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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Several books at the moment.
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 02:06 PM
Apr 2018

Just started Every Day by David Levithan, about someone who every day wakes up in a different body. The movie came out recently and was quite good.

Also still working on Can't Buy me Love by Jonathan Gould about the Beatles. It's not at all a lightweight celebrity bio, but is quite dense with information, especially about their songs.

I apparently haven't read In a Dark, Dark Wood, although I know I've checked it out of the library more than once. The Woman in Cabin 10, according to my notes (I keep a notebook about the books I read and usually comment on them) says the plot is flimsy and depends on coincidences that stretched my willingness to suspend disbelief beyond the breaking point.

I recently finished Rules of Civility by Amor Towles, the first novel by the author of A Gentleman in Moscow. It's quite good, but the second is definitely better.

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A Brief History of Thought by Luc Ferry Marie Marie Apr 2018 #1
Several books at the moment. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #2
Dark Wood hermetic Apr 2018 #5
"A Kind of Grief," by A.D. Scott shenmue Apr 2018 #3
Hi there hermetic Apr 2018 #6
You're welcome shenmue Apr 2018 #11
"The Descent" by Jeff Long dameatball Apr 2018 #4
We are not alone hermetic Apr 2018 #8
I think Jimmy Hoffa, Elvis and Andy Kaufman may all be down there. dameatball Apr 2018 #13
VIral by Jim Lilliefors Runningdawg Apr 2018 #7
That sounds frightening hermetic Apr 2018 #9
Oh, and I'm also reading PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #10
Dr. Ahmed hermetic Apr 2018 #12
Happy (belated) Earth Day, and thanks, hermetic, for the weekly thread. japple Apr 2018 #14
Hiya hermetic Apr 2018 #15
The Voyage of teh Beagle by Charles Darwin pscot Apr 2018 #16
Gak! hermetic Apr 2018 #17
My first ebook (not audio)from the library! PennyK Apr 2018 #18
Yeah, they do hermetic Apr 2018 #19
Here's an idea PennyK Apr 2018 #20
Right hermetic Apr 2018 #21
That's awful! PennyK Apr 2018 #22
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