I consider myself somewhat of a Luddite, (yes, I know, as I “blog”) but I am slowly coming to grips with the digital age. I try to resist the lure of things like Facebook, but then get caught up in time-sucks like Pinterest. Lately, I can see how people lose hours of their day watching a Twitter fee...
First of all, I have to say that I have a high reading level; but this book almost made me feel dumb. I had to constantly look up some of the words in order to understand the context in which the word was being used. I found the footnotes to be distracting and unnecessary. It was wordy and slow rea...
First of all, I have to say that I have a high reading level; but this book almost made me feel dumb. I had to constantly look up some of the words in order to understand the context in which the word was being used. I found the footnotes to be distracting and unnecessary. It was wordy and slow rea...
A copy of this book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for my review Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopia Page Count: 384 List Price: $26.95 - Hardcover $11.99 - 13.99 Digital Edition Publication Date: April 8, 2014 Publisher: Doubleday My Rating: 3 out of...
I was given this book through NetGalley and loved the idea of the story but it turned into a chore to read. If you enjoy a more leisurely, ease into the story book then you will enjoy this. The main ideas of the book revolves around a virus spread through the use of meme devices which eradicated peo...
Title: The Word Exchange Author: Alena Graedon Genre: Dystopian Publisher: Doubleday Books Publication Date: April 8, 2014 Format: Egalley via Netgalley.com Synopsis Find this review and much more at Read, Run, Ramble Thank you Doubleday Books via Netgalley for providing me with an early copy of ...
Excellent premise; flawed execution For as long as I can remember, the dark side of technology is the fear that it distances us from what is supposed to be real life. As kids, we were constantly being told to quit watching TV and go outside and play. The arrival of personal computing ratcheted up ...
Words don’t always work. Sometimes they come up short. Conversations can lead to conflict. There are failures of diplomacy. Some differences, for all the talk in the world, remain irreconcilable. People make empty promises, go back on their word, say things they don’t believe. But connection, with o...
The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon is set in a future New York City and is a book about language, interpersonal communication, and about technology's effect on our communication patterns. It is an appealing premise, but the book falls short of its promise. The stream of consciousness narration, the ...
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