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<![CDATA[Pam added 'The Monkey Wrench Gang']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51240469
to: The Monkey Wrench Gang (P.S.)byEdward Abbey
Just re-read this for the third time. Truly a classic, and rollickingly fummy. The reasoning and emotions are just as relevant today. Love how it captures a period in the evolution of eco-warriors, the inconsistency of the human beings who do the acts, and the "types" involved.
Abbey clearly loved machinery, the idea of destroying it when necessary and the desert landscape. If you have ever been to southern Utah, Colorado, on the western rivers and in the canyons, he really brings it all back in his descriptions.
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'Oryx and Crake']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51240376
to: Oryx and Crake (Paperback)byMargaret Atwood
Recommended by a teenaged friend - really fun and fascinating post-apocalyptic novel.
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'Cat's Eye']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51240050
to: Cat's Eye (Paperback)byMargaret Atwood
Story of a middle aged woman artist and her growing up in Canada. Painstakingly accurate description of the cruelty of children towards each other and the unbridgeable gap between the adult and child world. Also a poignant recognition of how people can change in middle age from our childhood perceptions of them.
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50185006
to: The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town (Hardcover)byJohn Grisham
Definitely worth reading. It does read like fiction.
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'The Last Juror']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50184860
to: The Last Juror (Paperback)byJohn Grisham
Vacation book. The best part was his description of every day life and food(!) in a small town in the south. Not exactly gripping but entertaining.
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'Madame Bovary']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50184317
to: Madame Bovary (World's Classics)byGustave Flaubert
For me, this book emphasizes why women's lib is so important. I first read this in French in high school. I really enjoyed the descriptiveness even though Flaubert was supposed to have overdone that on purpose to make fun of the bourgeoisie. The true value of this book is what I have learned about life now that I am 51, versus what I knew when I was 17. Society and culture have changed so much in France, and here. We can only hope that women continue to be educated and to have a role in the larger world.
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'With No One as Witness']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50184057
to: With No One as Witness (Inspector Lynley #13)byElizabeth George
I accidentally picked up this serial murder book (yup, I just adore them, yuk!) and really enjoyed George's writing. She gets heavily into the character's personalities and motivations. I loved that it was set in London because I had been in many of the places she mentioned.
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'Jackdaws']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45978616
to: Jackdaws (Paperback)byKen Follett
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'The Matarese Circle']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45978888
to: The Matarese Circle (Paperback)byRobert Ludlum
He is a decent writer but I got irritated at several literary techniques that he overused: foreshadowing and italicized thoughts of the characters. (italics)No, he had only meant to wound, not kill. She was someone he could have gotten close, not like Karine, more gentle, more forgiving, but now dead on the floor. (close italics)
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<![CDATA[Pam added 'Lincoln: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45978774
to: Lincoln: A Novel (Paperback)byGore Vidal
This is a novel and I guess I was wishing for well-written nonfiction, instead. I got frustrated not really knowing what was true and what was extrapolated. It was certainly interesting but I ended up only skimming the last hundred pages.
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