THE INFORMANT BY KURT EICHENWALD is about corporate coverup and misdeeds. I picked this book up at a book sale because I live about two hours away from the city of Decatur. You cant travel the highways of Illinois and not see an ADM truck in your rearview mirror. ADM (Archers Daniels Midland) is a midwest company that works with corn, seed, etc products. And every time I spot one of those ADM semi's I think of this book.
ADM, like many other large corporations have not only local political influence, but nation and world wide influence. ADM just happened to get caught in the lies and was exposed for their shenanigans!
THE INFORMANT, a true story, takes the reader and shows not only the shenanigans of ADM but the subsequent outing of the company by one of their own to the FBI.
I dont read much of the nonfiction genre but THE INFORMANT BY KURT EICHENWALD is written so well and so indepth you cant help but think you are reading a fiction story! THE INFORMANT, in my humble opinion would make a terrific movie!
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Friday, August 24, 2018
AN ANONYMOUS GIRL BY GREER HENDRICKS
AN ANONYMOUS GIRL BY GREER HENDRICKS: gets a 10 on my weird o meter. Scared the daylights out of me reading this book! Could this happen? Possibly!
Just think, you are doing your job, have a ho hum life, trying to make ends meet, when you overhear about this great opportunity: Show up here, fill out a survey & leave! Sounds easy, right? WRONG! Not for one girl it isn't.
AN ANONYMOUS GIRL starts out slow, go to work,meet people do job,go home,pay bills,go to sleep,get up do all over again.I thought , ok what's the point here. The point is the survey and the road taken. Scared my socks off because I myself have done surveys and been a volunteer in studies in the past and this book blew my socks off! Never again for me!
AN ANONYMOUS GIRL is one of those books that you finish fast and think about for a LONG time.
I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review
Just think, you are doing your job, have a ho hum life, trying to make ends meet, when you overhear about this great opportunity: Show up here, fill out a survey & leave! Sounds easy, right? WRONG! Not for one girl it isn't.
AN ANONYMOUS GIRL starts out slow, go to work,meet people do job,go home,pay bills,go to sleep,get up do all over again.I thought , ok what's the point here. The point is the survey and the road taken. Scared my socks off because I myself have done surveys and been a volunteer in studies in the past and this book blew my socks off! Never again for me!
AN ANONYMOUS GIRL is one of those books that you finish fast and think about for a LONG time.
I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review
Sunday, August 19, 2018
GONE WITH THE WIND BY MARGARET MITCHELL
GONE WITH THE WIND BY MARGARET MITCHELL : Every time I read GWTW I want to take Scarlett and give her a good whuppin! If her mom had done that when she was little the story would have ended differently! That being said, GWTW is a classic classic if you know what I mean. This book is one of those classics that is meant to be read and re-read. Mitchell not only give the reader a great story but she immerses the reader into the story, lets you live the story. Whether you read the book, listen to the audio or watch the movie or all of the above, GONE WITH THE WIND will always be a classic .
Saturday, August 11, 2018
1886 TIES THAT BIND:A STORY OF POLITICS, GRAFT AND GREED BY A.E. WASSERMAN
1886 TIES THAT BIND:A STORY OF POLITICS, GRAFT AND GREED BY A.E. WASSERMAN is historical fiction at its best. Lord Langsford, wealthy & newly widowed travels with his friend and stableman Pelham is in California when he quite literally runs into Sally Baxter, who is trying to find the murderer of her older brother while he was on a train ride . Sally is a stubborn woman in a mans world who will not be told what to do nor will she stop pestering the upper echelons of the railroad. Langford takes up her fight and with her they turn 1886 California up over end to find the killer and fight the ever present greed and graft and political shenanigans. These are two very stubborn people who will stop at nothing to get answers.
The story is a fast read but the details of 1886 makes the reader feel like they are actually there living the story . To me that is the sign of a great read, a book that lets you live the story, be right there with the characters!
I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review !
The story is a fast read but the details of 1886 makes the reader feel like they are actually there living the story . To me that is the sign of a great read, a book that lets you live the story, be right there with the characters!
I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review !
Monday, August 6, 2018
INTERFACE:TECHNOLOGY WILL CHANGE US BY TONY BATTON
INTERFACE:TECHNOLOGY WILL CHANGE US BY TONY BATTON.
What more can one say about this book than WOW! I didnt want to put it down! If I could have read it in one sitting I would have.
INTERFACE has everything an adrenalin reading junkie like me wants: believable characters, action, conspiracies heroes and villains! INTERFACE crosses genres as well. Mystery, spy, sci-fi with just a tad bit of romance tossed in for good measure. You CAN'T miss this one folks!
I recieved this ebook free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
What more can one say about this book than WOW! I didnt want to put it down! If I could have read it in one sitting I would have.
INTERFACE has everything an adrenalin reading junkie like me wants: believable characters, action, conspiracies heroes and villains! INTERFACE crosses genres as well. Mystery, spy, sci-fi with just a tad bit of romance tossed in for good measure. You CAN'T miss this one folks!
I recieved this ebook free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
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