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Russell’s 2025 Year in Books
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The EXvangelicals by Sarah McCammon
The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The author read this audiobook herself and did a good job. It recounts her own history being raised by parents in the white evangelical Christian church. Her childhood sounds like an absolute nightmare, one of constant fear: fear of doing something, saying something, looking some way
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"I had never heard about this story before. It is about traders and brokers conspiring to steer a financial index, the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and many variations thereof, to benefit their own portfolio's. This index was supposed to be "
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Cold Case: A Cliff Knowles Mystery by Russell Atkinson
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“That would make a good public service announcement, he mused ruefully: “Don’t use your cell phone while driving. You might not notice the serial killer ahead waiting to shoot you.”
― Death Row
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I have two books going right now: Defending Jacob (audiobook) by Wm. Landay and The Crossing Places (hard cover) by Elly Griffiths. Both are mysteries and I'm enjoying both, but I never recommend a book until I've finished it.
Hi Russell, I just Finished 2 good Books:1. Time will tell > Jeffrey Arher Book 1 of 2,
Book 2 is in the mail to me> The sins of the father.
2. Guilty Wives > James Patterson
What are you reading currently
