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July Reading (3 of 4): Deep Survival, Hanff, Rowling, London, Jordan

Jul 23, 2005 14:58

Deep Survival (Laurence Gonzales): Nonfiction. Some people survive in situations - blizzards, rock climbing accidents, sailing accidents, airplane crashes - that kill others. Why? Gonzales examines survivors' experiences and neurology to describe behaviors and underlying brain actions that explain why some people live through disasters while other ( Read more... )

a: hanff helene, 2005 reading, a: jordan sherryl, a: london jack, a: gonzales laurence, a: rowling jk

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stoutfellow August 4 2005, 21:37:09 UTC

You might find White Fang interesting as well, now that you've read TCotW; as I recall, London intended it as a flipside/companion piece.

ase August 5 2005, 22:04:51 UTC

Packaged with. I thought I'd give London a break for a while, but it's still kicking around the house. tCotW didn't thrill me enough to bump White Fang up the "to-read" list, though, so I'm going to give Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance a shot first. Assuming I can read past the highlighting, of course. People who write in library books in pen are going to the special hell (ob:Firefly).

When did you read Call? Reactions?

stoutfellow August 5 2005, 23:03:35 UTC

wince

It was years ago, and I really don't remember enough to say anything.

I keep doing this, don't I? Sorry.

The Raging Quiet anonymous April 14 2007, 16:48:16 UTC

Okay, I understand why plucky felmale character might get to be a bit to much, but I think this book has a lot of things going for it. I think the character of Raven was fantastic.

Re: The Raging Quiet ase April 15 2007, 06:17:30 UTC

I think The Raging Quiet would have been excellent fun when I was 12, but by 22 I'd traded some of my pickiness at the table for pickiness in my reading. I would let my hypothetical kids loose on this with very few second thoughts.