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Sam B is starting Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)

— Oct 12, 2019 01:25PM Add a comment

Sam B is starting There There

— Oct 09, 2018 06:44PM Add a comment

Sam B is on page 92 of 184 of Mem

“The extraction abandoned Dolores to be just as she had been before, unprepared to cope with subsequent traumas, which her father therefore would continue to extract.”

Interesting commentary on when we say we wish we could forget things...

— Jul 22, 2018 01:41PM Add a comment

Sam B is on page 194 of 224 of Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

This is incredible. I'm not sure I can think of the last book I read that elicited such a strong emotional reaction.

— Jun 01, 2018 01:11PM Add a comment

Sam B is on page 174 of 383 of The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)

Why is he so popular?

— Oct 27, 2017 07:34AM Add a comment

Sam B is starting Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

— Oct 01, 2017 11:53AM Add a comment

Sam B is on page 127 of 256 of A Colony in a Nation

This is going to be interesting. Not sure if I'm going to make it to the end. He's had one or two nice moments of honesty, and he's a phenomenal writer. But...he's not even trying to present both sides, has made some glaring omissions, and drawn some inane conclusions at points. I don't know why I keep picking up books with a political agenda (both sides of the aisle are guilty) and expecting fair material.

— Aug 02, 2017 05:45AM Add a comment

Sam B is starting Double Dexter (Dexter, #6)

— Jul 30, 2017 07:21PM Add a comment

Sam B is on page 37 of 418 of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

I've already fluctuated between being sympathetic for and disappointed in most of the characters introduced thus far. Nice balanced presentation

— May 11, 2017 12:14PM Add a comment

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Sam B is on page 87 of 288 of The Great Escape

Dang the movie followed this so closely. Just one more reason to love this story

— Apr 07, 2017 06:56AM Add a comment

Sam B added a status update

What are your thoughts on books deemed "must reads" -personally, the last several books I've tried that culture seems to think should be revered have all fell flat. And not, "well darn that was a little too much build up" flat but "did I accidentally read like a first draft written by an illiterate person with the same name" flat. (see reviews on Sedaris "Me Talk Pretty" and Vonnegut "Cat's Cradle" if you want more).

— Apr 05, 2017 07:19AM Add a comment

Sam B is on page 57 of 493 of The Circle (The Circle, #1)

"All that happens must be known" - tagline of one of The Circle's newest products. Sound like our cultural addiction to cataloging everything on social media? I'm going to stinking love this book, though I'm terrified it's going to be 100% prophetic.

— Feb 16, 2017 05:49AM Add a comment

Sam B is on page 86 of 152 of Between the World and Me

[author speaking of 9/11] "Manhattan had always been Ground Zero for us...Bin Laden was not the first man to bring terror to that section of the city."

Wow. You just took 9/11 and made it something to be glossed over so you could focus on wrongs you felt done to you from the past. I'm going to have to force myself to finish this book. Respect lost.

— Sep 16, 2016 11:28AM Add a comment