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Post by Moe on Feb 1, 2019 15:19:45 GMT -5
I know we have quite a few avid readers here, so a place for talking about books might be nice. I just finished (like an hour ago) this: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Irin Carmon (Author), Shana Knizhnik (Author) I wanted to read this after seeing the movie "On the Basis of Sex," and it's an excellent read
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Post by Riene on Feb 1, 2019 15:29:25 GMT -5
I want to see that movie, Kerry.
On my nightstand at the moment:
Sense and Sensibility. I have seen the movie and liked Pride and Prejudice, so trying this one.
Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari
Star Trek Discovery: The Way to the Stars, by Una McCormack
Mahou Tsukai no Yome | The Ancient Magus Bride #5, by Kore Yamazaki
To start--One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Garbriel Garcia Marquez
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Post by Moe on Feb 2, 2019 20:19:25 GMT -5
I want to see that movie, Kerry.
On my nightstand at the moment:
Sense and Sensibility. I have seen the movie and liked Pride and Prejudice, so trying this one.
Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari
Star Trek Discovery: The Way to the Stars, by Una McCormack
Mahou Tsukai no Yome | The Ancient Magus Bride #5, by Kore Yamazaki
To start--One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Garbriel Garcia Marquez If you like real life political intrigue in Russia, I recommend Red Notice by Bill Browder - quite a read!
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Post by Suvi on Feb 3, 2019 2:21:25 GMT -5
Right now I'm re-reading the (semi)autobiography of my favorite composer Sir Karl Jenkins, entitled Still With The Music. I have always loved biographies and autobiographies, and having obtained Moya's book some years ago, I also bought this book.
Suvi
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Post by Moe on Feb 9, 2019 10:09:32 GMT -5
His Whole Life by Elizabeth Hay
This is the second read of this for me. I do like the author, and when I first read Late Nights on Air I knew I would follow her work.
Another author I follow, and have read every book in her series of Gamache detective books, is Louise Penny; also Isabel Allende, whose oeuvre I am going through (just read Maya's Notebook).
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Post by Riene on Feb 9, 2019 10:43:42 GMT -5
I read two trashy gothic romances while on travel this past week. Mind candy. Delightful, unmemorable, like cotton candy.
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Post by Moe on Feb 22, 2019 13:44:45 GMT -5
I really liked "The Alice Network" by Kate Quinn. It's based on the real-life women spies of WWI, something I knew very little about.
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Post by michaelj53 on Feb 22, 2019 21:16:12 GMT -5
An interesting book by Michael Palin called Erebus, a British naval ship that explored both the Antarctic and the Arctic in the 1840's. The Antarctic voyages were successful but the Arctic voyage ended in mystery. The Erebus never came back from the Arctic. In 2014, it' wreckage was discovered and identified. When Michael Palin learned of this, he researched her history, found it compelling, and wrote the book. Palin is a good writer and the story is sprinkled with his usual humorous observations.
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Post by Moe on Feb 28, 2019 9:39:06 GMT -5
I love fiction based on historical events and just finished "The Gown" by Jennifer Robson, an excellent read. It tells a tale of the hard-working seamstresses who made Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown, focussing on 2 women - one British, the other a refugee from France, both with secrets to hide. I can see a movie coming out of it
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Post by michaelj53 on Feb 28, 2019 20:25:56 GMT -5
I read two trashy gothic romances while on travel this past week. Mind candy. Delightful, unmemorable, like cotton candy. Better, actually. They don't give you cavities!
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Post by bigwiglaf on Feb 28, 2019 22:17:49 GMT -5
I read two trashy gothic romances while on travel this past week. Mind candy. Delightful, unmemorable, like cotton candy. Better, actually. They don't give you cavities! Then how does that explain the cavities in my brain??
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Post by yankee on Mar 1, 2019 8:46:09 GMT -5
I read scifi at night before going to sleep. Most of the rest of the time I'm reading it's non-fiction history.
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Post by RichardF on Mar 1, 2019 9:43:55 GMT -5
The Music Instinct. Philip Ball. A lightweight book on the physiolgical and psychological effect of music on us, and vice versa. Some of it obvious, some of it suprising and some of that "ah, that's why".
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Post by Riene on Mar 1, 2019 11:10:37 GMT -5
I'm about to finish another trashy murder-mystery. It's been a hard couple weeks and I need some mental down time.
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Post by Sarah Cat on Mar 1, 2019 12:28:59 GMT -5
Do school textbooks and essays count as books? I just read a biography written for children about Dr. Temple Grandin. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Finley Mosca. Temple is a great role model for children and teachers so I liked learning about her for my college class.
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