The Search to Belong by Joseph Myers

The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups by Joseph R. Myers

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an interesting book on relationships and developing community. We have relationships in 4 spaces - public, social, personal and intimate. People go in and out of the different spaces throughout our lives. One of the problems with small groups is trying to force people into a space that they're not ready for. You can't force intimacy.

All in all, this was a good book dealing with community and learning to develop relationships in a natural way rather than forcing them.

To Blog or Not to Blog

I basically quit blogging, feeling that it was taking too much of my time and effort. Yet several days later, I'm finding myself drawn back to it, as a moth to a flame perhaps. Something about the writing, expressing myself, the creativity that it allows, draws me in. What to blog about can be a conundrum but it doesn't have to be difficult. Though my life may be boring, I like where I'm at. Reading is fun and relaxing for me. I enjoy watching TV and movies. Occasionally the scrapbook bug will bite and I'll have fun creating pages to look at later. Our cats bring us much laughter and entertainment, as well as affection and joy. Life is good.

Plague Year by Jeff Carlson

Plague Year by Jeff Carlson

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was pretty good - interesting look at the darker side of humans and what we will do when our backs are against the wall and we're struggling to survive. The first line of the book - "They ate Jorgensen first." Wow! What an opening line!

Interesting book - kind of a combination medical thriller and sci-fi. The premise is some nanotechnology was created with the idea to eradicate cancer. However, when the nanos get loose, they end up creating a plague that kills everything warm-blooded below 10,000 feet. In order to survive, the human race has to live above the barrier of 10,000 feet, scrounging and scrabbling to maintain an existence. Scientists who are experts in the field of nanotechnology struggle to find a cure.