Review: We Live in Water

We Live in Water by Jess Walter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A wonderful collection of stories that seem to focus on men hard on their luck, divorced, homeless. The writing was quick and concise, which is needed in these short stories. My favorite was "Anything Helps," a story of a man panhandling for money to buy a Harry Potter book for his son. In "Thief," someone is taking money from their family vacation fund jar, and he goes incognito to discover the culprit. The ending of the book are these little fun facts about Spokane, Washington, and the author kinds of shows some events that spawned some of the short stories.

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Review: Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World

Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World by Richard Snow
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Richard Snow was quite ambitious with this informative book. There is so much information in here, but it doesn't read like a book report. The book is laid out in chronological order, from Walt building a train set on his property, to dreaming up the park, to opening day and beyond. They created so many parts and vehicles just from ingenuity. The imagineers have big shoes to fill when Walt just tells them to figure it out.

A good book with a lot of snippets from the park. Good writing, good stories.

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