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Post by Bob on Sept 13, 2017 13:44:30 GMT -5
I just finished "Driving Miss Norma" and loved it! Really tied in with my hospice volunteer training. Highly recommend it as a book about living life to the fullest, being open with your loved ones at the end of your life and about taking risks. A very readable, highly entertaining narrative.
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Post by highlandannie on Sept 14, 2017 2:42:37 GMT -5
'Lost Girls' by Angela Marsons. She writes a series of mysteries about a Detective Inspector - Kim Stone - in the Midlands of England. I'm on the third book and they need to be read in order. I've got the 4th, 5th and 6th books on my Kindle and have pre-ordered the 7th. Think I'm good for a very long flight on Dec 1st! I love to read my Kindle when I fly!
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Post by Sunkist on Sept 27, 2017 19:26:36 GMT -5
I just finished reading "The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy" by Jean Kennedy Smith. I liked it.
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Post by Bob on Sept 28, 2017 6:19:52 GMT -5
I think I mentioned this book in another thread, but just finished reading Katy Tur's book "Unbelievable". I really enjoyed it, though it took me back to last year's election race and made it fresh again. I found myself once again thinking to myself, "how did we get to the point in this country where we would elect someone like Donald Trump?". It's all there. The lying, the rallies, the threats against Tur and others, the FBI email investigation, the Access Hollywood tape, etc. The descriptions of the vile T-shirts at the rallies were a sad reminder of what Trump brought out in his followers. One anecdote from late in the book describes a little old lady at a rally, comes up to a member of the press and asks "Excuse me, are you a member of the press?" The reporter says yes and introduces himself, to which she replies, "Well F you, Mr. Smith" and just walked away. The book is filled with these kinds of anecdotes.
I have new found respect for the reporters who do the campaign coverage. I wouldn't wish that life on anyone.
Her writing style is easy to read and it's worth picking up if you have time.
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Post by Kady on Sept 29, 2017 8:39:13 GMT -5
Just finished....
The Big Rich by Bryan Burrough...about the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes...Hunt, Murchison, Bass and Cullen....Very good read, very interesting.....4 stars
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Post by chinadoll1981 on Sept 29, 2017 18:01:47 GMT -5
Green Island, a novel by Shawna Yang Ryan.... a sweeping story from the days of Japanese Martial Law in Taiwan to the emergence of democracy...taking 6 decades of stories of family struggle for identity. Very good read...so far.
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Post by Bob on Oct 5, 2017 9:54:28 GMT -5
My newest book is "Shooting Ghosts", a 2017 non-fiction effort co-authored by an award winning photo journalist and a soldier he was embedded with in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. I'm about 75 pages into the book, which not only recounts each author's memories of the time they spent together (including some very tense fighting with the Taliban), but also the after-effects of their combined experiences. The soldier is almost killed when an RPG narrowly misses him and explodes nearby, leaving him with a severe concussion and ultimately traumatic brain injury as a result of multiple concussions during his time in Iraq and Afghanistan. For the photographer, there are his stories of not only covering the war, but also conflicts in various parts of Africa (horrifying) and his emotional scars resulting from what he's captured with his camera. The book is fascinating, the narrative style compelling. I'm eager to see where the relationship between the two men takes them over time. Already I've learned quite a bit about the effects of TBI on our soldiers. It seems clear that they (and our country) will be dealing with these injuries for years to come, often far down the road from increases in dementia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, suicide and Parkinson's disease.
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Post by formerlyme on Oct 7, 2017 17:55:10 GMT -5
Another Brother Cadfael mystery - "The Sanctuary Sparrow" by Ellis Peters.
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Post by Kady on Oct 9, 2017 8:14:22 GMT -5
Carol Burnett's latest book....This Time Together....nice read, I've been a fan of hers for years.....3 stars.
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Post by highlandannie on Oct 9, 2017 12:51:07 GMT -5
Still reading the DI Kim Stone series by Angela Marsons. Book 4 is Play Dead.
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Post by sundown on Oct 22, 2017 9:23:01 GMT -5
I find most of my books on Amazon Prime Reading, which is similar to a library in that you just borrow the book, and return it when you are done. The last one that I was reading, and just finished was called “Blood on the Tracks”. It was a story about a Marine vet who was accused of brutally murdering the girl that he was going to marry, and the lady cop (also a former Marine) who, along with her canine partner, helped to track him down, and then went on to try and prove his innocence. It was not only an interesting novel; but also a glimpse into the mind of someone who had been injured in the Iraq war, and had PTSD issues. Normally, I prefer regular police-detective mysteries, and seldom read anything about war; but this book was kind of a cross-over between the two, and was pretty good reading. If you have Prime Reading, I would recommend it !
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Post by chinadoll1981 on Oct 24, 2017 18:01:32 GMT -5
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
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Post by Kady on Oct 25, 2017 9:08:53 GMT -5
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Post by helen on Oct 25, 2017 11:09:28 GMT -5
'Last Train to Paradise" by Les Standiford. It's the story of the building of Henry Flagler's railroad from Miami to Key West in the early 1900s.
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Post by rosa427 on Oct 25, 2017 12:01:32 GMT -5
Just got back from the library with several books. I'm not sure which of the Non-fictions I will start on first, but, I'm getting ready to clean my fridge out soon and restock with groceries I picked up today.
The Anatomy Of Motive, by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Dangerous Personalities, by Joe Navarro
The Sociopath Next Door, by Martha Stout, ph.d. I've read it before a few years ago, just need a refresher giving today's events and all things Trump.
And to round things off some lighter reading
The Paleo Diet, but Loren Codain, Ph.D. After looking at my camping picks, the ones I didn't post, I know I need to stop messing around and get serious.
Shayla's Double, Brown Baby Blues, by Lori Aurelia Williams
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