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(group member since Jan 18, 2017)
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from the Rollercoaster Reads group.
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and also finished
recently. Enjoyed it and so thanks for that Alan and Anita. Back soon. A few on the go if I recall.
Hello everyoneDon't be shy.
I've a lot of books to get through. Yhe books on my 'to read' list, I have (I just need time and suggestions won't go to waste either!). Peace
Anita wrote: "I'm just about to finish Conclave by Robert Harris, which is a pretty decent thriller about the election of a new pope, and then I'm moving on to Lincoln in the Bardo, American short story writer G..."A latecomer, just getting into George Saunders myself these days Anita.
All sounds good! Course, this group means I'll never get to the end of a 'to read' list now! Not a bad thing of course. Trying to have only one book on the go these days.
Blimey! On that note at age 23:John Singleton directed his first film, "Boyz 'N the Hood."
T. S. Eliot wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
John Keats wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn," which ends with the lines, "'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. "
English poet Jane Taylor wrote "Twinkle, twinkle, little star."
Margaret Mead traveled to the South Seas as part of a "giant rescue operation" to study primative cultures before they perished.
Russian-American pianist Vladimir Horowitz made a spectacular concert debut when, impatient with the conductor's slow pace, he ran away from the conductor's tempo and finished Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 several bars ahead of time.
Novelist, playwright, and short-story writer Carson McCullers wrote her acclaimed first book, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
Truman Capote published his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms.
Orson Welles produced and performed his "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, terrifying millions of people. He also got his face on the cover of Time Magazine.
Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Masters.
Francois-Louis Cailler manufactured the world's first eating chocolate to be commercially produced.
Jamaican-born Barrington Irving became the youngest person to fly around the world solo. He had constructed the plane from over $300,000 in donated parts.
At age 23, Stevie Wonder wrote "Higher Ground".
Hi allSome of us know each other in person or just through the Rollercoaster Records Facebook group page.
Don't be afraid to post books recommendation/reviews or anything else you like.
All genres and interests welcome. Keep engaging, keep reading and of course, turn up your stereo.
Kick starting this with a 'what are you currently reading' topic. A friend of mine recently bought The 10 Rules Of Rock And Roll so picked up a copy myself. It's next on my list!
