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The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett et al
I don't know if it's that the nature of these two stories lend themselves better to a more visual medium, or that Pratchett went back and tightened up the writing in the course of adapting them, or some combination of both, but I actually prefer these to the text versions. I am skeptical that this will hold for adaptations of later volumes. These two were great though. And very very pretty.
(224/300)
Readers' Advisory Service In The Public Library, by Joyce Saricks
Very practical, very easy to read, very useful.
(225/300)
Research-Based Readers' Advisory, by Jessica E. Moyer et al
Interesting research stuff and some sparkling practical chapters. I got so many "leads" from this book about what other readers' advisor and reference stuff I would find useful to read. (I have to confess, though, as someone with a science background, my expectations for the word "research" generally have to be revised when reading books from other fields. Not inferior, just different.)
(226/300)
Saving Molly, by James Mahoney
This book is a bit fragmentary or weirdly-laid out or something, but I really dug it. Mahoney was a vet at one of the major chimp research labs for many years, and someone who believed in the importance of biomedical research while fighting for humane treatment of chimps & other research animals... and then there is a plot thread having to do with a wee bush puppy he rescued in Jamaica and somehow managed to keep alive... and I found his honesty, his doubts, his compassion, and his anecdotes exceptionally worthwhile.
(227/300)
Homeschooling: A Family's Journey, by Gregory and Martine Millman
A quick and intriguing read. The Millmans, while very certain of their beliefs, are also sort of ... more balanced than a lot of homeschoolers writing books out there - they are Christian, but not fervently so, libertarian, but not fervently so, etc. I'm always interested in homeschooling - when I was a kid I intensely envied homeschooled kids, but a large percentage of my few adult friends who were homeschooled are ambivalent or even straight-up unhappy about their homeschooling experiences. Grass is always greener? Anyway, it was a neat book.
(228/300)
Shadow of a Broken Man, by George C. Chesbro
Noir novels whose protagonist is an ex-acrobat dwarf with a black belt and a Ph.D. in criminology. I devoured a few novels from this series as a teenager. Hadn't read this one (the first), and while it was lots of fun it did not quite measure up to my hagiographic memories. Will have to read some more to see if it's my perspective that's changed or if the writer got better as he got more practice.
(229/300)
Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
Idiosyncratic and inventive retelling of the Psyche story. For all that C. S. Lewis occasionally drives me crazy, his storytelling voice is one of my very most favorite narrative voices in the whole world. I LOVED this book; I'm glad I was finally made to read it.
(230/300)
I don't know if it's that the nature of these two stories lend themselves better to a more visual medium, or that Pratchett went back and tightened up the writing in the course of adapting them, or some combination of both, but I actually prefer these to the text versions. I am skeptical that this will hold for adaptations of later volumes. These two were great though. And very very pretty.
(224/300)
Readers' Advisory Service In The Public Library, by Joyce Saricks
Very practical, very easy to read, very useful.
(225/300)
Research-Based Readers' Advisory, by Jessica E. Moyer et al
Interesting research stuff and some sparkling practical chapters. I got so many "leads" from this book about what other readers' advisor and reference stuff I would find useful to read. (I have to confess, though, as someone with a science background, my expectations for the word "research" generally have to be revised when reading books from other fields. Not inferior, just different.)
(226/300)
Saving Molly, by James Mahoney
This book is a bit fragmentary or weirdly-laid out or something, but I really dug it. Mahoney was a vet at one of the major chimp research labs for many years, and someone who believed in the importance of biomedical research while fighting for humane treatment of chimps & other research animals... and then there is a plot thread having to do with a wee bush puppy he rescued in Jamaica and somehow managed to keep alive... and I found his honesty, his doubts, his compassion, and his anecdotes exceptionally worthwhile.
(227/300)
Homeschooling: A Family's Journey, by Gregory and Martine Millman
A quick and intriguing read. The Millmans, while very certain of their beliefs, are also sort of ... more balanced than a lot of homeschoolers writing books out there - they are Christian, but not fervently so, libertarian, but not fervently so, etc. I'm always interested in homeschooling - when I was a kid I intensely envied homeschooled kids, but a large percentage of my few adult friends who were homeschooled are ambivalent or even straight-up unhappy about their homeschooling experiences. Grass is always greener? Anyway, it was a neat book.
(228/300)
Shadow of a Broken Man, by George C. Chesbro
Noir novels whose protagonist is an ex-acrobat dwarf with a black belt and a Ph.D. in criminology. I devoured a few novels from this series as a teenager. Hadn't read this one (the first), and while it was lots of fun it did not quite measure up to my hagiographic memories. Will have to read some more to see if it's my perspective that's changed or if the writer got better as he got more practice.
(229/300)
Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
Idiosyncratic and inventive retelling of the Psyche story. For all that C. S. Lewis occasionally drives me crazy, his storytelling voice is one of my very most favorite narrative voices in the whole world. I LOVED this book; I'm glad I was finally made to read it.
(230/300)
