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What are you reading?
I am a big reader and am always looking for book recommendations! @sportsmom and @amdow have both mentioned they are readers. Who else likes to read and what are you reading right now?
I am listening to an audiobook called "The Sender". It is a great book about a football coach that is struggling with a cancer diagnosis and very aggressive chemotherapy. He receives anonymous letters that test him and strengthen him during his difficult journey. The letters were actually written and sent to an NFL coach going through a similar situation, but the story around the character in "The Sender" is fictional. Touching story. I am probably 1/3 of the way through and am enjoying it so far.
Feel free to share what you are reading and why you would or wouldn't recommend it. All genres are fair game! 🙂
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I'm reading "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"
We live in a culture where the loudest person in the room is often assumed to be the person with the most knowledge/expertise. In other words, the extroverts.. the Type A's and so on. As a result, they're often the ones who are put into (or take) leadership positions or roles... whether they're best-suited or not.
The author refers to this as the "culture of personality." But how did it get this way? Why?
The book is a fascinating history of how we transitioned from a "culture of character" to a "culture of personality." It's good stuff. Of course, I'm an introvert so it's naturally of interest to me, but I'd be really curious to hear an extrovert's opinion on the book.
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3 ReactionsI'm big on Audible books too. Some of my recent favorites:
The Hard Thing about Hard Things - Ben Horowitz
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol Dweck
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3 ReactionsI use Overdrive regularly, and I LOVE it! You will use your current library card number to sign in. I've been using it for years and always have an audiobook at my fingertips.
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2 ReactionsWhat a great tip Barb, thanks for sharing!!!
I'm an odd creature in that I have little desire to own books. I have some I will absolutely buy, but that is rare. Instead, for my pleasure reading, I'm content to check out books. Hence, the library choice makes the most sense for me.
I am a big mystery person so my go to authors have been Michael Connolly, John Sandford, and James Patterson. I do like a romance also once in a while too Elizabeth Lowell. Looking for another romance with mystery writer, does anyone have any ideas?
I just recently read The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince. I am not a Prince fan but one of my book club friends recommended the book. It was a good read, it was written by his wife Mayte Garcia. Prince was a very talented an eccentric person.
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2 ReactionsThanks for the additional suggestions. I'm honestly an all-over the board reader, but I think I tend to prefer mystery type novels. Although, I definitely contradict myself with a recent favorite that I just finished was "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi; I highly recommend it!
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1 Reaction@aperob, another great mystery writer is Harlan Coben. His Myron Bolitar series is one of my favorites as the wit of the key recurring characters has me laughing out loud even while there is a dark mystery to resolve.
As for the romantic suspense genre, here are a couple of my favorite authors/series:
*Pamela Clare - I-Team
*Roxanne St. Claire - Barefoot Bay Undercover (which can come after the Barefoot Bay and the Barefoot Bay Brides series, but could be read without these romance novels first)
I read a Man Called Ove a couple months ago and cannot recommend it enough! I also just finished the Late Homecomer which was riveting and I finished in a day.
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