To heaven and back was a very interesting read about a doctor that went on a canoeing trip kayaking trip and had an accident that nearly killed her. iTo heaven and back was a very interesting read about a doctor that went on a canoeing trip kayaking trip and had an accident that nearly killed her. in the process of the accident, she says she died and went to heaven and explained, roughly what she saw in heaven, but it wasn鈥檛 clear enough that you could make a good picture of it. She claims to have seen God, but in the same turn, she said that she didn鈥檛 see Jesus. This book was really just another account of a near death experience where somebody to have seen God or Jesus when they were in a medical state that could鈥檝e been life ending. She also after this experienced death of her son, and she kind of explained how her experience helped her through the death of her son. The book was worth reading. It was interesting wasn鈥檛 really earth shattering or anything, but it was a good read....more
This book was told from a neurologist standpoint of how he saw his near death experience. It seemed mainly to talk about the scientific part of it andThis book was told from a neurologist standpoint of how he saw his near death experience. It seemed mainly to talk about the scientific part of it and less about what he experienced and what he experienced seem to be somewhat confusing. He seems to be more interested in the scientific aspect of how to or how not to explain and why the explanations weren鈥檛 viable through science. His experience did differ from other people that have had your death experiences, not saying that his experience wasn鈥檛 genuine, but just different. I would say in a few books that I鈥檝e read so far on the subject that this one was the least impressive of the three I don鈥檛 know if I鈥檇 say this is a must read or skip....more
First off, I鈥檇 like to start a saying that the authors seemed to be way too obsessed with Trump bashing in this book for me to actually take what theyFirst off, I鈥檇 like to start a saying that the authors seemed to be way too obsessed with Trump bashing in this book for me to actually take what they said very seriously. They come across as radical feminist. They come across as men haters. Their prognosis of the historic view and treatment of women, although in many cases might be highly accurate, but is exaggerated with their liberal ideology. The varying fluctuations of preferred society weight of women, which they definitely acknowledge as a varying target based on era, is misrepresented ideology based on gender when these standards are established for both genders by society. Men currently are under just as much social pressure to meet standards as women are. I could speak to all the fallacies of the authors mind set, but its just not worth it. The book is a definite skip....more
This story started out very slow, boring with a big portion of the first part of the story Just about the hospital part of Colton鈥檚 sickness and the iThis story started out very slow, boring with a big portion of the first part of the story Just about the hospital part of Colton鈥檚 sickness and the illness and the family. They were really didn鈥檛 add much in my opinion to the story it really in my opinion, being as long as it was took away from the story.. on top of that, the writing was very subpar was not very good. It was very childlike in his delivery. It almost seem like there was not much editing, which wasn鈥檛 much fluency in the writing that it was just a long drawn out process of what was being said at the beginning of the book.. even though the writing was bad, the book become a little bit more interesting because it was more of a description of what Colton saw while he was being in heaven or in heaven, whichever you want to believe. I really had a hard time believing what I was hearing Baystone. His parents seem to be very immature in the sense that a lot of things that they allowed their child to do in the early stages of life after the experience were not very disciplined going to funerals and saying oh is he going to heaven? Is he going to heaven? Oh I hope he鈥檚 going to heaven and stuff like that. The parents should have, spank butt for making comments like that family of deceased people. It is unexcused usable in my opinion, and there were multiple episodes of that type of behavior.. The story may be real it may be a dream. It may be everything like that, but it just come across to me is not being a real authentic story, but not being in the place of seeing what was there and not experiencing that I can鈥檛 really say one way or the other I can just say that it was an interesting book, talked about a lot of interesting things and validity and some of things that were said based on what was shared and they did have points within the book itself that would make you think that if that is true and actually would happen then maybe the story is true. I wouldn鈥檛 say the book is not worth reading, but I also wouldn鈥檛 say that it is overly inspiring neither....more
This book came as an find based on circumstance. My mother had been in the hospital suffering from many conditions that brought her to a point where sThis book came as an find based on circumstance. My mother had been in the hospital suffering from many conditions that brought her to a point where she started experiencing delirium and eventually end of life experiences. My sister shared death visions that she found on the Internet.. I searched and look for similar articles that led me to end of life experiences. In one of them, it led me to this book. By the time that I鈥檇 began reading this book, my mother was already experiencing end of life experiences. I managed to read the first two or three chapters before she passed away, but continued reading the book afterwards really understanding how her experiences were noted within this book. I will say that the first three chapters helped me understand what was happening to my mother. I wish I had started reading this book earlier to better have seen and understood the whole process as it was taking place. This book hit on many different end of life experiences. Some that were religious and others that were more connections with deceased relatives and pets. It showed how that non-religious people could have a religious end of life experience. it also showed how young children, older adults and young adults could experience the same type of end of life experiences. It definitely expressed a different set of experiences based on what the person needed. Some people needed to be able to close their life out, by fixing things that need to be fixed at the end of life. Others had a religious experience and others just found himself among friends. Even though the doctor express that very few of the end of life experiences were religious in nature, I believe that he didn鈥檛 understand what some of the experiences were about. Every experience he expressed to me seemed religious in nature. Religious in the terms of God or angels or family members waiting to welcome you into the afterlife.. How he could see these things and not understand the religious connotation in each one of these scenarios is beyond me. However, obtuse his observations were in some areas, the book was excellent in helping someone understand what happens at the end of life and how someone transitions into the afterlife....more
