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Jim Reviews: Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

This is one of those books that you wouldn’t expect to see here on my recommended book list considering my age/gender.  This is a great book because it may carry heavy messages but at the same time it has a great plot.  This book was one of the books I read for my “Ghosts of […]

The Assault on Reason By Al Gore, Part 1

Well this book is absolutely packed with information and I feel it would only do it justice to write this review in parts, this is based on where I am so far in the book (just finished introduction + first chapter).
I’d have to say this is the best $20 I’ve spent in a long time, […]

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

This is a great book that I would’ve never heard of if it weren’t for my English professor this semester.  I was in a class called “Ghosts of Our Ecological Past”, taught by Christine Battista at Binghamton University.  It was without a doubt the most interesting class that I’ve taken.  The main theme behind the […]