“Perfect Strangers” – book about survivors of the Boston Marathon attack in 2013 – the biography of a lady who lost most of her leg – and the rescue team she’s stayed in touch with – she’s actually probably going to marry the fireman – i sadly realized while reading this book that i know a lot about amputees now – and a lot of it is due to Boston – but i know that things are tough with them – running with a blade may look cool but it’s very, very hard – the other takeaway i had was that there are levels of surviving things – so you can’t lament your case when there are others who are worse – you just have to stick your head down and keep going

“strangers in their own land” – for my trip to mobile, a book about louisiana – it’s in bad shape, by the way – it was an interesting book – a cal-berkley sociologist – the book is supposed to “explain” southern white voters – and it did to a certain extent – side note, strangers appeared in both book titles – what are the odds?

“bad singer” – great book about tone deafness – can it be cured – can it be improved – how do we learn music – it was  good book – fits well with giftedness – what can you improve on – what are you just given

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