty pedestrian summary of politics in the Middle East. But, when former President Carter gets to "The Reagan Years" this becomes an honest accounting of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with some hard-learned insights of note. The flak he received for this book proves my point about 'bravery'.BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS --
"Sickest" was anthropologically wrong in many cases; "Wild Trees" didn't live up to the hype; and, in "Cross Bones" Reichs got caught with some questionable archaeology "experts".MINDLESS FUN (good Break books)--
Year End List --
* A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini* AMAZONIA by James Rollins
* BREAK NO BONES by Kathy Reichs
* BREAKPOINT by Richard Clarke
* CONTACT by Carl Sagan
* CROSS BONES by Kathy Reichs
* DAMASCUS GATE by Robert Stone
* EINSTEIN by Walter Isaacson
* EMPIRE RISING by Sam Barone
* EVENT by David Golemon
* FLESH AND BONE by Jefferson Bass
* GILGAMESH by Stephan Grundy
* HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by JK Rowling
* ICE HUNT by James Rollins
* IF I'D KILLED HIM WHEN I MET HIM... by Sharyn McCrumb
* IMPERIUM by Robert Harris
* IN SEARCH OF ZARATHUSTRA by Paul Kriwaczek
* LABYRINTH by Kate Mosse
* MAP OF BONES by James Rollins
* NATURAL SELECTION by Dave Freedman
* NEXT by Michael Crichton
* ONE DROP OF BLOOD by Thomas Holland
* OUT OF ANTARCTICA by Robert Argod
* PALESTINE: PEACE NOT APARTHEID by Jimmy Carter
* PLOWING THE DARK by Richard Powers
* RIVER OF DOUBT by Candice Millard
* ROMA ETERNA by Robert Silverberg
* SKELETON CREW by Beverly Connor
* SKELETON DANCE by Aaron Elkins
* SUBTERRANEAN by James Rollins
* SURVIVAL OF THE SICKEST by Sharon Moalem
* THE BOOK OF FATE by Brad Meltzer
* THE BURIED BOOK by David Ambrose
* THE CHILDREN OF HURIN by JRR Tolkien
* THE DARWIN CONSPIRACY by John Darnton
* THE EXPECTED ONE by Kathleen McGowan
* THE MAGDALENE CIPHER by Jim Hougan
* THE ROSE WITHOUT A THORN by Jean Plaidy
* WILD TREES by Richard Preston
* ZIPPORAH, WIFE OF MOSES by Marek Halter
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