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Dec 31, 2018 09:40AM
Read up to five autobiographies, biographies or memoirs.
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**COMPLETE**
1. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
2. Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer
3. My Year by Roald Dahl
4. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story by Debbie Tung
5. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
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1. We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
2. Love is the Cure: On Life, Loss, and the End of AIDS by Elton John
3. Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch by Ruth Cowen
4. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
5. My Year by Roald Dahl
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**COMPLETE**
1)By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz by Max Eisen 21/01/19
2) Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot 22/01/19
3) The Crazy Game by Clint Malarchuk 27/01/19
4) The Lost Child: A Mother and the Son She Had to Give Away by Martin Sixsmith 27/07/19
5)So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson 07/11/19
Karen's Bios and Memoirs:1. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren - 05/01/2019
2. Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of Deadly Adventure by Christopher S. Stewart - 09/01/2019
3. Spymaster: The Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield by Martin Pearce - 14/01/2019
4. Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes - 12/01/2019
5. The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story by Christie Watson - 16/01/2019
Wanda's Bios and Memoirs:1. The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
2. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John le Carré
3. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
4. American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans by Eve LaPlante
5. Becoming by Michelle Obama
Meera's Bios and Memoirs:***Completed***
1. The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe 1/4
2. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay 1/10
3. Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif 2/5
4. Naked by David Sedaris - 4/4
5. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren - 6/24
Stephanie's Bios ad Memoirs:1) Failure Is an Option: An Attempted Memoir by H. Jon Benjamin
2) West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Michael's Bios and Memoirs:1. Martin Van Buren by Ted Widmer
2. First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen
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Martha's Bio and Memoirs:1. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley
2. Women in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky
3. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
4. Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi
5. Cheer Up, Love: Adventures in Depression with the Crab of Hate by Susan Calman
***COMPLETED***Ann-Marie´s bio and memoirs:
1 - God or Nothing by Robert Sarah
2 - Bränn alla mina brev by Alex Schulman
3 -Kring denna kropp by Stina Wollter
4 - Glöm mig by Alex Schulman
5 - The Catholic Church Saved My Marriage: Discovering Hidden Grace in the Sacrament of Matrimony by David Anders
Rhonda H's Bios and Memoirs:1. Brave by Rose McGowan
2. You're never weird on the internet by Felicia Day
3. The Lost City of the Monkey God - Douglas Preston
Cathy's Bios and Memoirs1. Educated byTara Westover
2. This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
3. Red Notice by Bill Browder
Anthony's Bios and Memoirs1.Auschwitz Lullaby by Mario Escobar
2.Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Quereshi
3.Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
4.Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly
5.The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert
Emilie's Bios and Memoirs1. The year of less by Cait Flanders
2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morrison
3. Vi by Kim Thuy
4. Tears of Salt by Pietro Bartolo & Lidia Tilotta
5. Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
1. Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm2. The Hangmans Tale: Memoirs Of A Public Executioner
3. Talking with Female Serial Killers - A chilling study of the most evil women in the world
4. The War on Women
5. How to Complain
Fatima'a Bio's and Memoirs:1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
2. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
3. The Ghost Garden: Inside the Lives of Schizophrenia's Feared and Forgotten by Susan Doherty
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Kate's bios and memoirs:1. Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical by Anthony Bourdain
2. Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer by Harold Schechter
3. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
Patty’s Bios & Memoirs:1. Pimp: The Story of My Life - 3/26/19
2. Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen - 5/13/19
Golly, hadn't even started this one!1. Becoming by Michelle Obama
2. Dances with Marmots: A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure by George Spearing
3. Courage Is Contagious: And Other Reasons to Be Grateful for Michelle Obama
Michael wrote: "Michael's Bios and Memoirs:1. Martin Van Buren by Ted Widmer
2. First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen
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Hi Michael, you've got the Neil Armstrong book under Finger Crushers, too. Do you want to leave it there or move it here?
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