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Just finished Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison..
WOW. |
Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Secret-Julie-Anne-Peters/dp/0316009857/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297826294&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Keeping You a Secret (9780316009850): Julie Anne Peters: Books[/ame] |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
about HeLa cells |
The Most Evil Women
And I don't remember who wrote it. It's a compilation of evil women ranging from ancient Rome (Messalina) to more modern day (Audrey Marie Hilley). |
Right now I am reading very disparate books:
"Anthem" Ayn Rand "The Wind in the Willows" Kennith Grahame |
Re-thinking History - Keith Jenkins
Scourge of the Swastika - Lord Russell Studying History - Black and Macraild The Practice of History - G.R.Elton |
Alice Munro's newest collection of (fabulous) short stories:
[ame="http://www.amazon.ca/Too-Much-Happiness-Alice-Munro/dp/0771065299"]Too Much Happiness[/ame] |
Bodice-ripping fame at 94
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Winifred Watson ...I was inspired to find this after reading about Ms Watson http://www.annesebba.com/journalist/winifredwatson.htm |
currently reading
Alice Walker's The Color Purple (again--and always with a new appreciation)
Kilcommons' & Wilson's Good Owners, Great Cats Siegal's I just got a kitten. What do I do? [lots of preliminary information for any cat owner, no matter the age--of the kitty ;-)] |
Letters For My Brothers - Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect - edited by Megan Rohrer and Zander Keig
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Physiology by Professor Peter Abrahams
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I just finished 137 by Arthur I. Miller.
I'm now reading History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage. |
I bought a book to read last week and hope to get to it soon because it looks like a great story ...
Forever Amber -Kathleen Winsor [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Amber-Kathleen-Winsor/dp/1556524048"]Amazon.com: Forever Amber (9781556524042): Kathleen Winsor, Barbara Taylor Bradford: Books[/ame] |
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
It may be an older book of his, but it does turn the whole idea of religion on its head. |
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Right now I'm reading World Without End by Ken Follett.... and just started Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges. I have the bad habit of reading several books at once. :| |
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America by Matt Taibbi
I couldn't put it down. |
"Pies and Prejudice", in search of the north of england by stuart maconie, one of the best and funniest travel books i have ever read, save "The Tent, a bucket and Me" by Emma Kennedy which is absolutely hillarious, about a girl growing up in the 70's and her experiences with her camping family, i had to real several times becos i couldnt stop laughing.............
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the art of racing in the rain...
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I am currently reading Wench: A Novel by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Its a story of four slave women who travel to spend the summer with their masters at a vacation resort in Ohio (set in the 1850's). I just started it and am already struggling to put it down!
I just finished The King of Lies by John Hart. A good read - especially for those familiar with small towns in NC! |
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