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Here is my #BookspinTbr for October. It includes picks from #Roll100 and #TrappedinaSpookyhouse. Also has spots for #ReadYourKindle 😊🎃

Decent ideas, corny writing. The writing about computers is downright painful. I read this one for my book club.

#SummerSouls @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Park

#ScienceGoneWrong

#NewYearNewBooks

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

One of Crichton‘s most iconic books. It‘s as readable and engaging as ever (and a fair amount bloodier than I remember it being when I read it at 14).

⭐️⭐️⭐️ It was just ok. Maybe it was a better read 20 years ago? Slow to start, then picked up a bit. Some of it was good, but the rants by Malcolm were a bit too in the weeds for me and I tended to start skimming. It did make me want to watch the original movie again.

I love the whole book

I couldn‘t not do a re-read of Jurassic Park for this month‘s #FoodAndLit #Costa Rica

This book is perfect summer reading to me, and it blew my mind the first time I read it in high school. I can even remember playing the music from the movie in high school band.

Now it seems silly that there were ever people who didn‘t know what a velociraptor was or how to use a computer, but it‘s still a wild ride.

Up next: another backlist on my 23 in ‘23 list. 🦕

#bookspinbingo

Finished! I skimmed the long mathematical and scientific rants and took in the story parts. I liked the ending and I‘m ready to watch the movie again. Last summer we took a whole day and did a 3-4 Jurassic movie marathon that the kids still talk about, it‘s a happy memory.

Many in my family loved this book more than the movie, it was honestly whatever to me.

“The late twentieth century has witnessed a scientific gold rush of astonishing proportions: the headlong and furious haste to commercialize genetic engineering.”

#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

When it comes to anything requiring thread, needles, yarn etc, I am the LEAST crafty person. But this adorable pink dinosaur was too cute to pass up, especially for $1.25, so I‘ll use it for one of the monthly prompts for #LitsyCrafters 💖

4.75/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌖 #jurassicpark Very different from the movie 🎥

My first time reading this and I can see why a lot of folks prefer the movie. Not bad, just a whole different vibe. This feels like more of a cautionary tale of what could happen if biological science with private companies goes unchecked. Whereas the movie feels more fresh and fun (even when dinosaurs are attacking, haha 🦖). 3.5⭐️

In a few hundred books I've read it turns out this is the only J I have lol. Unfortunately this is one of the very few instances where the movie was better. I liked the darker tones of the book, but some of the characters in the book bugged me... especially Lex. She was whiny and annoying in the book.

#AlphabetGame #LetterJ @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#Book2MovieRecs #LetterJ #JurassicPark

My Sir Knight and I watched Jurassic World this evening in preparation for the new one to come out in June 2022.

I need heels like Bryce wore, she wore them all day and did a ton of running in them!!!

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Jaws

Finished and framed my jurassic park jigsaw from @CymbaX13 I love it and think it looks great. Thank you 😊 🦕🧩🦖 #jurassicpark #dinosaurs #jigsaw #puzzle

Movie > book 🦕 🦖

Summer Reading on the back deck… twilight in the suburbs full of frogs and birds. Nice sound track.

Who is ready for May??? Excited to read Jurassic Park for #NWC's monthly read?

Here is a schedule (if you need it) to help with ur monthly read. This book isn't numbered for the chapters. So I did what I could do for a schedule.

@ElizaMarie @AsYouWish @jb72

I have wanted to read this for years - ever since I was in elementary school and my high school brother read is back in the early 90s. This is one of my favorite movies so it was hard to not make comparisons while reading... but man, was this book good. So involved and descriptive. The characters made you care... whether you loved them or hated them, you felt for them. It was such a great blend of action and science and I just really enjoyed it.

