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Richard 77
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 Posted: 12/31/23 5:35 pm ::: What Rebkellians are reading in 2024 |
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Or should this be, Are Rebkellians reading in 2024?
I'll be starting Wanderers this evening._________________ 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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adamspt2
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| Posted: 01/05/24 10:27 am ::: |
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| I set my GoodReads goal at 18, up from 12 in 2023. Just finished Unnatural Causes which I enjoyed. 17 more to go!
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 01/11/24 12:57 pm ::: |
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| The first book I finished this year is Lorna Barrett's A Questionable Character. |
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jammerbirdi
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| Posted: 01/11/24 7:37 pm ::: |
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Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power: Josef Peiper
Silent Coup: Claire Provost, Matt Kennard
When We Cease to Understand the World: Benjamin Labatut
Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class by Catherine Liu
And I can't recommend enough to anyone who wants the world we're living in explained to them the work of Whitney Webb.
One Nation Under Blackmail Volumes I & II.
I've got the novel Artemisia I'm hoping to start before 2025._________________ Every woman who has ever been presented with a career/sex quid pro quo in the entertainment industry should come forward and simply say, “Me, too.” - jammer The New York Times 10/10/17 |
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 01/25/24 10:55 pm ::: |
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| I finished A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane and Deep Fried Death by Maddie Day. |
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 02/29/24 1:02 pm ::: |
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| You can check out my review of LEAVE NO TRACE, the first book in A.J. Landau's National Parks thriller series, via this Mystery Scene magazine link. |
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 02/29/24 1:03 pm ::: |
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| You can check out my review of LEAVE NO TRACE, the first book in A.J. Landau's National Parks thriller series, via this Mystery Scene magazine link. |
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 03/07/24 9:29 pm ::: |
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| I finished reading Consigned to Death by Jane K. Cleland for this month's Mystery Book Club selection at the local library. I co-run the group and when we meet later this month, we'll have author joining the meeting via Zoom. |
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Richard 77
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| Posted: 04/05/24 8:07 pm ::: |
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The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman. I’ve started to try reading 20 pages a day. I’m hoping to read more books as I have so many of them._________________ 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
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| Posted: 04/18/24 11:19 am ::: |
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| I read Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie. Really good thriller. |
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Richard 77
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| Posted: 04/19/24 9:21 pm ::: |
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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. Started over a week ago, reading a minimum of 20 pages a day. I’ll be finished with the first third of the book by this Sunday._________________ 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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cujo
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| Posted: 04/21/24 5:06 pm ::: |
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The best book I read in the past 6 months: The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek
The best book I read in the past 30 days: The Woman with the Blue Star
The book I just started: When We Meet Again
Reading is one of my treasured retirement activities.
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ucbart
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| Posted: 06/02/24 6:32 pm ::: |
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| I'm in the middle of 'What Happened to Nina?' and I've booked hooked since the first paragraph.
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Youth Coach
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rebkell
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| Posted: 08/01/24 12:07 pm ::: |
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My new favorites:
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
by Oreskes, Naomi - Conway, Erik M
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
by Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, et al.
Blown away.
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 08/01/24 1:39 pm ::: |
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| I finished reading Lorna Barrett's A Controversial Cover and Joanna Schaffhausen's Long Gone. |
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rebkell
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 09/04/24 4:52 pm ::: |
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| Finished reading two C.J. Box books: Storm Watch and Three-Inch Teeth. |
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PUmatty
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| Posted: 09/04/24 6:21 pm ::: |
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| Youth Coach wrote: |
| Finished reading two C.J. Box books: Storm Watch and Three-Inch Teeth. |
Nice. I like Box a lot.
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 09/10/24 8:35 pm ::: |
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| PUmatty wrote: |
| Youth Coach wrote: |
| Finished reading two C.J. Box books: Storm Watch and Three-Inch Teeth. |
Nice. I like Box a lot. |
He's one of my favorites. I reviewed 2 or 3 of his books for Mystery Scene magazine in the past. |
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rebkell
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| Posted: 09/20/24 12:05 pm ::: |
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Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
Hardcover – September 17, 2024
528 pages
by Russ Buettner (Author), Susanne Craig (Author)
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 09/26/24 8:45 pm ::: |
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| I finished reading the Joanna Schaffhausen thriller All The Way Gone. |
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wnbafan
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| Posted: 10/23/24 8:23 am ::: |
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Just want to recommend the author Joshilyn Jackson. Some of her books:
Gods in Alabama
The Almost sisters
A Grown up Kind of Pretty
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 10/24/24 8:40 pm ::: |
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| I finished reading the Lee Goldberg thriller ASHES NEVER LIE. |
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Youth Coach
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| Posted: 12/31/24 1:21 pm ::: |
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Here's my favorite mysteries & thrillers of 2024.
Cozies
#9- Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O'Connor
#8 - A Slay Ride Together With You by Vicki Delany
#7 - A Controversial Cover by Lorna Barrett
#6 - Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel
#7 - A Killer Romance by Maggie Blackburn
#4 - Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quiqley
#3 - Fondue or Die by Korina Moss
#2 - The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton
#1 - Deadly Crush by Maddie Day
Thrillers
#9 - A Lonesome Place for Dying by Nolan Chase
#8 - Ashes Never Lie by Lee Goldberg
#7 - All the Way Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen
#6 - The Phantom Patrol by James R. Benn
#5 - Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts
#4 - Dream Town by Lee Goldberg
#3 - The Waiting by Michael Connelly
#2 - Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box
#1 - Leave No Trace by A.J. Landau |
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