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Poll: The last book I read was Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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neilmac
Spain
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| State-of-the-Art | Jul 30, 2022 |
I'm a big fan of the science fiction works of Scottish writer Iain M Banks. State-of-the-art - which I'm currently rereading - is a collection of short stories that can serve as an introduction to the author's Culture novels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series
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| Purely for pleasure | Jul 30, 2022 |
The last book I read was “Le Pays des Autres” by Leila Slimani, a French author I’m very fond of. I'm thinking of buying all her books, except for "Une Chanson Douce" (I bought and read it last year).
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| Purely for pleasure | Jul 30, 2022 |
For me it was Anna Lembke's "Dopamine Nation", finished it last night. Great read!
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| El plan infinito, Isabel Allente | Jul 30, 2022 |
Teresa Borges wrote:
The last book I read was “Le Pays des Autres” by Leila Slimani, a French author I’m very fond of. I'm thinking of buying all her books, except for "Une Chanson Douce" (I bought and read it last year).
As for me, the last book I read, and keep always reading on a daily basis as a maniac bookworm, was ''El plan infinito'' of Isabel Allende, in Greek.
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Alexandr Kopiy 
Russian Federation
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English to Russian
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| Just for pleasure | Jul 30, 2022 |
My last read book - G.K. Chesterton's The Adventures of Father Brown. Wonderful stories!
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| The last book I read was | Jul 30, 2022 |
The last book I read was Caminho, Verdade e Vida, psicographed of Francisco Cândido Xavier. This is an espiritual book, explain some biblical passages according to Spiritual Doctrine.
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| I'm on maternity leave ... | Jul 30, 2022 |
... and the last book I read was about babies Which is a pleasure, for sure, but it's mainly about the 'work' I'm doing right now: taking care of my newborn and staying sane at the same time 
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| Congratulations! | Jul 30, 2022 |
Edith van der Have wrote: ... and the last book I read was about babies Which is a pleasure, for sure, but it's mainly about the 'work' I'm doing right now: taking care of my newborn and staying sane at the same time
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 11:29
French to English
Edith van der Have wrote: ... and the last book I read was about babies Which is a pleasure, for sure, but it's mainly about the 'work' I'm doing right now: taking care of my newborn and staying sane at the same time
Congratulation Edith!
And bon courage because a newborn can be very hard work especially when you're used to sleeping soundly all night long!
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 11:29
French to English
Anastasia Kalantzi wrote: Teresa Borges wrote:
The last book I read was “Le Pays des Autres” by Leila Slimani, a French author I’m very fond of. I'm thinking of buying all her books, except for "Une Chanson Douce" (I bought and read it last year). As for me, the last book I read, and keep always reading on a daily basis as a maniac bookworm, was ''El plan infinito'' of Isabel Allende, in Greek.
If you enjoyed that, you'll also love The "House of the Spirits" by the same author, one of my all-time favourite books, I love it even more than "100 years of solitude" which is the great classic in the magical realism genre. And I also preferred "Love in the Time of the Cholera" also by Garcia Marquez come to think of it.
The last book I really enjoyed (not quite the question asked but pfff) was Delphine de Vigan's "D'après une histoire vraie" ("Based on a True Story") which you literally only get on the very last line of the very last page.
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Dan Lucas
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:29
Member (2014)
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| Mr Atkinson's Rum Contract | Jul 30, 2022 |
By Richard Atkinson. I enjoyed it, but would probably need to read it again to fully understand the complex family interconnections. One eye-opener to me was the breadth and depth of popular support in Britain for the abolition of slavery in the late 1700s, with petitions being submitted to Parliament by all regions of the country. Details and reviews may be found here.
Cur... See more By Richard Atkinson. I enjoyed it, but would probably need to read it again to fully understand the complex family interconnections. One eye-opener to me was the breadth and depth of popular support in Britain for the abolition of slavery in the late 1700s, with petitions being submitted to Parliament by all regions of the country. Details and reviews may be found here.
Currently reading Four Thousand Weeks, which - as a perpetually "busy" person - has already grabbed my attention.
I second neilmac's recommendation of the Culture series conceived by Iain M Banks. He left us far too early.
Regards,
Dan
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| For pleasure... And to hone my target language skills | Jul 30, 2022 |
I'm a huge thriller fan, so I'm reading a lot of this genre, mainly in my target/native language, so, as a translator, I stay in contact with my mother tongue.
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Irving Reyes
Dominican Republic
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English to Spanish
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| Science Fiction | Jul 30, 2022 |
Dune
Frank Herbert
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| Some of the latest gems | Jul 30, 2022 |
Bill Plotkin's
Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
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Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche
Ronald Wright - A Short History of Progress
Christopher Ryan - Civilized to Death
Daniel Quinn - Ishmael and The Story of B
Katy Bowman - Move your DNA
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