Yay. All books together besides the set I gave to my sister. They are so so gorgeous. Super happy @Jackal121 @CymbaX13 🦖📖❤📚🦕

It came @BookDragonNotWorm it's here! This is my 3rd version of this book. I love the jurassic park books. It's so beautiful 🦕😍🦖 @Jackal121 @CymbaX13 thank you sissy yaaaaayyyyyyyy

#theisland #scifiSeptember @Klou

My first Crichton read. 🙌 I loved his writing style because of the detail in it, there's details on the characters and what they're going through etc. - also the detail in describing the surroundings and the atmosphere all of which make it very suspenseful for the reader.
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There's also little diagrams and graphs in this particular version anyway relating to the story which makes the story very engaging.

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2/4 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🦖 #LitsyHumor 🦖

#ManicMonday #LetterJ @JoScho

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
Jim Butcher
Jumani
Janis Joplin
Jack n Diane - John Mellencamp

5⭐️

What happens when science gets ahead of itself and doesn‘t fully think through its actions or believes there‘s a chance something out of the expected could happen? You get Jurassic Park. A zoo like theme park dedicated to providing a one of a kind experience thanks to science bringing back dinosaurs. The only issue? Things don‘t go the way they were supposed to and people might not be the true ruler over nature after all.

Let me start out with that I‘m enjoying this but here‘s the thing....

I watched this movie way too young and it gave me reoccurring nightmares. My thought process was “well, I really enjoyed his other book and one of my favorite narrators reads this so maybe I‘ll give it a try. You never know, it might help me get over my nightmare issues.” Well folks, I‘m half through and now can only read 5-10 pages at a time without freaking out. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Recently in Michigan the governor lifted some restrictions which meant the local bookstores could do curbside pick up. Last week I took a walk to pick up my manga order from my local comic book store and then this weekend I drove to pick up the books from the local indie bookstore!

https://www.summitlansing.com

https://www.schulerbooks.com

#michigan #lansing #indiebookstore #comicbookstore

One of the benefits of working at the library that is currently not open to the public is being able to listen to music or an audiobook while I weed through the non-fiction. I'm about 60% through Jurassic Park. I'm enjoying the mix of action and science. #audioworking

#audiowalking on this sunny day. A little over 1/3 of the way through this book. I had forgotten, unlike the movie, Dr. Grant actually likes kids and the lawyer is not that bad. And Hammond is even more incredibly naive and irresponsible.

Wanted something other than romance for my next audiobook. I read this one 20some years ago and have been wanting to re-read it. #audiobook #currentlylistening

Classic xkcd comic in honor of velociraptors 😁

#LitsyHumor

I had somehow never read this one, and it seriously cut into yesterday's productivity levels because I had trouble putting it down! A fun romp of a story, and I found myself wondering how it was marketed when it was first published, because realizing that these were DINOSAURS could have been a pretty serious mind-blow! I had some issues, mainly the constant philosophizing whilst fending off velociraptors - seriously, is this when you would ⬇️

Huge list of chores today and all I want to do is read Jurassic Park!!!

#LibraryHaul
Is it a problem when the librarians recognize your car and have your books on the counter already when you walk in?? 😁 Today I got the rest of the Haven Point series, a Denise Hunter book I haven't read yet, The Starless Sea (I've heard mixed reviews and wow it's a fat book), and Jurassic Park, which I have somehow never read. Should keep me busy for a couple of days!! See anything you've read/want to read??

This was fantastic and so different from the movie. Loved all the additional science bits. The writing style was compelling, kept up the tension. Overall, a fun page turner. Will probably pick this up again in a few years. Would highly recommend reading this if you liked the movie. This is better!

4.5/5 🌟

Really different from the movie...lots more science here. That doesn‘t prevent a lot of great action and running from T-Rex and raptors of course. Fun...will need to read the sequel now to see what dinosaurs might have escaped to the mainland..l

Here there be monsters 🦖 Hard to say who's more excited to start the last book on our Literature of Science and Technology syllabus, me or my students.

Belated #JourneyToTheIsland cos I've only just realised I didn't post, was busy flying home from Paris 😊 #SoaringScores @CrowCAH @Cinfhen

My next #tenatatime #tbr pile. Number 26! I‘m excited to dive into some of these!

#jazzyjune @Eggs Jurassic Park is an #amazingadventure. I went and all I got were these lousy tee shirts😉