I swear each of these books I read is better than the last. Perhaps because I have been a camping aficionado, I love living is the distance past with these great characters and this time the characters are, perhaps, even more interesting and the plot more complicated. It has a sequel, People of the Thunder which is next in my Gear pile , so I'll be reading it in thirteen books. Now I am only half-way through the story.
Then, while going to California for TR's class reunion, I read Emperor Dad, another of Henry Melton's sci/fi-fantasy books for teens. Joseph's dad got laid off and resents it. He tries to consult, but he is a scientist, not a money manager. So he scraps it and starts (in secret from his family) to pursue a line of scientific investigation that leads him to teleportation. From this discovery to his becoming Emperor of the Earth makes a really great story. It starts slow because it is pretty technical showing his line of study, but as soon as he discovers teleportation, it becomes really exciting. Highly recommended. I love this author.
I have now started The Big Short by Michael Lewis. I have not yet seen the movie, but will when it shows up on a TV channel I watch. I have never been able to understand exactly what happened with the housing market bust. How could such huge banks make such a big mess? This books not only purports to explain this, but also how someone could make money of the crash (another concept that is totally beyond me.) So, I figured I'd let Michael Lewis attempt to explain it to me. I have to admit that, though I've barely started, he is doing a pretty good job.
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