Posts Tagged ‘Lynn Peterson’
Book Review: Geology Underfoot in Illinois By: Raymond Wiggers Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: Fascinating! Through a series of vignettes or essays, Raymond Wiggers paints a lovely picture of the Illinois beneath our feet or the treads of our tires in “Geology Underfoot in Illinois.” It’s too easy to take Illinois for granted as we [...]
Do you think that you are safe from hurricanes? Hurricanes don’t just strike places with palm trees. They can come ashore anywhere along the East and Gulf Coasts of America, even places that we do not typically think of as vulnerable, such as New England. In Sudden Sea, the Great Hurricane of 1938, R.A. Scotti tells the story of one such hurricane.
Book Review: “The Moosery” by Garnet Quinn Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: An Excellent Read I enjoyed reading the second installment of Garnet Quinn’s Merry Maines series, “The Moosery.” Beth and the cats have a variety of adventures throughout the book including finding a litter of kittens that were thrown away, having prized showcats stolen, [...]
Book Review: “Extreme Natural Disasters” by Christine Gibson Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: An excellent overview! Today is the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and residents of the Gulf Coast region are still struggling to rebuild. As devastating as Hurricane Katrina was, it is not the worst-case scenario, in terms of natural disasters, as Christine [...]
Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: An Excellent Book “Positively Crochet” by Mary Jane Hall is a special treat. At times, it seems to me that the world is flush with knitting patterns for making garments but rather lacking when it comes to crochet patterns for making garments. Hall completely reverses this trend with Positively Crochet; [...]
Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: Must Read Losing a major US city ought to be a wake up call to Americans that something has gone wrong. Following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Chris Mooney explores the connection between global warming and increased hurricane strength in Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming. [...]
Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: An excellent and fun book to read! I enjoyed reading about the adventures of feline friends, Hawkeye and Bhu Fan, in “The Merry Maines, a Shaggy Cat Story” by Garnet Quinn. Aside from being cats, a Maine Coon and a Korat have very little in common, especially these two cats. [...]
Book Review: Doubt is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: Must Read “Doubt is Their Product” by David Michaels explores how industry sows seeds of doubt in the eyes of the public that their product might not be as dangerous as scientific studies imply. In the [...]
Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: A Great Book It seemed somehow appropriate to write a review of “Survival of the Sickest” when I was stuck at home feeling quite sick. However, it is not the flu that author Dr. Sharon Moalem is referring to but rather the long-term sicknesses that plague us. This book posits [...]
Reviewed by: Lynn Peterson Rating: An Excellent Book “Socks Socks Socks” is sure to satisfy sock knitters of all skill levels from beginning to advanced knitters. There are even some projects labeled as “Adventurous Level.” The levels are relative to your experience with knitting socks. While there is a review of sock knitting in the [...]