Re: What book are you reading? #4

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Giggly_Giraffe said:
Mr Jim, may I recomend you skip “what to expect when expecting” and skip to “what to expect the first year”? (Second and third) … Main reason, this will be the last time for you to advance before they arrive. The woman’s got the ball for now … Prepair yourself to càtch the ball;)
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Thanks, but that’s a different book series entirely!

What to Expect When Expecting, and What to Expect the First Year, are for people who ARE expecting!

What to Expect When No One’s Expecting is a study of demographic trends when people essentially stop having babies, or not enough babies to replace the population.
 
I am currently reading The Consolation of Philosophy It’s a hard read, but I am truly enjoying reading this book, I will no doubt reread this book because there is so much that I am missing, but I know at the end I will get so much more out of it and this will make it worth it. I truly recommend this book.
 
Does it have to be religious. Lol

C.j.sansom ‘lamentation’.

Be warned, although aspects of the book are based on facts, it is necessarily not so for the rest of the book. Enjoyable only if you take it as it is - a tale from the past.
🙂
 
I am A multi-reader lol
Multiple books And my Paranormal research, I am Currently reading Chicken soup for the soul’s Angels among us , A demonology based book on a true account of The demonic and how 3 friends help a woman in the form of an exorcism and saves her life!.
And of course The Holy Bible :)[BIBLEDRB][/BIBLEDRB]
 
The last two books I read were:
The Cult of the Presidency, Andrew Healy
and
Casualties: A Novel of the Civil War, David Rothstein

I think I will start Politics on a Human Scale: A History of American Decentralization next.
 
Rereading “The King Makers Daughter” really looking for something to read at the moment.
 
Richard III - Shakespeare

It’s not really a “book” per se, but still.
 
I’m sure to always have a book on my nightstand. Now it’s “Beloved Invader,” a romance by Eugenia Price. Then I want to read her other southern plantation series, starting with “Bright Captivity.” Has anyone read her? I haven’t until now, and I would place her in the vein of “Gone With the Wind.”
 
Map of Betrayal, by Ha Jin; it’s the story of an American woman who finds out that her father, a Chinese immigrant, was a top spy for Mao during the Cold War.

After that will be Politics at the Human Scale, a history of decentralization in the US.

Is anyone doing the 2015 Reading Challenge? It’s a kind of literary scavenger hunt, with 50 categories of books to read this year. There are numerous groups on facebook about it already - -I’m in one called the “2015 Dumbledore is Dead and Prim Doesn’t Feel Too Well Challenge”.

Here is the list:
A book with more than 500 pages
A classic romance
A book that became a movie
A book published this year
A book with a number in the title
A book written by someone under 30
A book with nonhuman characters
A funny book
A book by a female author
A mystery or thriller
A book with a one-word title
A book of short stories
A book set in a different country
A nonfiction book
A popular author’s first book
A book from an author who love that you’ve not yet read
A book a friend recommended
A Pulitzer-Prize winning book
A book based on a true story
A book on the bottom of your to-read list
A book your mom loves
A book that scares you
A book more than 100 years old
A book based entirely on its cover
A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t
A memoir
A book ye can finish in a day
A book with antonyms in the title
A book set somewhere you wanted to visit
A book that came out the year you were born
A book with bad reviews
A trilogy
A book from your childhood
A book with a love triangle
A book set in future
A book set in high school
A book with color in title
A book that made you cry
A book with maa-agic
A graphic novel
A book by an author you’ve never read
A book you own but haven’t read
A book set in your hometown
A book originally written in different language
A book set during Christmas
A book written by author with your initials
A play
A banned book
A book based on, or turned into, a TV show
A book you started but never finished
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Potter said:
Map of Betrayal, by Ha Jin; it’s the story of an American woman who finds out that her father, a Chinese immigrant, was a top spy for Mao during the Cold War.

After that will be Politics at the Human Scale, a history of decentralization in the US.

Is anyone doing the 2015 Reading Challenge? It’s a kind of literary scavenger hunt, with 50 categories of books to read this year. There are numerous groups on facebook about it already - -I’m in one called the “2015 Dumbledore is Dead and Prim Doesn’t Feel Too Well Challenge”.

Here is the list:
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Interesting list, a challenge indeed! Is it cheating if one book covers several categories? For instance, now I am reading:

Children of God, by Mary Doria Russell, sequel to The Sparrow.

It is:

A book with nonhuman characters
A book by a female author
A book set in a different country
A book set somewhere you wanted to visit
A book set in the future

Five birds with one stone!
 
christofirst said:
Interesting list, a challenge indeed! Is it cheating if one book covers several categories? For instance, now I am reading:

Children of God, by Mary Doria Russell, sequel to The Sparrow.

It is:

A book with nonhuman characters
A book by a female author
A book set in a different country
A book set somewhere you wanted to visit
A book set in the future

Five birds with one stone!
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It’s really a matter of personal choice. I’m doing one book for every category, but I’m used to reading over a hundred books in a year so that’s not an issue for me. One woman I know is trying to complete the list with as few books as possible. 🙂
 
“Aunt Crete’s Emancipation”, Grace Livingston Hill (I love my old-fashioned writers:))
 
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
I’m not into zombies or any of that, but a buddy borrowed it to me and said it was well written. I’m over half way through and it is a pretty interesting read.
 
Just finished “The Lost German Slave Girl,” by John Bailey. An intriguing book which held my interest. It’s based on court records and accounts of a protracted legal battle in which a young woman slave in New Orleans sought her freedom. When is a slave not a slave in 1820’s Louisiana? The legal twists and turns are fascinating, as are the personal twists and turns. It’s history that reads like a novel.
 
Variant by Robison Wells.

My son wanted this book badly from the book fair. I figured I should give it a read so I knew what he was reading. It’s (so far) incredibly interesting.
 
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