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message 1: by Linda (new)
May 02, 2024 07:45PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
I'm tired and mindless after Booktopia, I did not get this changedr in time. I'm sorry.

I'm presently listening to Table for Two by Amor Towles Table for Two and Deliberate Cruelty Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century and reading Dancing on the Edge A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling through Hollywood by Russ Tamblyn Dancing on the Edge: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling through Hollywood


message 2: by Julie (new)
May 08, 2024 05:27AM

Julie M (woolyjooly) | 315 comments Welcome spring! I'm reading "Cold Victory" by Karl Marlantes. Fascinating, historical fiction.


message 6: by Julie (new)
May 19, 2024 09:50AM

Julie M (woolyjooly) | 315 comments Oooh whee-what a tale! And TRUE. Michael Finkel's "Art Thief." Now onto another by this author: "The Stranger in the Woods."


message 9: by Linda (new)
May 20, 2024 06:41PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez The Cemetery of Untold Stories and immediately started listening to The Demon of Unrest A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War (I always love Erik Larson's books.)


message 10: by Linda (new)
May 21, 2024 07:15PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished Three Hours in Paris (Kate Rees, #1) by Cara Black Three Hours in Paris this afternoon. I was surprised to find out that it is not an Aimee Le Duc story.
Next up Sedition Hunters How January 6th Broke the Justice System by Ryan J. Reilly Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System and listening to Bits and Pieces My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me


message 11: by Becky (new)
May 22, 2024 06:06AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Reading Table for Two Table for Two by Amor Towles & listening to My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand


message 13: by Julie (new)
May 24, 2024 12:04PM

Julie M (woolyjooly) | 315 comments On a roll this month-finished "Academy Street" by Mary Costello; now 60 now into "Trust" by Hernan Diaz.


message 14: by Linda (new)
May 24, 2024 12:12PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished listening to Whoopi's book Bits and Pieces My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me which is a marvelous homage to her mother.
Now listening to The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World An Extraordinary New Journey Through History's Greatest Treasures by Bettany Hughes The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: An Extraordinary New Journey Through History's Greatest Treasures


message 22: by Linda (new)
Jun 04, 2024 11:15AM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished Long Island by Colm Tóibín Long Island

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now reading Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford Cahokia Jazz

Also started listening to A Fatal Inheritance How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery by Lawrence Ingrassia A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery since it seems that I have to be home or at least connected to the internet to listen to Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop The Team That Changed Children's Television by Nat Segaloff through Hoopla!


message 24: by Linda (new)
Jun 06, 2024 05:50PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
I finished listening to Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop The Team That Changed Children's Television by Nat Segaloff Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop: The Team That Changed Children's Television then quickly moved on to The Bishop and the Butterfly Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Wolraich The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age which is a nonfiction book that listens like fiction.
Now listening to Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce Miss Benson's Beetle


message 28: by Alvin (new)
Jun 10, 2024 02:53PM

Alvin | 1 comments I didn’t even know that this group was still active!!! I was just digging in my profile, and it came up. Hello everyone!


message 29: by Linda (new)
Jun 10, 2024 02:56PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Alvin wrote: "I didn’t even know that this group was still active!!! I was just digging in my profile, and it came up. Hello everyone!"

We never stopped, Alvin!

Ann and Michael thought it important to keep this group going if we wanted. We did, so, they asked if I would become the moderator (I had been the person keeping the group's book list.)

We're not as active as when Books on the Night Stand was available, but, here we are.

Welcome back.


message 30: by Britany (new)
Jun 11, 2024 11:51AM

Britany | 829 comments woo hooo welcome back Alvin.

Finished The Deal The Deal (Off-Campus, #1) by Elle Kennedy by Elle Kennedy

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 33: by Linda (new)
Jun 13, 2024 10:29AM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Listening to American Woman The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden by Katie Rogers American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden. I listened to most of What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher What This Comedian Said Will Shock You, it had to go back to the library before I finished it.
Finally finished Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford Cahokia Jazz - my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Next up is something a lot lighter Then & Now A Memoir by Barbara Cook Then & Now: A Memoir


message 35: by Linda (last edited Jun 14, 2024 12:35PM) (new)
Jun 14, 2024 12:34PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Fast listen (4 hours) to Sebastian Junger's In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife In My Time of Dying How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger .
Moved from an athiest to the pope Life My Story Through History Pope Francis’s Inspiring Biography Through History by Pope Francis Life: My Story Through History: Pope Francis’s Inspiring Biography Through History
The juxtaposition is a coincidence.


message 43: by Britany (new)
Jun 21, 2024 06:53PM

Britany | 829 comments Did you like Pony Confidential Linda? I have an ARC of that one.


message 47: by Julie (new)
Jun 30, 2024 07:55AM

Julie M (woolyjooly) | 315 comments About 1/3 of the way into 'Murder on the Red River' by Marcie Rendon, the first of 4 murder mysteries set near Fargo-Moorhead. Not exactly uplifting and the usual racist tropes abound about native Ojibway and Dakota people. Not quite the book I'd hoped for from the founder of The Loft Literary Ctr in Mpls.


message 48: by Britany (new)
Jun 30, 2024 11:07AM

Britany | 829 comments Back to work so reading has gone back to normal.... lol closer to finishing 1 book a week.

Finished The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row The Sun Does Shine How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton by Anthony Ray Hinton

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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