tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52127457891871493622024-03-17T20:04:01.141-07:00Reading in the GardenBOOK REVIEWS, RECOMMENDATIONS, & NEWS.Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-38247347905379039972023-12-26T09:30:00.000-08:002023-12-26T09:30:00.133-08:002023 Book Club Lists<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">2023 Book Club Lists</span></span></h1><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ukla0wfRTK7VvJ2LX3zukdtoMUsfIlghO8mFf9KxJyc9cHHCfXjql9m9CHKwn71MJkjg1SoOwASF1AM64bs5kMF_45uRJBaSEK9QVSBs27wJBa19VhjCENJRFyzClTYFmH51ewUWQnbscF5BIrykcLe0VgpOASVTcnOmB_vNp5IJrJNgJ9UJoQzQtxI/s1517/9781542021746_a46b2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ukla0wfRTK7VvJ2LX3zukdtoMUsfIlghO8mFf9KxJyc9cHHCfXjql9m9CHKwn71MJkjg1SoOwASF1AM64bs5kMF_45uRJBaSEK9QVSBs27wJBa19VhjCENJRFyzClTYFmH51ewUWQnbscF5BIrykcLe0VgpOASVTcnOmB_vNp5IJrJNgJ9UJoQzQtxI/s320/9781542021746_a46b2.jpeg" width="211" /></a></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">2023 Idaho Book Worms Book Club </span></b>– my book club <span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">😊</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">💫Jan - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBlksgPcS8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫Feb - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpKoxpkLgZM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">The Guncle by Steven Rowley</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫Mar - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBAYJHrjLQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫Apr - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr52NDpP0z8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫May/June - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CtZGIjOLXuP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫Jul - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs6KEyEyU13/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫Aug - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuUUNOdrdTs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫Sep - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CxqVmfsLQCx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">The Time Machine by H.G. Wells</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫Oct - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyvjFHArrUe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💫Nov - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cztwc4cLE6Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">💢We do not meet in December since the holidays are hectic enough. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF2cP7GqX0ebHvaruJy2LpF_xdY2xpzAfiLjDMXvTrkfupDkuLeA9TTouFUU-FPuz7FUy4QNl9lKnD73N-8ISPxV7PHz_suvq3eHDbdahyBlS7Bv659SA2GnPb_XK1tBcZtZS2NSBhXNUK4CoAw604A_n_7T8RjFeaSvrZM1GuAAbsRJyCISWY0-8fQA/s1528/9781250284372_a8cd9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF2cP7GqX0ebHvaruJy2LpF_xdY2xpzAfiLjDMXvTrkfupDkuLeA9TTouFUU-FPuz7FUy4QNl9lKnD73N-8ISPxV7PHz_suvq3eHDbdahyBlS7Bv659SA2GnPb_XK1tBcZtZS2NSBhXNUK4CoAw604A_n_7T8RjFeaSvrZM1GuAAbsRJyCISWY0-8fQA/s320/9781250284372_a8cd9.jpeg" width="209" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">2023 Well-Read Moose Gems </span></b></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wellreadmoose.com">wellreadmoose.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Jan – Bandit Queen Parni Shroff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Feb – House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Mar – I Have Some Questions for you by Rebecca Makkai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Apr – Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">May – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrI_o1Yr9lS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw==" target="_blank">No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Jun – Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Jul – The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Aug – The Last Ranger by Peter Heller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Sep – The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Oct – Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Nov – Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💎</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Dec – The Little Liar by Mitch Albom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeBIya0HDnmlb_t8fPTCDlqwYaYRwaqPahuhFtCqsxAg5_lQs68t_wJfs7DJH0tQTR1f0OAqeT7gm8lOQyzsDUviWxWuqTVvUohyphenhyphenLxHdwsmxZFTpNiEbqf3XdLpUTgV3sXSxGrUYI6NQypQtWUo8x0b87A8Dv7xIeWBh7YgPZGWvGJKreI1UkdlBju0U/s1000/Yelloface.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="663" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeBIya0HDnmlb_t8fPTCDlqwYaYRwaqPahuhFtCqsxAg5_lQs68t_wJfs7DJH0tQTR1f0OAqeT7gm8lOQyzsDUviWxWuqTVvUohyphenhyphenLxHdwsmxZFTpNiEbqf3XdLpUTgV3sXSxGrUYI6NQypQtWUo8x0b87A8Dv7xIeWBh7YgPZGWvGJKreI1UkdlBju0U/s320/Yelloface.jpeg" width="212" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">2023 Good Reads Choice Awards</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🏆</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Fiction – Yellowface by RF Kuang<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🏆</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Mystery – The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🏆</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Historical Fiction – Weyward by Emelia Hart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🏆</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Fantasy – Hell Bend by Leigh Bardugo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🏆</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Romance – Happy Place by Emily Henry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🏆</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Sci-Fi – In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🏆</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif">Humor – Being Henry by Henry Winkler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdl-oyHNT-SXwFWBm1LJOc5pe-xpCbEhlDRnAP_A-w2AHvjeG0DCBPm8jsNyVheZyqX-ZPTMvpOP3sR1u-KFWxtHHS8v1Au1BsyY1q8IoKMkJXKgUnkMrriDO3yLSahzG2-mkLCDLwwIyA-MyTYEjr35awkFWALDbfYcId3GWLXAw1ArExn-5JAn3VBMI/s500/Celebrants.