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Swing Time | Zadie Smith
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I‘m almost halfway through this and enjoying it enough to speed through. The mixed reviews have me intrigued about the ending.

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Steve Coll‘s books are always interesting and thoroughly researched. This one is no different. I was only disappointed that I learned less about Pakistan‘s ISI than I expected from the title. The subtitle more accurately describes the book.

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The Power | Naomi Alderman
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The Power was one of the best books I read this year! To me, the book makes a statement about power itself, not specifically about what would happen if women had power. The last pages of the book demonstrate this. Read to the end! I suspect this book is better in print than audio but I didn‘t try audio so that‘s just a hunch.

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The Rain Watcher: A Novel | Tatiana de Rosnay
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I enjoyed this during the tropical depression portion of Florence. This is an interesting story about a family facing real problems. The characters were realistic to me and the scene setting was done well. #NetGalley #ARC

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This was a good overview of the history of identity politics with suggestions for how to move in a positive direction from here.

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Received an ARC of #Identity from #Netgalley. So far it‘s a great dose of political philosophy that I‘ve been missing. I can‘t wait to keep reading this timely analysis.

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I recommend this to everyone, especially if you‘re tired of partisan perspectives.

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Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward
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Starting this today for my next book club meeting. It‘s captured me so far.

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I‘m loving listening to this on audio. I especially loved his rant on passive voice. The no-nonsense tone is great.

RaimeyGallant Does he narrate? 6y
3njennn Yes! It‘s like you‘re having a conversation with him except he‘s doing all the talking! 6y
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Another excellent passage about sexism. Still so relevant.

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Came across this amazing message for women that begins on this page, but the point spans multiple pages so it is difficult to capture in a picture. This insight from the 80s remains true today.

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Middlesex: A Novel | Jeffrey Eugenides

I was listening to this on audio as I recovered from LASIK surgery. It got me through the first hours. Good read!

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This is the first book I‘ve been reading since my LASIK surgery a few days ago. So exciting!

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Starting this today for a book club meeting on Thursday

RaimeyGallant I know I welcomed you already, so just bear with me here. :) @litsywelcomewagon 6y
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The Chalk Man | C. J. Tudor
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I read this with a book club. I didn‘t find it as suspenseful as I hoped it would be. This isn‘t my usual genre but I read thrillers sometimes and I consider this one about average among the others I‘ve read.

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Diving into this today after it has spent over three years on my shelves.

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The Bean Trees | Barbara Kingsolver
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Doing a read your shelves challenge this year so I‘m finally getting around to this ebook I bought when I first got a kindle five years ago. It‘s about time! It‘s a good read as of two chapters in.

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I‘m about a third of the way through this and only finding it so-so. I‘m not enjoying the 90s nostalgia, it feels forced.

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Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
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Ready for some fiction after Evicted. So far so good.

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Started this on audio today. So far so good.

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Milan Kundera is quickly becoming a favorite author for me. This was the second book of his I read and I loved them both.

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The Road | Cormac McCarthy
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Started The Road today and I‘m speeding right through on this gorgeous MLK Day!

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Bailedbailed

This was the worst book I tried to read in 2017. I picked it up for a book club and couldn‘t finish it, which is a rarity for me.

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This was the best nonfiction book I read in 2017. It‘s a history book as much as a biography and I can‘t wait for volume 2.

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Mudbound | Hillary Jordan
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This was the best fiction book I read in 2017. I highly recommend it.

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I‘ve enjoyed other Brockman books in the past. The essays in this one are great so far.

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Funny and interesting at the same time.

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This was a funny read, which I did not expect. I heard about it on the What Should I Read Next? podcast and I‘m glad I picked it up. It was a good vacation read.

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This book discussed many issues women face in the work place and presented ideas for how to handle them. What I liked most about it was that the authors understood that there are no one-size-fits-all solutions to any of these problems. They discussed the issues from multiple perspectives and always acknowledged that each of us has to find the approach that works for us.

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Lincoln in the Bardo | George Saunders
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I heard good things about the audio version and I‘m glad I got it. I thought this was an especially good way to do historical fiction. It takes a little time to understand what is happening in this book, but once I caught on, I was impressed.

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The Stand | Stephen King
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I‘m on page 766 and have been enjoying the read so far. I don‘t need action and there hasn‘t been any for a while, so I‘ve been enjoying the social commentary.

RaimeyGallant Welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon And here's a compilation of Litsy tips that some of us put together:
https://raimeygallant.com/2017/10/31/litsytips/
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