Mer Barr

I was in junior high school when this all happened and the only reason I know about it is because I had to make a presentation on a current event and saw the small article in the newspaper about a woman who ran off the road in the next state over. Not exactly sure what else was in the article that peaked my interest.

I've read many books written in layman's terms on the US's history of atomics from the 50s to the 90s and seen alot of atomic situations gone bad over the years. I'm so thankful I was too young to care about how ignorant the US was in the 70s to know how negligent those involved really were with the health and safety of their people and the communities around them.

I just heard that Three Mile Island is being brought back to life and I'm seriously holding my breath. How will those in charge handle what's currently there and bring it up to code (or not) to the much higher standards of technology and safety that have resulted due to whistleblowers like Karen Silkwood.

Another great story in the Dortmunder series, https://hardcover.app/series/dortmunder. This is my favor humor and fiction series! And if you like Elmore Leanord you might like this series as well. https://hardcover.app/authors/elmore-leonard

In this one, the O. J. Bar and Grill becomes a character in the Dortmunder universe, not just the Regulars and Rollo.

You don't really need to read any of the previous books to follow the story and understand the characters, as each is redescribed upon introduction and their unique qualities are just a fleshed out in this as in any other of the series. However, you will miss alot of their backstories including their introduction to the Dortmunder universe, their unique skillsets, and inter-relationships between the various characters.

2.5 stars only because the younger end of the YA spectrum is too young for my taste. The writing and interplay between the characters is great.

Not one of my favorites in the series, plot wise. The book starts out with a mystery, veers away from it to focus on 1 man's inability to cope with rejection and failure, and only in the climax of the storyline does it come back to the mystery. And to make things worse, doesn't even explain the mystery. I hate when that happens. The logical side of me understands why it's not explained but my passionate side does have a right to object.

I was definitely happy to see Bobby, and Clarissa settling in to the family. And to continue to experience Avasarela's blunt talking.

I really appreciate that each chapter in each of the books, is titled with the person's point of view. It gives me time to remember where the storyline left off for this person and move along smoothly with the audio. I just read one hardback book where there wasn't even a visual announcement of the pov and/or scene change. Not even white space. The author was bouncing back and forth between the different storylines, sometimes with each paragraph, and I felt like I was often backtracking to figure out where I'd gotten lost and reread from the scene change to get back on track.