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Luludoodle

Luludoodle

Joined May 2016

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If It Bleeds by Stephen King
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This novella was a Christmas gift and a quick read. I loved The Witches of New York, and was happy to spend the morning with them today. I hope Ami McKay keeps them alive

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President Is Missing | James Patterson, Bill Clinton
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I wanted to like this book, though I‘ve never read JP, bc I‘m generally a Clinton admirer. I wanted it to be a fun, twisty summer read. However, the writing was often cheesy and I anticipated the twist from nearly the beginning. Further, Dennis Quaid‘s reading of the audible version was occasionally distractingly bad.

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The Immortalists | Chloe Benjamin
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The premise was interesting. How would you live if you knew when you‘d die? The book is divided into four sections, one for each of the Gold siblings. (I‘ve got a thing for sibling stories.) I found the first two characters more interesting. I listened to the audible, over a period of a few weeks. I think that stretching the story out that way may have made me feel more for the characters. I‘ll be interested to see what Chloe Benjamin does next.

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My Life on the Road | Gloria Steinem

Hers is an amazing personal story. This book made me want to pack a bag and hit the road! It also made me admire this woman more than I already did.

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Just Kids | Patti Smith
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I loved this audiobook. Her voice is soothing, the narrative elegant in its simplicity. This is a fascinating view of a particular New York. Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe are vulnerable and tough at once, sharing tender secrets and taking risks. I felt surprised and charmed by a certain innocence to their story.

Natasha.C.Barnes I felt the same way about her voice. I'm going to miss this audiobook. 7y
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Loved this! Nonfiction that reads like a novel❤

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Before the Fall | Noah Hawley
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This was a pretty good summer read, suspenseful, not too taxing. It raised some interesting questions about the way popular news outlets frame public discussion, and the way we react to public tragedy.

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A Confederacy of Dunces | John Kennedy Toole
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Uproariously funny. Toole's vivid characters could only inhabit the French Quarter. Beneath the laughs, the world described is also a little sad.

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Book of Speculation | Erika Swyler
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An antique book, a coastal librarian and circus folk are the major characters in this family story/ mystery. I knew I'd read this book from the first time I heard about it. Still, I wanted to like it more than I did. It's an easy, enjoyable read, but wasn't especially memorable.

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Lorrie Moore writes sentences that I underline in pencil. She writes about intimacy in friendship and growing up and looking for thrills and disappointment. She does all this in a slim novel that made me laugh and cry sometimes in the same paragraph.

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