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Richard 77
Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 4142 Location: Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Posted: 01/01/19 9:57 pm ::: What I'm Reading 2019 |
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Time to start anew...
I'm currently reading My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout and Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik._________________ If you cannot inspire yourself to read a book about women's basketball, or any book about women's sports, you cannot inspire any young girl or boy to write a book about them. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Richardstrek |
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Youth Coach
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 4760
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Posted: 01/02/19 6:58 am ::: |
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I read an advance copy of Ed Ifkovic's 'Run Cold' novel. |
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 66922 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 02/01/19 12:56 pm ::: |
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Every February, I read a book by a black author for Black History Month. This year it's Housegirl by Michael Donkor
_________________ I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home
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Youth Coach
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 4760
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Posted: 02/01/19 6:50 pm ::: |
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I finished reading Matthew Quirk's The Night Agent last week and today I finished reading the Chris Hammer novel Scrublands. You can check out my review of the 2nd book via this Goodreads.com link. |
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Richard 77
Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 4142 Location: Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Posted: 02/13/19 4:27 am ::: |
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Read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
Reading Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman._________________ If you cannot inspire yourself to read a book about women's basketball, or any book about women's sports, you cannot inspire any young girl or boy to write a book about them. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Richardstrek |
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PUmatty
Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 16359 Location: Chicago
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Posted: 02/13/19 10:29 am ::: |
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Richard 77 wrote: |
Read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
Reading Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. |
Homegoing is one of the best books I have read in the past several years. HOpe you are enjoying it.
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red805
Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 583
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Posted: 02/13/19 9:10 pm ::: |
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Reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Loved the movie of the musical so much I thought I'd go back to the source. Enjoying it but it's verrrry long. Guess that's petty to say about a classic of world literature!
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Youth Coach
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 4760
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Posted: 02/15/19 11:25 pm ::: |
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I was featured today in the Bolo Books mystery blog as a part of the Composite Sketch interview series. You can check it out HERE! |
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Youth Coach
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fancy_daniel
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 4489 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: 04/08/19 1:39 pm ::: |
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Forgot to check in with this thread.
What I've read thus far this year:
Fame, by Justine Bateman
The Keto Reset Diet, by Mark Sisson
Call it Sleep, by Henry Roth
Everything Trump Touches Dies, by Rick Wilson
Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, by MaryAnne Wolf
Tommy's Tale, by Alan Cumming
The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Youth Coach
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 4760
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Posted: 04/08/19 6:03 pm ::: |
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I read Infinite Velocity by Colin Carlton. |
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Youth Coach
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 4760
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Posted: 04/18/19 2:06 pm ::: |
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I just finished the Jack Higgins novel A Devil is Waiting.
Also, Mystery Scene put my review of the Brian Panowich thriller Like Lions an online exclusive. |
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Youth Coach
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fancy_daniel
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 4489 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: 05/14/19 11:19 am ::: |
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Just catching up. Some books I've read this spring:
To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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PUmatty
Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 16359 Location: Chicago
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Posted: 05/14/19 1:53 pm ::: |
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fancy_daniel wrote: |
Just catching up. Some books I've read this spring:
To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez |
I really loved Visit from the Goon Squad.
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fancy_daniel
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 4489 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: 05/17/19 10:09 am ::: |
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PUmatty wrote: |
fancy_daniel wrote: |
Just catching up. Some books I've read this spring:
To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez |
I really loved Visit from the Goon Squad. |
It was very good. I liked how she approached the narrative. It was very unique.
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Youth Coach
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 4760
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Posted: 06/17/19 2:42 pm ::: |
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Here's my Mystery Scene magazine review of the Colin Coway / Frank Zafiro thriller Charlie-316. |
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Richard 77
Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 4142 Location: Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Posted: 06/18/19 3:32 am ::: |
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Just finished Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. I might read the sequel someday._________________ If you cannot inspire yourself to read a book about women's basketball, or any book about women's sports, you cannot inspire any young girl or boy to write a book about them. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Richardstrek |
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Richard 77
Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 4142 Location: Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Posted: 06/29/19 10:01 pm ::: |
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Carpe Diem, Illinois. By Kristin Oakley._________________ If you cannot inspire yourself to read a book about women's basketball, or any book about women's sports, you cannot inspire any young girl or boy to write a book about them. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Richardstrek |
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fancy_daniel
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 4489 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: 07/13/19 11:12 am ::: |
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Recently read:
I'm Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves by Ryan O'Connell
Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua by Stephen Kinzer
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Grit by Angela Duckworth
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PUmatty
Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 16359 Location: Chicago
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Posted: 07/13/19 6:14 pm ::: |
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In honor of Pride, I read all queer-themed books by queer authors last month.
"Last Seen Leaving" - by Caleb Roehrig
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" - by Truman Capote
"Long Black Veil" - by Jennifer Finney Boylan
"Murder at Paisley Point" - by Mark McNease
"Who is Vera Kelly?" - by Rosalie Knecht
"Bad Kid: A Memoir on Growing up Goth and Gay in Texas" - by David Crabb
"The Bucolic Plague: How Two Mahattanites Became Gentleman Farmers" - by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
"Wuvable Oaf, Vol. 1" by Ed Luce
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Youth Coach
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 4760
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Posted: 07/13/19 8:54 pm ::: |
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I finished an advance copy of the new David Baldacci novel One Good Deed. |
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fancy_daniel
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 4489 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: 07/14/19 2:27 pm ::: |
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PUmatty wrote: |
In honor of Pride, I read all queer-themed books by queer authors last month.
"Last Seen Leaving" - by Caleb Roehrig
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" - by Truman Capote
"Long Black Veil" - by Jennifer Finney Boylan
"Murder at Paisley Point" - by Mark McNease
"Who is Vera Kelly?" - by Rosalie Knecht
"Bad Kid: A Memoir on Growing up Goth and Gay in Texas" - by David Crabb
"The Bucolic Plague: How Two Mahattanites Became Gentleman Farmers" - by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
"Wuvable Oaf, Vol. 1" by Ed Luce |
Very nice. Which were your favorites?
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Youth Coach
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Youth Coach
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Posted: 08/27/19 6:11 pm ::: |
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I finished a couple of books recently. The first was True Believer, a thriller by Jack Carr.
The second was Murder at First Pitch by Nicole Asselin. This was an advance copy of the author's debut mystery. |
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