Photographs from the edge review

I've always been fascinated with photography. To see the differences between two photographers taking the same picture and how they could make you see different things in each. From something as subtle as what color to focus on to where the light source is coming in to just that little glimps in someone's eye that tells you want they are thinking. 
In this book you jump into your time machine back to my favorite decade the 80's and see that the world consisted of more than just big hair, lots of makeup, bright neon colors in clothes and leg warmers, you see beauty.
For each decade he explains everything from what camera & filters were used to tips on how to get the shot. 
The book ends in January 2015 with a picture of green sea turtle hatchlings!
The book is a journey in pictures from animals to Mount Everest to volcano bursts to the Milky Way to Monks and celebrations.
 I would highly recommend this book for everyone. It's insightful for up and coming photographers, a storyline for a traveler or simply a coffee book to flip through and see beauty anytime you would want. 

I received this book for free from Blogging for books for a fair and honest review but I will be buying other copies for friends! 

Dear Luke we need to talk Darth

JOHN MOE is the host of American Public Media's nationally syndicated public radio show “Wits.” He is also the author of “Pop Song Correspondences,” a column on McSweeneys.net. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

So I received this book quite awhile ago after stumbling upon a link for bloggingforbooks.org

The link stated free books which hello I was going to that site! I tagged a few friends as well and after we went through the process we all chose this book to review. 

I was excited waiting for it but even when I received it life just got in the way so it took quite a bit of time to finish. 

This book however is a collection of different "stories" so it's one of those ones that you can read a few before bed or whenever you have time. 

I would give this book, out of 5 stars, between 3.5-4. I did really enjoy the majority of it but there were something's that didn't grab me. I don't think it was the writing just things that didn't interest me like going through all the Super Bowl half time request ones. I like Super Bowl but it just did not catch me.

However there were so many that I absolutely loved! My favorite being the letter from Dorothy Gale to Glinda & the shark from jaws keeps a journal as part of his therapy. Which I have to admit that I must have missed that it was jaws because the sharks name was Bruce so I automatically went to finding nemo :) 

There is something for everyone in here. It will have you looking at your childhood shows & music in a whole new way. All in all I say it is worth the money to buy the book. It will be one of those ones that can sit on your bookshelf & when you need a laugh it's there !