This makes me want to read the book that much more. I'm looking
fward to it. Bye for now.

--- In connectionswithjamesburke@yahoogroups.com, MegaZone
<yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> Once upon a time sgcowboysfan2 shaped the electrons to say...
> > A major yay from me because the book came out on July 4th. Much
to my
> > happiness. I got a copy of the book yesterday and I can't wait
to
> > read it. I've been waiting since last year for this book to
come
> > out. So has anyone else picked up the book yet? Just curious.
Can't
> > wait to see what everyone thinks. Take care.
>
> I'm about 80 pages into it, reading a little bit at a time as I
can -
> been busy.
>
> I like it, but it is very 'light'. It is more entertaining than
> educational. I enjoy the humor and comments, but it really isn't
what
> I expected. I guess I was expecting more connections about the
> founding fathers and more about their lives, but really they're
just a
> jumping off point for the threads from then until modern times.
>
> A lot of the connections are pretty tenuous - just a brush pass in
> history. Which is something I felt later works have suffered
from -
> compare Connections^3 to the original Connections and you'll see
many
> of the links are weaker.
>
> But, still, it is a fun book to read and I'm quite enjoying it. It
> just isn't as meaty as some of his other books.
>
> -MZ
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