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Wordless Wednesday – Office Dogs
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100 Word Book Review: The Lost City of the Monkey God- a true story by Douglas Preston
I have watched the Lost City of the Monkey God documentary, but I wanted to read the book. This is an account of an expedition to find a “lost” city in Honduras. Some of the controversy around the “discovery” is about exactly how lost the city was. (Slightly more lost than many, from what the evidence suggests.) If you are interested in archeological discovery, especially in the jungle, I highly recommend this book. It goes into more detail about the people involved, the controversy surrounding the expedition, and the aftermath – including health issues for people involved, than the documentary does.
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Wordless Wednesday
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100 Word Book Review: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much – the True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
I love books, am fascinated by rare books. I would likely never pay college textbook prices (or more) for any book again, now that I don’t have to buy college textbooks, but that doesn’t stop me from loving beautiful, old books. So The Man Who Loved Books Too Much seemed right up my alley. I loved the information about rare books, but the main story was simply about a con man, a credit card fraudster, who just happened to fixate on rare books. And in the end, I just didn’t find the book as interesting as I hoped I would.
