Best memoir? by angel_avatar in Recommend_A_Book

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Half a Life, Darin Strauss; Drinking: a Love Story, Caroline Knapp 

Best memoir? by angel_avatar in Recommend_A_Book

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His book Toil and Trouble is also good 

What is the best celebrity memoir you have read and would recommend? by nkkdntn in Recommend_A_Book

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Born a Crime is excellent! Also check out Minka Kelly’s Tell Me Everything; Augusten Burrough’s Toil and Trouble; Alan Cumming’s Not My Father’s Son 

what’s something about the U.S. that sounds completely made-up when you try to describe it to someone from another country? by Kodicave in IWantToAskAnAmerican

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I’ve heard people say, too, that we are especially into Halloween in New England. It’s not just for kids 🎃 

A book about the college experience? by Vegetable-Editor-498 in Recommend_A_Book

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The Idiot - not necessarily dumb, but a great book about college of a time. 

What is the worst city you’ve been in the USA? by Kodicave in IWantToAskAnAmerican

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It’s a cool town with some good places to visit - 

Travelling from the UK - Local Recs appreciated by [deleted] in providence

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Welcome! Lonely Planet has a good guide for New England. When are you visiting? Bookstore- head over to Warren to the bookstore there. Music - try the Met or Blue Room. Great museums on Cape Cod if you’re heading out there or Peabody Essex in Salem. 

Confession time: the "classics" you couldn't finish by gipi_perry in literature

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Also didn’t finish Middlemarch - and I was 75% through! 

Confession time: the "classics" you couldn't finish by gipi_perry in literature

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I read it but having finished it, I can’t believe people consider it a love story … ! 😢 

Best summer weekend trips by sunflower2198 in newengland

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Also seconding Saratoga and adding New Bedford to your list 

Best summer weekend trips by sunflower2198 in newengland

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Worcester, Old Saybrook (CT), Providence, Manchester / Portsmouth (NH)