{"id":175,"date":"2014-02-25T17:34:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T17:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=175"},"modified":"2014-03-25T03:31:22","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T03:31:22","slug":"well-oiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/well-oiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of <i>Well Oiled<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20524645-well-oiled\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Well Oiled\" src=\"https:\/\/d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net\/books\/1389599740m\/20524645.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20524645-well-oiled\">Well Oiled<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/7761490.Rubin_Johnson\">Rubin Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/864167805\">3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book is crammed with lots of fascinating elements \u2013 triathlons, bitcoins, geocaching, energy policy, and more. I especially liked the Cal Tech ditch day stories, the Mexican cave exploring, and the history of the Esselen Indians to name a few. The author is clearly knowledgeable and passionate about all these things and I learned a lot reading it, but in the end, it suffered from a lack of cohesion. The plot took second place to the author\u2019s desire to educate us on yet one more thing. The dialog was often clunky and full of exposition. It was nice to read a thriller that wasn\u2019t burdened with the usual gore and pornographic scenes that seem so common in this genre, and I appreciated the clear, precise grammar, spelling, and overall professionalism in the writing, which is so often lacking in self-published books. If you\u2019re looking for shootouts and graphic bedroom scenes, this isn\u2019t the book for you, but if you\u2019re looking for something that tells you all you ever wanted to know about bike fitting, botnets, and a dozen other interesting things, give it a try. I was provided a free copy in exchange for an honest review.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well Oiled by Rubin Johnson My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is crammed with lots of fascinating elements \u2013 triathlons, bitcoins, geocaching, energy policy, and more. I especially liked the Cal Tech ditch day stories, the Mexican cave exploring, and the history of the Esselen Indians to name a few. 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