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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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Jul 10, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by annedoneal
I just finished this. Love short stories...gives me access to authors I never hear of but really like. Anyway I am reading George Carlin Napalm & SillyPutty now.
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Read Heads
Jul 9, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by AmelieMatisse
This is not a book recommendation but rather a story of getting back to Jane Austin. Recently I picked up a novel "Undressing Mr. Darcy" I thought it might be a fun read and the name of the book peeked my interest. Well, the book was even worse ...
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Read Heads
Jun 2, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by joalanna
Is anyone else on Goodreads? I keep all my read and to-read titles there and would love to compare notes. Will send a link to my profile to anyone who's interested in connecting.
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Read Heads
Oct 17, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by snytiger6
Just Finished "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver. Small town meets the scientific community. I really enjoyed it. I'd put it as one of her more enjoyable books.
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Read Heads
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by mudhen
My favorite book story: when it first came out, I became instantly and complete absorbed in Stephen King's IT. So scary. I carried it everywhere, which was a big deal as it weighed about 30 lbs. So I'm on the 7 train in NYC and when it stops at ...
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Read Heads
Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by DeeWoman
From good ol “Uncle Kurt” Vonnegut’s , “A Man Without a Country” ?
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Read Heads
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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Read Heads
May 26, 2018May 2018

Posted by brentan
I'm in the middle of Jordon Peterson's 12 Rules For Life. It's a solid read. It seem quite harsh sometimes when it deals with negativite people. The harshest chapter so far was Chapter 5 - Do not let your children do anything that makes you hate ...
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Read Heads
Dec 12, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by snytiger6
Just finished reading a book by Tom Hanks (the actor), called "Uncommon Types: Some Stories". I really enjoyed it a great deal. It is a collection of unrelated short stories, although some of them do reuse the names of characters, although ...
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Read Heads
May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by mudhen
Anyone have a favorite antidote book? Something that bucks you up when you're feeling nasty? I love the novels of PG Wodehouse, Tom Sharpe and the essays of Dave Barry. Anyone else have suggestions?
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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
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
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
Mar 8, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by ninjarider1
Twenty five percent? I'd say more than that!
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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
Mar 8, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by snytiger6
Instead of powering it up...
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Read Heads
Jan 19, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Kodiamus
I’m just starting Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84. Has anyone else read it and did you enjoy it?
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Read Heads
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 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
Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by thinkingsooner
Just joined this group. So far I like what I see. A newer author I have been raving about is Amor Towles. His latest is “A Gentleman in Moscow”. It’s a wonderful read that is extremely well-written with a central character that you want to ...
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May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by moNOtheist
‘It’s an astonishing career. I can remember when 'Portnoy’s Complaint' was the book that everyone identified him with. He was very much part of that great outburst of liberation, freedom and erotic excitement of the 60s. He was the head of that...
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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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Jul 13, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by snytiger6
So, I have read a few books now by Erich Segal. "Love Story", "Oliver's Story" (A sequel to Love Story", "Prizes" and "Man, Woman and Child", and am currently reading "Doctors". I am finding his books to be very entertaining and interesting. ...
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Jul 5, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Alripa
What do you think of the Millennium series? I like the original 3 books, I don't like the 4th and 5th
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May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by Hereticinme
So you can get to know me. Mostly I read history, biography and Sci Fi. Longest book this year: Rasputin: Faith Power and the Twilight of the Romanovs 848 pages Longest books I’ve read Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949 1056 ...
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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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