David K. Randall

On the Road with Bernie Sanders

The Fighting Soul

Patrick Book

A solid 3.75 stars. Gotta love them Bone Wars!

Christine Bruce

While the synopsis and title promise a micro history of how the T. rex led to the fake and success of a New York museum, the truth is this is an over detailed biography of the two men behind that success. 
I noticed multiple times that I had no idea what was happening because I’d zoned out entirely, the writing getting into almost microscopic levels of detail about totally irrelevant facts and stories. 
There’s university politics, details of how to unearth a fossil, the horror of a fire in a museum with live exhibits- just extreme levels of background that are totally unnecessary if you’re waiting for a story about the discovery of T. rex. I still had no idea who half the people mentioned in the book were at the 45% mark. Why was this professor mentioned? Who did he teach? I don’t know! But I know women weren’t accepted into the university. Because the author felt that detail important. 
But if you realize that this is not in fact what was promised on the label, and continue reading you get a biography of the two men in question. And every single minute detail of their lives and all of the people who had an effect on them. Every single event that could be tied to the museum they eventually build together. 
Supremely disappointing.

Latitude Tamarind

This is one of those nonfiction books that is set up like a story, which is always good to see. I read this on audiobook, and I quite liked the narrator! I’m not super interested in paleontology, but this book made me a brief expert. I learned a lot about the history of museums and paleontology. Four stars.

The Fighting Soul On the Road with Bernie Sanders

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