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The God of the Woods which I gave 5 stars. On paper, it appears that it took me 3-months to read. In actuality, I was busy and the book was due - multiple times - before I could finish the almost 500-page book completed. There was always a line of people waiting to check it out. I never had a hard time picking it up and continuing from where I last left off - no matter how long it had been since I last had it in my hands. In the end, I returned an overdue book this morning because the line for it continues.This morning, at breakfast, I read
Here. This is the graphic novel that the Tom Hanks/Robin Wright film is based on. I gave it 4-stars. It is an experience that I encourage others to pick it up. To put it in the words - it's the story of one looking at one corner of a house over tens of thousands of years - doesn't begin to explain the conceit.
ooh that one is on my literal nightstand Linda!
Finished Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
by Heather FawcettMy Review:
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The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party
Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir
Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
Whose Freedom?: The Battle over America's Most Important IdeaI gave 4-stars to
Into the Uncut Grass and
Conclave and yesterday, I watched the movie based on this book. Unbelievably, the movie was loyal to the book.I also finished the over 2000 page book I've been reading all year. I'm going to wait until January 1 before I find another tome to read next year.
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Finished a 10-year-old ARC
Looking for The Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic. It was okay. A lot of French and Algerian political history.Relatively quick listen of
Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait. I knew if I didn't get this listened to NOW, it would be a long wait so I put it at the top of my list. I only gave it 3-stars. Surprising to think that Carson has been dead for almost 20 years and he is still the King of Late Night TV.The next two audiobooks were started earlier this year, but I didn't get them finished the first time I had them from Libby. The first
"They Take Our Jobs!": And 20 Other Myths about Immigration. Another 3-stars. I keep thinking that I can have a discussion with someone who doesn't see things politically the way I do if I'm armed with facts. That's what I tell myself anyway.Also finished listening to
Connie: A Memoir which was narrated by Connie Chung. 4-stars. Chung is a good story teller.Most painfully (brought back memories), I read
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America I gave it 3 stars for writing but 4.5 for content. JUST finished listening to
Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past. The author is a producer for Rachel Maddow who is the narrator of this book. 3-stars because I'm mentally cooling on political books.I made myself a promise to read fewer political books in 2025.
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How Sondheim Can Change Your Life was written by a professor who looks, in chronological order, at each of Sondheim's musicals giving history and insight to the sociological references. I felt as if I were in class.The second was Billy Collins' most recent book of poetry
Water, Water: Poems. Basically non-rhyming poems observing everyday life and things. Normally I REALLY like his poetry. This seemed just o.k.
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America's Deadliest Election: The Shocking True Story of the Election that Changed American History―Uncover the Roots of America's Political Divide about political life after the end of the Civil War. Even worse than January 6, 2021!Then
A Father's Fight: Taking on Alex Jones and Reclaiming the Truth About Sandy Hook. The author's 7-year-old daughter was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. As if that wasn't enough to turn one's life upside down, Alex Jones of Infowars, announced that the shooting was a hoax - no one was killed. The author subsequently was constantly verbally abused by Jones' followers for spreading the lie of his little girl's death. I just kept shaking my head that people can be so cruel to one another.
Finished Is She Really Going Out with Him?
by Sophie CousensMy Review:
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I listened to:
Lovely One: A Memoir 4 stars She is a renaissance woman!
Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood 3 stars Not as hilarious as I expected and as a black man he's lived a life I've only heard about and been horrified.
On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service 4 stars I do admire the man.
A Bit Much 3 stars. A book of poetry that I was expecting more from
Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy 4 stars. By the founder of Politifact which checks out whether our government officials are truthful.
The Fight to Vote 3 stars. The history of voting from the formation of our country. Some things change, some fluctuate.And I read:
Laughing Matters: On Writing M*A*S*H Tootsie, Oh, God!, and a Few Other Funny Things 3-stars. The man does like to play with words. So do I!
The Sequel 4 stars. It would have helped if I had read this right after The Plot. I think I've discovered my most hated protagonist. I feel as if it ends in a way that leaves room for volume #3.
Good Eggs: A Memoir 2 stars. I want my 2 hours back.
Jungle Night 4 stars This book popped up on my computer as a very short film. Cute.
All That's Bright and Gone 2 stars. There was erroneous information early in the book that colored the rest of the story for me. The plot was novel - a 6-year-old trying to solve her brother's murder.Happy New Year!
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