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Post by alias123 on Jan 1, 2017 17:31:21 GMT
What book are you starting the New Year with ?
I was unable to finish The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English in 2016 so that will be my first book read in 2017.
Synopsis: In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness, and move closer to our spiritual goals.
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Post by sullicat1 on Jan 1, 2017 17:41:19 GMT
Rogue Lawyer by Grisham. Started it yesterday, probably finish it tonight (I need a life). Not sure what's next.
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Post by wildcat on Jan 1, 2017 18:17:10 GMT
I just finished "Finding Jacob," and now I'm reading "Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty."
I had been reading "Secondhand Time" about post-Soviet Russia, but given current events I was finding it too terrifying so I had to put it aside for my own mental health.
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Post by ksbruns on Jan 1, 2017 18:36:44 GMT
I finally finished *Present over Perfect* by Shauna Niequist...I loved it and was still getting teary in the last chapter. Keeping it light right now, reading one of the Bill Slider procedurals by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles; It's a long-time favorite series of me, lots of fun Brit-speak. wildcat I'm still pretty careful what I let into my brain these days; take a peek at the headlines to make sure the world is not coming to an end.
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Post by pamthomas46 on Jan 1, 2017 18:53:24 GMT
Like wildcat and Kathy keeping it light right now. I love mysteries. I just started Hope's Peak which is a Harper and Lane series book 1 by Tony Healy. I still keep up with the mystery book club in San Antonio for book suggestions. Enjoy reading in 2017. I need to check out Grisham's Rogue Lawyer. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Post by 100gone on Jan 1, 2017 19:16:25 GMT
I'm reading Oreo by Fran Ross. Then I'm planning to read White Trash by Nancy Isenberg. I've never been able to read multiple books at once.
I'm trying to read more in 2017 so I'll see how that goes.
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Post by carcando on Jan 1, 2017 19:16:44 GMT
Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegience by Mark Greaney. 742 pages.
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Post by lmenglish on Jan 1, 2017 19:31:56 GMT
The Woman in 10 is a great mystery, reading it now
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Post by jamescat1 on Jan 1, 2017 22:18:01 GMT
The Hillbilly Elegy
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Post by jancanlose2016 on Jan 2, 2017 3:03:04 GMT
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman.
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Post by alias123 on Jan 11, 2017 3:36:05 GMT
I just started to read The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. It's a nonfiction book that was published in 1995 about the first outbreak of the ebola virus. It's a terrifying page turner !
Synopsis The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.
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A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. "The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, "The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction. About the Author
Richard Preston is the author of several books, most recently The Cobra Event. He is a regular contribuot to The New Yorker. He has also won the AAAS-Westinghouse Award and the McDermott Award in the Arts from MIT.
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Post by fullmahina on Jan 11, 2017 5:29:32 GMT
Right now? The WW message boards. Okay, okay. I just re-read "Night" by Elie Wiesel. Only a little over 100 pages long, not much longer than some short stories. I really have no more words.
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Post by wildcat on Jan 11, 2017 12:55:51 GMT
Right now I am about 100 pages into "The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is the story of South Vietnamese government officials living in exile in the US after the end of the war, told through the eyes of a Vietnamese political prisoner (at least I think he's a political prisoner, it's told through flashbacks so I may be wrong). It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction last year and is excellent so far.
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Post by ksbruns on Jan 11, 2017 12:59:31 GMT
I'm loving the 3rd in the Jane Thynne series I have mentioned, female British spy in Berlin before WWII...I have the Audible version as well, and the narrator is outstanding.
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Post by 100gone on Jan 11, 2017 13:46:31 GMT
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