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If you'd like to share favorite books - fiction or non-fiction - and their appeal, whether or not you're one of society's under-appreciated two percent who can boast recessive allele on chromosome 16 and the resultant different take on the MC1R protein 🙂

If you'd like to share favorite books - fiction or non-fiction - and their appeal, whether or not you're one of society's under-appreciated two percent who can boast recessive allele on chromosome 16 and the resultant different take on the MC1R protein 🙂

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Read Heads
Jun 10, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Hellbent
One of the great potential benefits of groups like this is that we can tip one another off to the existence of authors that we would not otherwise have heard of. I'd like to nominate "The Last Blue Sea" by the Australian novelist David Forrest. It's ...
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Read Heads
Jul 19, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by weeman
So anyone else still devastated by pratchets death i still havent listened to his last book as then its over for good
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Read Heads
Jun 7, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by snytiger6
I've read the first four of the Charlie Fox series by Zoe Sharp. They are all very enjoyable suspense books. By first four, I meant read them in chronological order. I dont' believe they were written chronologically, as the first three may be ...
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Read Heads
Jun 2, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by GaryWayne
Venture in to the world of Imperealisity I do hope this group will not mind an author sharing with you a new fantasy series... You can get a quick read at Amazon and Google Books and also find them at Barnes & Nobles or Ebay. The series is ...
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Read Heads
May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by IamNobody
I have just joined.. I'll be around following comments and suggestions. Just letting everyone know. Thanks !!!
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Read Heads
May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by RidingAlone
As a formerly auburn-haired now-bald guy I am jealous of any whom are full-headed, whether ginger or otherwise. I am currently re-reading Peter Ackroyd's history of England series. There are political issues we are dealing with today which seem to ...
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Read Heads
May 31, 2018May 2018

Posted by Kadygee
Listened to a young adult novel that will no doubt be on the next banned lists. Was a wonderful read for any age. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of The Universe. The main characters are two teenage Mexican American males. The story is ...
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Read Heads
May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by mudhen
My favorite Philip Roth book was The Plot Against America...a vision of a fascist America that I'm afraid is fast becoming a reality. Anyone else?
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Read Heads
Jun 15, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by IamNobody
There are times when we unexpectedly run into an interesting book by pure luck. This one seems to be one of those rare occasions. "Secular faith" by Jon Krutulis. If the back face summary from the author does not make you engage then probably this is...
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Dec 11, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by snytiger6
Just finished reading "Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States" by Samantha Allen. It's a real life road trip through red states looking at LGBT persons who choose to live there and not leave. I didnt' know what to expect, but as I read on...
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Jun 16, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Kadygee
I just listened to a great psychological suspense Novel while driving from Seattle to Fargo. You by Caroline Kepnes. It kept me on the edge of my seat and made the trip go by very quickly.
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Read Heads
Feb 1, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Muiren
A partial list of my reading Kindle and listening Audible mostly over the past 18 months. The Myth of Mirror Neurons (Kindle/Audible) The Real Neuroscience of Communication and Cognition (Kindle/Audible) By Gregory Hickok The ...
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Read Heads
May 24, 2018May 2018

Posted by annedoneal
Who are your top 5 favorite authors starting with your most loved.....Mine are 1. Louise Erdrich 2.Kurt Vonnegut 3.William Faulkner 4. David Sedaris 5. Anne Tyler
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Read Heads
Jun 26, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by AmelieMatisse
I live about 2 blocks from one of the largest independent book stores in the US. In addition to all the newest reads they also have 5 floors of used books. In the evening I walk there and pull a book off the shelf and go back into the stacks to read....
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Read Heads
Mar 13, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Techpriest
Has anyone here read "the marching morons" by C.M Kornbluth from 1951? The book is an eerie preview of america ,today. It posits the rise of a population of morons with enough inertia to overwhelm intelligence thru sheer numbers. It was a precursor ...
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Read Heads
Dec 9, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by snytiger6
LINK45 places you can download tens of thousands books, plays and other literary texts completely legally for free – nothing in the rulebook
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Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by moNOtheist
Any poetry suggestions? Ted Hughes, for example? Apple Tragedy So on the seventh day The serpent rested, came up to him. "I've invented a new game," he said. The serpent stared in surprise At this interloper. But said: "You see this apple?"...
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Aug 23, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by AmelieMatisse
My latest read. I really though I was well informed about this era. Sadly I was not.
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Read Heads
Sep 7, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by ValJ
Has anyone read any Lionel Shriver ("We need to talk about Kevin")? She writes so perceptively. Have gone on to "Big Brother", "So Much for That" and "The Female of the Species" and now in the middle of "The Post-birthday World". (Tend to go all ...
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Sep 13, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by snytiger6
Two book recommendations. The first is "The Daydreamer" by Ien McEwen About the various day dreams of a tne year old boy. It's veyr imaginative an d fun. The second is "Lily and the Octopus" by Steven Rowley Lily is a Dachshund, owned by a middle ...
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May 29, 2018May 2018

Posted by moNOtheist
If you could sit down for an hour or two with a writer or two - not necessarily novelists - living or dead, who would you choose?
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Read Heads
Oct 26, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by snytiger6
Another book I read recently was "Prodigal Summer" once again a book by Barbara Kingsolver. I am really enjoying her books.
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Oct 28, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by homoveganatheist
Years ago i read The Gravedigger's Daughter a book that narrates the story of the Schwarts, an immigrant family desperate to escape Nazi Germany that settles in a small town in New York in times of World War II Very strong story for those who like...
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Read Heads
Jun 2, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by RaaChenn
FAVORITE SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS The following is just a list of my personal favorites. It's not meant to be all-inclusive or definitive. 1. Isaac Asimov. I've never found any that i liked better. His Foundation stories are the best. And if ...
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Read Heads
Nov 14, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by snytiger6
Read "Crazy Rich Asians", "China Rich Firlgriend" and "Rick People Problems" by Kevin Kwan. According to the interview I heard on NPR, the crazy story events are mostly based on actual events. The books are pretty much all about culture clash. ...
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Posted by MynamehereAnyone really into reading apocalyptic fiction right now?

Posted by AmelieMatisseMy latest read. I really though I was well informed about this era. Sadly I was not.

Posted by AmelieMatisseI went to a lecture by author Richard Rothstein. If you are interested in learning how our government segregated this country, you will find this book fascinating

Posted by Marcie1974This made me giggle

Posted by Marcie1974This made me giggle

Posted by snytiger6With the current trend of the far right moving into the forefront of many countries aroudn the world, perhaps it is time for people to rediscover the book "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.

Posted by AmelieMatisseAnyone who is an art lover will enjoy this book. And if you are anywhere near Baltimore MD a trip to the Baltimore Museum will get you the chance to see the Cone sisters amazing collection for free

Posted by AmelieMatisseJust finished a biography on Frederick Douglass and this seemed like a good followup.

Posted by GuyKeithAnyone here like Joseph Heller? You may be familiar with Catch-22, but have you read his other books, especially Something Happened? If anyone has read it, let me know. I would like to discuss it.

Posted by ninjarider1Well, one can always hope!

Posted by ninjarider1I "check out" when I read!

Posted by ninjarider1Twenty five percent? I'd say more than that!

Posted by snytiger6Instead of powering it up...

Posted by KodiamusCurrently reading

Posted by MoonTigerA REAL Read Head!

Posted by ninjarider1Any science fiction fans here?
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