Books you read this summer
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10% Happier - read based on a DCUM recommendation. Short, pick me up. Thanks for the rec.
Emperor of Maladies - interesting, comprehensive look at cancer research for a lay person. I should have saved this for a time when I could read more pages at a clip. It's hard to jump in and out of. Disclaimer - nice summer read. Quick paced and managed to surprise me. Family Life - beautiful and difficult to read. The author manages to captures the family's pain so sharply. Plan to end on a much lighter note this week and next. |
Anonymous
| Go dog go |
Anonymous
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I read:
* Yes Please (Amy Poehler) * Not the End of the World (quirky skirt stories) * I Was Told There'd be Cake (personal essays) * The Interestings * The Memory-Keeper's Daughter Right now, I'm reading Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. I credit my local library's summer reading game (for kids and adults!) with re-introducing me to the pleasure of taking time for myself to read. It's been a long while since I've read this many books in such a short time! |
Anonymous
| The Martian. It's a few years old but I really loved it! |
Anonymous
| The best book I read this summer was Guantanamo Diary. Recommend. |
Anonymous
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The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Condo
Expecting Better by Emily Oster Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson |
Anonymous
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Vagina by Naomi Klein.
The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. What We May Be by Piero Ferrucci. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes. |
Anonymous
I'm waiting until the movie come out. |
Anonymous
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Lots of travel this summer and time on planes.
Mat Johnson: Loving Day Samantha Matthews: That Thing You Do With Your Mouth Maggie Nelson: The Argonauts David Gates: A Hand That Reached Down To Guide Me Don Winslow: The Cartel Matthew Thomas: We Are Not Ourselves Karl Ove Knausgaard: My Struggle Book 4 Harper Lee: Go Set A Watchman Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between The World and Me Jo Nesbo: Blood on Snow T.C. Boyle: The Harder They Come Steph Cha: Follow Her Home Julia Pierpoint: Among the Ten Thousand Things Brian Panowich: Bull Mountain |
Anonymous
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Killing Patton
American Sniper Wizard of Earthsea trilogy Outliers David and Goliath Tipping Point Doctor Sleep Bomb Think Like a Freak |
Anonymous
| I just finished the Southern Reach trilogy on a trip and it was really different and absorbing. |
Anonymous
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Reunion by Marty Almquist (Saw in the Washington Post that there is a book reading this Wed. at One Page Books in Arlington!)
Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy The Girl with all the Gifts by M. R. Carey Madame Picasso by Anne Girard The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper |
Anonymous
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Jump Off the Front Porch by Shannon A. Patterson
Convinced me to start my own business!! |
Anonymous
Me too. It's hot right now, so it is definitely a "this summer" book. I tore through it. I get lots of my recommendations from DCUM or from The Week. |
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I love the current pop culture so I read a lot of memoirs.
My favorite for the summer was Holly Madison's memoir, "Down The Rabbit Hole." Not only was the cover in my favorite color pink, but the book was super juicy. She didn't hold back one detail and spills the beans on Hef and Kendra. I couldn't honestly put it down and went through it in a day. I also read, "The Girl on the Train" which comes in a close second. Excellent book that had me hanging on every word. Best part, the ending was divine. Unlike "Gone Girl" which was a great book too, but the ending felt like a slap in the face! I wasted three days of my life on that damn book that I can never get back. |