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I am not much of a reader but a few years ago I was trying to do some reading. I thought The Cider House Rules was incredible. So stuff like that, stuff that's really engrossing and good.
I am not much of a reader but a few years ago I was trying to do some reading. I thought The Cider House Rules was incredible. So stuff like that, stuff that's really engrossing and good.
I just read a Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell and The Personal Librarian by Benedict & Murray. Both are historical fiction. Very interesting. A similar read to the Purnell book is The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
I liked rereading A Town Like Alice, Neil Shute
For humor As You Wish by Cary Elwes. If you like The Princess Bride, you'll like this.
For a bit of a twist read: The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
An eye opening account of life in North Korea: The Girl with Seven Names, Hyeonseo Lee
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I just read a Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell and The Personal Librarian by Benedict & Murray. Both are historical fiction. Very interesting. A similar read to the Purnell book is The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
I liked rereading A Town Like Alice, Neil Shute
For humor As You Wish by Cary Elwes. If you like The Princess Bride, you'll like this.
For a bit of a twist read: The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
An eye opening account of life in North Korea: The Girl with Seven Names, Hyeonseo Lee
I just read a Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell and The Personal Librarian by Benedict & Murray. Both are historical fiction. Very interesting. A similar read to the Purnell book is The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
I liked rereading A Town Like Alice, Neil Shute
For humor As You Wish by Cary Elwes. If you like The Princess Bride, you'll like this.
For a bit of a twist read: The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
An eye opening account of life in North Korea: The Girl with Seven Names, Hyeonseo Lee
On a childish note, I believe there was a mini series of A Town Like Alice on when I was young. Watched it with my mother. I think I liked it, but I mostly remembered that the guy said they survived by drinking their own pee. I didn't know that was possible. (This is why I need suggestions for my son. I get sidetracked by my own immaturity.)
On another note, we were at the Philadelphia Zoo yesterday and it was very hot and humid. They were throwing ice discs to the gorillas (outside). There was a trainer/keeper there to answer some questions, she said the ice discs had fruit and nuts frozen into them and it was kind of a treat in the hot weather and kept the gorillas busy. I asked it they could drink out of cups, and she said yes, totally. That they have no problem picking up a cup and drinking from it.
On a childish note, I believe there was a mini series of A Town Like Alice on when I was young. Watched it with my mother. I think I liked it, but I mostly remembered that the guy said they survived by drinking their own pee. I didn't know that was possible. (This is why I need suggestions for my son. I get sidetracked by my own immaturity.)
On another note, we were at the Philadelphia Zoo yesterday and it was very hot and humid. They were throwing ice discs to the gorillas (outside). There was a trainer/keeper there to answer some questions, she said the ice discs had fruit and nuts frozen into them and it was kind of a treat in the hot weather and kept the gorillas busy. I asked it they could drink out of cups, and she said yes, totally. That they have no problem picking up a cup and drinking from it.
I just read a Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell and The Personal Librarian by Benedict & Murray. Both are historical fiction. Very interesting. A similar read to the Purnell book is The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
I liked rereading A Town Like Alice, Neil Shute
For humor As You Wish by Cary Elwes. If you like The Princess Bride, you'll like this.
For a bit of a twist read: The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
An eye opening account of life in North Korea: The Girl with Seven Names, Hyeonseo Lee
I haven't read much since I got out of the book business in 2008 so I have no idea what's good now. I found out about The Kite Runner at Book Expo where they pitched it to us in a hot new authors seminar. I think that they were also pitching Malcolm Gladwell that year and he came in and gave a talk. I ran into Khaled Hosseini at the LA Times Book Festival the following year. The Kite Runner hadn't really caught on yet and he didn't have much of a line so we had a chance to talk for a few minutes. Super nice guy.
I haven't read much since I got out of the book business in 2008 so I have no idea what's good now. I found out about The Kite Runner at Book Expo where they pitched it to us in a hot new authors seminar. I think that they were also pitching Malcolm Gladwell that year and he came in and gave a talk. I ran into Khaled Hosseini at the LA Times Book Festival the following year. The Kite Runner hadn't really caught on yet and he didn't have much of a line so we had a chance to talk for a few minutes. Super nice guy.
I am not much of a reader but a few years ago I was trying to do some reading. I thought The Cider House Rules was incredible. So stuff like that, stuff that's really engrossing and good.
I don't ever remember discussing books in college applications or interviews but maybe I've forgotten that or they've changed. I think being able to demonstrate proper grammar and solid writing skills are more important.
Personally I lost my passion for reading during high school and college when I had so much mandatory reading as part of school. My social life was also expanding and I'd argue you can't get back some gaming experiences. I don't regret postponing reading in pursuit of other activities. I also don't think I'd have appreciated many great books that I later enjoyed.
During this time my mom would often put things out at the breakfast table, in the bathroom, etc. with lots of options from readers digest and news clippings (attached to a little magnet board) to comic books and longer novels. Me and my brother ended up reading fair amounts of that and would often get sucked into a novel by a cool description or cover. She'd rent library books as well and just ask us to glance at them. I refused most, but occasionally something would grab my interest. I assume a librarian was helping her with the selection. Maybe you can't cite these on an application but you are still reading words and learning how to spell, sentence structure, the distinction between their, there, & they're, etc.
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