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n WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books…
I am reading:
Slow Horses by ...
by Chitown Kev
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on Fri May 10, 2024 at 04:32 AM PDT
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Another bumper crop of interesting books this week. I didn’t even have time to get them all listed here. One of the books is about the Beatlemania of 1963, and it makes me sorry that I am right ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue May 07, 2024 at 06:00 PM PDT
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I was made to read John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage in middle school for history class. �The story we talked about in class was the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. �The book’s take, shared ...
by angryea
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on Mon May 06, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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In WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books…
I am reading:
Slow Horses by Mick ...
by Chitown Kev
58 comments
on Fri May 03, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
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Back in early March, I posted a diary asking for help with a GoFundme campaign. Rather than retype my explanation, I’ll copy and paste a bit from that original diary: After three years battling it (literally, this week is the third anniversary of my...
by Witgren
58 comments
on Thu May 02, 2024 at 05:02 PM PDT
with 310 Recommends
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Good evening, everyone. After last week’s 28 book extravaganza, a shorter list this week. Next week, I truly hope to start getting some actual book reviews of my own back into the mix. I know you’
by DebtorsPrison
5 comments
on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 06:00 PM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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In WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books…
I am reading:
Slow Horses by Mick ...
by Chitown Kev
45 comments
on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
with 30 Recommends
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I found this video on my Xitter feed I thought it was fun! So I looked to see if it was on youtube for you NON Xitter people Thank You Everyone for putting this on the trend list for almost 24 hours! I went to see if Michelle signed more then 6 books...
by eeff
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 05:16 PM PDT
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New political satire graphic novel, AMERICAN GREATNESS, mocks and explores the Trump/MAGA phenomenon Presenting AMERICAN GREATNESS, a political satire comic book/graphic novel. It was originally just a novel, but the visuals of the story stuck with me so long, and so deeply, that I felt like I absolutely had to see them “on paper”. So I hired an...
by acrawf2
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 12:07 PM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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In WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books...
I am finished reading:
The Black ...
by Chitown Kev
55 comments
on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
with 37 Recommends
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Gang Violence ... Gendered Realities in Central America and the Caribbean mirror nationalistic and armed resistance conflict globally, and vice versa. ...violence perpetrated by gangs and criminal groups, “even outside of armed...
by mettle fatigue
69 comments
on Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 04:45 PM PDT
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Here’s the list for this week, a fairly short one. Two books of interest to Three Body Problem fans, coming from different angles: one one the possibility of life on other planets, the other a ...
by DebtorsPrison
13 comments
on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 06:00 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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In WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books...
I am finished reading:
The Black ...
by Chitown Kev
28 comments
on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
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My Longest Day Wednesday last week was the longest day I’ve ever lived. From midnight to midnight, my day lasted forty hours. Literally. Tuesday night I hit the bed early, exhausted from a fortnight of wild adventures. Wednesday, I woke with the dawn,...
by Brecht
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 05:10 PM PDT
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“Kansas: its interior and exterior life; including a full view of its settlement, political history, social life, climate soil, productions, scenery, etc. (1856) (hereinafter ‘interior and exterior’) described in vivid detail the social and political...
by grim determined indolent
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on Sun May 05, 2024 at 02:48 PM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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Here’s this week’s choices for featured nonfiction, culled from the hundreds of books published this week. Something for everyone!
THIS WEEK’S NOTABLE NEW NONFICTION
Minority Rule: The ...
by DebtorsPrison
7 comments
on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 06:00 PM PDT
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In WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books...
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The Black Box- ...
by Chitown Kev
44 comments
on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
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by BrianMcFadden
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on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 02:50 PM PDT
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I am a failed writer in the sense that I have never had my fiction professionally published. These posts, which will run on most Fridays, are an attempt to keep myself creatively motivated and just ...
by angryea
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on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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This is a voting year. Many vendors use�funds from their businesses to support Democrat candidates! �Please support us and rec this diary. �Also, please bookmark the diary for later gift giving!� � ...
by BeadLady
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 04:00 AM PDT
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