I got about halfway through, but have to return it to the library due to a hold. I wish I'd picked this up earlier, when the weather gave me more time to read. I'll have to re-request it after it's checked back in to the library.
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Jim V started reading No shortcuts : organizing for power in the new gilded age by Jane F. Mcalevey
Jim V wants to read Copenhagenize by Mikael Colville-Andersen
Jim V started reading Building the Cycling City by Melissa Bruntlett
Building the Cycling City by Melissa Bruntlett, Chris Bruntlett
"In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of …
Jim V wants to read The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
With the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his now-classic Mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author Kim Stanley …
Jim V wants to read Pacific edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
Pacific edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
2065: In a world that has rediscovered harmony with nature, the village of El Modena, California, is an ecotopia in …
Jim V wants to read The Gold Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson (Three Californias)
Kim Stanley Robinson: The Gold Coast (1995, Orb Books)
The Gold Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson (Three Californias)
Jim V wants to read The Blind Geometer by Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson: The Blind Geometer (1986)
The Blind Geometer by Kim Stanley Robinson
"The Blind Geometer" is a 1986 science fiction story by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson. It was published by Asimov's …
Jim V commented on Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by author Adrian Tchaikovsky. The work …
I got about halfway through, but have to return it to the library due to a hold. I wish I'd picked this up earlier, when the weather gave me more time to read. I'll have to re-request it after it's checked back in to the library.
Jim V finished reading A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander (Center for Environmental Structure)
Alexander and his co-authors present us with over two hundred (roughly 250) "patterns" that they …
I have no idea when I finished reading this book, so just putting today's date.
I have no idea when I finished reading this book, so just putting today's date.
Jim V commented on Don't you dare read this, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In the journal she is keeping for English class, sixteen-year-old Tish chronicles the changes in …
This book had been an assigned reading in one of my children's classrooms. A group of parents objected to the material and ended up getting the book banned in that school district. Until that time, I had been very active in the district, but banning books is a show-stopper for me. We moved out of the district shortly thereafter.
This book had been an assigned reading in one of my children's classrooms. A group of parents objected to the material and ended up getting the book banned in that school district. Until that time, I had been very active in the district, but banning books is a show-stopper for me. We moved out of the district shortly thereafter.
Jim V wants to read Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales
Jim V stopped reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Digital Fortress is a techno-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published in …
I don't remember when I finally gave up on this book.
I don't remember when I finally gave up on this book.
Jim V wants to read A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis
"... labor historian Erik Loomis recounts ten critical workers’ strikes in American labor history that …
Saw this on @Athena's shelf
Saw this on @Athena's shelf
Jim V wants to read Profit Without Oppression by Kim Crayton
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