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cyclonefence

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3. I read aloud to my husband

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 12:35 PM

Sep 2017

and here's what we've covered lately

a biography of Ivan the Terrible
a history of the Romanovs (noticing a theme here)
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens
King Lear (and for the first time I realized Cordelia wasn't just mooning around, miserable; she was queen of France)
Lucia in Wartime (can't remember the author, but it's based on the EF Benson Lucia books and is delightful)
Al Franken Giant of the Senate
a bunch of Joseph Conrad (The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness, something like Twixt Land and Sea--sailor stories)
right now we're reading Krazy, a biography of George Herriman, who passed for white
What She Ate by Laura Shapiro

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How many books have you read so far in 2017? [View all] mvd Sep 2017 OP

I keep a count in my journal. redstatebluegirl Sep 2017 #1

137 bikebloke Sep 2017 #2

I read aloud to my husband cyclonefence Sep 2017 #3

Nine PJMcK Sep 2017 #4

Repukes don't read as a rule ailsagirl Sep 2017 #10

Not the 50 or so I usually I have hit by this time but elehhhhna Sep 2017 #5

Thanks for the recommendation mvd Sep 2017 #6

I'm on my 20th... Javaman Sep 2017 #7

I'm on my third this week. I have no idea how many I've read this year, Luciferous Sep 2017 #8

At least a dozen ailsagirl Sep 2017 #9

Yeah reading is almost up there with music for me mvd Sep 2017 #11

me too! ailsagirl Sep 2017 #14

I don't keep count. But I was reading Noam Chomsky's Requiem for the American Dream mnhtnbb Sep 2017 #12

I would say six or seven Skittles Sep 2017 #13

At any given time, I'm simultaneously reading something like ten books. NNadir Sep 2017 #15

one. but it was 700+ pages. kwassa Sep 2017 #16

Not sure, probably at least two dozen csziggy Sep 2017 #17

I read a lot, but a lot of my reading is not books. hay rick Sep 2017 #18

18, most likely. Miles Archer Sep 2017 #19