lookingforrecommendations

Hello Littens! I‘ve gotten away from posting here and also haven‘t been reading much other than ARCs. Finally got to the library and got a stack from my TBR list, yay! I confess I did watch Shadow and Bone on Netflix (Ben Barnes 🥰🤩🤤) before reading the book, so I‘m thinking I‘ll tackle that one first. Any rave reviews for anything else in this stack? Which is the best Halloween season read??? 🎃👻💀 Thanks! #lookingforrecommendations

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shadowspeak17

Recommend This!: Delivering Digital Experiences that People Want to Share | Jason Thibeault, Kirby Wadsworth

I‘m thinking I‘d like to give audiobooks a try this year, and I could use some good nonfiction recommendations. 😬

#lookingforrecommendations

vlwelser I like funny ones read by the author like Yes Please by Amy Poehler but Unbroken read by the dad from Gilmore Girls was also stunning. 4y

Bookwormjillk On Writing by Stephen King, Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowel, and A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson are some of my favorites 4y

Amandajoy Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (though I did speed it up to 1.25 or 1.5), Troublemaker by Leah Remini, Education of Idealist by Samantha Power, In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. I really like nonfiction on audio. 4y

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Scochrane26 I like audio nonfiction. I read Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks, The Radium Girls, & a lot of celeb memoirs on audio. Love Retta‘s book, Busy Philipps, Mindy Kaling. 4y

BarbaraBB You should definitely ask the NF audio queens @Cinfhen and @Megabooks 👸👸 4y

Megabooks Thanks for the tag @BarbaraBB ! I‘m a bit exhausted today, but I can make suggestions if you narrow down a bit what kind of nonfiction you like. Memoirs? Narrative? Pop sci? Social sciences? I listen to it all! 4y

Cinfhen Same!!! Im not exhausted but I like SO MUCH NF!!!! If u give me some NF you recently liked or loved in the past I‘ll be happy to come up with suggestions 💕 4y

shadowspeak17 @vlwelser @Bookwormjillk @Amandajoy @Scochrane26 Thank you all for the suggestions! I‘ll check them out 😃 4y

shadowspeak17 @Megabooks @Cinfhen Thanks! 😊 I don‘t read a lot of nonfiction, so I haven‘t read very widely in any of these categories, but I am really interested in social sciences. I‘ve also enjoyed some true crime and memoirs.

Evicted, Dear Ijeawele, Tears We Cannot Stop, In the Dream House, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Born a Crime are some I‘ve really liked. 4y

Megabooks Sociology

On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane

Megabooks True crime

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Megabooks Sociology

How to Be an Antiracist

Megabooks Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir

Megabooks True crime

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

Megabooks True crime

American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America�s Deadliest Drug Epidemic

Megabooks Memoir

Know My Name

Megabooks Memoir

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Megabooks History

The Address Book: What Our Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Power, Race, and Wealth

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Megabooks Memoir

Heavy: An American Memoir

Megabooks Memoir/cultural history

Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

Megabooks Just fun

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays

Megabooks Oral history - also this is a super awesome multi-cast recording!!

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

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Megabooks Psychology

HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD.

Megabooks Memoir

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Megabooks Okay I‘ll stop!! Anyway, if you ever want more recs, historically my split is 50/50 fiction/nonfiction, so I always have recs! 4y

Megabooks @Cinfhen did I cover some of it?? 😉😉 4y

Megabooks Oh and a few of us audiophiles just read this one thanks to Cindy

The Monk of Mokha

Megabooks Also this is my current listen. Antiracism. Good so far!! (I switched to the audiobook.)

White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

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Megabooks Also @Hooked_on_books and @britt_brooke are great people to follow for frequent audiobook recs (in addition to @Cinfhen and me 😉😉) 4y

Cinfhen Wow @Megabooks how did you rattle that off so quickly!!!! I‘ve listened to 12/15 of your suggestions and I would 💯 agree with many of them!!! (edited) 4y

Cinfhen Here are a few off the top of my head... social justice

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Cinfhen Celebrity memoirs

Cinfhen History

Yale Needs Women: The First Ivy League Girls and Their Fight for a Seat at the Head of the Class

