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@PuddleJumper here are my #roll100 books for September! Still trying to catch up 🤣🤣

I really liked this narrative historical book. I only wish there were pictures.

This book was good. Had a lot of detail and told a lot about the shark we know was the muse for Jaws. It was almost too detailed at times. A lot of times a story on the victim and their family seemed to drone on til I was like “ok..are we gonna talk about sharks now?” But if you have any interest in sharks or their behavior I would recommend this for sure.

“Sharks are considered by sailors to be fair quarry upon which to practice all the barbarianism of ingenious human nature.” I hate, hate reading things like this. Where out of mass panic humans kill animals without regard. Being indigenous, I feel that all animals are important and need respect.

Ironically I‘m reading this about the 1916 shark attacks while my girlfriend plays the new Maneater game on Xbox 🐠

I should be doing some yard work but I don‘t want to and I‘m reading instead. I just picked up this one on the shark attacks of 1916 because my Erik Larsen book was returned on Libby and now I have a 6 month wait before I can finish it 🥴

#BookNDinner! Accompaniment this cool and breezy evening: my stir fry of olive oil-sautéed mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, carrots; tomatoes; cucumber; black olives; leafy greens; mozzarella; walnuts and sunflower seeds; and romano cheese; and sparkling mango lemonade. MMMmmm ?! This has been another presentation of: #MrBookKitchen. Happy reads & happy eats! ???

Review video for the week is up:

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I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the subject of sharks, history, film history, or even true crime.

Please read my full review here:
https://thereadingmermaidsreviews.weebly.com/book-reviews/close-to-shore-by-mich...

Final stats for our #24B4Monday readathon. I have to say I'm pretty darn proud of myself! 💪🌟👏🎉
And now... sleep 😴💤

@Andrew65 @jb72

#glamour #quotsyapr19 @TK-421

This book was entertaining enough. I picked this up at my local B&N at a buy 2 get 1 free table. To be completely honest probably would have never gotten it if it wasn‘t on that table. The author does talk a great deal about the actual shark attacks that inspired the book but a lot of time is also spent on people‘s attitudes towards sharks in the early 1900. Towards the end it was kind of a struggle to finish the book

😱😱😱! @ReadingRover , you are too kind! ☺️ @BookBabe and I thank you so much! 🤗🤗🤗 #HappyHolidays #LitsyFamily

Nonfiction account of the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history. I especially enjoyed the vivid descriptions of life at the turn of the century.

Reading this makes me hungry, even though it‘s a HUGE amount of food for breakfast! #grill #quotsyaug18 @TK-421

Rainy day reading

Celebrating Shark Week in style

Just one of the reasons why I‘m not a fan of the #Beach . 🦈🦈🦈

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#ReadingResolutions

#swim #quotsymay18 @TK-421

A fascinating account of a series of great white shark attacks along the Jersey coast a hundred years ago. These attacks inspired Peter Benchley's "Jaws." Fast paced and informative. Came to my attention thanks to @Liberty mentioning it on All the Backlist.

"We love our monsters." How great is this quote?

#sharkweek

This was good but not great. I found it a little dry in some sections, almost like the author was trying to draw the suspense out a little too much. I also thought the ending was somewhat convoluted. It is well researched though and very well written, with a good attention to detail. I learned quite a bit about sharks that I didn't know, like the fact that shark babies eat each other in utero and that the "winner" is the lucky one that is born. ?

"We've forgotten what the ocean is," said ichthyologist George Burgess. "The ocean is a wilderness. We would never enter a forest wilderness without being aware of its dangers, its predators. Yet we think of the ocean as our giant backyard swimming pool. "

I can't stand these schizophrenic books that can't make up their minds about being non-fiction or fiction. I don't want to read about Victorian fashion or this or that damsel's deep thoughts on July 5th, 1916, I want shark attacks! And I definitely don't need detailed accounts of everyone's movements when no such thing can possibly be known to an author 100 years later. This book was so prestigious and annoying. Stop trying so hard! 😷

So this piece of information was amusing at least 😃 (I'm at 45% now, and luckily, there have been shark attacks by now.)

WHERE ARE THE SHARKS?!? Enough already! I'm at 22% and it just goes on and on in this flowery style. No sharks, no maiming, no death. Just Victorian this, Victorian that. There's obviously not enough drama to fill even a slight book here.

Ebook deal today, this one looks great!

Excellent read. Too often sharks are vilified for being what they are: apex predators. No anthropomorphizing here (thankfully, there's nothing more annoying). The author did a fantastic job of conjuring the feeling of that time and how the shark was reacting to oceanic changes.
The book is also an excellent example of the hubris endemic to man who assume that they own the rights to the natural world.
#michaelcapuzzo #readeverydayeverywhere

Post night shift, post class, afternoon reading. #afternoonreading #michaelcapuzzo #readeverydayeverywhere

Twinning @Meg11726 !

Morning reading.
#michaelcapuzzo #readeverydayeverywhere #teaandbooks #booklover #morningreading

Nothing like reading about real life shark attacks while on the Jersey shore 😬

It's Shark Week! 🤘🏻💕📚

Also summer reading 🏊🏼🐬🏝 Who doesn't want to start the summer with a book about shark attacks.