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The Measure by Nikki Erlick. Very good, especially for a book club discussion.
Set in current times, everyone in the world who's over 22 gets a box delivered to their doorstep on the morning of March 1, with their name on it. Inside, is a string. The length of the string turns out to be a measure of the length of their life.
REALLY interesting premise, for a first novel.
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yes, me, my spouse and my sister all read this and loved it.
this was a great book.
I wouldn't have NOT opened my box, and just carried on with life.
I tried to read that a couple years ago, after also seeing it on lists all my life as one of the best books to read. I just couldn't get through it - it was just too "dense". I bought the CliffsNotes and read them instead, and that was good.
I have read a lot of books my entire life. This is also one of the few books I started and couldn't finish. My son, OTOH, found my old copy and has read it twice.
I have read a lot of books my entire life. This is also one of the few books I started and couldn't finish. My son, OTOH, found my old copy and has read it twice.
For me it was The Fountainhead. I really tried, but gave up somewhere after page 600. Sometimes, less is more.
On a similar note, a few winters ago I finally decided to tackle The Gulag Archipelago. It had been on my Reading List for years and when I found a used paperback at a library sale I knew the time had come. After getting through all 600+ pages of this horrifying, fascinating story, something felt wrong. "So what happened to him?" I wondered.
Turns out I had only completed volume one of three. I had no idea it was that lengthy and decided to abort the mission. It's emotionally difficult to read, and left me feeling more depressed about humanity than usual.
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This graphic novel has been lingering on my bookshelf for some years. So I decided to read it. It pleased me but I'll donate it since the library has some copies.
Anyone who may love this book more than me can get it from the Little Free Library.
An incredible book on the last 2 years of the Pacific theater in world war 2, but featuring mainland China, South East Asia, Burma and other nations.
This is my first book by Max Hastings. He's a great historian and writer.
I'm listening to an audiobook of Max Hasting's, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War. It is also my first Max Hastings book. It covers the the beginning of the war in 1914. It is definitely holding my attention. The best part is his explanation of what led up to the war. I'm half way through the book and haven't got to the end of August 1914.
I'm listening to an audiobook of Max Hasting's, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War. It is also my first Max Hastings book. It covers the the beginning of the war in 1914. It is definitely holding my attention. The best part is his explanation of what led up to the war. I'm half way through the book and haven't got to the end of August 1914.
I haven't read that one yet. I read I read Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944…by Max Hastings. Here's my CD "review" (link), about the war in the Pacific. As far as August 1914 I read The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman. I will look into the Hastings book because what Guns does not cover is how Europe surrendered control of the civilized world to the United States and Canada since Europe merrily and literally carved itself up.
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