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We did go into the tower, but the price was preposterous. I say preposterous because... A more...
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Well, I finished the last of the six books I said I'd read for this challenge--War Journal, by Ri more...
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I read and finished the FIRST book for this challenge (mainly due more...
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In July, I finished reading Unbroken by Laura Hille more...
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I am not into challenges or contests. probably because I have no idea how they work (especially the contests) or where to find the lists of categories people are more...
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Read So Terrible a Storm - A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior by Cu more...
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Hi, sorry everyone, I have had a crazy year and have not kept u more...
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DW - I haven't ready another of Goodwin's yet, but just last more...
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I just finished my final book for the challenge (hurray!) but I don't see a discussion thread for the biography cat more...
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Here are the summaries of the books I read for this challenge.  Hope another is scheduled for 2013. 1.  Local Lore: Read a non-fiction book dealing with the history of your area (city, state, region).  Prairie Son by Dennis M. Clausen is interesting but there is some redunancy in the tale.  Perhaps part of it is because I grew up in a large family on a farm and lived so much of what is written.  Completed February, 2012, 3 stars 2. Award Winning: Read a non-fiction history book that has won an award (any award will do).  .Night by Elie Wiesel, completed Sept. 23, 2012.  It's so very sad and thought proking.  This is a sensitive writing about the author's experiences under Nazi imprisonment. Graphic beyond belief in places, the author's life has been forever changed as nightmares depicting the many atrocities that he viewed invade his sleep. Again and again he asks how could God allow such evil to be commi more...
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