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Member: tajohnson

CollectionsYour library (370)

Reviews7 reviews

TagsSci-Fi (109), Fantasy (58), History (53), Read 2009 (48), AB (40), Fiction (31), True-Story/Bio (24), Western (19), Classic (18), Alt-Hist (9) — see all tags

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GroupsGerman Library Thingers, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction Fans, The Green Dragon

Favorite authorsRobert A. Heinlein, Louis L'Amour, Jack McDevitt, Michael Moorcock, Larry Niven, Clifford D. Simak, J. R. R. Tolkien (Shared favorites)

About meRead mostly Sci-Fi and History with the occasional hist/fiction, fiction and true-story and occasional fantasy see tags.

Read a lot of technology and learning theory based published research, usability, human factors, memory, motivation and leadership professionally.

About my libraryMost all the books that I have read for pleasure, or at least all those I can remember. A few books that I chose to read out of professional interest.

Most psychology, cognitive psych/science, instructional design, memory, motivation, learning theory and leadership books used for work,research, and or reference will not be listed at this time.

Stories are mostly for entertainment purposes there for, similar to my movie rating my book rating is based on time. The point of the story is to lose your sense of reality and become a character or relate to the character and or story there for at the end of the book/movie if you are left asking "What happens next?" or related question the story teller did their job well however, if you look at your clock and or not completely enthralled, you want to skip pages then well the story isn't keeping you completely involved and the rating goes down. There are of course exceptions and sometime very good stories will keep a higher rating regardless of its pace. It is only after the story is told when you may think wow then the rating will remain high.


5 stars = One of my favorites/have probably reread or will, just couldn't stop reading
4 stars = Great entertainment/fun to read/or Very well written good to great story.
3 stars = just good entertainment, enjoyed it, quick entertaining or basic story, average.
2 stars = struggled through it but found bits of it enjoyable, could be slow/predictable.
1 star = Sucked, struggled through it, did not enjoy it, and or predictable/ridiculous/etc.

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Member sinceDec 12, 2008