Goodreads Recommends: Firstreads! Mark IV
This is the shelf for books I won in Goodreads giveaways for the purpose of reviewing them. They're an ecletic lot, bound together by the fact someone wanted to draw attention to them. Are the books Goodreads thinks I will like based on others I've read stand the test? Let's find out!
Aethelstan: The First King of England by Sarah Foot All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson The Art of Dealing with People by Les Giblin
Barrio: Photographs from Chicago's Pilsen and Little Village by Paul D'Amato Be Basic (Genesis 1-11): Believing the Simple Truth of God's Word by Warren W. Wiersbe Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness by Ian Tattersall Belgarath the Sorcerer by David Eddings Birthright by David Hingley Bitcoin for the Befuddled by Conrad Barski Black Prophetic Fire by Cornel West Blue Beetle by Keith Giffen Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl The Brotherhood of Merlin by Rory D. Nelson
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley Change #1 by Ales Kot Cold Tuscan Stone by David P. Wagner
Death and the Chapman by Kate Sedley Dr. Space: The Life of Wernher Von Braun by Bob Ward
Everything Connects: How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation, and Sustainability by Faisal Hoque Found, Near Water by Katherine Hayton The Freedom Line: The Brave Men and Women Who Rescued Allied Airmen from the Nazis During World War II by Peter Eisner
Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas by David G. Schwartz Grandville by Bryan Talbot The Great Grisby: Two Thousand Years of Literary, Royal, Philosophical, and Artistic Dog Lovers and Their Exceptional Animals by Mikita Brottman Gringo Nightmare: A Young American Framed for Murder in Nicaragua by Eric Volz
How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together by James J. Sexton
Liverpool Connection by Elisabeth Marrion Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves by Henry Wiencek The Myth of Meritocracy: Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs by James Bloodworth
Perfect Phrases for Business Letters by Ken O'Quinn The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture by David Brion Davis Protector by Laurel Dewey
Quieter Than Sleep by Joanne Dobson Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds by Lyanda Lynn Haupt Red Mercury Blues by Reggie Nadelson The Religious Body by Catherine Aird Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod
Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland Silver Smoke by Monica Leonelle Simon's Cat by Simon Tofield The Story of Seeds: From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World by Nancy Castaldo Sumo by Thien Pham
Tell Me a Story: Finding God (and Ourselves) Through Narrative by Scott McClellan That's Not What They Meant!: Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing by Michael Austin Trees, Vol. 1: In Shadow by Warren Ellis
Vacation Boy: Does This Count as a Career?: Eclectic Tales of Adventure from Around the Globe by Jon L. Sattler Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion Truth in the Immigration Debate by Matthew Soerens Wine of Violence by Priscilla Royal
And now the Firstreads Writers Hall of Fame!
Andrews, Donna-2 Bell, Bob Boze-2 Brannan, Sandra-2 Brooks, Terry-2 Potzsch, Oliver-2 Simon, Shaun-2 Toth-Smith, Pat-2 Westerson, Jeri-2
Asbridge, Thomas Bell, Cece Bender, Adam Bissonnette, Zac Blake, Robin Bowman, Rex
Clement, Blaize Conner, Claire
Diamond, Jared Foer, Franklin Fox, Alan C.
Hall, Tarquin Hoskins, Tansy E.
Krist, Gary Letts, Elizabeth
McDaniel, Lynda McGowan, Bill Moody, Dwight L.
Neufeld, Michael J. Newton, Doug Nissley, Tom
Ojito, Mirta Parkinson-Morgan, Tom Peabody, Erin Pelonero, Catherine
R., M. Daniel Carroll Rabins, Peter V. Robinson, Alan G. Robinson, Bryan E.
Siler, Julia Flynn Smiley, Tavis Stone, Douglas Strycker, Noah Swanson, Doug J.
No clear-cut winner this time, but you might want to give all these writers a try!
Your thoughts, comments, and books you've won in giveaways?
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