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdl-oyHNT-SXwFWBm1LJOc5pe-xpCbEhlDRnAP_A-w2AHvjeG0DCBPm8jsNyVheZyqX-ZPTMvpOP3sR1u-KFWxtHHS8v1Au1BsyY1q8IoKMkJXKgUnkMrriDO3yLSahzG2-mkLCDLwwIyA-MyTYEjr35awkFWALDbfYcId3GWLXAw1ArExn-5JAn3VBMI/s320/Celebrants.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">2023 Read with Jenna Book Club</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Jan – Sam by Allegra Goodman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Feb – Maame by Jessica George<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Mar – Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Apr – Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">May – Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Jun- The Celebrants by Steven Rowley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Jul – Banyan Moon by Thao Thai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Aug – Summer Sisters by Judy Blume<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Sep – Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Oct – How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Nov – The Sun Sets in Singapore by Kehinde Fadipe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">♦</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">️</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Dec – We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Q91KyOzOBUxd7UqCsRTAFqI0uQFL9iHoTL-wTr38NIPvtgtdOtrXWQApd-xuXr2mJqCzKEr0CuQ1hest6bC5yQSyrv5MFXhWkt-keBg-SlJ9RjqxHwhclfBwotxIJgq-iUwxDg1E7zFjphpQzZdqGiwbQuDkTQxIhjYEPGgLM-3bYp-UVGgtTTTuy6U/s978/63241104.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Q91KyOzOBUxd7UqCsRTAFqI0uQFL9iHoTL-wTr38NIPvtgtdOtrXWQApd-xuXr2mJqCzKEr0CuQ1hest6bC5yQSyrv5MFXhWkt-keBg-SlJ9RjqxHwhclfBwotxIJgq-iUwxDg1E7zFjphpQzZdqGiwbQuDkTQxIhjYEPGgLM-3bYp-UVGgtTTTuy6U/s320/63241104.jpeg" width="212" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">2023 Reese’s Book Club</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Jan – The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Feb – The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Mar – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Apr – Romantic Comedy by Curtis Steinfeld<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">May – Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Jun – Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Jul – Yellowface by RF Kuang<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Aug – Tom Lake by Ann Patchett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Sep – Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🌞</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Oct – Starling House by Alix E. 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margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🔅</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Dec – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0ereovPFxd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw== " target="_blank">The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DnZyUE4yvy8kmX-AfVCMzz4HcTUHTFNQ-60IJd1Q3pDQEJ-FOJ7cyVFj7Qk7dOpfXugRdWYM7n2312Ai1MUNp_UVqb74ACWOJ5yAvbQ42ZXqryatn9wBxeoexqvJgyj-DaU2CRMb9LSuI_gjSZqmCJCUuBAnILyqnUJgjQQKxW3uhwaDauhbdhG5qTc/s375/The-Heaven-and-Earth-Grocery-Store-A-Novel-9780593422946.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Poverty in America by Matthew Desmond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">The Wager by David Grann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">King: A Life by Jonathan Eig<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">All Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🎯</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif">Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Segoe UI Symbol, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Here's hoping 2024 brings you nothing of 5-star rated books that will knock your socks off!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Segoe UI Symbol, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Segoe UI Symbol, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Happy New Reading Year!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Segoe UI Symbol, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Annette</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Segoe UI Symbol, sans-serif"><br /></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-26028494146800695032023-09-15T06:38:00.003-07:002023-09-16T16:11:02.926-07:00The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> Maugham in Malaya</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pnBpvCfsNxmfQoS2cOp_PxCAYSnhKzPIxP0RlLs2BIb6H0YLjJkebqo5WYFRTopMbt4M_s_ZP94PT_m7sgfpXDGcoGOvtQakHn6vaG8fLOXukR-tJDROCvm2JwEzYoWBinG7RszBESyk3e0jGwQbRc_WCK_dT5rAwsjHyxBiXvZB5461BL0UKsXKwtE/s4160/House%20of%20Doors.