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25. A few Anne Rule books...I love true crime and biographies.

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 09:53 PM

Feb 2017

Mid 19th/early 20th century American writers-reading along with my daughter's 11th grade English -just finished Poe, Hawthorne, Jack London and Stephen Crane. Crane died at 28, Poe at 40, London at 40 (he died on November 22, 1916, 47 years to the day that JFK died). Only Nathaniel Hawthorne lived past the age of 40, to the ancient age of...59! My daughter must be expecting me to drop dead any day, LOL.

My "special" reading is my favorite Christmas gift that I just started: "Running With Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs, a quirky memoir that's just right for me right now.

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