Book 39 was "We Are All Suspects Now: Immigration since 9/11", which was horrifying in so many ways. It really lets you know the power the government has to do things without raising an eyebrow on the general public, particularly at the expense of the muslim and middle eastern communities.

Book 40 was "The Dew Breaker" by Edwidge Danticat. I ( Read more... )

Book 37 was The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory, which was better than I had expected once I got all the characters straight.

Book 38 was Why They Kill: Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist by Richard Rhodes. This was okay, just different than I had planned. I thought it would talk more about these revelations and discoveries but ( Read more... )

I got an introductory email from another guy on PlentyOfFish.com that just said,

"I know you like what you see. Holla."

Really? Do women fall for that? Is that attractive to ANYONE?

There are a lot of Stephen King audiobooks at the library and I know some of you are fans. I was wondering if you could recommend one for me to try as I haven't given him a chance in a long time. Most of the books appear to be more recent onces, and I've read the classic ones like Carrie, Cujo, The Shining, It, Misery, Thinner and Skeleton Crew.

Book 36 was July July by Tim O'brien.

If you haven't read Tim O'brien, I highly suggest him. So far I've only read this one and The Things They Carried-which was WONDERFUL, but I intend to work my way through the whole library of his work. If I could ever muster up half the talent he posesses, I would die happy for sure!



36 / 50 books. 72%

Book 35 was "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat. I've already posted about how wonderful I thought it was, but it just MUST be said again. Fantastic!



35 / 50 books. 70% done!

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Tomorrow afternoon Im flying back to Asheville for a visit. My sister and I have all kinds of things planned that I'm looking forward to- We're going kayaking- which is something I've never done but am highly curious about because it looks like so much fun, my brother in law is taking me to the gun range- also something I've never done but have ( Read more... )

So every day we play this game at work where we look through the booking blotter and try to decide what crimes the people were arrested for. (all the photos are on a link from www.palmbeachpost.com if you are curious). Many of those arrested have facial tattoos- the teardrops near the eyes and the crosses on the cheeks are the most popular ( Read more... )

Book 31 was The Slave Ship A Human History by Markus Redicker Informative, interesting, but I don't know that I'd read it again. I think I just have something against American history. I try to rekindle and interest in it but its just not happening so far.



31 / 50 books. 62% done!