Cinfhen

The Pianist from Syria: A Memoir

Cinfhen

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Cinfhen Memoir

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

Cinfhen

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

Cinfhen

High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

Cinfhen

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

Cinfhen I‘m blanking on True Crime 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4y

Cinfhen I‘d try your library services and borrow as many as you can...this way if you don‘t like the content or narration it didn‘t cost you anything but a little bit of time. Also I always listen to at least the first chapter before I decide if the book is a good fit. Sometimes I need a few minutes to adjust to the narrator. Good luck and let us know what you decided on...THERE ARE LOADS of GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS here!!!! 4y

Megabooks @Cinfhen I always feel like I miss some favs, but I try to mention the ones that made an IMPRESSION when I make recommendations. I‘m adding the Syria one. I don‘t have one for that country yet, and I don‘t think I stacked it when you originally posted. 4y

Cinfhen I don‘t know why that audiobook really touched me @Megabooks i hope you enjoy it too xx 4y

britt_brooke @Megabooks Thanks, friend! 🎧💚 4y

shadowspeak17 @Megabooks @Cinfhen Wow, thank you guys so much! These recommendations sound great! 😄 Now I‘ve just got to figure out which one to read first. 🤔☺️ 4y

Cinfhen Keep us posted on your quest!!!! 4y

shadowspeak17 @Cinfhen Absolutely! 😄 4y

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shadowspeak17

Recommend This!: Delivering Digital Experiences that People Want to Share | Jason Thibeault, Kirby Wadsworth

Does anyone have any recommendations for good graphic novels appropriate for 11 year old girls? Thanks in advance! 😁 #lookingforrecommendations #graphicnovels

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Not my genre, but I've seen Baby Sitters Club books in graphic novel version. I loved those books when I was around that age. 🤷‍♀️ 6y

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alisiakae My 11 yr old likes Amulet, LumberJane‘s, and Raina Telgemeier.

Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel

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alisiakae

All's Faire in Middle School

alisiakae Everything @BookishTrish recommended too! Also

Coraline Graphic Novel

alisiakae

Sunny Side Up

alisiakae

The Complete Persepolis

BookishTrish

Amelia Rules: The Whole World's Crazy

kgriffith I‘d have to reread but you can take a look, perhaps it‘d be age-appropriate and also have adult themes that the reader would pick up on later? Don‘t recall how expressly they‘re included.

Good-bye, Chunky Rice

Tamra

Sisters

LouBeth Gotham academy

Gotham Academy Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy

LouBeth Or

Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy #1

shadowspeak17 @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @BookishTrish @4thhouseontheleft @parttimedomestic @kgriffith @Tamra @LouBeth Thanks so much for the suggestions! They were incredibly helpful. 😊💕 6y

BookishTrish Anytime! 6y

alisiakae @shadowspeak17 Happy to help! My daughter reads a TON of graphic novels. 😃 6y

Serotonin Amulet

The Stonekeeper (Amulet #1)

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shadowspeak17

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I‘m #lookingforrecommendations for books that would fit these #booked2018 prompts if anyone has any suggestions. 😄

#FeaturingAnOlympicSport
#BodyPositiveMemoirOrNovel
#CozyMystery
#Steampunk
#BeachRead
#UnderdogHero
#FeaturesAHoliday
#MCOver70

InBooksILive Maybe try All Things New by Lauren Miller for the body positive? 6y

TheBookHippie Olympic

The Boys in the Boat

Kappadeemom Olympic gymnasts - loved this book!!

You Will Know Me: A Novel

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AmyG Olympic...I read Beartown. I‘m going to read The Boys in he Boat for the underdog. 6y

Kaye #features a holiday.

Holidays on Ice

Kaye #mc OLD.

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1?4 Years Old

TiredLibrarian #MCOver70

A Man Called Ove: A Novel

BookishTrish #steampunk

Dead Iron: The Age of Steam

Cinfhen #McOver70

Our Souls at Night: A novel

Cinfhen #OlympicSport

Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness

Cinfhen #BodyPositive

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Cinfhen U can also check out the GoodReads group!!!! (edited) 6y

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MinDea

The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn: Kingdom of Grit, Book One | Tyler Whitesides

While being home sick (still 🤬🤧🤬🤒🤬🤧) I found this book in an email.

