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I'm looking for something new to read.
I love historical romance, fiction and non-fiction.
The Twelve Tribes of Hate was really good! Another two that I read t https://t.co/ocZ42v5aUC

I'm looking for something new to read.
I love historical romance, fiction and non-fiction.
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Hello to everyone who reads here! I am currently reading Gone with the Wind. The movie is one of my favourites, and I thought that at some point I should read the book. I am loving it. It depicts the situation and the atmosphere of the south so vividly, that it feels as if you were there. However, I got this idea that it depicts life at the plantations a bit (or a lot...) idealised, and I kind of doubt it was like that. On the other hand, I am getting some information on the American civil war and the politics at the time, which is interesting. Somewhere here, I have to admit that the description of the KKK was a bit shocking, as I think the underestimates the severity of their actions, and somehow it justifies its existence, but not openly. Anyway, the book does not condemn them, and that by itself was disturbing. Reading that part was upsetting. So, considering the faults, if I may say, of the political aspects of the book, I am enjoying it a lot. The characters are very well depicted and the life, at least the life of the rich people, is well described. In overall, I am enjoying a lot reading this book, I think it is a great piece of literature, as long as you don't take it literally. If anyone, has suggestions of book referring to that time/place, I would be very interesting. Thank you!

I really enjoyed:
Where the Air is Sweet
Ragged Company
The Girl on the Train
The Invention of Wings




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Garden Spells
Life After Life
The Forgotten Garden"
Hi...I'm Lana and new to the group. Though I haven't read The Forgotten Garden, the other books are books I also recommend.

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Great read as Adichie is master storyteller. Will be one of my top reads this year.
The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn - If you li..."
Americanah was a wonderful book! Lana Lundin

Ethar wrote: "Hi ,
I am currently reading Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs "
I've watched the movie and read the book . Although , I liked the book better, I liked the movie too, especially the characters played by Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as Scarlet O'Hara in the movie.

Is a good choice to start living the present and stop looking to the past or to the future. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

I'm currently reading Between the World and Me
I am completely obsessed with this book. It is so good. Definitely a must read if you haven't read it.

Te'Lor wrote: "Hi,
I'm currently reading Between the World and Me
I am completely obsessed with this book. It is so good. Definitely a must read if you haven't read it."


My name is Andrea.
Crime and punishment by F.M.Dostoyevsky
I'm reading it after 30 years, again.
To remember how perfect book it is!

My name is Andrea.
Crime and punishment by F.M.Dostoyevsky
I'm reading it after 30 years, again.
To remember how perfect book it is!"
I would do the same Andrea, but it is so perfect in my mind I am scared after all these years that I won't love it as much 55yrs later.


It is probably a YA book but very original so far. A concrept of a devil. Whether he is true or not. Food for thought.



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