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Yulias @yuliasss (150) • Indonesia 1 Oct 21

A few days ago, my friends got a serious argument at the bookstore. Even some employees were staring at us. Yhey argue which is better between fiction and non-fiction. How about me? Of course I support both. Because both have...

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Book Reading!

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 15 Nov 20

After my 'cry' for books to read I received 13 (!!!!) from Carol, Susan, Betsy and Bob and I must admit it was really fun getting back into reading. They ranged from autobiographies and biographies of Sally Field, Vivien Leigh,...

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Bears

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 19 May 20

The authors of this book explored the world of North American bears and brought us some lovely pictures of all sorts of bears in their natural habitat. The bears look cute, funny and some are even fearsome. The book features...

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I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle Mcnamara book review

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 27 Jan 20

I just finished reading this book after several people suggested it to me, "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" by Michelle Mcnamara. Have you heard of it? This is a non-fiction investigative piece about the Golden State Killer, an active...

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Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 7 Aug 19

Has anyone heard of this author or this book? I finished this book in about 2 days and it’s been a while since I have gotten into anything so much like that. It was really good! This is a true story of one 45 year old lady,...

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Non-Fiction

Crystal Sparks @UnicornWriter (101) • Fairview Heights, Illinois 25 Nov 18

Any other bookworms out there enjoy non-fiction? Tell me some of your recommendations. I'm a big fan of Doreen Virtue, Don Miguel Ruiz, Deepak Chopra, and Wayne Dyer, just to name a few.

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Reading a Book is like a therapy for me - What about you?

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 7 Aug 18

Hi mylotters. I like reading a lot. I use to read many books in the past, mostly during college days. Management books, fiction and nonfiction books, Philosophy books etc. Nowadays I haven't read a book since long time. I am...

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Same Kind of Different As Me by Denver Moore

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 18 Jul 18

Has anyone heard of this book? Its actually a true story written by Denver Moore and Ron Hall together. It is a memoir that tells both stories of their lives and how they become intertwined unexpectedly. I beleve it is set in the...

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Review: _The Crown_ shifts fiction from fact

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 9 Feb 18

I admit that I am a fan of Netflix's series, The Crown, and soon after I finished watching the second season, I found out that there was a companion volume to the series. Needless to say, I ordered the book as soon as I could, and...

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Finding Inspiration To Write

RK Finnell @irishidid (8687) • United States 29 Jan 18

You want to write but you don't know what. Start by thinking of what interests you. Are you more into fiction or is nonfiction your thing? They say write what you know. I would also add, learn what you don't know. People who...

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Books on fiction

Sachin Kumar @sachinhunt (1) 17 Mar 17

I want to discuss this keeping books in mind. However, I find this issue to be occurring in other entertainment fields of my life such as watching movies or TV series. But let us limit this to books. Every time I read fiction, I...

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Review: _Governess:_ looking at the downtrodden in Georgian and Victorian society

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 20 Jan 17

The Governess has become a stock figure in the literary world. Especially in historical novels, and most of all in the historical romance genre, she is a convenient place to put a poor but nobly born heroine, and eventually have...

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Are you fiction or non fiction lover?

RM @RitzzView (3041) • India 30 Oct 16

What do you like more? Fiction can make you imagine to the extent and non fiction could give you information. What is your personal choice for books? Which is the best book you read till now?

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Book Review: "Out of the Crater" by Richard V. Fisher

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 7 Aug 16

In his prologue, author Richard V. Fisher states this book is "mostly about walks and talks with some of the volcanoes that I have studied, visited, climbed, or contemplated. It is not a scientific document... This too, is a...

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Review: Gelardi looks at four Russian royals in _From Splendor to Revolution_

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 21 Jun 16

It's an odd little quirk in my personality that I enjoy reading about various and sundry royal personages from history, from any and all time periods. In particular, the story of the Romanovs, the last dynasty to rule Russia...

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Review: Massie's _Catherine the Great:_ a good look at a remarkable woman

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 6 Apr 16

Catherine the Great, who ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796, is one of those great curiosities of history. She was not Russian, nor was she by birth a Romanov, nor did anyone ever consider that she would become Empress and Autocrat of...

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Recent Favorites

Chloe Flanagan @puddleglum (1380) • United States 23 Mar 16

Recently, I haven't had as much time to read as I'd like, but some of the books I have read have been enjoyable. My tastes are eclectic. Here are some of my recent favorites (some are old and some are new): To See the Moon Again...

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Hooked to nonfiction

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 1 Sep 15

So I've been reading more nonfiction books lately and I think it will be quite some time before I start reading fiction again. My last fiction read was Dan Brown's Inferno and after that I read two travelogues and one business...

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Have you heard of these books? Do you know what they are?

Author-Lissa @Firestorm0122 (763) • United States 16 May 12

Years ago when I was a child, I had two favorite books that I enjoyed reading immensely. The first was a horror book about a young girl who was forced to live with foster parents (I believe her parents died in a car crash)and...

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Genre Biases

allyoftherain @allyoftherain (7208) • United States 27 Feb 11

Hey all the readers out there! I've got a question for you. Do you have Genre Biases? As in... you only read books from a certain genre or you won't read books from other genres? Or are you an easy to please person who's going to...

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