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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1290 on: May 25, 2020, 12:19:36 PM »
Just started Upstairs At The Whitehouse: My Life with the First Ladies by J.B. West. He was the head Usher for the White house for 28 years making him responsible for everything that happened in the Executive house. All the repairs, appointments, meals, dinners, special events etc. He talks about the routines of The Roosevelts, Truman's, Eisenhowers, Kennedys, Johnsons and Nixons before he retired. Really interesting.
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« Reply #1291 on: May 25, 2020, 12:20:35 PM »
Devices and Desires, Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard
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« Reply #1292 on: May 26, 2020, 07:29:52 AM »
Browsing the news.
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« Reply #1293 on: May 30, 2020, 04:46:09 PM »
Browsing the news.

Is it still plastered with Coronavirus?
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« Reply #1294 on: May 31, 2020, 12:50:14 AM »
Browsing the news.

Is it still plastered with Coronavirus?

And Trump.
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« Reply #1295 on: May 31, 2020, 06:35:21 PM »
Finished Upstairs At The White House (so good) and tonight I'm starting Naked In The Zendo by Grace Schireson. Uptight Zen, Wild-Ass Zen and Enlightenment Wherever You Are.

I kinda love that they said Wild-Ass on the cover of a Buddhist book. Makes me laugh every time. Some of the best Zen Masters really don't take themselves too seriously which I also love.
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« Reply #1296 on: June 01, 2020, 07:04:06 AM »
Finished Snow Crash yesterday, moved on to The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
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« Reply #1297 on: June 01, 2020, 12:46:42 PM »
 Heirs of the Founders, The epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster.  The second generation of American Giants by H.W. Brands. 
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« Reply #1298 on: June 05, 2020, 03:13:13 PM »
Finished Naked at the Zendo and now I'm reading In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park. So far, it's really good.
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« Reply #1299 on: June 05, 2020, 03:30:05 PM »
This board.
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« Reply #1300 on: June 19, 2020, 05:41:14 PM »
Finished In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park. It was excellent.

Now I'm reading More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys. Really bloody good. I'm about 60% done and I don't want it to end.
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« Reply #1301 on: June 19, 2020, 05:49:06 PM »
6 frigates, a book about the birth of the American navy after the revolution.
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« Reply #1302 on: June 19, 2020, 10:45:00 PM »
Tales of the Dominion War. A Star Trek book.
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« Reply #1303 on: June 20, 2020, 11:27:26 AM »
A book about the assassination of Olof Palme.
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« Reply #1304 on: June 20, 2020, 02:16:01 PM »
Finished The Blade Itself, now partway through the second in the The First Law trilogy, Before They Are Hanged. Also Neal Stephenson - The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., a sci-fi time travel tale mixing magic and quantum physics.  :nerdy:
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