Are you a book addict as well?
Reading is a privilege. We should never take it for granted.
What are you reading today?
Are You A Book Addict?
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Black Thoughts 
I read all the time, it’s my hobby, passion, addiction 😁 Currently I’m reading The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
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Thank you Deborah. Any good?
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Yes, so far very interesting.
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👍🏻
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Yes, yes I am
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Me too 😂
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Hi! When I was a young girl I read ‘Farewell to Arms’ and hated it. I found the prose…stocky and manly… But recently I read ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ and couldn’t put it down. Then I read Farewell again and loved it. I suppose I had to mature to enjoy Hemingway. Now I’m reading ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’…
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I’ve never read any Hemingway. Glad you’re enjoying it 🙂
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I love reading. I usually have several books on the go at once. Just finished one novel today and am now back to reading Becoming by Michelle Obama which I had put down for a few days.
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You never stop lol
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True. Always reading blogs and tweets too 😂
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I’ve noticed 😂
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As it happens, I’m on chapter 17 of Skelly’s Square… many congratulations on publishing your first novel! Looking forward to finishing this one, and picking up the story with Bomb Girl. I love a good read!
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I’m delighted to hear you’re enjoying it, Andy. Thank you very much for your support 🙏🏻
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I love 💕 reading! Currently reading Never let me go.
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Hi. What’s it about?
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It’s about group of students growing up in Hailsham school. Kathy H narratives the story as she attempts to come to terms with her childhood. It’s by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Sounds interesting. Thank you for sharing 🙂
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I’m reading “becoming myself “ by Stasi Eldredge 📖 ❣️
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Hi. Is it any good?
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It is! Hi there! I’m glad to find you! I love Stasi’s simplistic, raw, and intimate display of her own struggles. She wrote, “Captivating”,..it was transformational for me.
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Right now reading: The Mind-Gut Connection–Emeran Mayer, Shameless –Nadia Bolz-Weber and several light reading things.
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Yes. Easiest question I’ve ever answered😏
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You’re prolific. Would you ever consider adding my book to my TBR list?
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I just finished reading Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart. Great read about a girl who survived a fire, but has burns on 60% of her body.
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I am currently reading:
A biography on Alice Roosevelt
A selection of European philosophers
A book about abusers
A daily Bible reading plan
A Stephen King book – which I hate but I’m determined to finish
I had four others but I’ve finished them
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That’s quite the mix 🙂
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I like to keep my options open
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I am reading the Battle Plan for Prayer, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick! God Bless you :))
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Just finished Ayesha At Last, which is a romantic comedy with influences from Shakespeare, and Pride and Prejudice. I loved it.
Just started Midnight Tides, which is the 5th book in the Malazan series.
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I love reading, right now I am reading The Winter Solstice By Elin Hilderbrand
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What’s it about?
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Sorry I wasn’t notified of your comment. It is about a family who owns a Inn on Nantucket. It was a great series. I will be posting about them by tomorrow.
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Thank you. I’ll have a read of that 📖
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John Gwynne Malice
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Any good?
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So far a lot of characters
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👍🏻
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I am totally a book addict 🙂 I just finished Refugee by Alan Gratz today – it’s an upper middle grade book about three young teenagers in three different refugee waves from the last century, but while it isn’t difficult to read it’s still really well written and handles difficult topics in a very honest and authentically human way.
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As I while away the time waiting for the 2nd installment of the Skelley series, I have:
1.Pre-ordered Bomb Girl
2. Am currently reading: The Godfather, Reagan at Reykjavik (the 48 hours that ended the Cold War) and The First Fall Classic, telling the story of the 1912 World Series along with my daily reading from the Scriptures, of course!
Please keep on writing Stephen!
Chuck
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Thank you very much Chuck. Much appreciated as ever 🙏🏻
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Currently reading two books: The Chronic Illness Workbook by Patricia Fennell and The Book of Help by Megan Griswold. Both are page-turners!
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Are they self help books?
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The workbook is. The other is fiction about a woman obsessed with self-help. It’s very interesting.
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Totally a book addict! Reading “All the Light We Cannot See.” Anthony Doerr won the Pulitzer Prize for this book. Finding it hard to put down. This is the first book of his I have read but I will definitely check out more of this writer.
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Sounds like high brow stuff 🙂
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No – just an excellent book on World War II. Nothing high brow – just great characters with their story of the period.
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I can definitely relate to all of those truths, especially spending money on books (before I finish my other books).
I just finished a book by Pastor Steven Furtick called “Sun Stand Still,” definitely recommend for people who have big dreams. I’m currently listening to the audiobook, “Unexpected,” by Christine Caine, where she talks about having an expectation in the unexpected. And last night I started the physical book, “Let Love Win,” by Common ❤️
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Thank you. I haven’t read any of those books.
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Yes I absolutely am. Just started The Red Lotus by Chris Bohaljian.
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What’s it like?
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So far, so good. Have you read any of his books before?
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No. Should I add them to my list)
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I’m currently indulging my morbid fascination with Very Bad People and reading yet another true crime book. Been burning through a lot of those lately and currently re-reading Love Always, Mum by Mae West. Right before it I read She Must Have Known (also about Rosemary West) by can’t remember the author’s name right now.
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Gosh, you are busy. Did you ever get a chance to start on mine?
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I am really embarrassed to say it’s still on the shelf of books still to start, but in my defence I buy them like a demon and despite reading as much as I do, I always have 20+ unread books on that top shelf. I’ll get to it soon…!! Especially since there’s a follow up… 👍
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Oh don’t worry. It was just a query. Get round to it whenever you can 🙂
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I love this so much. I can relate!
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I’m glad you can. Thank you 😊
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The Kirkwood Chronicles: Skelly’s Square, Stephen Black; Proof, Dick Francis; Damage, Felix Francis.
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The first one is the best obviously
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The Cruelty Men by Emer Martin
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Any good, Jan?
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I enjoyed it though the ending was sad.
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Hi, my name is Jenni and I am an addict – a book addict! I love reading! It was part of the reason that I decided to become an editor and proofreader. It’s a dream job for me.
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And I’m reading ‘Fade to Black’ by Heather Graham.
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Is that the actress?
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No, I questioned that also the first time I read one of her books. I Googled the author to check.
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👍🏻
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Thank you Jenni. My new book is released tomorrow. Feel free to check it out 🙂
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Thank you!
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Thank you! And congratulations!
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🙂
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I am totally an addict, and I’m currently reading “Minimal, how to simplify your life and live sustainably” – Madeleine Olivia.
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I hope it has the desired effect. Alternatively, buy mine 😉
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I read vicariously….
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I try to as well 🙂
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Thanks, FF, for asking the question. I am a total book addict and have been every since I was very small. You’re right to say that reading is a privilege and that we should never take it for granted – reading that also made me wonder how I would cope if – touch wood, God forbid – I lost my sight, and I can only think that there would be an explosion in sales of audiobooks round these parts! Your post also inspired me to write a blogpost of my own about what reading means to me at a deeper level (if anyone’s interested it’s on my blog as ‘The Book Bonder’). Also loving the reading tips, as I find the likes of Goodreads don’t really do it for me, and I will definitely look up the Anthony Doerr book as I have a penchant for WW2 books. Would recommend The Guardian newspaper’s review section here in the UK (available online, of course) for excellent reviews of a wide range of books every week. Happy reading to you all!
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