The JD Vance book was an excellent book. No, I may have only rated it three stars, but it was an excellent book. The one thing that I can say is that The JD Vance book was an excellent book. No, I may have only rated it three stars, but it was an excellent book. The one thing that I can say is that he kind of went through his life and everything, and it seemed a unique life from the perspective of where he came from and where he went to, at least where he went to at the time of the book in the book really is mainly about his childhood, his mother who was alcoholic and a drug attic, and she kind of moved in and out of being a reliable person that he could roll on, but it also went into his grandparents and how they bring him to the personality became and seeing where he became, and all the obstacles that were in the way Definitely follow the path that not many people from that Kentucky area of Jackson and Ohio where he moved to a later point followed, were not any people that followed the path that he followed into law school EL he talked about you know his his pride as a Appalachian transplant into Ohioabout the people that moved Ohio how they were down because they taught funny they dress funny they acted funny. They weren鈥檛 as sophisticated as some of the other people they already talked about. How do you know that the people of Ohio where he moved to they were more of a group, but not a high class system middle middle class and how they look down upon the people that moved there he talked about all the struggles and everything within within the family structure that he dealt with. He talked about how he went to Ohio State and got his degree, and how he went to Yale and got his law degree and how when he finished at Yale, how he decided to take a lawyer position as a clerk with a law firm or judge and how he made that decision based on not moving up in the world and being a congressional lawyer, but how he made that decision based on what he wanted out of life and he wanted to get married have a family and and move forward that way so he didn鈥檛 lose him. Focus on exactly what he wanted and he talked about the social networking that was there at Yale that helped him make those decisions and it was one of the law professors that I hope you told him how you know you may not want to go with this judge because he鈥檚 hard you know and that鈥檚 what causes families to break up and you don鈥檛 want that you wanna go with one of the other ones because unless you wanna be a congressional lawyer You don鈥檛 really wanna go down that path so overall it was an excellent book. I really enjoyed it learned a lot about JD Vance learned some things that I didn鈥檛 expect to learn I he talked about how the national media lied a lot and he talked about oh you know white Republicans, and some of the things that they believe in and some of things they fell into buying into certain things that are said some of the things he talked about was, Obama and Michelle, the president and his wife and how that there were so many lies told about them that a lot of the white Republicans just bought into because they wanted to believe that and he said that people need to think for themselves and not follow everything the media says it was an excellent book and I recommend it is just to get a better understanding of JD Vance....more
I have read the first three books in the series and dink Coots did a excellent job in the first three books. I believe that I rated them very highly bI have read the first three books in the series and dink Coots did a excellent job in the first three books. I believe that I rated them very highly but moving onto this book in this book started out and I didn鈥檛 really see the patterns that were associated with the previous three books exactly I did see some of the social structure in the cloning type structure and it is definitely in the sequence of, a brave new world still with that philosophy carrying into this book it just wasn鈥檛 as readily apparent in the beginning. Also definitely as name states so it鈥檚 a book about Frankenstein or incorporates. The Frankenstein theory there is a Victor Frankenstein that shows up in this this book and you know he is just as Frankenstein did creating life through cloning or something along those lines, the book then took a turn for it become more of a baseline story outside of the first three books. I鈥檓 looking at pieces of developments that a different story with different characters but still incorporated some of the same ideology that the first three books did cover saying this at first was not sure exactly what I thought of the book and as the book progressed and carry to an end, it becomes turn into a book that kind of incorporated a invasion of the body snatchers type to what was going on within the book and still incorporated Frankenstein and a brave New World and by the end of the book I did fill that the book did deserve three solid stars not anything any higher than that and definitely not anything any lower than that, it is a book thatproved to be a book based on The first three books and is a good addition to the series. Hopefully, the fourth book will be just as interesting and have just as many twist as this one seem to have from the first three....more
