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Two Book Reviews: ‘Aurora’ and ‘Palaces for the People’

07/26/2022 by Debbi

Okay. I’m gonna do these at the same time because they have certain similarities. Aurora by David Koepp. I don’t know if I’m saying that right. Koepp. Aurora, I believe this is being made into a miniseries or something or limited series, sorry or something. Maybe I could be wrong about that, but it’s really, really excellent. It should be if it isn’t being. It’s about what happens when all the electricity goes out due to a natural disaster, something that we can’t control and suddenly there’s no electricity, the cell towers are down.

There’s no internet. It’s all back to relying on your community again. That’s what it comes down to, and this gets into those issues in a big way. And you know, how do you, what approach do you take? Do you develop rapport with your neighbors, trust them, work together? Do you go off to a silo in the middle of nowhere and try to establish your own community? Like the brother of the protagonist, Mr. Rich Guy? I won’t say any names.

Speaking of which Palaces for the People. I wanted to mention this one at the same time that I mentioned this one, because this is a book that everybody should read. It’s about the importance of community. And I’m talking about not online community. I’m talking about the community that you live in, in reality. People talk so much about the metaverse, so much about social media.

When are we gonna start talking about where we live and what we need to do to make where we live livable. And when I say where we live, not, I mean, not only our community, but our planet in general. This is part of what will make the planet livable. Paying attention to what’s going on right in your own backyard. And I don’t nearly, I don’t like politics. That’s my problem. So getting politically involved is something that I hesitate to do, but I would recommend that you read this book by Eric Kleinenberg, I believe. “How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life.” Civic Life. So, and can probably promote more civil life. Maybe.

Anyway, those are the books that were supposed to be done for May. If I’m lucky, I may get to June’s books by the end of July, <laugh> take care and thanks. Thanks for watching. And that’s all folks for now. Anyway, talk to you later.

Originally published here.

PS: Yeah, right … :-/

My Book Review of ‘The Minimalist Entrepreneur’

06/14/2022 by Debbi

Hi everyone. Today, I’m reviewing The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavingia.

My Book Review of ‘Doctor Who: A History’ (Part Two)

03/29/2022 by Debbi

Hi, everyone! 🙂 Well, I said this would be a two-part review for this book, Doctor Who: A History, and I gotta tell you, I finished this and it is absolutely amazing how well this franchise has held up over the years, even when it went into its hiatus, you know, went out of production, the show continued in the form of comics, radio plays, this sort of thing. It’s just absolutely amazing.

My Review of ‘Doctor Who: A History’

03/15/2022 by Debbi

Hi, I’m reading Doctor Who: A History. And I have to tell you, this is one of the coolest books I’ve read in ages. I am loving, loving, loving this book. I mean, this goes through, truly, how the show was developed. It goes over every season, every Doctor. Well, up to a certain point of course, because, you know, it’s, uh, when was this published? I didn’t even see. Anyway, the point is it’s fantastic. It’s just a fantastic book. And I mean, it goes into how they created the show, the whole concept of the show, the characters, in great detail. You know, a lot of thought went into creating those first characters, that first Doctor and all of that. And how the Doctors change over time, how the personalities change, how the show itself seemed to be kind of creating its world as it went.