More Books

I've just returned some library books, so here are my thoughts on the following:

• Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane


• What Einstein Told His Barber


• What are the Seven Wonders of the World


• The Roald Dahl Treasury

Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane is the 2nd book, following Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins. The books follow a formula where Gregor and his baby sister "Boots" are adventuring/on a quest in the Underlands below NYC, guided by cryptic, misunderstood prophecies: The 1st book has the children finding their lost father, who was also sucked into the Underlands, and the 2nd book has Gregor reluctantly fulfilling the prophecy to protect Boots. Fairly tasty for me to digest, I still see that Curse of the Warmbloods has not become available at my local library yet.

I had seen some other "Einstein" book @ a bookstore so I borrowed What Einstein Told His Barber by Robert Wolke. It's just a book of answers to some questions about the world around us. Skimmed through it. eh.

What are the Seven Wonders of the World by Peter D'Epiro is also another non-fiction book I first spotted in a bookstore. Chapters are broken up by the number of things involved: 3, 4, and up: What are the 3 laws of thermo, the Holy Trinity, etc. Skimmed through this one even faster.

I didn't even know the Roald Dahl Treasury even existed until I saw it in the library. It contains short excerpts from Dahl's books and stories. I prefer his full fledged stories to this though.

I also watched Napoleon Dynamite this afternoon when Fishface came over to pick up her watched. A quirky movie, with happy endings for the main characters.