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This book had me on the edge of my seat, needless to say. I was near vomiting in many parts of this book because WARNING: It is very explicit. The survival instinct kicks in and the rest is history. Here is a link below for more information about Lori and her book and the horrendous journey she had to endure. True story.

http://www.loris-song.com/

I'm reading French Broad by Wilma Dykeman

Its a factual narrative about a local river, the French Broad, and its history beginning in the 1700s. So far I have learned much. I didn't anticipate that so many local "heroes" would be guilty of genocide (of the Cherokee) though.

It does relate how the river helped with trading and is the main reason why towns (like Asheville) came into existence so long ago when settling here was such a difficult thing.

I'm immersing myself in local history. I'm hoping this will be the first book of many on the subject.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer

Hot Money by Dick Francis


Nothing very challenging but enjoyable nonetheless.

Reread of an old friend .......

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I would love to start a sub thread on books that people re-read.

There aren't many books that I can honestly say I've done this with. The only one that comes to mind is Little Women. Sometimes I just need its comfort.

This discludes poetry of course. That can be re-read infinitely and you still get a different feel from it.

Any which way, I figure that books that people return to have a higher merit than others. Just my happy little opinion :)

Just beginning for a book club meeting later this month...

Sula
by Toni Morrison

poemas
 

"Felicity" by Mary Oliver

Her latest poetry collection...exquisite.

Greco

I just found a box of books I somehow didn't unpack and I was delighted to find a book of Mary Oliver's poetry within....

I knew I had a book of her poems somewhere.... :)

Healing Trauma with Wolves
 

Currently reading a beautiful article on how Wolf dogs have shown to help
Veterans who suffer with PTSD cope with it better.
Here is the article: Healing with Wolves

Ah, Paris....
 

Like so many others that were shocked and sadden by the recent bombings in Paris I sought solace in the familiar. What better way to honor that lovely city than with a re-read of Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast?" I went to order the book as I had long since given my copy away when I discovered there is now a "revised" edition. I have mixed feeling on "revisions" (go ahead, ask me how I feel about 'Anne Frank' revisions) and this one is getting some rather mixed reviews. Apparently a grandson was not thrilled with how his grandmother (Hemingway's second wife) was portrayed so he revised "A Moveable Feast" more to his liking. I have been teeter-tottering on which to read, the original or the revised. I suppose for the sake of nostalgia it will have to be the original. C'est la vie.......

Katniss~~

The Spectre Trilogy: Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service & You Only Live Twice
By Ian Fleming

i have abandoned the bio about mark cavendish.
i just get one with it.
i may get the danish girl on kindle.
cant wait for the film to come out.

Will you read Danish Girl first or watch the film first? I only ask because I'd love to see the movie, and may not have patience or time enough to read the book first. :) Ah, predicaments...

Reading various scripts for potential theatre projects next year; even though I said I'd take a break from directing. Oh well. :glasses:

A few playwrights on my list:
Albi Gorn
Lillian Hellman
Robert Patrick

I will go and see the film first.
I do this because after reading the book to the film Carol first, I didn't get along
With the film the first time round.
So this time I will read the book after.
Its in cinemas on the 1st january over here in the uk.

Divergent... I am loving the book as much as the movie.

ay
 

"After You" by Jojo Moyes

Author from UK...good one.

Greco

Lesbian romance fluff.......
 

Getting Back Rizzo, Cindy

I've been feeling the urge to read the Lord of the Ring trilogy again, so I obviously had to start with "The Hobbit".

A very good, long, light, read -The best and most extensive James Thurber collection ever assembled by The Library Of America, complete with cartoons and drawings. He was one funny guy!

Currently reading a New York Times Article on : Medicating Women's Feelings...

NeuroTribes: The legacy of autism and how to think smarter about people who think differently
By Steve Silberman

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I'm curious about the author. Have you read her works before?
A friend just lent me The Thing Around your neck. Looking forward to the read.

This is the first book of hers I've read. I started it last spring and then had to put it down for a bit. I packed it for a train ride the other day and got 130 pages in and am hooked. Very much looking forward to reading her other works. A friend of mine told me that all 11th graders in a high school in Sweden were given a copy of her book We Should All Be Feminists.

I just read the reviews on 'We Should All Be Feminists.' I may add it to my list of purchases. Thanks for the suggestion :-)

Let us know how The Thing Around Your Neck is. I think I'm going to do Half of a Yellow Sun next.

Kickass Plays for Women by Jane Shepard

...looks like another theatre project in the making. :)

I'm currently reading the series of books from Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter Rose's memoirs written by the the adopted grandson of Lane
It's the Rocky Ridge Years
By Roger Lea MacBride

Always looking up: The adventures of an incurable optimist by Michael J. Fox

The Draculia Vampire trilogy by Colleen Gleason. Delving into her books and loving them more and more.

This book was actually a step up from the typical fluff!
It was well written, had very relateable characters (especially if you had a college romance that ended without closure) who were well developed and of a certain age! The story is about two women who are reunited after 30 years, now much more wiser and armed with life's experience! I REALLY enjoyed it:glasses:

































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Ten Little Indians
 

Well..I am sorry that it took me 40 winters to get around to reading Agatha Christie. Now.. I want to read her biography.

Spring semester has started so at the moment I'm reading the most boring book ever written in the history of the world. It's called:

Practical Strategies for Technical Communication by Mike Markel

Thanks, Mark Markel! You must be lots of fun at parties. :blink:

From my other classes I have other gems as well, but this book is just 528 pages of wow.

F*ck Feelings (Bennet, M.D. & Bennet, Sept. 2015).
 

F*ck Feelings: One Shrink's Practical Advice for Managing All Life's Impossible Problems

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Excerpt review below:

WARNING: Naughty language in this book.

Despite the cheerfully bright yellow cover and salaciously curt, morally outskirting title, F*uck FEELINGS is a landmark of psychological help. With tongue-in-(hopefully)-cheek mocking of every Dr. First-name (Phil, Deepak, Oprah) book out there, Dr. Bennett and his comedic daughter seek to dispense actually useful advice with wit and practicality (...).

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I bought this book recently because for me, it's not about feelings or happiness or some part of becoming 'glad', but more about finding a particular element of satisfaction. So far, I like what I've read. I'll probably pass it on to others in my group of reading aficionados because we tend to do that for each other: buy a book, pass it on. Kind of like a fair reading exchange, type of thing. :)