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DryFly82:

I have Matterhorn on the bookshelf. Have to decide if I want to read it.

Just finished The Boy Who Said No. A great story about life in Cuba under Castro. There is a sequel - Stalked: The Boy Who Said No, which I have next on my list.
 
goinoregon said:
should i include - that i would like to be able to sleep at night ??
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It is a fun to read book about Kiribati. It is a playful introduction to their quirky (not Polynesian) culture and language.
 
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn. Ms. Kuehn spent 30 years researching her family history which led to this fascinating novel. I can't imagine the depths of emotion she's gone through in the discovery of truth about her grandparents and family members.
 
I just finished reading Cold Victory by Karl Marlantes, I suppose this book falls under "historical fiction"? At any rate, it's a very well written book.
 
The Women - Kristin Hannah. A fictional history of Army nurses in Vietnam.
 
Robert Engleheart said:
I enjoyed it immensely. A friends mother was an army ophthalmology nurse in Korea, she had some great stories once you got her to talk about it. A very under recognized group of heroes.
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I really liked how the author tied together the attitude of America to veterans returning to an ungrateful nation, even denying that women in uniform were in Vietnam, to men and women veterans finally getting recognition thanks to the Vietnam Memorial Wall.
 
Buzzy said:
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn. Ms. Kuehn spent 30 years researching her family history which led to this fascinating novel. I can't imagine the depths of emotion she's gone through in the discovery of truth about her grandparents and family members.
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I read the book, simply because I thought it would have a description of 1930's Hawaii. I am still looking for a book about Hawaii prior to jets.

However, it was a great book. Well written.

When my daughter was growing up, I told her NEVER tease other kids about things they cannot change.

Kids can't change their parents. They shouldn't accept the guilt of their parents. They are innocent.

That said I highly recommend the book. There was an interesting statement in the book the J. Edgar Hoover knew that the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor.

He did NOT tell the President.
 
I’ve got these three going at the moment. I had to get The Good Shepherd after seeing the film, Greyhound. And Bill Bryson is a pretty fun read. Leland
 

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Bryson writes some funny stuff.

Currently reading What an Owl Knows. Very detailed on a wide variety of owls around the world. It takes a very scientific approach to owls, duh! I wouldn’t call it light reading but a lot of information.
 
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Julia A Novel
A Retelling ofGeorge Orwell’s 1984
Sandra Newman

It gives me hope that rebellions and supreme threats to humankind are not doomed to fail.

There is unity and hope after all. Reading slowly to absorb positivity when I need it most.
Scott Salzer said:
Bryson writes some funny stuff.

Currently reading What an Owl Knows. Very detailed on a wide variety of owls around the world. It takes a very scientific approach to owls, duh! I wouldn’t call it light reading but a lot of information.
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Capt Insano Emeritis said:
Scott- very familiar with Bryson. Reading is an escape of leisure . I often make a uturn and retead my Vonnegut collection because Kurt has always entertained with a shrewd quotable sensibility on almost every page
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There's a good Vonnegut documentary for free on TV. A Man Lost in Time, maybe?
 
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