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pnBpvCfsNxmfQoS2cOp_PxCAYSnhKzPIxP0RlLs2BIb6H0YLjJkebqo5WYFRTopMbt4M_s_ZP94PT_m7sgfpXDGcoGOvtQakHn6vaG8fLOXukR-tJDROCvm2JwEzYoWBinG7RszBESyk3e0jGwQbRc_WCK_dT5rAwsjHyxBiXvZB5461BL0UKsXKwtE/s320/House%20of%20Doors.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A book worthy of its gorgeous cover!</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Eloquent prose threads its way through exotic 1921 Malaya when renowned author W. Somerset Maugham visits an old friend. Maugham finds inspiration for his next book in the story of a decade-old murder that serves as a backdrop for the complexities of social mores, cultural clashes, and one’s inner truth. Alluring and moving.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I liked the way Tan Twan Eng blended the lives of Maugham with the struggles of his hostess, along with the woman who murdered a man, and the Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen who fought to bring down the Ching (Qing) Dynasty, a part of history I didn’t know much about (especially the Taiping Rebellion). The stories were engaging, the setting was striking, and the writing was beautiful. And, I loved the symbolism behind the title of the book. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>This book has staying-power and will be talked about for years to come! It's been long-listed for the Booker Prize.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pub date: Oct 17</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here are some of the quotes I loved:</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“He picked up his letter opener, disemboweled the envelope and drew out the piece of paper inside.” pg 68</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“He was conscious of his smile unstitching itself from his face.” pg 83</span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity.” pg 270</span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UqrKzjYzSnaMcS5TtM_Dux-W8Ruzi0_GGrKVmp6mJrryvtS2TKMRm-B931Q_xn3nD79VIjYqb6ZKfEuoatDitvccp86ZMCdV3Q3Km47wAMgj-xndnuAoHQa7OugYh8d_sxyIcIak5MccCvS1diD9ycDR01l86RIkWOwenBvAIbH_mUgyFujTesa1JSA/s3623/Moon%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3623" data-original-width="3120" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UqrKzjYzSnaMcS5TtM_Dux-W8Ruzi0_GGrKVmp6mJrryvtS2TKMRm-B931Q_xn3nD79VIjYqb6ZKfEuoatDitvccp86ZMCdV3Q3Km47wAMgj-xndnuAoHQa7OugYh8d_sxyIcIak5MccCvS1diD9ycDR01l86RIkWOwenBvAIbH_mUgyFujTesa1JSA/w217-h251/Moon%202.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As a sidenote, so far, I had read only <i>The Moon and Sixpence</i> by Somerset Maugham, which I really liked. I have<i> Of Human Bondage</i> and <i>The Razor’s Edge</i> on my shelf ready for me to read. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The House of Doors</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> spurred me on to read Maugham's most famous short story, <i>Rain</i>, and I can see why it was so celebrated. It was a powerful story that made me mad, pushed my buttons, as was intended. And the ending is worthy of a book club discussion. 😮</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy reading!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Annette </span></span></p></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-81187043469383636812023-07-20T09:00:00.010-07:002023-07-20T09:00:00.137-07:00Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> Remains of the Day</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCvbTCwXfQ1hr9WGm5BM-dSZ_DwI98yWxYSGqukQktllSReXg-X5m9YobVDB0w6g8XQcVIyGDmlu4py6AgFX7YvS_JJ2-sFZdNUgKaDV39QMKFAEcD-XfHqab50od5Erbl4SLEmBL7ACnRKszrJIxNDs4wGbqM5QpVMOVe5hmSiz1YdCJdBpssRF8apM/s350/Remains%20of%20the%20Day.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCvbTCwXfQ1hr9WGm5BM-dSZ_DwI98yWxYSGqukQktllSReXg-X5m9YobVDB0w6g8XQcVIyGDmlu4py6AgFX7YvS_JJ2-sFZdNUgKaDV39QMKFAEcD-XfHqab50od5Erbl4SLEmBL7ACnRKszrJIxNDs4wGbqM5QpVMOVe5hmSiz1YdCJdBpssRF8apM/s320/Remains%20of%20the%20Day.jpeg" width="199" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This book immediately struck me as a character study. I didn’t expect much action, and predictably, didn’t get much. Mostly it was about getting inside a stuffy, dignified butler’s head, listening to his internal dialogue, his thought process, and his many recollections of a thirty-year career, annnnnnnnnnd—I LOVED IT!! 💗 It had such depth and insight that I couldn’t wait to return each day to see what Mr. Stevens would reveal and what the outcome of his quest would be. I was not disappointed. In fact, the book stirred me more than I expected. Yes, those tears fell freely when I wasn’t looking. It snuck up on me—all of it, all of Mr. Stevens’ days that he shared moved me in some way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m not sure this book is for everyone. "Boring" is how one friend described it as he politely set it aside. BUT I truly believe if my friend got into his Zen mode and picked it up again, he might—if not quite LOVE it—at least appreciate it. In my opinion this book definitely earned its Booker Prize.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIgeyhelQ1fJRp-cAwMsgp2pF7mMOmoM3ua3DoFB0WAqKYpYZC0f5kGBeiPtIECk3PbpCA10TS8U0OhwrRzbvo1gbKYR0o8mGDD2-o2L2NDW4s9nV8SwjjJ3ytOnr46TTzePUATffaDlJ-XpGhZ9j7v6V8SYCw6q-BqEs4YdqV0flBv2cHym0gO5Cj0w/s582/Man+Booker+Prize+Logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="500" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIgeyhelQ1fJRp-cAwMsgp2pF7mMOmoM3ua3DoFB0WAqKYpYZC0f5kGBeiPtIECk3PbpCA10TS8U0OhwrRzbvo1gbKYR0o8mGDD2-o2L2NDW4s9nV8SwjjJ3ytOnr46TTzePUATffaDlJ-XpGhZ9j7v6V8SYCw6q-BqEs4YdqV0flBv2cHym0gO5Cj0w/w182-h212/Man+Booker+Prize+Logo.png" width="182" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>I think my friend and I would have a lot to discuss, namely Stevens’ dignity, his</span><span> </span><i>unflappable</i><span> </span><span>dignity, that with years of practice pumps through the blood of great butlers.