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Jane S

Have you read any good books lately?

Posted - August 5, 2023
Tag : Books

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  • 1928
    Just finished The airman and the headhunters, true story of a world war II downed b24  in Japanese occupied Borneo . Awesome book. 
      August 5, 2023 9:52 AM MDT
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  • 9944
    I hadn't heard of this book, so I checked it out. It's going on my list. Thanks!
      August 5, 2023 11:09 AM MDT
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  • 1928
    It really is an amazing story. 
      August 5, 2023 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 2815
    I'm 3/4 done reading "Where the Crawdads Sing" and enjoying it very much.  
      August 5, 2023 10:46 AM MDT
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  • 9944
    This sounds like one I'd enjoy. I've put in on my list.
      August 5, 2023 11:14 AM MDT
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  • 17431
    I also highly recommend that one.  :)
      August 5, 2023 1:21 PM MDT
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  • 2815
    Just finished the book.  What a hauntingly exquisite story.  I would highly recommend it.

    Another one is "Blacktop Wasteland" by S.A. Cosby.  It is the story of a man pushed to his limits by poverty, race, and his own former life of crime.  Very well written and hard to put down.
     



      August 6, 2023 1:34 PM MDT
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  • 9944
    I'm not sure I will read this one. It's not a genre I usually enjoy. But I'll keep it in mind, if the time comes when I finish the list I  have.
      August 6, 2023 4:13 PM MDT
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  • 2815
    It was not something I thought I would like either, but I was pleasantly surprised.
      August 7, 2023 8:10 AM MDT
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  • 17431
    I loved it so much.  I read the book and have watched the film twice on Netflix or Prime. 
      August 5, 2023 1:21 PM MDT
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  • 2815
    I'm truly enjoying it.  It's so different from many of the other books I've read.
      August 6, 2023 7:43 AM MDT
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  • 13260
    Too busy on here, lol.
      August 5, 2023 11:21 AM MDT
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  • 9944
    So many grammar errors, so little time. 
      August 5, 2023 11:47 AM MDT
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  • 13260
      August 5, 2023 12:46 PM MDT
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  • 17431
    I am just beginning to undertake the 1187 pages of George Washington's Sacred Fire.


      August 5, 2023 1:19 PM MDT
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  • 9944
    I checked this one out and it looks like it would be over my head, not to mention that at my age, I might not live long enough to finish it. :) Happy reading!
      August 5, 2023 3:26 PM MDT
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  • 2815
    Funny - when I saw 1187 pages, I thought the same thing!
      August 6, 2023 7:44 AM MDT
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  • 17431
    It's the type of work to read in spurts.  I bought it when I heard some friends talking about it as they were making their way through it. 

    I pray we do not fail.

      August 7, 2023 7:17 AM MDT
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  • 22961

    The first book to come to mind was a book I've read numerous times. I've enjoyed it each time I've read it and caught new details each time to make me more enjoy it. 

    I admit I've not read it "lately," though. My favorite book by my favorite author:



    the novel   "The Sundial" by  Shirley Jackson         






    And I think sometime in the past you mentioned on the site that you weren't too fond of her "The Lottery."  :)  I loved that short story the first time I read it in highschool. Blew me away. I think I shared that with you on the site, too. ) Probably shared about "The Sundial," too.




    And I see you're talking with Thriftymaid in the thread.
    In the past on the site, she had shared she liked Pat Conroy's "Beach Music." I read it based on her suggestion and I loved it.
    (That wasn't too 'lately," for me, though, either. ha.)


    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at August 12, 2023 6:21 AM MDT
      August 7, 2023 9:40 AM MDT
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  • 9944
    I have passed my horror fiction phase, although I used to be a fan. Currently, I read a lot of biographies and memoirs, although not exclusively. I just finished Sally Field's autobiography,  'In Pieces'. She had quite a different life than I had pictured.
      August 7, 2023 10:25 AM MDT
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  • 22961
    I read Field's book, too.
    At several points, I almost felt like "Wait, Sally. I don't  know you well enough for you to share such personal information with me."
    I admire her honesty in her book.
    And really I respect her film and TV work, too.

    I actually don't find "The Sundial" quite a horror book. But I bet it is considered that maybe.
    I like Jackson's works more for her creation of "real"-to-me people.

    Non-horror -- Maybe check out Raymond Carver's short stories -- "A Small, Good Thing" is a particular favorite though I like all of his that I've read.
    Flannery O'Connor short stories, too.


      August 7, 2023 12:23 PM MDT
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