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Gone but not forgotten
I just finished " Water for elephants " . It was very good . I wanted to read it before I saw the movie . It is about a circus during the depression.
I am reading and enjoying The Bonesetter's Daughter, by Amy Tan.
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This is the first one I have read, but I feel like I know the protagonist personally and closely empathize with her.I enjoy all her books !
This is the first one I have read, but I feel like I know the protagonist personally and closely empathize with her.
Could you recommend another for me to read next?
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Just finished "The Confession" by Grisham. I´d say it´s one of his best novels.
I just read it too and agree that it is a reality check. I agreed with much of what she said but the book could have profitably been pruned back by half. A lot of the material was redundant.I just finished "Never Say Die" by Susan Jacoby. I am glad I read it but it isn't exactly an uplifting experience. More like bad tasting medicine. It is a reality check on what it is really like to get old old. There is another thread on this at:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f38/never-say-die-54763.html
Chris, you may enjoy this one. The story of Cynthia Ann Parker's life with the Comanches.Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
A well written account of fascinating and largely untold American history.
Just finished "Too Big To Fail", by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Pretty long read, but, for me at least, interesting enough to slog through in a few days.
Sort of real-life spy novel, a fly-on-the-wall telling of the financial crisis, involving all the major characters, and quite a few not-so-major players...
Somewhat short on analysis, which is mostly left to the reader, though the condensed version includes the usual suspects: easy money, easy regulation, implicit government guarantees, excess leverage, managing (and compensating) for short-term profits...
Being a bit geeky, I enjoyed the book, in all its detail and minutiae. YMMV...
You are better off than I. I am #522!I just put in a request at the library for Moonwalking. It's on order by all the branches (so 17 on order) and I'm 170 on the list!