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This was much more violent than the usual cozy mysteries we read for our work book club, but it wasn‘t bad. It‘s frigid here this weekend so good timing for reading about Greenland.

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

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If you don't like gore then don't read, that type of stuff while reading doesn't bother me.
I have found me a new author, and am looking forward to reading or listening to more

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PROMPT: WITH EYES

All eyes on you every night on your TV show can sometimes be hazardous to your health as Robin Trainer has found out.

All the death threats and incidents happening to her at the TV station….hate notes, voodoo dolls, poison-laced makeup, drug-laced brownies, what else can happen?

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Tom Brokaw‘s book telling the story of his life and especially talking about his cancer diagnosis. The year of chemotherapy with lots of doctors visits. He explains how he had been living his life his way feeling pretty lucky. Intertwined he tells some of the highlights of his reporting years and his worldwide travels. A well-written book.

Interesting story and characters. Perhaps a little long but mostly fast paced. Fulfills Washington DC for my #52mysteries reading project. First in a series, but it‘s a little cynical and depressing for me to continue. I can read about murder and mayhem in other cities, but for my own city I just need to turn on the local news.

Anyway, this was one of the books I planned to finish for #dashingdecember but better late than never!

I love foreign journalists‘ memoirs and this one is fantastic. Readable, vulnerable, intense and informative, Ferguson showcases her life‘s work in Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq- the beauty, the people and the tragedy. She has more courage than I could muster, and it makes me be reminded of how much to appreciate those who tell the stories of civilians in war.

In this interesting memoir, Ferguson shares stories from her time as a war reporter in the Middle East and Afghanistan. She shares the difficulties of breaking in as a freelance reporter in Yemen and her award winning coverage of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan for PBS. Her unstable home life and childhood during the Troubles in Northern Ireland gave her the fortitude to risk it all grabbing for each rung of her career. Great reflections!