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Jermaine Foo kiddom — I have dragged this poor book all over the world this spring. Now that I've finally finished it, I miss Mr. Matchett already. He turned out to be a very funny writer: "We should have been visiting the brand new Circuit Autodromo Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires in Argentina (I hope you pronounced that correctly and didn't just skip over it)." Overall, it would have been a tad more interesting if he had more pronounced opinions in general. To wit, a typical sentence: "A little annoying perhaps but not too bad." But perhaps he's just an amiable chap. He even rides the fence when it comes to the controversial practice of refueling. He was actually IN the refueling fire at Hockenheim and expresses his keen desire to end the practice, but also says that if it's required, then he'll keep doing it. He's at his most passionate when discussing the new rules for 1994 that removed active suspension, traction control, and other controls. He says: "To me, Formula One represents the pinnacle of mechanical engineering. It is the constant battle between the abilities of rival teams and the laws of physics, to produce the ultimate in engineering excellence. Apparently people wanted Formula One to be portrayed as a Drivers' Championship, not as a Constructors' Championship." Interesting, eh? Discuss.

Alexis Matthew alektit — I couldn't even get through the first c.d. I don't understand what the big deal is ...

Ricardo Santiago _aqubo890 — 100, minute-long essays on historical oddities. Many written in a Paul Harvey Now-You-Know-the-Rest-Of-the-Story style. All of us Ryghs enjoyed reading these stories. Some fascinating stories including: this history of Muzak, Sherlock Holmes modeled after one of Doyle's professors at medical school. Joshua Lionel Cowen invented the flashlight but signed over the rights to Conrad Hubert who created the Everready Company. Cowen went on to invent model trains. Dixie was composed by a staunch Union supporter, Daniel Decatur Emmett. First mechanical computer invented by Charles Babbage in 1822. Hsi Kai, the most successful pirate of all time, was a Chinese woman. She commanded 50K men and women and more than a thousand ships. The first president of the United States was not Washington, but John Hanson. In fact there were seven presidents elected under the Articles of Confederation. The Scopes Trial was actually all a PR ploy. Scopes was in on the deal and even part of the organizational meeting at Robinson's drugstore in Dayton, OH. Ian Flemming advised the US when it set up the OSS, forerunner to the CIA. He borrowed the name James Bond from a bird-watching book written by an ornithologist by the same name. In 1945 an OSS team parachuted into the jungles of Asia. They saved a man names Nguyen Ai Quoc who later asked for support and direction. Little did the US realize that this freedom fighter would later become know as Ho Chi Minh, leader of North Vietnam.

Mariana Barnola marianabarnola — I read this novel after I had seen the little known filming starring a very young Mel Gibson back in the early 80s and before he broke out as a major Hollywood actor. I needed to read the novel. I couldn't get enough of the charcters. A sweet novel that shows everyone is entitled to love. I had lent this one out to a friend years ago and never got it back because this is one that warrants a re-read. I can not find it anywhere and I fear it is out of print.

Kaelin Alkhafaji _eori_ — Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go until the last page. I so rarely want to use the term "pageturner," but I simply could not put this down. It's a zombie novel, so don't expect your world to be rocked. But it's a fantastic zombie novel and I highly recommend it and "city of the dead," its sequel.