The Bird Artist by Aden Jile

The Bird Artist by Aden Jile
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Bird Artist by Aden Jile is truly an innovative and different psychological thriller. With it's foundation based around the study of birds, ornithology, this is not the run of the mill mystery. Jessica Bright, an ornithologist at Cornell is being hunted, and she may have to fight off strong feelings to get to the bottom of why. The opening pages of the book are taut and gripping, there is a fast paced chase, and plenty of tension to pull you in as the reader. Jessica is under attack, and must escape and throw off the hunter from her trail. This is one of the best written parts of the book. From there the mystery unfolds, and we learn of corporate greed and the world of fighting for and appreciating birds. There are a lot of technical terms in this book that relate to bird watching, and that alone is rather educational. For those that love birds, this book fits the bill, and for those that enjoy a good mystery, and want something new to learn about, this is still a good, well written mystery. Overall, a very interesting and different kind of book.

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Color Your Life Happy: Create Your Unique Path and Claim the Joy You Deserve by Flora Morris Brown

Color Your Life Happy: Create Your Unique Path and Claim the Joy You Deserve by Flora Morris Brown
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Color Your Life Happy: Create Your Unique Path and Claim the Joy You Deserve by Flora Brown is a positive and uplifting book that will help you to re-arrange your life to achieve your goals, attain a level of contentment, and have a positive outlook. This book is filled to the brim with tidbits of advice for you to achieve supreme levels of happiness in your life. With anecdotes, good advice, and pearls of wisdom, Brown enables you to fully expand on the seeds of happiness in your life that are just waiting for you. Not only that, she gives you the tools that are necessary to get to that place of positive thinking that allows happiness into your life. With lists, quotes, poetry and more, the author uses everything available to motivate, inspire and will us into a happier place. Highly recommend for an uplifting read sure to create happiness in your life.

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Box Office Philosophy by Robert Woolston

Box Office Philosophy: Philosophy Articles on Hollywood Cinema by Robert Woolston
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Box Office Philosophy: Philosophy Articles on Hollywood Cinema by Robert Woolston are movie reviews to the extreme. Woolston offers up a philosophical examination of the some of the most popular and influential movies of our time from the Godfather to the Shawshank Redemption. With themes like ethical consequentialism, anti-authoritarianism, and metaphysics, there is plenty to examine in classic movies. Not only does Woolston take a philosophical look at movies, his reviews offer commentary on the various movies' impact on modern culture. This book will pique your interest in philosophy while exploring the themes in movies that many watch again and again. Strongly recommend for a unique and highly interesting book.

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Open Primary (Ameritocracy Book 1) A.C. Fuller

Open Primary by A.C. Fuller
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Open Primary (Ameritocracy Book 1) by AC Fuller is certainly timely, if nothing else. But thankfully it is something else altogether, and a quite intriguing book that captures your attention right away. This story features Mia Rhodes, a young idealistic woman who wants to change the way American elections and politics work. She proposes a whole new way of voting in a candidate, and this one hopefully will be voted in for the 2020 elections. Not only that, this particular candidate will be installed through the use of voting on the internet, a wholly new and independent idea. Mia is written as a strong female protagonist, is well described, emotional and earnest. Maybe her idea is just what American politics needs, a populist candidate who is truly chosen by the people. Open Primary is at once glimmering with optimism and idealism, and hopeful for the future. A good read that raises a lot of questions, highly recommend.

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