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On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
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'Reporter - Seymour Hersh.
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I always look forward to answering this question. It is my usual ice breaker when i meet somebody and if i have to think of someone as interesting, chances are that they are flipping through or reading a book.

Currently, I am reading The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I had read Americanah and thought she was so adept at her skill for capturing contradictions and complexities in prose. But, now, having read her short stories, I do think she excels at this form more than the novel.

I am also doing a survey of articles and papers, especially written by students, on abortion to understand what the younger generation is thinking about the pro choice vs pro life debate. It helps me research for my next project. Simultaneously, I am also reading the medical memoir When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. It is absolutely moving and a wonderful point where the treated and treating meet.
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_neon wrote:I've just finished Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Why I didn't read it when I was a child? Anyway now I know what my children will read if they behave naughtily.
Hahahaha! What a sweet retribution your kids will have to pay :)
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I just finished reading Every Exquisite Thing and I loved it! Weote a review https://bibimbea.com/every-exquisite-thing-a-review/

My second favorite book of all time :)
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Just finished Even The Dead Are Coming by Mike Robbins which is the story of his time in the Sudan during the 1980's. It has been an invaluable source of research for me for my next book as it documents the conditions, his feelings and experiences during his time there.
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I actually am reading something i don't conventionally pick up. It is Amy Poehler's book called Yes Please. Its interesting.
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I am reading 2 books, one non and one fiction: Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and what they tell us about ourselves by Frans de Waal and Ragged Edge of Night by Oliva Hawker. I always enjoy reading de Wall.
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A compendium of I.F Stone's Weekly, published in Penguin.
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"Titan" (a biography of John D. Rockefeller) by Ron Chernow.
Love what you do, and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. -Ray Bradbury

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