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ama1221 wrote: I miss the days of having time to read for pleasure. :-( One book that I always recommend to anyone, especially women is "Do they hear you when you cry" by Fauziya Kasinjda (sp?). Its a biography about a woman who fled her African Muslim nation to avoid undergoing female circumcision. She eventually winds up in the US, wanting to seek status as a refuge. She is imprisoned. The book is about her fight. It really is a powerful book. I just put that book on hold at the library, I'm excited that I'll have good book to read. Kind of seems like a shame renting book since I like to own the ones I like but the libabry is so convenient and so close to my house! I love this thread! I'm making a list from it!
Written on: 03/12/2008 (11:44pm) |
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Another good one, albeit a heavy read is The Tenth Circle of Hell by Rezak Huskanovic (sp?) It chronicles this man's time in a Serbian death camp during the Bosnian conflict. It's a short book but heavy.
Written on: 03/13/2008 (10:06am) |
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I'll have to keep that one in mind for something to read this summer before I start grad school.
Written on: 03/13/2008 (10:08am) |
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ama1221 wrote: I'll have to keep that one in mind for something to read this summer before I start grad school. There are parts that are hard to stomach, much like Night by Elie Wiesel. Butthe worst part is that all this happened in 1992-95 and these camps were brutal and cruel.
Written on: 03/13/2008 (10:30am) |
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My favorite book is a tree grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith.
Written on: 04/24/2008 (08:16am) |
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I LOVED Eat, Pray, Love. It was so easy for anyone who has had their heart broken to relate too. A total feel-good book.
Written on: 05/21/2008 (02:25pm) |
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Any big Nicholas Sparks fans out there??? I absolutely love him because his stories are like beach read romances, even though some of them have me bawling at the end.
Written on: 06/03/2008 (08:15am) |
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I read Amy and Isabelle--it was so good!
Written on: 06/18/2008 (07:51am) |
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