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Books I've Read Lately - September/October 2019

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As I've mentioned on this blog before, I'm a pretty big reader . A couple of times before I have written about books I've recently read, and I've decided to do the same here. Here are some books that I've read and enjoyed throughout the past couple of months. Maybe you'll find something to read too. 1. "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover I mentioned this book in my last blog article , in which I savagely (and gleefully) trashed another writer's negative review of the book in question. It tells the amazing tale of a young woman who goes from living in a home in the middle of nowhere Idaho where her parents are obsessed with the end of the world, don't believe in public schools (and many other things), and allow her older brother to physically abuse her. She goes from having no formal education to leaving Idaho and getting a PhD. 2. "Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over" by Nell Painter Here's another good bo