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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,377
    riotgrl said:


    Really terrifying to read the neglect and abuse that this girl and her brothers and sister suffered at the hands of their mentally ill Dad and the mom who did little to protect them.  This family was a prepper/survivalist strictly Mormon family living in Idaho about the same time as the Ruby Ridge incident.
    I read this for a book club. It was a hard book to read because of the violence. Great book for a discussion.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    I’ve been on quite a reading kick lately and I’m just blazing through books. I’m currently reading “Waging Heavy Peace” by Neil Young and Bird Box is on deck.
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  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    Stardust - Neil Gaiman
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165

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  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    Ms. Haiku said:
    riotgrl said:


    Really terrifying to read the neglect and abuse that this girl and her brothers and sister suffered at the hands of their mentally ill Dad and the mom who did little to protect them.  This family was a prepper/survivalist strictly Mormon family living in Idaho about the same time as the Ruby Ridge incident.
    I read this for a book club. It was a hard book to read because of the violence. Great book for a discussion.
    This is one of those books that its hard to say I enjoyed but I am glad that I read it.
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    Roots
    Again. I think I love this book because it just covers so fucking much story. And because it is so completely wrapped up.
    Of course the reality of American slavery HORRIFIES me, not to mention the current results of it. It weirds me out that the history of American black slavery and its modern impact seems to be glossed over in so many ways.
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  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    edited December 2018
    Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton.

    I love Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical, and I wanted to get the full story. I'm not usually one for thick, dense non-fiction (it's 500+ pages, in a fairly small font), but Chernow has a very nice voice that keeps me engaged.
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  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895

    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,970

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  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895

    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,822
    edited January 2019
    Just read this -- read business type books constantly and loved (loved!) the simplicity of messaging in this.  If you are in any way part of company leadership I highly recommend a few hours to read and digest this:

    Almost finished with this one, also one I suggest.  (If you are a True Crime fan)

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,377

    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521

    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    Room to Dream by David Lynch 
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  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    I went on a 8 month bender of reading nothing but books on the Mercury and Apollo space programs. Fascinating stuff, but needed a break...

    Decided to revisit some past reads and started in on Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,822
    Amazing individual, great read


    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I very rarely read more than one book at a time but after reading about a third of the way through Bohumil Hrabal's I Served the King of England:


    I ran into a copy of David Hepworth's Never a Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded:


    and am thoroughly enjoying them both!


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,802

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  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,557
    brianlux said:
    I very rarely read more than one book at a time but after reading about a third of the way through Bohumil Hrabal's I Served the King of England:


    I ran into a copy of David Hepworth's Never a Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded:


    and am thoroughly enjoying them both!


    I almost alway am reading 2 books at a time. A bathroom and bedroom.
    Bathroom book:

    Bedroom book:
    Really enjoying this one, haven't read philip caputo before.

    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,377
    I just finished Harry Potter #5 for a book club, and started White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo for a book club.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird

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