Has anyone read this or any of the books in the main series? Any good? I am realizing I might like fantasy after reading The Name of the Wind for #EpicBuddyRead and looking to see what other books I might enjoy.

#LookingForRecommendations #ThankYouInAdvance #Fantasy

cobwebmoth Hope you're feeling better soon! 7y

Cinfhen Hope you feel better soon ❣️ (edited) 7y

TrishB Hope you‘re feeling better soon. If you like Rothfuss try Robin Hobb, start with this one

Assassin's Apprentice: The Farseer Trilogy

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MinDea Thanks @cobwebmoth! Just so you know I didn't send the package to you and &TK421 as I didn't want to also send my germs. I'll send it as soon as I am feeling better. Hopefully next week. 7y

MinDea Thanks @Cinfhen! 7y

MinDea Thanks @TrishB and thank you for the recommendation! 7y

Kaye Get well soon. 💐 7y

Christine11 Hope you are feeling better soon! 🌼🌻🌼 7y

MinDea Thanks @Kaye @Christine11 7y

MinDea @DebinHawaii I love your vegan avoglemon soup recipe and I was wondering if there was a similar just rice and lemon soup you'd recommend. Not necessarily vegan as I don't happen to have any of those ingredients for the other soup handy to make today while I am home sick. 🤧 7y

DebinHawaii Do you eat/have eggs? If so Ruth Reichl's version is really good & simple if you have broth, eggs, rice & lemons: http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2017/03/ruth-reichls-avgolemono-soup-simple.h... 7y

MinDea I do! Thank you @DebinHawaii! 7y

DebinHawaii Oh good. Hope you enjoy it and feel better soon! 💜 7y

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ashsbookmarks

Hate to Want You: Forbidden Hearts | Alisha Rai

I am going to Disney world next month and will have 10+ hours of fly time plus downtime when my kids sleep. Has anyone read the Forbidden Hearts series by Alisha Rai?!? It has been a while since I read a real romance novel/series.
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#lookingforrecommendations #forbiddenhearts #alisharai #hatetowantyou #wrongtoneedyou #hurtstoloveyou

LizzieChantree Have a fabulous holiday. Happy reading! 7y

CoffeeK8 I just finished the first and am in the middle of the second one. I am loving them! It‘s recommend downloading a sample, it gives you a good idea of the feel of the book, and if you like the sample you‘ll probably like the book 7y

Jas16 I have read the first two and really liked them. 7y

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shadowspeak17

Writing Short Stories: A Writers' and Artists' Companion | Courttia Newland, Tania Hershman

I‘ve read some really good short stories recently, and I would like to read more. 😃 What short stories and/or short story collections would you lovely Littens recommend?

#shortstories #lookingforrecommendations #recommend

AmyG I am not one for short stories but I do love

Birds of America: Stories

2BR02B This collection is terrific, and the audiobook is available for free in the Audible app.

Bloodchild and Other Stories

2BR02B I've also discovered some really phenomenal short stories/authors by listening to the podcast Levar Burton Reads. 7y

Meeko93 I loved this one and don't read very many short stories.

Paris for One and Other Stories

shadowspeak17 @AmyG @2BR02B @Meeko93 Thank you guys so much for your suggestions! I‘m going to look into these. 😃 7y

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shadowspeak17

Origin | Dan Brown

My boyfriend‘s mom is a huge Dan Brown fan, so I‘d like to get her his new book for Christmas if I can figure out whether she‘s read it or not yet. I‘d like to get her a couple other books too, so I‘m trying to come up with other ideas for books to get her. What books would you guys recommend for fans of Dan Brown? She also likes thrillers too, I think, so if you know of any good ones please shout them out too. 😄

#lookingforrecommendations

jenniferw88 I'm a big Dan Brown fan and can recommend Scott Mariani for fellow enthusiasts - the first book is tagged

The Alchemist�s Secret (Ben Hope, Book 1)

2BR02B I'd recommend Caleb Carr. Specifically,

The Alienist: A Novel

swishandflick

I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller

shadowspeak17 @2BR02B Oh, I loved that book! ❤️ 7y

shadowspeak17 @jenniferw88 @swishandflick Thanks, I‘ll check those out. 😃 7y

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