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message 1: by Jill H. (last edited Jan 21, 2016 07:24PM) (new)

Jill H. (bucs1960) Deborah, here is your new thread in 2016. Happy reading in the new year.

Our Required Format:

JANUARY

1. My Early Life, 1874-1904 by Winston S. Churchill by Winston S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill
Finish date: January 2016
Genre: (whatever genre the book happens to be)
Rating: A
Review: You can add text from a review you have written but no links to any review elsewhere even goodreads. And that is about it. Just make sure to number consecutively and just add the months.


message 2: by Deborah (new)

Deborah Mesplay (ninapintasantamaria) | 8 comments JANUARY

1. The Fall of the Ottomans The Great War in the Middle East by Eugene Rogan by Eugene Rogan Eugene Rogan
Finish date: January 2016
Genre: History, Military History
Rating: A
Review: Interesting book about the Middle East in WWI.


message 3: by Jill H. (new)

Jill H. (bucs1960) Great start, Deborah.


message 4: by Deborah (new)

Deborah Mesplay (ninapintasantamaria) | 8 comments 2. Getting Away with Murder Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan by Heraldo Muñoz by Heraldo Muñoz no photo
Finish date: January 2016
Genre: Politics, Biography
Rating: B-
Review: Straightforward account of Bhutto's assassination by a member of the UN investigatory team. Not much new information here, although it was interesting to hear something of a firsthand account.


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