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I liked it but I did it as a group read so it was different for me. I tend to enjoy "some" books better when I can discuss them as we go.
I don't think it changes and if it wasn't the right time for me I may have given up.
On another note I am finally into The New Jim Crow. It is excellent and sad how corrupt our War on Drugs started and continues. And the Three Strike Rule although I always thought that was unjust.
Agree about The New Jim Crow. I could never under stand why crack cocaine defendants were given harsher sentences than cocaine powder until the racial issue was reported.
Since I've read a few books and my to-read-pile is getting a little lower, I've had the to order some books from the used book store which is called the internet.
So here they go:
Helen Hanff: 84, Charing Cross Road
Ryan North: Machine of Death (my first time ever short story book!)
Benoit Groult: Salz auf unserer Haut (I couldn't find the English version since he's a French author and only the French and German version were available). I've read the book about 20 years ago and I don't know if I liked it, so I'll give it another try.
Cormac McCarthy: The Road (Thanks Lisa, I'm in a "Apocalypse whenever" group on good reads and they are voting for the next book. It seems The Road is there next choice. I didn't have time to go on reading All The Pretty Horses so I'm still unsure if I like his writing at all...)
Jhumpa Lahiri: The Interpreter of Maladies
Ann Packer: The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Mary Doria Russel: A Thread of Grace
I guess this is a good mix of all kind of genres and I can't wait to have more time to read again!!! We'll be on the road again this weekend to visit my cousin so there will be some time to read in the car
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I'm still reading The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings. I'm at 68%. I've got to tell you: the story is not one that I'd typically go for (it's not the most realistic) but, holy wow, Hemmings can write. The dialogue is FANTASTIC! Even the inner dialogue is terrific -- he thinks something like "his t-shirt said Stanford [whatevers] on it, which was just vile, and..." The "which was just vile" is just perfect. The characters are whip-smart and their interactions are brilliant.
I like her writing so much that I've already downloaded another by her (The Possibilities) and I'm even thinking of reading her short-story collection (you read that right, Pinetreelover!) House of Thieves, even though the first story was the basis for The Descendants so that will be a bit too redux for me. Her other two books hold no interest for me -- one is very YA and the other sounds silly.
Just started two books -- one on audio (the first time I've listened solely to the audio version, without also having a paper version) and one traditional book.
Audio: Invisible Man Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education, by Mychal Denzel Smith
Never heard of it but just read the sample on Amazon. Riveting! And now on my "to read" list. Thanks for the recommendation.
Always glad to add to someone's To Read list.
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