</span><span> </span><span> </span><span>We would also touch upon Stevens’ utter devotion and loyalty to his employer and his profession as a butler of the highest standards—to which he yielded his life.</span><span> </span><span> </span><span>We would, no doubt, discuss Stevens’ father and Stevens’ obvious blindness to Miss Kenton. Finally we’ll fold in some anecdotes like the message he’s expected to deliver to twenty-three-year-old Reginald, or Stevens’ difficulty with the concept of relaxed, bantering conversations.</span><span> </span><span> </span><span>In the end, we’ll ask—was it all worth it for Stevens?</span><span> </span><span> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ll say it again; I loved this book. Another reason to like it is that it didn’t presume to take up an enormous amount of time. At 245 pages, it was an enjoyable hill instead of a challenging mountain to climb. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBk4VzAp1qems3GTKfbqEuewKFyu2EeLL8mLy6TcXyU2x-5sNvkv0nQ4CtdykSjHJ_PeuxSPf1feqsL5lwZo2vHNxsbenh5Cbw3GLakF2pUq2G94tEAfQnON88hP77G728degcg2WkB2hv86hNL8um5I_PE6VCnDbR4A9IGNaTmaF_KL2WiI4MHPmEY24/s1492/MV5BNDYwOThlMDAtYWUwMS00MjY5LTliMGUtZWFiYTA5MjYwZDAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjY1NTQ0NDg@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBk4VzAp1qems3GTKfbqEuewKFyu2EeLL8mLy6TcXyU2x-5sNvkv0nQ4CtdykSjHJ_PeuxSPf1feqsL5lwZo2vHNxsbenh5Cbw3GLakF2pUq2G94tEAfQnON88hP77G728degcg2WkB2hv86hNL8um5I_PE6VCnDbR4A9IGNaTmaF_KL2WiI4MHPmEY24/s320/MV5BNDYwOThlMDAtYWUwMS00MjY5LTliMGUtZWFiYTA5MjYwZDAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjY1NTQ0NDg@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpeg" width="214" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>I know the book was made into a movie in 1993, but I have no desire to see the film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. I’m sure they did an excellent job, and I probably wouldn’t even see flashes of Hannibal Lecter seeping through Stevens’ persona, but for now I have my own images formed and will relish in them.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Annette</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p></div>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-29333529762985634732023-07-01T18:07:00.001-07:002023-07-21T09:39:56.725-07:00West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> Winner of a Book!</b></span></h2><div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yrrScR4qViEqcZ8XFA8U8F7S_VkdNEMgAH7BKziABBHLAND0RnnKYUYqueVquP87cObw97j_VlemALADcDPimEZyAGtPu8owF7Q0aCAuZiiyZF82q9Y8sY6ZvWaRgKApVjwt-Kp2yJnqPDna11GD2UpqToixiJbo03bzO_uRu6iQF-seU0KBcjnz9XY/s1517/9781542021746_a46b2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yrrScR4qViEqcZ8XFA8U8F7S_VkdNEMgAH7BKziABBHLAND0RnnKYUYqueVquP87cObw97j_VlemALADcDPimEZyAGtPu8owF7Q0aCAuZiiyZF82q9Y8sY6ZvWaRgKApVjwt-Kp2yJnqPDna11GD2UpqToixiJbo03bzO_uRu6iQF-seU0KBcjnz9XY/s320/9781542021746_a46b2.jpeg" width="211" /></a></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This book is in a league of its own; there isn’t enough space to sing its praises! A totally immersive story of two giraffes being transported across the US in 1938; it’s wonderfully atmospheric, bringing you right into the Great Depression and flashes of the Dust Bowl. Even more than that it’s about tragedies, resolve, dreams, and love of life, with connections to animals and our fellow humans. A real winner of a book that will stay with me a long time! </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's based on a the true story of two giraffes who survive the devastating Great Hurricane that hit the East Coast in 1938. Although one giraffe is injured, both survive and are then transported across the country from New York to California on a truck with special-made cages for them. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB--whyQsETiP3X3maRoJCJFUsUF_7xQfGYLyjdfAZ5wU2gCzFUKrz1O5jBkxoUR-bcsbHHzl1Hv2tR2nr0iD_rCcMeg0qE343WLYGKYBujdTfVNfR-K5fMh7yCfkfFrJRVT1MSmjUa-hozuYoJtbJjuPIPhCcXO2hOZH5OtF63vb39H-NUy_PY66DXo/s600/Giraffes%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="600" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB--whyQsETiP3X3maRoJCJFUsUF_7xQfGYLyjdfAZ5wU2gCzFUKrz1O5jBkxoUR-bcsbHHzl1Hv2tR2nr0iD_rCcMeg0qE343WLYGKYBujdTfVNfR-K5fMh7yCfkfFrJRVT1MSmjUa-hozuYoJtbJjuPIPhCcXO2hOZH5OtF63vb39H-NUy_PY66DXo/s320/Giraffes%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">They are heading to the San Diego Zoo on the direction of Mrs. Belle Benchley, who was the first female zoo director. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFnSArT3_hfVAQFwdoPyFRssvsypGqzG0LVB1tE_xKaXkWyI13L4cXnX5P8EMAHbPvyq10KOhEk0NBlln-SZ4DyoOM2ZoKiQ7v0GY1r4xGfmoJvLNazsUMwf6xLz7PJeka7FSQp-i9GZz9COFemNKRxrh1BGDzMV57uqlaiLsXNZEIeOEnOgm9NyeGvw/s633/Belle%20Benchley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFnSArT3_hfVAQFwdoPyFRssvsypGqzG0LVB1tE_xKaXkWyI13L4cXnX5P8EMAHbPvyq10KOhEk0NBlln-SZ4DyoOM2ZoKiQ7v0GY1r4xGfmoJvLNazsUMwf6xLz7PJeka7FSQp-i9GZz9COFemNKRxrh1BGDzMV57uqlaiLsXNZEIeOEnOgm9NyeGvw/s320/Belle%20Benchley.