tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post5086895847336939042..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: The Violinist's ThumbJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-25981245684733325352013-02-06T11:39:31.253-08:002013-02-06T11:39:31.253-08:00Not a Mormon, but I *totally* sympathize with your...Not a Mormon, but I *totally* sympathize with your frustration. I would also be wondering what else in the book was not to be trusted. Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-82192264242368532872013-02-01T11:30:40.153-08:002013-02-01T11:30:40.153-08:00Rats! I hate it when that happens. I was thinking ...Rats! I hate it when that happens. I was thinking of reading the book, but now I don't know. I wouldn't be able to trust anything he said.Nancy Leekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011355504937848225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-50894221777172702762013-02-01T09:17:41.987-08:002013-02-01T09:17:41.987-08:00Wow Julie, I hadn't realized you'd read it...Wow Julie, I hadn't realized you'd read it too! That is funny. I'm glad to see that you got a review copy--maybe the author saw what you said. I poked around the Internet a bit to see if anyone else had pointed this out and was rather disappointed to find nothing. Perhaps my google-fu was faulty, since your review didn't pop up--I bet I searched on LDS and not Mormon.<br /><br />I read the footnote at almost the same time as I got into a discussion about sloppy research on<a href="http://jennysbooks.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/review-unnatural-selection-mara-hvistendahl-or-trusting-nonfiction-authors/" rel="nofollow"> Jenny's Books</a>. See what you think about what she said--I read that book too but didn't catch what Jenny did.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-30571103835536710432013-02-01T08:53:31.119-08:002013-02-01T08:53:31.119-08:00Funny how we had such similar reactions:
http://o...Funny how we had such similar reactions:<br /><br />http://outofthebestbooks.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-violinists-thumb-by-sam-kean.htmlJulie M. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03456186082820859709noreply@blogger.com