Fiction

TexasProgresive

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1. Kick me out of Group if you want- Non Fiction this week

Sun Oct 30, 2016, 02:00 PM

Oct 2016

Thanks for starting the thread, hermetic.
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for God at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. 54 pages in and it is a great read so far. I don't know anything about crew racing except that it requires the crew to be as one and all must have incredible strength and ability. The "boys" manning the oars in this story are not the usual ivy league guys in a shell. They are from blue collar families rowing for Washington State. Not a spoiler since it is history, they make it to Berlin and they show Hitler what real Americans can do.

A nice treat in the closing of this tumultuous general election season and after reading The Girl from Krakow.

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What are you reading this week of October 30, 2016? [View all] hermetic Oct 2016 OP

Kick me out of Group if you want- Non Fiction this week TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #1

Great story northoftheborder Oct 2016 #3

Nah--you're good hermetic Oct 2016 #6

From what I've read so far it has to be one of the most demanding sports, if not the most. TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #14

"Sins of the Father," Graham Hurley shenmue Oct 2016 #2

Ooooh, hermetic Oct 2016 #8

Philippa Gregory's books northoftheborder Oct 2016 #4

Indeed hermetic Oct 2016 #7

Started "The Hornet's Nest" by Jimmy Carter Number9Dream Oct 2016 #5

He's written a bunch of books hermetic Oct 2016 #10

Get in Trouble by Kelly Link Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #9

Halloween appropriate! hermetic Oct 2016 #11

Only one story in, but it's a very gentle darkness. Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #12

Review says, hermetic Oct 2016 #13

Hi everyone and thanks, hermetic, for the thread! japple Nov 2016 #15

Hi, hermetic Nov 2016 #17

Britt-Marie Was Here Tracer Nov 2016 #16

Mr.Backman hermetic Nov 2016 #18