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Filled with such heart, this story is not just about the giraffes, dubbed "the Darlings," but about Woody who is the 18-year-old recalling the adventure after a long life. He develops a friendship, or at least an understanding, with the crusty "Old Man," who is in charge of the action-packed journey. I was touched by Woody's friendship with the spunky photojournalist wearing trousers, whom he calls "Red." What a trip it was! </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some quotes that made me melt:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">"You learned early not to make a pig a pal or your pa would soon be forcing you to thank Jesus for the blessing of eating everything but its squeal.” </span><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">“If it wasn’t love at first sight, it was sure something painfully akin to it.”</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> –When Woody sees "Red" for the 1st time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Red was so pepped up, she was bouncing on her heels enough to make her freckles jiggle.”</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Pg 96 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Don't miss this one!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Reading,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Annette</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><style class="WebKit-mso-list-quirks-style">
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In her opinion, believing in God was required, like brushing teeth or wearing underwear.” Pg 233<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Annette</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-65554743416164263692023-05-05T09:12:00.001-07:002023-05-05T09:43:48.228-07:00The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Italy: Just What the Doctor Ordered</span> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwN--_TAhRfLYYETYN1emQKGRUi6MdbxqhVRru9oxXqTp33amZBA-Agk_A-TtvBaO6C7vutQVRegJWF2SVd_DpJHRv2XM4cKb2-mgecQOer0Ub8-IOzAS4nZaL5HJGUHU3oLxiy7BQZoz0alF59-7XBqDkgIi2Enko8z7t-IpaM692fHznJWuqFcUf/s1426/IMG_20230504_162612.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="1172" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwN--_TAhRfLYYETYN1emQKGRUi6MdbxqhVRru9oxXqTp33amZBA-Agk_A-TtvBaO6C7vutQVRegJWF2SVd_DpJHRv2XM4cKb2-mgecQOer0Ub8-IOzAS4nZaL5HJGUHU3oLxiy7BQZoz0alF59-7XBqDkgIi2Enko8z7t-IpaM692fHznJWuqFcUf/s320/IMG_20230504_162612.jpeg" width="263" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This book is a sweet ray of sunshine (with a few stabs to the heart)! A group of grief-stricken people find solace in Italy and each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After a husband leaves his self-help radio talk show wife, she invites four random listeners to join her on what would have been her 25<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary trip to Italy. On this healing retreat, they each face their own grief in an old-world charming hotel where the innkeeper is stuck in the past and faces his own challenges. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I loved everything about this book: the setting, the side trips to Florence and Venice, the delicious homemade food the hotel owner whips up, and the friendships formed through bonds of sorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Charming and uplifting! </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Pub date: June 6, 2023</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo2p0RvEd7_diFL8h06nm2HfbbGVZ0UWpDTsh5KXbneoLCAMXQZRZUFDwbyvPdVgWnx8O5W8umyy-Q8sdlbLWiRRthBHrNy_7Bc9NmxYlPS0qJEfUTnHyqq79azlwsza6JTy36Z4Os6ETpqlO2FPVEA21beGZKWPuI4J07qGjKZtmRXoSkFFhSO4v/s876/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-05%20at%209.05.35%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="780" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo2p0RvEd7_diFL8h06nm2HfbbGVZ0UWpDTsh5KXbneoLCAMXQZRZUFDwbyvPdVgWnx8O5W8umyy-Q8sdlbLWiRRthBHrNy_7Bc9NmxYlPS0qJEfUTnHyqq79azlwsza6JTy36Z4Os6ETpqlO2FPVEA21beGZKWPuI4J07qGjKZtmRXoSkFFhSO4v/w159-h179/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-05%20at%209.05.35%20AM.png" width="159" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you like books set in Italy you may want to check out:</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-italian-summer-by-rebecca-serle.html" target="_blank">One Italian Summer</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-italian-summer-by-rebecca-serle.html" target="_blank"> by Rebecca Serle</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The Seamstress of Sardinia</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Bianca Pitzorno<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2014/01/beautiful-ruins-by-jess-walter.html" target="_blank">Beautiful Ruins</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2014/01/beautiful-ruins-by-jess-walter.html" target="_blank"> by Jess Walter</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Mario Giordano<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">A Room with a View</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by E.M. Forster<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Alba Donati: Pub date: May 30, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-reluctant-tuscan-by-phil-doran.html" target="_blank">Under the Tuscan Sun</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-reluctant-tuscan-by-phil-doran.html" target="_blank"> by Frances Mayes – Memoir</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-reluctant-tuscan-by-phil-doran.html" target="_blank">The Reluctant Tuscan</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-reluctant-tuscan-by-phil-doran.html" target="_blank"> by Phil Doran – Memoir</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy Travels,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Annette</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-60213216925745868452023-02-13T08:49:00.001-08:002023-02-13T08:49:00.176-08:00All the Broken Places by John Boyne<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Helvetica;">Guilt and Consequences.