Devoted was a different type book that had a unique concept. As an animal lover book, it carried a lot of weight for the reader using an somewhat diffDevoted was a different type book that had a unique concept. As an animal lover book, it carried a lot of weight for the reader using an somewhat different perspective on the canine and human bond. It expanded on it in a telekinetic way. Overall, the book was good, but never fully ingratiated the story. Language of the book, smooth read, but very simplistic lack that touch of sophistication through the wordsmithing of the language. The book called the good had the potential to be great, but it never seem to hit that level. There were times that the book didn鈥檛 hold your attention very well another times with the new concept of the bond between the two seem to hold attention very well.. overall it was definitely a book worth reading for entertainment....more
The ancient world of the Mayans was definitely an interesting book, but it was not a read for the casual reader that was looking for stories antidotesThe ancient world of the Mayans was definitely an interesting book, but it was not a read for the casual reader that was looking for stories antidotes, and in different things about the Mayans. It was more of a historic book from the level of a college course. There were lots of things that I found out about the Mayans such as their farming, their temples and things like that but overall, it was a very dull book to read, although it did give me a introduction to Mayan society and the things that they did within their society and the different breakdowns of rulers of the Mayan and the cities and geographics and everything and talked about some of their Artwork, but needed pictures to coincide with some of what was written....more
Hiroshima is definitely a book of interest. Understanding everything that the Japanese people went through after the bomb was dropped is a story worthHiroshima is definitely a book of interest. Understanding everything that the Japanese people went through after the bomb was dropped is a story worth telling. however, sympathy for the Japanese is something that I have a hard time having because what the Japanese had done at Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was a unprovoked attacked by the Japanese. The bombers came in and dropped bombs, burning American soldiers, to a crisp, burning some of them to the point that they were instantly vaporized on the battleships. Besides the inhumane acts that the Japanese perpetrated on American soldiers that were prisoners of war definitely leads me to a point where I have very little sympathy for the Japanese people that were killed at Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Reading this book makes you understand that nationalism in the form of Japanese nationalism was not something that they short away from citizens. It is readily apparent to this books description of how the Japanese thought after the bombing of Hiroshima after the atrocities of Hiroshima, which were in my opinion justified based on what the Japanese done to the United States, hearing of some of the citizens of Japan that stated that they thought that the war could still be one after the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan really signifies how the Japanese felt at the time. The book is a whole really only portrays what happened to the Japanese in a detail description, but more of a generic description of what happened. It also goes into the part where it describes how the Japanese civilians did not understand what the atomic bomb was as they thought it was gasoline dropped on them and set on fire that caused it. They did not understand the destruction of the atomic bomb it also describes in terms of miles and Distance how far the atomic bomb from the center of the blast destroyed hospitals in blue things off and not things through windows created injuries to those in the path of the blowout. The explosion of here seen my cash shadows from the bright light on two buildings based on other buildings being in the way that created images on the building just like it Pompeii were there oh shadows and stuff on the some of the houses within Pompeii of people and everything like that so there was a lot of ring here, Shima and Pompeii, which was very interesting to read. human silhouettes.. which which were images of what people were doing at the time of the blast. The book also talked about some of the symptoms that the people had had like the white white cell countdown till like 3000 which is normal yet 5 to 6000 it said and talked about the fact that they were afraid to use needles to give people shots to help them because they wouldn鈥檛 sure because of how much glass yes they would stop bleeding once they had an injection. They talked about patient鈥檚 fever going up to 104掳 and string scratches that were on the body and things like that due to the radiation sickness. it also talked about the hair loss and the Barnes due to the radiation also. it鈥檚 talked about the three stages of radiation sickness, and how that even though some people look like they were OK. Their sales had been destroyed by the radiation and everything like that and they may have stopped for a little while, but they ended up eventually dying, and everything like that at this, reminds me a lot of a book that I read about Mariah Curie. And the radiation poisoning that she and her husband from work on radiation, but it ended up dying from. The book also ventured into areas taco about the scientific things when science came there to study the effects of the atomic bomb and the things that did and how they reacted, measuring the radiation the pressure that was used to move. Buildings knockdown buildings with gravestones and and all sorts of things on that fund. And how things such as Micah that uses that 980掳C fused on granite, great stones and everything like that identifying the temperature of the blast and everything which we already know was very hot based on the information. I鈥檓 looking at some of the towels that were melted and and things like that the distance from the centerpoint of the blast that tiles that work would have been melted it over 1000掳C at about 600 yards from the center of the blast. It鈥檚 so all of this study for the heat and everything. It鈥檚 Herman that at the center of the blast that the bombs temperature would鈥檝e had to be 6000掳C. from all the calculations that he knew that a Toniann bomb and a uranium bomb dropped just the Japanese from the calculations. The book definitely entertains the Christian religion in Japan at the time and how there was a back-and-forth between some of the characters within the book that were involved in the nuclear war. They were questions by different people about how God would allow an atrocity to happen to them and Andy back-and-forth Canter about the explosion, created a very interesting look into the experience that people had that were in the mist of the explosion and looked at the scientific facts about how the information about the details of the explosion were so the book itself, kinda took a religious experience in a scientific look on the atomic bomb now all of this is very interesting because I have also read a book that was the the Los Alamos primer, which is the book that was given to the scientist that came in into Los Alamos to help build the bomb that was exploded and eventually dropped down Hiroshima along with a few chemistry books that I鈥檝e read all of this seems to tied all of this together very well. It is a very interesting subject as inhumane is it might seem to sum. It is very scientific interest to me as a reader....more
