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peacebuzzard

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28. Same here

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:57 PM

Oct 14

especially historical characters of the New World. It is fascinating, terrifying and real and surreal how we actually came to this point in time.

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What is your favorite genre of book? Mine are mysteries. And you? [View all] debm55 Oct 14 OP

Mystery/Thriller OLDMDDEM Oct 14 #1

Thank you very much, OLDMDDEM. debm55 Oct 14 #6

I would have to say biographies. Mad_Dem_X Oct 14 #2

Thank you very much Mad_Dem_X. I also enjoy reading historical biographies. debm55 Oct 14 #8

I fell in love with Sherlock Holmes at the age of 12 from reading "Study in Scarlet" Coventina Oct 14 #3

HAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, Coventina debm55 Oct 14 #9

Cozy mysteries written with lots of humor and animals integral to the story. SheltieLover Oct 14 #4

OMG! I love cozies!!! Do you have a favorite series? Coventina Oct 14 #5

Great choice, SheltieLover. Great choice. debm55 Oct 14 #10

Sci/Fi, Fantasy, Action adventure, spooky stories (King & Koontz) historicall novels, biographies. lark Oct 14 #7

Thank you, lark. Excellent choices. debm55 Oct 14 #12

Mystery is my favorite genre. MIButterfly Oct 14 #11

Thank you very much MIButterfly. Wonderful choices. debm55 Oct 14 #13

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Historical novels madamesilverspurs Oct 14 #15

Thank you very much, madamesilverspurs. Those are great choices. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Oct 14 #16

"Herman Wouk's Winds of War and War and Remembrance are compelling." 3catwoman3 Oct 14 #29

Excellent choices, 3 catwoman3, I too like to read the book before seeing the movie to see castong changes and what was debm55 Oct 14 #37

Nonfiction, earth sciences and meterology, history catbyte Oct 14 #17

HAHAHA, Thank you very much, catbyte. I married a science geek. debm55 Oct 14 #23

it varies, but I've mostly been reading history and biographies lately mike_c Oct 14 #18

Thank you very much, mike_c. Great choices of books. debm55 Oct 14 #24

Same here peacebuzzard Oct 14 #28

I'm especially interested in 20th century world history mike_c Oct 14 #34

Agree, with you peacebuzzard. And in this point in time, it will only get worse. debm55 Oct 14 #38

Science fiction/ Fantasy WmChris Oct 14 #19

Wonderful, WmChris. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Oct 14 #25

Include me in with the mystery crowd. Polly Hennessey Oct 14 #20

Wow, You really love to read. Thank you, Polly Hennessey for all your current selections. debm55 Oct 14 #30

True crime and then mysteries. sinkingfeeling Oct 14 #21

Thank you very much sinkingfeeling. I have been watching true crime on my tablet. debm55 Oct 14 #31

Mysteries but not the gore and macho man type. efhmc Oct 14 #22

Agree with you efhmc. I not into gore books and movies. debm55 Oct 14 #39

Non fiction. Cultural histories. applegrove Oct 14 #26

Wonderful choices, applegrove. debm55 Oct 14 #40

Horror exboyfil Oct 14 #27

Very interesting. Thank you so much, exboyfil, for sharing with us. debm55 Oct 14 #33

It depends entirely on what I'm in the mood for, and that varies a lot. 3catwoman3 Oct 14 #32

Agree 3catwoman3. I used to like scary books in my younger days. I agree with rereading books, especially mysteries as debm55 Oct 14 #41

Rock Star & Band Bios ProfessorGAC Oct 14 #35

Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC. It sounds very interesting. debm55 Oct 14 #36

Sci-Fi, Action adventure, Spies dickthegrouch Oct 14 #42

Great choice of reading books and variety of selections. Thank you very much, dickthegrouch. debm55 Oct 14 #43

Mysteries, Thrillers, and Science Fiction LogDog75 Oct 14 #44

Thank you very much, LogDog75. I have read all the books in the Outlanders series. It is set in Scotland and characters debm55 Oct 14 #47

Sci-fi/Bio's/History-n/t marked50 Oct 14 #45

Thank you very much for sharing. marked50 debm55 Oct 14 #46

Mysteries, yes some_of_us_are_sane Oct 14 #48

Thank you very much, some_of _us_are_sane. debm55 Oct 14 #49

Mysteries MustLoveBeagles Oct 14 #50

Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Oct 14 #51

I mostly enjoy historical non-fiction JoseBalow Oct 14 #52

Thank you very much, JoseBalow, for sharing your books with us. debm55 Oct 14 #53

Non fiction choie Oct 14 #54

Excellent.choice.Thank you for sharing. debm55 Oct 14 #55

Thanks for asking! choie Oct 14 #57

Mysteries/thrillers. Scandinavian noir. Biographies. History. Diamond_Dog Oct 14 #56

Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog. wonderful. debm55 Oct 14 #61

I enjoy a good mystery... Trueblue Texan Oct 14 #58

Thank you, Trueblue Texan. I sometimes read historical fiction. debm55 Oct 14 #62

Historical fiction.... Based on some history with some enhanced story telling. Norrrm Oct 14 #59

Thank you very much,Norrm. Great selection. debm55 Oct 14 #60

Science fiction. Morbius Wednesday #63

Thank you very much, Morbius. You have a wide variety of books. Yes, for the History. debm55 Wednesday #68

Cozy Mysteries wendyb-NC Wednesday #64

Thank you very much, wendyb-NC. Thank you for your unique selection of books. debm55 Wednesday #67

Mostly ART BOOKS... GReedDiamond Wednesday #65

Thank you very much, GReedDiamond. Wonderful genre of books. debm55 Wednesday #66

Various Sciene Fiction. Maigical Realism... electric_blue68 Friday #69

Excellent selections, thank you very much, electric_blue68 debm55 Friday #71

Anything by John Grisham. Emile Friday #70

Terrific. Thank you Emile. debm55 Friday #72