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Rob of Earth

The Proverbial Desert Island Library

What books do you read again and again? A few in my list: A Confederacy of Dunces -John Kennedy Toole The Secret History -Donna Tartt ...

Started by Rob of Earth

33 23 hours ago
Reply by Michael Bernstein
Barelas Babe

Kindle?

Now that the airlines are getting stricter about luggage restrictions, I'm starting to think about a Kindle again. I ALWAYS have more boo...

Started by Barelas Babe

14 Nov 20
Reply by Barelas Babe
sophie

The most brilliant book exchange ever

In the New York Times' Freakonomics blog: You Can’t Have Outdoor Bookshelves in Every City The post is about an outdoor book exchange i...

Started by sophie

9 Nov 19
Reply by sophie
Kitson Harvey

Irreligious Tomes

I'm sure I'll burn for this: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Shot in the Heart God's Perfect Child: Living and Dy...

Started by Kitson Harvey

31 Nov 15
Reply by Rob of Earth
Kitson Harvey

Tony Hillerman: Favorite Books?

I have to confess that I've never read Tony's books in any sort of order. I've always just sort of grabbed whichever one my stepmom had j...

Started by Kitson Harvey

0 Oct 28
Kelly

Great/not so great book club reads

My bookclub has been active for about 4 years, and we've discovered some great reads over the years. One of the members creates us a book...

Started by Kelly

35 Oct 25
Reply by Ron Da Bomb
Mom Of Two

Another Way to Swap Books

I work at a small company where employees travel. Travel a lot and all over the world. One day a few books ended up on a table. A year la...

Started by Mom Of Two

1 Oct 12
Reply by Jim Mack
Kitson Harvey

Great Books About New Mexico?

Blood and Thunder is more or less about New Mexico, as are the classics Death Comes for the Archbishop and Red Sky at Morning. Towns of t...

Started by Kitson Harvey

8 Oct 10
Reply by Kenny
sophie

ABQ resident Le Clezio - winner of 2008 Nobel Prize

As Barelas Babe points out in her post, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Lit lives part of the year in Albuquerque. So amazing! H...

Started by sophie

0 Oct 9
Stephen CM

Urban Planning Reading Group starting up

First book: Life and Death of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs Looking at reading Mike Davis, and others. So far only two readers....

Started by Stephen CM

0 Oct 2

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