</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX_mxE8sAhS1SHt47D9M1tYTO5qrsl1XUMnt_4CHGDMiG-4r6BYob6ySMJKpsFV271TeKKWVeTZXnrR7UcGd2yVeGaLgWjyW6o_5w3ICDzsRn55lPpsZdl7dL7R8aNIYKbe08vwPMUOhL1lROe68dHEbygg6QDzT7Uu3fk-diZfQ0nCSd8fyaOjkS/s1510/9780593653067_9fe70.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX_mxE8sAhS1SHt47D9M1tYTO5qrsl1XUMnt_4CHGDMiG-4r6BYob6ySMJKpsFV271TeKKWVeTZXnrR7UcGd2yVeGaLgWjyW6o_5w3ICDzsRn55lPpsZdl7dL7R8aNIYKbe08vwPMUOhL1lROe68dHEbygg6QDzT7Uu3fk-diZfQ0nCSd8fyaOjkS/s320/9780593653067_9fe70.jpeg" width="212" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oooh this book knocked me off my feet! I have read a lot of good books, but this one was one of the best I’ve read in a long time!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s about guilt, conscience, our role in society and as humans. It was such a well-crafted slow burn, I had a difficult time putting it down. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In this riveting narrative, we are pulled from one page to the next edging toward a 91-year-old woman’s secret from WWII. At the same time a drama plays out in current-day London, with both culminating to a jaw-dropping moment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So good!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are a couple lines to give you a taste of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“I told myself that none of it had been my fault, that I had been just a child, but there was a small part of my brain that asked me, if I was entirely innocent, then why was I living under an assumed name?”</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">–pg 29</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gretel thought the sparkle had left her eyes—her best feature. “Now they were the color of barbed wire, of rusty ovens, of smoke and ash.” </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">–pg 98</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“My wife belongs to me.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Like a possession.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“You say that like it’s a bad thing</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">” </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">–pg 369</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Annette</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-21970341117765584102023-01-09T05:54:00.053-08:002023-01-09T05:54:00.177-08:002022 Book Club Lists<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> 2022 Book Club Lists</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZ4biwp_9vHXdR7mxhiHe4aH65uUa0NGSFMZMyzD534nr_Mi5lZrdKAbEQypQc8CbsI2dpyCKeJM3-hT6g-rDoz35z1tEnvVh1RN1ibrxPVEUEeDSxaS1hhVf4xsbW-zeeTtiWEAd_kbU1Du1kP1KNLNZTRf3HfJoWiaIxls2ZSGKuQl6bMOtWbMg/s576/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%204.43.26%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="576" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZ4biwp_9vHXdR7mxhiHe4aH65uUa0NGSFMZMyzD534nr_Mi5lZrdKAbEQypQc8CbsI2dpyCKeJM3-hT6g-rDoz35z1tEnvVh1RN1ibrxPVEUEeDSxaS1hhVf4xsbW-zeeTtiWEAd_kbU1Du1kP1KNLNZTRf3HfJoWiaIxls2ZSGKuQl6bMOtWbMg/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%204.43.26%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Listed below are some of book club lists and other popular lists from 2022. </span></span></div><p style="color: #741b47; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgQXiu7a1DWMQo0wFCDrBck7RFwsxA0LpTmpDhtd1G08uESPF4JzN2dl8U9J4sWbkFp0Pkv58X0CygFO-C_Aq-eepVLRmOu4ctTlONJ63Po0YDx89SKDd_994OjkTyTNFNySufN89th-ZRGrW50st27IWLojCbjC7iTAR5U5a-grNaak31i6g4Ayt/s728/Jenna.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="728" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgQXiu7a1DWMQo0wFCDrBck7RFwsxA0LpTmpDhtd1G08uESPF4JzN2dl8U9J4sWbkFp0Pkv58X0CygFO-C_Aq-eepVLRmOu4ctTlONJ63Po0YDx89SKDd_994OjkTyTNFNySufN89th-ZRGrW50st27IWLojCbjC7iTAR5U5a-grNaak31i6g4Ayt/s320/Jenna.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 12pt 0in 12pt 0.5in; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jenna Bush Hager’s 2022 Book Club</span></b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jan. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The School for Good Mothers</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jessamine Chan</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Feb. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Black Cake</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Charmaine Wilkerson</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">March </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Groundskeeping</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Lee Cole</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">April </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Memphis</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tara Stringfellow</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">May </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Remarkably Bright Creatures</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Shelby Van Pelt</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">June </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">These Impossible Things</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Salma El-Wardany</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">July </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Measure</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Nikki Erlick</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Aug. