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Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement - Jon Meacham
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement
Jon Meacham
Shelby Foote: A Writer's Life - C. Stuart Chapman
Shelby Foote: A Writer's Life
C. Stuart Chapman
Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition - Steven C. Hayes, Victoria M. Follette, Marsha M. Linehan
Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition
Steven C. Hayes, Victoria M. Follette, Marsha M. Linehan
Washington: A Life - Ron Chernow
Washington: A Life
Ron Chernow
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia - Michael Korda
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Michael Korda
The 13th Sign - Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
The 13th Sign
Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

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Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
The Golden Apples - Eudora Welty
A Whole New Life: An Illness and a Healing - Reynolds Price
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Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
September 2013
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BookLikes Reading Challenge: lanewillson wants to read 45 books in 2013.
lanewillson has read 40 book(s) out of 45 books in
2013 Reading Challenge
September 2013
9
started reading:
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement - Jon Meacham
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement Jon Meacham
started reading:
Shelby Foote: A Writer's Life - C. Stuart Chapman
Shelby Foote: A Writer's Life C. Stuart Chapman
started reading:
Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition - Steven C. Hayes, Victoria M. Follette, Marsha M. Linehan
Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition Steven C. Hayes, Victoria M. Follette, Marsha M. Linehan
started reading:
Washington: A Life - Ron Chernow
Washington: A Life Ron Chernow
started reading:
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia - Michael Korda
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Michael Korda
August 2013
26
reviewed: The Fire Next Time
Baldwin offers no place to hide for anyone, black or white, and does so in a style that is so mesmerizing the reader can not ...
The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin
reviewed: The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
To me paradox is that place where the desires, logic and understandings of man intersect with the illogical, infinite, and di...
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family - Josh Hanagarne
finished reading:
The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time James Baldwin
finished reading:
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family - Josh Hanagarne
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family Josh Hanagarne
August 2013
10
finished reading:
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape - Jenna Miscavige Hill, Sandy Rustin, Lisa Pulitzer
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape Jenna Miscavige Hill, Sandy Rustin, Lisa Pulitzer
August 2013
8
finished reading:
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality - Richard Panek
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality Richard Panek
August 2013
5
finished reading:
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - Susannah Cahalan
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Susannah Cahalan
July 2013
31
reviewed: The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church
I have virtually no idea why I chose to read this book, and a very clear idea about why I wish I had not.
The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church - John Thavis
finished reading:
Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart - Tara Bennett-Goleman, Dalai Lama XIV
Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart Tara Bennett-Goleman, Dalai Lama XIV
finished reading:
The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church - John Thavis
The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church John Thavis
July 2013
26
reviewed: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Disturbing in every aspect, I found myself horrified that ours is a world that so greatly needs the talents, and expertise of...
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History - Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice, John Pruden
finished reading:
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History - Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice, John Pruden
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice, John Pruden
July 2013
22
finished reading:
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century - Scott Miller
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century Scott Miller
July 2013
18
reviewed: John Quincy Adams
Are You Smelling What I’m Stepping In?Thanks to the blessing I have of working in the Young Adult Program with addicts 18 to ...
John Quincy Adams - Harlow Giles Unger
finished reading:
John Quincy Adams - Harlow Giles Unger
John Quincy Adams Harlow Giles Unger
July 2013
9
finished reading:
Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar - Kevin Cook
Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar Kevin Cook
July 2013
01
reviewed: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
Now this is the David Sedaris I've enjoyed so much! It's rare for me to read a writer's work back to back. Normally my attent...
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - David Sedaris
reviewed: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Wicked Bestiary
The story of The Crow and the Lamb was an incredible story, but the remainder of the book was dull at best. The only thing th...
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary - David Sedaris, Ian Falconer
finished reading:
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary - David Sedaris, Ian Falconer
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary David Sedaris, Ian Falconer
finished reading:
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - David Sedaris
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls David Sedaris
June 2013
28
reviewed: Coolidge
“The only thing we have to fear is, fear itself.” -“The buck stops here!” - “ Ich bin ein Berliner!” –“ Tear down this wall...
Coolidge - Amity Shlaes
finished reading:
Coolidge - Amity Shlaes
Coolidge Amity Shlaes
June 2013
24
reviewed: Dad Is Fat
Having long been a fan of Jim Gaffigan’s stand-up, I could not wait to read his first adventure into the realm of literature....
Dad Is Fat - Jim Gaffigan
finished reading:
Dad Is Fat - Jim Gaffigan
Dad Is Fat Jim Gaffigan
June 2013
21
finished reading:
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon - Alex Kershaw
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon Alex Kershaw
June 2013
19
reviewed: Under the Banner of Heaven
A friend recommended this book, and it was a quick read much in the same way a walk through a graveyard is a sprint. It was ...
Under the Banner of Heaven - Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
finished reading:
Under the Banner of Heaven - Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
Under the Banner of Heaven Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
June 2013
09
reviewed: the man that saved the union ulysses grant in war and peace
I don’t recall why I chose to read H.W. Brands’ The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace, other than Grant...
the man that saved the union ulysses grant in war and peace - H.W. Brands
finished reading:
the man that saved the union ulysses grant in war and peace - H.W. Brands
the man that saved the union ulysses grant in war and peace H.W. Brands
May 2013
21
reviewed: This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
This book was great fun to read, but I highly recommend listening to the audio-book version recorded by Ms. Burnett herself. ...
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection - Carol Burnett
finished reading:
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection - Carol Burnett
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection Carol Burnett
May 2013
14
reviewed: C. S. Lewis A Life
After reading C.S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet by Alister E. McGrath I feel a bit like I actually know...
C. S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet - Alister E. McGrath
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C. S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet - Alister E. McGrath
C. S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet Alister E. McGrath
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