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I just bought "The Way I See It" by Temple Grandin; it's on my Kindle and will start it tonight. Has anyone read her books? She has written several books about her life overcoming autism.
I haven't read anything by her but I'm very interested to start one of her books. I saw the HBO movie about her, it was amazing.
Reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel for my book group. Correction - trying to read it. I'm not enjoying it at all and am finding it very hard to follow as a result. I really try to read the books my group chooses, but I think this might be the first time I give up and just not finish it. There are too many other good books out there to waste my time forcing myself to read something that has no interest to me.
Sometimes when i read this thread, I feel really like a slacker! so many seem to read much deeper books!
I feel like that sometimes too.... you'll rarely see me post about the new Nora Roberts or J.D Robb book I just picked up......but I've read everything she's come out with and now wait for the new releases impatiently.
I work from home, on a computer all day reading technical jargon, medical terms, and provider contracts...not exactly light reading. So when I pick up a book I want to be able to float along with the story line and entertain myself for a while, not have to really think about what I'm reading and contemplate "what did they mean by that? What's the philosophy behind that statement."
I'll pick up a biography every once in a while...but it's never by a politician or some deep thinker. Usually by comedians, famous chefs, or singer/songwriters. If something they've done in life has made me laugh or feel good, I'll probably read a book they've done.
I'm not knocking on those types of books by any means, they just don't fit my frame of mind at the moment. I do, however, enjoy reading all the posts that people make about their book choices. Gives me something to think about reading when I want to...well...think
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