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Many Daughters of Afong May</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jamie Ford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sept. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Solito</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Javier Zamora</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Oct. </span><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-whalebone-theatre-by-joanna-quinn.html " target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Whalebone Theatre</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>by</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Joanna Quinn</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Nov. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Cloisters</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Katy Hays</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dec. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Secret History</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Donna Tartt</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrESFb3vsLEzVvZoVeti_B00RLsnEuBrTwWzKnvdLTFbhj6Xn4cavyhRzLD0bNYT_Ur85bhEcpIz6YHWvuPbkUG4PFOij5smBUWpHHKFRruxVNNJGBRMlcYO94oi-ff6oZPbmaQDgpOt0tSLUBtNQrnMyCcDKkgRwkyLC_sYBUcIGXoWa-B6H47qkr/s728/Reese.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="728" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrESFb3vsLEzVvZoVeti_B00RLsnEuBrTwWzKnvdLTFbhj6Xn4cavyhRzLD0bNYT_Ur85bhEcpIz6YHWvuPbkUG4PFOij5smBUWpHHKFRruxVNNJGBRMlcYO94oi-ff6oZPbmaQDgpOt0tSLUBtNQrnMyCcDKkgRwkyLC_sYBUcIGXoWa-B6H47qkr/s320/Reese.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reese Witherspoon’s 2022 Book Club</span><span style="color: #292929; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jan. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Honor</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thrity Umgar</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Feb. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Christie Affair</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Nina de Gromont</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">March </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Club</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Ellery Lloyd</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">April </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">True Biz</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sara Novik</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">May </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dictionary of Lost Words</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Pip Williams</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">June </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Counterfeit</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Kristen Chen</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">July </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Honey & Spice</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Bolu Babalola</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Aug. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Wrong Place, Wrong Time</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Gillian McAllister</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sept. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">On the Rooftop</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Margaret Sexton</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Oct. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Our Missing Hearts</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Celeste Ng</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Nov. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tiny Beautiful Things</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Cheryl Strayed</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dec. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Marriage Portrait</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by Maggie O’Farrell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-LyY7s9rw_WstqgctAZPsf_s7p8VxMkNNcWZnENgTVoFhYkR_05gPAt6oCwCvTKhscrS8KW-OGfaGNYVxael-pz23O-fzRmSWr54uhHMf-ituKKT8DzyLTXiZQDowzE80SAjDliGveYj_iKGUv7YPaYWrIP9Js-KBpQHP3wyfsN9Ywm_YKeSNqcM/s728/Annette.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="728" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-LyY7s9rw_WstqgctAZPsf_s7p8VxMkNNcWZnENgTVoFhYkR_05gPAt6oCwCvTKhscrS8KW-OGfaGNYVxael-pz23O-fzRmSWr54uhHMf-ituKKT8DzyLTXiZQDowzE80SAjDliGveYj_iKGUv7YPaYWrIP9Js-KBpQHP3wyfsN9Ywm_YKeSNqcM/s320/Annette.