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Topic: 2021 Lists - Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs

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Subject: 2021 Lists - Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
Date Posted: 1/5/2021 7:52 AM ET
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Read any 10 to 12 books in these categories and state what you think of each. 1.  Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince, Elaine Deprince, 1/6/2021, 4.5 stars  This is a story about a young woman from Sierra Leon whose life is shattered by war.  She dreams of becoming a ballet dancer.  When she does, she believes it's important to share her life with other black people whose dreams are of dance. 2.  Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day  by Stephan Talty, 1/22/2021, 5 stars.  more...
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Date Posted: 1/6/2021 7:59 PM ET
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REK- so a more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2021 7:34 AM ET
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Shayla: more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2021 8:56 AM ET
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Oka more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2021 5:19 PM ET
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I read lots of nonfiction. I started a book recently... um... what was it called... maybe this will motivate me to finish! ETA... Here it is: more...
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Date Posted: 1/8/2021 2:05 AM ET
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Found more...
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Date Posted: 1/14/2021 7:28 AM ET
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1) I finished one for here...Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. I give it 3 stars. I liked it & learned a lot ab more...
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Date Posted: 1/15/2021 9:29 AM ET
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I finished a non fiction more...
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Date Posted: 1/16/2021 10:07 AM ET
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I finished a non fiction book.. more...
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Date Posted: 1/25/2021 11:21 PM ET
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I finished a quick, little, non fiction book more...
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Date Posted: 2/1/2021 12:05 AM ET
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I still haven't finished the one I mentioned above, but today I finished this one for the January - This Book has been on my Shelf Lo more...
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Date Posted: 2/11/2021 7:18 AM ET
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I finished my 5th book of the year for here. Eat More Chikin Insp more...
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Date Posted: 2/14/2021 8:37 PM ET
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I finished another non-fiction today. It's calle more...
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Date Posted: 2/17/2021 8:11 AM ET
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I finished another non fiction last ni more...
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Date Posted: 2/18/2021 6:55 PM ET
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I finished Reading People by Anne Bogel. It more...
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Subject: Short but good
Date Posted: 3/1/2021 7:29 PM ET
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This one was quite short, but then a more...
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Subject: Another one!
Date Posted: 3/6/2021 6:06 PM ET
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This one is also a memoir: Comfor more...
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Date Posted: 3/11/2021 7:36 AM ET
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I finished my 9th non fi more...
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I finished another nonfiction more...
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Subject: Another short one
Date Posted: 4/1/2021 2:09 AM ET
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I loved this on more...
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I finished another nonfiction  more...
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Subject: Great book!
Date Posted: 5/4/2021 7:47 AM ET
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One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, a more...
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I just finished All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters & Other Writings by George H. W. Bush 3 stars I read this for a contest more...
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Date Posted: 5/10/2021 4:21 PM ET
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I just fi more...
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Subject: Finished another!
Date Posted: 5/21/2021 11:30 PM ET
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You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: more...
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