Catch and Kill

 

Title: Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Author: Ronan Farrow

Publisher: Back Bay

 
ISBN: 9780316486644

 

Thoughts: The lengths Weinstein and his people went to cover their tracks and kills a story completely blew my mind.

 

Rating: 4/5

Born Behind Bars

 

Title: Born Behind Bars

Author: Padma Venkatraman

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen

 
ISBN: 97807593112472

 

Thoughts: A very sad subject that is never really talked about, but I feel that this was definitely toned down for the intended audience.

 

Rating: 4/5

I, Robot

 

Title: I, Robot

Author: Isaac Asimov

Publisher: Random House Audio

 
ISBN: 9780739346273

 

Thoughts: It is not so much that the technology is dated, but Asimov's writing is so dated that this was hard to get into for a while.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

 

Title: The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

Author: Sahm Venter, ed

Publisher: Liveright

 
ISBN: 9781631491177

 

Thoughts: A few of these letters were very inspiring, but most were monotonous and it felt like this book could have been cut in half or more to make a more powerful impact.

 

Rating: 2/5

Stacking the Shelves: 11/28-12/4

 

LibraryThing Early Review:

Three Lords and Three Ladies of London by Anna Faktorovich

Bought on Nerdfelt:

Story Telling Engines by John Seavey

The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters

 

Title: The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters: A True Story of Family Fiction

Author: Julie Klam

Publisher: Riverhead

 
ISBN: 9780735216426

 

Thoughts: Very interesting dive into the author's search for her genealogy, and of course I loved all the St Louis references.

 

Rating: 4/5

Cloud Cuckoo Land

 

Title: Cloud Cuckoo Land

Author: Anthony Doerr

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

 
ISBN: 9781797128535

 

Thoughts:  A lot of story lines in a lot of different time periods to keep straight, and while I marveled at how two of the timelines tied together, the third had a point but also might not have been missed if it was not there.

 

Rating: 3/5