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Posted by alive @alive, Jan 9, 2022

What books do you want to read this year? I’ve just gotten on a waitlist at my local library to borrow Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. There are 7 copies available and I’m 42nd on the list, so I should be able to get this book by the end of the year. 😂

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mpeters | @mpeters | Sep 17, 2022
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William Kent Kruger book Fox Creek is a good choice on a camping trip. Good Choice!
I found it filled with Sage advice. It's in no way a self help book, but I really got a lot out of it.

Enjoy the book. And the trip!

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I read all the books in this series and I agree not in the self help genre. I just hope the author keeps on writing,

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Sep 17, 2022
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I read all the books in this series and I agree not in the self help genre. I just hope the author keeps on writing,

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We met him a few weeks ago. He told us he plans to release his next book in about a year. Yay!
Sue

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mpeters | @mpeters | Sep 17, 2022

Lucky you! Were you in his usual working space, a book store?

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dermnurse68 | @dermnurse68 | Sep 17, 2022

I am reading a great book (can’t seem to put it down) Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline. I highly recommend this book, it will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Let me hear if anyone has read it.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Sep 17, 2022
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I am reading a great book (can’t seem to put it down) Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline. I highly recommend this book, it will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Let me hear if anyone has read it.

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Wow! that one is on my nightstand - now I'm wondering it I want to open it tonight in bed?
Sue

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pml | @pml | Sep 19, 2022
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I like reading the Amish novels written by a non- Amish woman named Beverly Lewis. She is excellent writer and keeps the reader intrigued. There is no gross goings on in these novels so that is appreciated also.

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Hi Siackma!
Those books sound interesting! I looked them up on Barnes and Noble and read a sample of one. They seem very intriguing and well written which is hard to find these days. I will buy one! Thanks for the suggestion!

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callalloo | @callalloo | Oct 4, 2022
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I like the classics books also! The Count of Monte Cristo is one I plan on reading in the future. The brief explanation that I read sounded very interesting. Plus it's written in one of my favorite time periods, 1844.

My favorite classic is Samuel Pepys Diary written from 1659 - 1669. I re-read that often.
Samuel lived in London with his wife and was the Queen's Clerk of the Royal Navy. They didn't have umbrella's yet in those days and Samuel hated it when it rained which it often did in London. He also had a pet lion named Growly. It was common for people to bring back cute wild baby animals such as lions and tigers from India in those days for pets. Growly got so big and probably loud, that Samuel had to put him in the zoo. But Samuel went and visited Growly often.

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I've been reading classics which I somehow missed reading before. E.g., lesser works by American authors, missed Henry James novels and, for some reason, then segued to Balzac, Flaubert and other non-American classics. And just the other day realized that I wanted to read Pepys. So was charmed, and reminded, to see him mentioned.

I'm currently reading Mark Helprin's "In Sunlight and in Shadow". It's so beautifully-written that I'm dreading finishing it. But then can read some other books of his. After Pepys.

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mpeters | @mpeters | Oct 5, 2022

I’m currently entranced by A Portrait of a Marriage by O’Farrell.

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callalloo | @callalloo | Oct 5, 2022
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I am reading a great book (can’t seem to put it down) Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline. I highly recommend this book, it will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Let me hear if anyone has read it.

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I don't recall that title but have read a lot of her books.She's a good writer and great lawyer. I like her characters and dialogue.

There was a line in one of her books where the female attorney is rushing into court and the security guard asks what she'd been up to lately and the lawyer replied, "Oh, the usual. Fighting for truth and justice and paying too much for shoes."

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artist01 | @artist01 | Oct 6, 2022

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I just learned, to my great delight, that this beautiful small town I moved to in March has a library with an awesome website, and they deliver on a monthly basis to shut-ins like me! I surfed their website and placed no less than nine books on hold. Four of the books were delivered to me last week and I'm reveling in actually holding them, smelling them, reading them....I've been literally starving for a good read . So happeee!!
I started on Beloved by Toni Morrison but have abandoned it for now (later), and went to a book of powerful poetry by Arielle Twist. Now, I'm reading Warlight by Michael Andaatje, one of my favorite authors. I've also delved into Small Change, which is a collection of short stories by Elizabeth Hay, another favorite of mine. Waiting in the wings for next month's delivery are A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews,(recommended by my bestie), Carl Hare's A Weathering of Years, A Student of Weather by Elizabeth Hay, and two books for the artist in me - A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart and The Last Supper about Leonardo de Vinci by Ross King.
Happy reading, book lovers!
My best to you, Laurie

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