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Finished Evidence of the Affair
by Taylor Jenkins ReidMy Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just started 2 books
reading this for a review on Bookbrowse before the November 2021 publication date. loved his book of short stories
Also started
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Hell of a Book ****,
Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency ***,
Falling ***** (If you like thrillers, don't miss this one!)
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America ***, and
American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption ****And I read
Legends of the North Cascades ****Now reading
The Chosen and the Beautiful and listening to
The Birth of the FBI: Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the Fight Over America's Premier Law Enforcement Agency
Recently finished 'Home' by Marilynne Robinson. Next on the list is her third novel in the Gilead series, 'Lila' .Below is my Goodreads and amazon.com review of 'Home'.
This is the second novel in the author’s series of four set in the Iowa town of Gilead. In this book Jack, the, philandering, thieving, alcoholic yet favorite son of the Reverend Boughton, skulks home to Gilead seemingly because he has run out of places to go. In his own clumsy way, he tries to rescue his fractious relationship with his dying father and his faith. As his father's forgiveness remains elusive, Jack finds comfort in the honesty and understanding of his sister, Glory, who also has returned to the fold to recover from a disastrous love affair. This is an intense and dark novel full of personal regrets, apologies, disappointments, misunderstandings and failed relationships. On the plus side, these miseries are somewhat balanced by the affection, empathy, support and genuine love that exists between the Boughton siblings. I found this book an immersive and emotionally draining read.
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Falling is absolutely fantastic. Love the flight and am betting this will be a movie.
Haven't read any of the others but wish I had been able to do The World's Longest Yard Sale. You'be done this many times and always seem to have a great time.
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Carol, TWLYS is the weekend I look to most of all (except for Booktopia). It's me and Bill and we stop where we want and just don't let anything bother us.
Finished
A Woman Is No Man and and the Beautiful|55169019] The Chosen and the Beautiful. The latter is a retelling of The Great Gatsby and is so good. So much better than NickStarted
Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir
You have my interest piqued. What, pray tell, is The World’s Longest Yard Sale? The name sounds interesting.
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It's 690 miles of yard sales that happens every year along Route 127 the first full weekend (Thurs to Sun.) in August. It goes from Gadsden, Alabama to Addison, Michigan. We have done it almost every year for close to 20 years.
No, there are not sales every inch of the route. No, we don't stop at every sale. No, there is no way one can make the entire route. Yes, you can google it.
https://www.wsfa.com/2021/08/04/world...
HGTV often does a special showing the sale.
I just finished listening to
The Birth of the FBI: Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the Fight Over America's Premier Law Enforcement Agency. I'll be starting
Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy
Thanks Linda. It sounds like fun, but living in British Columbia not something I am likely to do.
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OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work I'm really liking it.
I am reading The Reading List by Sara Nishan Adams. A great book for library lovers.
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OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work and listening to
Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy.Returned to one that went back to the library too soon
American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country and listening to
Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost
Finished The Bridges of Madison County
by Robert James WallerMy Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents and reading
This House Is Haunted
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Started listening to
Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades (I've always loved David Steinberg) and reading
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
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The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free. Next up for my ears is
How to Survive America
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I've gotten caught in the book is due back at the library but I haven't finished it yet. So, at the moment, I'm reading
Evidently, I like books with long titles!