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What are you reading January and February, 2025
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Happy New Year!!!I finished one last one yesterday The Score
by Elle KennedyMy Review:
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ooh, I’ve not reported lately. So: best reads of November& December for me were: One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot” and “ The Tenderness of Wolves.” This month, I’m reading “Fresh Water for Flowers”. Happy New Year all!
Hello- have been absent for a bit....so far in January I have read James-loved it!Read-Counting Miracles with my on line book group. It was fine & also reading another book with my group-Sophie Kinsella 's What Does It Feel Like?
Finished and loved The God of the Woods
by Liz MooreMy Review:
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. I am committed to not let that man take up as much space and time in my life, but, I still have some books in the pipe line. 4-stars.
The Hidden History of the White House: Presented by the Hit Podcast American History Tellers: An Immersive Exploration of Unseen American History, ... and Perspectives from the White House. Many stories I already knew, but still interesting. 3-stars
You Never Know: A Memoir I never watched Magnum P.I. nor Blue Bloods but Tom Selleck had me at wearing a Detroit Tiger's baseball cap. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one. 4-stars.
One Day I'll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman: A Mother's Story a heart wrenching story of Booktopia Alumna's journey as her young child determines that she was born in the wrong body. 5-stars.Read
The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol a fantastical explanation of the custom of Hanukkah's gifts. 4-stars.
When Satan Wore a Cross: The Shocking True Story of a Killer Priest is the story that took place in my home town. I remember it. This was the first time that I read a book where I knew people who were named it. My 1-star reading has nothing to do with the number of times the author called Toledo "a back water town." It was just poorly written.I read
Gender Queer: A Memoir specifically because it's on so many banned book lists. It's a unbelievably honest exploration of the author's journey of self-identity. 5-star.
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I finished listening to
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. I gave it 3-stars.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Just Another Missing Person
by Gillian McAllisterMy Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read an arc Harlem Rhapsody
by Victoria Christopher Murray. I didn't love it as much as I had hoped, I "liked" it.Now reading
by Stephen King
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now reading an arc from Netgalley-
& listening to
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by Victoria Christopher Murray. I didn't love it as much as I had hoped, I "liked" it.Now reading [..."
I agree about [book:Harlem Rhapsody|212806640]. I was greatly disappointed since I loved The Personal Librarian which she co-wrote.
Read and listened to
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them a definite 5-star read that has me thinking we haven't changed in 100 years.Also started by listening but finished by reading (darn those Libby due dates!)
Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II which I gave 3-stars.Most recently read
The Bluest Eye which I gave 5-stars. I now know why this book is on so many banned book lists.
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I discovered I have an e-ARC the other night so, I read
Big Panda & Tiny Dragon similar to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse but I liked the latter better. 3-stars.I just finished listening to
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life which, to me, came across as an unbiased biography of our 39th president (warts and all). 5-stars.
I had a great month of reading in January & almost read 8 books but did not finish one of them until 2/1. The Jackal's MistressCurrently listening to Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton & just started The Guide by Peter Heller
Right now reading "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov
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Presumed Innocent. I read this when it first came out and prior to the first movie that was made based on this book. (The ending was changed for the movie and I did not like that.) I read it this time for a book discussion. I didn't remember that it was quite as graphic as I was surprised to find it this time. I guess I'm getting old. 3-stars.
Hi gang, If you’re a Booktopian, you know me (and Amy).
I deleted my Facebook account and my earlier Goodreads account. I’m trying to keep a lower social media profile. Feel free to friend me here.
I’m also active on Bluesky and Storygraph as BookGuyEric.
Right now I’m reading:
I finished
and have started
in anticipation of Booktopia.
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I finished
Tower of Lies: What My 18 Years of Working with Donald Trump Reveals About Him****
A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter****
Presumed Guilty*****
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Homeseeking****Welcome home "R."
Reading His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life - quite a long bio by award winning author Jonathan Alter. Good read, but I have only gotten 1/5 of the way through the 670 pp (NOT including bibliography). Guess I'll have to wing it at book group on 2/25 . .
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I listened to it at twice the speed, which wasn't hard to understand. Really enjoyed it.
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In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some written by actor Josh Gad who voices the snowman Olaf in Frozen. Kept my interest because of his time on Broadway and his name-dropping of people who have crossed his path. 3-stars.
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