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      Mithridites wrote: »
      Where the Crowdads Sing by Delia Owens. Interesting so far.

      i loved that book - i hope you enjoy it! one of my favorites....


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      edited August 2020
      midlomel1971 wrote: »
      Waiting by Ha Jin, the story about a man in China in the 60s and 70s who wants to divorce his wife (arranged marriage) and marry the woman he loves, but it takes, like, 18 years. So yeah...a lot of waiting.

      I also just finished the memoir Educated by Tara Westover which was fascinating, heartbreaking, infuriating (I swear to god my blood pressure spiked) and frustrating. Crazytown.

      i agree on Educated - it was a very difficult book to read - i had to read another book at the same time! my daughter read it also and said the same thing. but an important read - for sure
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      Farewell to the sea by the Cuban dissident writer Reinaldo Arenas. i'm struggling through this as it's stream of consciousness writing, which is not my preference. i'm not a quitter when it comes to reading so i'll attempt to continue it...
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      When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger (1986!!)

      Not too far in...reminds me sort of a cross between Emma Bull's Bone Dance, Stephan Barnes' Firedance and Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon (brain modification bits)...
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      William Gibson - Neuromancer (again)
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      northviewvintage wrote: »
      Always reading this book P.E.T. Parent Effectiveness Training to try to communicate better with family..
      https://youtu.be/9iwN6d3rRaI

      You might check out Crucial Conversations and Crucial Accountability published by Vital Smarts (there are four or five authors)--they're not about parenting so much as communication skills (important for parenting, coparenting, adulting & generally humaning. . .
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      The Library Book by Susan Orlean
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      edited September 2020
      Streetlethal by Stephan Barnes (the book I was actually thinking of in my last post...Firedance is the third book...there are three!)

      AND

      Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews

      I realized today that somewhere, in my head, I have decided it is apocolypse reading season. The last book I read (When Gravity Fails]) is post-apocalypse. Streetlethal and its two sequels are post apocalypse...A while back, I read A Few Good Men by Sarah A Hoyt, a terrible book...and post-apocalypse. Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series is post-apocalypse and the Hidden Legacy is a warding off apocalypse story line. And I'm likely to pick up Bone Dance (also post-apocalypse!) when I'm done with what I'm on now...Who knew I was so into apocalypse books!?!

      It's apocalypse season, guys!
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      The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky.

      It's about how to become a happier person using techniques that have been researched and proven to work by Positive Psychology. I'm working through the exercises.
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      Currently reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. I only regret that I didn't read it earlier, what an amazing book!
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      bearzzly wrote: »
      Currently reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. I only regret that I didn't read it earlier, what an amazing book!

      That series is pretty good. Someone gave it to me and I enjoyed it.
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      1984
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      https://youtu.be/icLfrvMRZGw
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      https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.qOuFrEEl4BED9vD2sCjGGQHaK5?w=200&h=294&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7
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      The Florentine Codex
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      Dirk McAwesome and the Giant Fire Breathing Space Ants
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      Sea Glass Castle. So far it's funny yet sad.
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      Intentional Parenting.

      Trying to raise a tween over here lol
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      Wild at Heart
      Alice Outwater
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      Derpes wrote: »
      Salem’s Lot by Stephen King

      My favorite Stephen King book!

      I'm reading "Final Girls" by Riley Sager. (Really enjoyed his novel "Lock Every Door.")
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      bearzzly wrote: »
      Currently reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. I only regret that I didn't read it earlier, what an amazing book!

      his reckoners series ( I think it was a trilogy) is fun too

      will add this to my list :)
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      https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32522527-the-reason-you-re-alive

      One of the most interesting, funny, different books I've read in a long time. Usually I'm a James Patterson/Jodi Picoult/Harlan Coben kind of reader but this book was excellent. Very blunt and honest character.
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      Michael Ian Black's "A Better Man"...disappointing only because he's my favorite comedian and it wasn't comedic. As a meditation on fatherhood and masculinity, it was a good read.



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      I keep buying books, they just stack up.
      I have been unable to barely start a book much less finish it but I miss reading so much!
      I’ll just keep at it until one grabs me long enough to break the cycle. :)

      I read the first novel, The Rook and it was a fun, quirky, fast read.
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      edited October 2020
      Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell. Meh.

      A better book I read recently is Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. If you like books about genetically engineered super-intelligent spiders who convey complex information and memories through the exchange of sperm then this is the book for you.
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      Fast. Feast. Repeat, by Gin Stephens. I'm curious about IF, so I thought this would be an ok place to start.
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      Oh, Ranger! - stories from park rangers across the NPS. Not just stories of dumb tourists being dumb, but more about their self discoveries working for the Parks, some of the ins and outs of acquiring pieces for museums and sites across the country as well as some humorous stories of encounters they've had over the years.

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