I鈥檝e read a few other Dean Koontz books from the Frankenstein series. I really enjoyed them this book however a decent book seems to be more all over I鈥檝e read a few other Dean Koontz books from the Frankenstein series. I really enjoyed them this book however a decent book seems to be more all over the place than that series. It starts out in one place then moves to another and another and another. There鈥檚 just no logic in the way. The way the book is written overall. it was a good book all over the place.. the word phantoms came up in the book a few times, but it was hard to put the title of the book with the story as a whole. It was more of a religious good versus evil with no good in the book just the evil.....more
Carl Sagan ventured between science and religion way too much in this book. He seemed as much to disprove the existence of god as to discuss man鈥檚 jouCarl Sagan ventured between science and religion way too much in this book. He seemed as much to disprove the existence of god as to discuss man鈥檚 journey into space. Being an avid reader on the subject that consumes many astronomers, I found Sagan鈥檚 book vague and useless as a reading material for anyone that isn鈥檛 just starting out in science. And to be honest, I wouldn鈥檛 suggest Pale Blue Dot as reading material for them. I鈥檓 glad I read the book, but would say it was boring in comparison to his book, Contact. It didn鈥檛 provide any addition insight to space that I didn鈥檛 already know....more
The author was definitely not an authority being a mountain climber. But he did have a different perspective. Consider he seemed very much a liberal, The author was definitely not an authority being a mountain climber. But he did have a different perspective. Consider he seemed very much a liberal, it was hard to consider his hypothetical view point for the future and his wanting to blame Trump for global warming seriously. He gave multiple viewpoints that can be researched to verify his statement about global warming. Ice caps melting, sea levels rising, glaciers disappearing, rainforest disappearing and other things. I believe his examples are correct, but I question if global warming is man made or just part of the cycles of the weather of the world. He did state that there was a long time ago that volcano eruption caused weather conditions like we are experiencing today. It鈥檚 interesting that the world recovered from past global warming cycles so why would it recover again without government interference. He did say that we are too far along that fixing the global warming is unfixable by mankind when countries like China and India will not adjust gas emissions....more
The story over all was boring. Nothing excited seem to happen. The book started off with a man in the dessert trying to survive. He was escaping from The story over all was boring. Nothing excited seem to happen. The book started off with a man in the dessert trying to survive. He was escaping from people hunting him. He meet an Mexican woman and she was part of the story through the end. There was a gun fight. That was about it....more
The book started out good with a small child who appeared from the woods with a wolf. Add in two sister that are at the heart of the story, a sheriff The book started out good with a small child who appeared from the woods with a wolf. Add in two sister that are at the heart of the story, a sheriff and child psychiatrist, povide an typical twist to Hannah鈥檚 books. The book had the opportunity to be a really good book but dropped the ball in the meat of the story. The book although ended with a slight twist the provided a happy ending, but would have been better with a unhappy ending. Every book doesn鈥檛 have to have a happy ending. Sometimes an unpleasant ending fits a story better especially when it spotlights the problem in the structure in something like child custudy judgements....more
This book was all over the place. It was a look into the scientific study of plants and energy. It started out looking into looking into experiments tThis book was all over the place. It was a look into the scientific study of plants and energy. It started out looking into looking into experiments to evaluate how plants reacted to different stimulants based on wires and meters hooked up to plants. It ventured into other areas including angstrom reading of plants, people, foods and water. It was interesting to see how they uncovered the water with supposed healing power had much higher Angstrom counts than normal waters, health people also had higher readings. The ideas expressed in these type books seem to always have that initial perception of hocus pocus, but usually have facts and studies to backup their strange point of view....more
First gothic novel, interesting novel written in Italian between 1000-1250 AD that was transcribed to English in 1500s. The novel started with the secFirst gothic novel, interesting novel written in Italian between 1000-1250 AD that was transcribed to English in 1500s. The novel started with the secondary character, Conrad, being murdered, and one of the main characters Manfred the father trying to get divorce his wife to marry his son鈥檚 fianc茅e. The book took some odd twisting turns as it added ghosts and more murder to the plot. The story was really based on the lineage of Manfred and his attempt to secure his longevity of his lineage. The book was worth reading, was very entertaining and was well written ...more
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