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Book #111 was A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson. The back of the book reads: God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world’s longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the
Read moreBook #110 was Dearly Devoted Dexter, Jeff Lindsay’s second Dexter book. The back of the book reads: Life’s tough for Dexter Morgan. It’s not easy being the world’s only serial killer with a conscience, especially when you work for the Miami police. To avoid suspicion, Dexter’s had to slip deep into his disguise: spending time with his girlfriend and her kids, slowly becoming the world’s
Read moreBook #109 was Nothing Lost by John Gregory Dunne. The back of the book reads: From one of America’s most celebrated writers, an incandescent love story set in a small American town overtaken by the celebrity machine that comes to feast on a big-time criminal trial. In the town of Regent, a lurid murder becomes a magnet for the media, the best and worst of
Read moreBook #108 was Birds of a Feather, the second book in Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs series. The back of the book reads: Jacqueline Winspear’s marvelous and inspired debut, Maisie Dobbs, won her fans from coast to coast and raised her intuitive, intelligent, and resourceful heroine to the ranks of literature’s favorite sleuths. Birds of a Feather finds Maisie Dobbs on another dangerously intriguing adventure in
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