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This is always a fun topic. We ran through ten books I read but never reviewed earlier in the year. Here are a few others.
I might have been a teenager the first time I read The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank. I definitely wasn't dating yet. While I'm not sure I could fully appreciate what Anne went through or understand it all, she was so open about all her emotions that she seemed relatable, especially as she was exploring her relationship with Peter.
Battle Cry of Freedom is an engaging narrative about the American Civil War. It won author James McPherson the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. Though this book was an assigned textbook for a college course, it read more like a novel to me. I still have the same copy in my bookcase.
Gerald's Game was the second-to-last Stephen King book I read immediately after its release. Tired of playing her husband's kinky sex games, Jessie Burlingame kicks her husband and accidentally kills him. Now, she is strapped to the bedpost in an isolated lakeside cabin, all alone. As much as I enjoyed diving into Jessie's head as she tries to escape, I found this book utterly disturbing. King published Dolores Claiborne after this novel. I struggled through that before giving up his books completely.
In the early 90s, I read many of Margaret Truman's books about murder in Washington D.C. Now known as the Capital Crimes series, Murder at the Pentagon is the one I recall enjoying the most.
Have you read any of these books? Is there an author whom you stopped reading for one reason or another? Is there an author you've been reading for decades?
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I can't remember if I read McPherson completely through or not when I was in my BIG ACW phase in high school, but I remember reading some stuff by him!
Gerald's Game is compelling but you're right, it is rather disturbing.
Gerald's Game was definitely disturbing! Some of Stephen King's older stuff isn't as bad, but it's always a tossup with his books.
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Stephen, I have two main book collections: Laura Ingalls Wilder and books about her and her family, and then there is my Civil War collection. Most of the LIW books have been read, but still have many unread in the Civil War collection. Retirement days, maybe. :) Thanks for visiting.
I cannot read that stuff these days, George. True crime still works for me, though. Maybe that's because you don't get as much of the psychological stuff with true crime as you do King's books. Thanks for stopping by.
One of my favorite books is The Stand. Not a ton of gore, but still somewhat disturbing. Thanks for visiting today, Aymee.
I have a McPherson book...(checks) "Ordeal by Fire." I love that he delves into so many aspects of history that other writers skim over. Real Civil War buffs like the battles--I'm not one. I do appreciate the nuances of why some places in the South were well known as sympathetic to the Northern side, at the time, and vice versa, and why people who weren't drafted or even supposed to be allowed to join either army did in fact join both.
(Fun fact: In grade four, when I read about the War at school, I wanted to be on the Southern side. The more I've read, the more I've felt that both sides were inexcusable. I've come to appreciate John Ross's point of view more every year.)
I loved The Diary of a Young Girl!
I haven't read that one yet, Priscilla. Thanks for sharing it. Such a neat fact. Appreciate your visit.
Loved that book, Lydia. Thanks for stopping by today.
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