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Amnesia
Summary
It was a spring evening in Washington DC; a chilly autumn morning in Melbourne; it was exactly 22.00 Greenwich Mean Time when a worm entered the computerised control systems of hundreds of Australian prisons and released the locks in many places of incarceration, some of which the hacker could not have known existed. Because Australian prison security was, in the year 2010, mostly designed and sold by American corporations the worm immediately infected 117 US federal correctional facilities, 1,700 prisons, and over 3,000 county jails. Wherever it went, it travelled underground, in darkness, like a bushfire burning in the roots of trees. Reaching its destinations it announced itself: THE CORPORATION IS UNDER OUR CONTROL. THE ANGEL DECLARES YOU FREE.’ Has a young Australian woman declared cyber war on the United States? Or was her Angel Worm intended only to open the prison doors of those unfortunates detained by Australia’s harsh immigration policies? Did America suffer collateral damage? Is she innocent? Can she be saved?
Comments
Several readers didn’t like many of the characters and found it difficult to continue reading. Continue reading
Indie Awards Longlist 2016
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2016 Indie Awards. You can visit your local Library to reserve a copy .
The longlisted titles in each category are: Continue reading
Thuong’s Picks
The Magic by Rhonda Byrne
This is Rhonda’s third book in The Secret’s series. If you have read the previous two books in the the series and liked them, then you will like this book.
For twenty eight days, you follow and add one rule on one small chapter, that will change some of your daily habits to become more grateful and happier. This book is more inter-active rather than just reading. You will need to ask for a twenty eight day loan period from the library.
A MUST READ!
Easy Facebook by Michael Miller
If you are like me, someone who has heard about facebook, hops onto a computer, types in ‘facebook’ on google, and voila! I sign myself in with Facebook and the rest seems self-explanatory, or is it?
If you are a beginner or just want to learn the ‘tips’ using facebook and you are a visual learner, love SIMPLE step-by-step instructions with big fonts and pictures, lots of tips on what-to-do or what-not-to-do on the topics of your concern; this is the book for you.
Note: some of the features in the book is no longer being supported by facebook as it’s 2013 edition.
Android Phones for Dummies by Dan Gookin
I have owned a few android phones, to be honest, I don’t like them. I learned to live with them…. then I found this book! Unlike other “…For Dummies” book, this book is in FULL COLOUR! has got lots of tips, well organised into chapters. I like my android a bit better now.
Miracles happen : the transformational healing power of past life memories by Brian L. Weiss, Amy E. Weiss
In his first book “many lives, many masters”, Dr Weiss wrote about during the first hypnosis session given to his patient “kathleen”, she ‘accidentally’ entered into one of her past lives, and cured some of her current life ‘problems’. and many “lives” sessions later. Kathleen’s cured! As a Jewish and scientist, reincarnation was just not in Dr Weiss’ world!
This book is a collection of recounts of some of his patients’ experiences of their past lives! fascinating stories! a must read for soul-searchers!
What Maisie Knew
What Maisie Knew
by Henry James
Caught in the crossfire of her parents’ acrimonious divorce, witness to their battles, intrigues and affairs, neglected and exploited, Maisie is a child who knows too much about the world of adults. James’s portrait of a little girl who maintains her goodness and dignity in the face of the bitterness and profligacy of her warring parents is inspiring.
Group Comments
Most didn’t get past the preface. Those who did found lack of plot and character development. Characters were all horrible. Modern storyline, but still not liked. Sentences were long convoluted and hard to follow. The one person who did finish the book just wanted to know how it ended.
Read by The Second Tuesday Book Group