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Summer Reading


While you're reading, do you ever get annoyed with editing mistakes.  I understand the people who proofread are flying through books and we're all human and make mistakes.  It just completely throws off my reading flow.  In books where there are one or two mistakes, no big deal.  But where there are tons of editing mistakes, it just gets annoying.

But anywho here are the books I've been reading.  Maybe it will give you an idea or two.

What the Dog Saw - Malcolm Gladwell
What a collection of quite intriguing articles.  There's something in here for everyone.  I can honestly say I learned things reading this book and then had intelligent conversations with friends about it.  Yay!
It's such an array of topics, there's something for everyone.  And the way he approaches the articles drew me right in.

The Eat This Not That!  No Diet!  Diet - David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding
This is what it says.  It was interesting and a quick read, although I'm not sure how much I got from it.

This one was a recommended reading book for my job.  
It definitely brought up issues of culture clashing to be thought about and discussed.  

Then Came You - Jennifer Weiner
I needed a check read that wouldn't make me think at all.  And that's what this one was.  Four seemingly unrelated women wind up having a big role in each other's lives, while figuring themselves out along the way.

The Enlightened Cyclist - Bike Snob NYC
This one was good.  Not only was it hard on cars for almost killing so many bikers, but it was hard on bikers too for acting stupid.  No, car drivers, not all bikers act stupidly, but some definitely do.  And they give all bikers a bad name.
"In fact, it's because I enjoy cycling so much that I know there's no freaking way most non-cycling people are suddenly going to start riding a bicycle, since it's my love of it that makes me put up with the indignity of cycling in a society that hates me for doing it & doesn't even want to give me my own tiny little lane."
Look... Denmark has a bike highway!
Because of this book I will always call a biker salmoning when they're riding the wrong way on a one-way street.

Double Shot - Diane Mott Davidson
This was a book I borrowed from my grandma.  Meaning it's a mystery.  A nice little mystery.  I zipped right through it.

Carrie Pil'by - Caren Lissner
This was a book I borrowed from my sister.  (Can you tell I'm trying to return all the books that got put on hold while I tried to keep up with the library?  Now the library is on hold and I'm catching up on borrowed books.)

Mourning Dove - Aimee & David Thurlo
This is another Grandma book.  A Navajo infused mystery.

As you can see, most of my reads this summer were fluff stories.  Maybe I'll switch that up once I finish up with the books from my grandma and sister that I'm still working through.

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