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freezone
3 days ago
Christopher Schaberg: Searching for the Anthropocene.
Very much about Michigan. A very good, interesting, thought-provoking book! https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16899474
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2024 States Challenge
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Oh no! I read a new book, thinking that I'd get a new state, and.....
freezone
1 wk ago
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...darn you, Connecticut for being so forgettable! Madeleine L'Engle, An Acceptable Time: https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/17169573
freezone
1 wk ago
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I originally expected that this book would represent Utah, because it's about the LDS (specifically, the Fundamentalist LDS, a very different and separate religion.) But, it took place over the border, in Colorado City, …
freezone
2 wks ago
Made in Sweden by Elisabeth Asbrink
In order to make this my Sweden entry, I moved Asbrink's other book to Hungary, as it was about many, many countries in Europe during World War II, but this one is only about Sweden…
freezone
2 wks ago
Well, I never seem to have made my masterlist. If I did, I cannot find it. Going to park it here:
Here is the state list:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona Escape by Carolyn Jessophttps://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11570556
Ar…
freezone
2 wks ago
When I lived in Wyoming, I actually knew Gretel Ehrlich. She's a lovely, lovely person, and really is a rancher there.
freezone
2 wks ago
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Vera Brosgol, Be Prepared: A wonderful graphic novel: https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15898677
California: Michael Connelly, The Law of Innocence
Connecticut: Vera Brosgol, Be Prepared: https://www.bookcrossing.…
freezone
3 wks ago
I blame it on my book clubs, and my "hold" list at the public library. Plus, traveling past many Little Free Libraries.
April 1: 443 TBR, of which 156 registered by other people (up 7, and I MUST have done my math wro…
freezone
1 mo ago
(No link, as this was a library book.)
A young nurse, a soldier and a family secret, during the Great War and the Years just after. This is a fun book of historical fiction, set during Prohibition in Windsor, Ontario.…
freezone
1 mo ago
A young nurse, a soldier and a family secret, during the Great War and the Years just after. This is a fun book of historical fiction, set during Prohibition in Windsor, Ontario. I really felt like I could have been read…
freezone
1 mo ago
Wyoming: Oath and Honor, by Liz Cheney
Though most of this took place in D.C., Cheney is very much a Wyoming-ite, and there were many scenes back in the State, when she was on the campaign trail, etc. When I lived in …
freezone
1 mo ago
March: 436, or which 181 registered by others
February 1: 429 books, of which 156 registered by others
Jan. 4: 433, of which 160 registered by others
A book box or two, plus gifts and traveling (new purchases while …
freezone
1 mo ago
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bernice Bobs Her Hair and other stories, https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/17135498
These stories happen all over, but a few are in medium-small cities in Georgia, intensely aware of the social…
freezone
1 mo ago
This wonderful book skipped all around the world: at least Europe, North America and the middle east. But she is from Sweden and much of the action followed the post-World War II fascists in Sweden who worked to keep the…
freezone
1 mo ago
Yes, he retired back in Texas, if I recall correctly.
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2024 European Reading Challenge
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#3: Russia - the New Adventures of Helen by Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
freezone
2 mos ago
https://www.bookcrossing.com/newregistration/280-17138163
Strange tales, all very adult, but with fairy tale - like magic changing people's lives. Filled with corrupt billionaires (aka "kings" "princes") and beautiful…
freezone
2 mos ago
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Written by Dan Rather (a native Texan), talking about his youth and values in Texas, though it also travels all over the U.S., too.
Texas: What Unites Us, by Dan Rather https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/17007482/
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freezone
2 mos ago
I was reading the biography of a Canadian writer, and saw a link to this award for Canadian writers: a good way to find new books that will be good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Authors_Association#Awards
freezone
2 mos ago
Hans Erich Nossack, The End, Hamburg 1943
An extraordinary book: an eyewitness account of surviving the firebombing of Hamburg during WWII. It's strange to think how much I have loved Hamburg when I visited, and it's …
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Reduce MTBR - February
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Going in the right direction, despite a couple of new book boxes
freezone
2 mos ago
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February 1: 429 books, of which 156 registered by others
Jan. 4: 433, of which 160 registered by others
Down: 4!!
freezone
2 mos ago
Florida: Kate Flannery: Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles
(no link: it was a library book) As you can see from the title, the majority of this book took place in California, and mainly southern California. …
freezone
2 mos ago
Long work day on Wednesday, just a bit of time squeezed in for reading (and took some time out for my news and literary magazines):
Day 6: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Day 7: 2 hours
Total: 13 hours and 55 minutes.
Of …
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January Readathon begins on Friday 26 January
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Day 5 -- it's working! I'm turning off the TV & computer
freezone
2 mos ago
2 hours and 45 minutes yesterday (day 5)
Add that to previous 7 hours and 25 mins:
Total, as of Day 5: 10 hours 10 minutes
Goal: 24 (?) well, whatever amount....
freezone
2 mos ago
Washington DC: Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16768146
California: Michael Connelly, The Law of Innocence
Maryland: R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Ove…
freezone
2 mos ago
Day 4 -- 2 hours and 45 minutes
Progress so far: 7 hours 25 minutes
Goal: 24 hours