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">May<b><i> Finlay Donovan Is Killing It</i></b> by Elle Cosimano <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">June<b><i> The Girl Who Wrote in Silk</i></b><i> </i>by Kelli Estes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">July<b><i> The Thursday Murder Club</i> </b>by Richard Osman <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Aug<b><i> Killers of the Flower Moon </i></b>by David Grann <b>(Non-Fiction)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sept<b><i> <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2020/11/exiles-by-christina-baker-kline.html " target="_blank"> The Exiles</a></i></b><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2020/11/exiles-by-christina-baker-kline.html " target="_blank"> by Christina Baker Kline</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">House of Sky and Breath</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Sara Maas (Fantasy)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Book Lovers</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Emily Henry (Romance)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sea of Tranquility</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Emily St. John Mandel (Sci-fi) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hidden Pictures</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Jason Rekulak (Horror)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">What the Fireflies Knew </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Kai Harris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">French Braid </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Anne Tyler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Remarkably Bright Creatures </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Shelby Van Pelt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Latecomer </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Jean Hanff Korelitz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We Are the Light</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Matthew Quick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Signal Fires</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Dani Shapiro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Happy reading!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Annette</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-83008176426511414712022-12-19T04:21:00.005-08:002022-12-19T04:21:41.366-08:00Favorite Books of 2022<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> Favorite Books I Read in 2022</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-8xMfI6ksO3NAJd09u-bdxyieBiscKVKm4i-k28cuaVJqCFg0IIiRRvsKgD55XhuDEN-t9k1-HffbGd2CDnYakBcP9MWyS-Mf8-mzcVMjrq_ysTfvw65qelaj_rM9GLc0o5mh18N-jJLOOkc2MUg255wcNA4kPWl-jQ4zUH_WKFpTyPWA20aMbkG/s1800/Collage_2022-12-19_03_46_15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-8xMfI6ksO3NAJd09u-bdxyieBiscKVKm4i-k28cuaVJqCFg0IIiRRvsKgD55XhuDEN-t9k1-HffbGd2CDnYakBcP9MWyS-Mf8-mzcVMjrq_ysTfvw65qelaj_rM9GLc0o5mh18N-jJLOOkc2MUg255wcNA4kPWl-jQ4zUH_WKFpTyPWA20aMbkG/s320/Collage_2022-12-19_03_46_15.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">It was difficult to narrow down, but here are some of my favorites books I read this year! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Humorous Fiction:</span></b> <i>The Guncle </i>by Steven Rowley<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfAYz-Rsm0slPIgAJxPWU55I140uA4kz-FgRPQCU3eEn5jdElKogLoL9Ht6pRV_E3iWcNtIlLl2BNaT_RQzwhgZcHBXn7AFJpryUf48-GerTBjWFQ4Enh4lg1OVYEI-fsM7DFOILX4g2hLlZhg7J7YECKRj_nZZdUL3Y5PAkCLQ1rfLG2dJRXIJmH/s1230/Humor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1230" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfAYz-Rsm0slPIgAJxPWU55I140uA4kz-FgRPQCU3eEn5jdElKogLoL9Ht6pRV_E3iWcNtIlLl2BNaT_RQzwhgZcHBXn7AFJpryUf48-GerTBjWFQ4Enh4lg1OVYEI-fsM7DFOILX4g2hLlZhg7J7YECKRj_nZZdUL3Y5PAkCLQ1rfLG2dJRXIJmH/s320/Humor.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Humorous Non-Fiction:</span></b> <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-diary-of-bookseller-by-shaun-bythell.html" target="_blank"><i>The Diary of a Bookseller</i> by Shaun Bythell</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAhT6s1iAFzoKWnNnbIEPvICuvYe3uKul9ld--PWYzGWZdu8Qjrc4x-mfbBW255aVdCzhnkH28VKhxU8OMIDSyeGMCjLwTa_c-VcbL0l948vOHwfq94Qa3YieNlL6s826VmCWJh62FccSYJDkjdwTo9UsYqwMUe1FSkvEvJKCS2pUMRI8sQrSGcyM/s1230/NonFiction%20Humor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1230" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAhT6s1iAFzoKWnNnbIEPvICuvYe3uKul9ld--PWYzGWZdu8Qjrc4x-mfbBW255aVdCzhnkH28VKhxU8OMIDSyeGMCjLwTa_c-VcbL0l948vOHwfq94Qa3YieNlL6s826VmCWJh62FccSYJDkjdwTo9UsYqwMUe1FSkvEvJKCS2pUMRI8sQrSGcyM/s320/NonFiction%20Humor.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Other Non-Fiction</span></b>:<i> <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/09/in-order-to-live-by-yeonmi-park.html" target="_blank">In Order to Live </a></i><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/09/in-order-to-live-by-yeonmi-park.html" target="_blank">by Yeonmi Park</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99ivzF7zy2wjXxLW8SoUGnUXBgDnFGfC6t0PIrDvZVKYesxnhedH4D0Le35Bcc55Gipj2vGNmgeJu6m7DdalaId5F9YLvhPdlpz0F03IANf1Vh7ZcVHt1-x4UE1I4TcdqgvyX9FgnrAxH0gW6VUG3v4ulmTDaXEP0WyQa0leNmnC92x44_KAGNKsB/s1800/In%20order%20to%20live%20collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99ivzF7zy2wjXxLW8SoUGnUXBgDnFGfC6t0PIrDvZVKYesxnhedH4D0Le35Bcc55Gipj2vGNmgeJu6m7DdalaId5F9YLvhPdlpz0F03IANf1Vh7ZcVHt1-x4UE1I4TcdqgvyX9FgnrAxH0gW6VUG3v4ulmTDaXEP0WyQa0leNmnC92x44_KAGNKsB/s320/In%20order%20to%20live%20collage.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Heartwarming</span></b>: <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/03/love-saffron-by-kim-fay.html" target="_blank"><i>Love & Saffron </i>by Kim Fay</a> and <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-music-of-bees-by-eileen-garvin.html" target="_blank"><i>The Music of Bees </i>by Eileen Garvin</a><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Jb6Xoxcsx8RwiLr7otTvWRMHO5GmUc9krm8r4Xgt-sS5LIZ5fe5taVajyn2cFt6XyYxPY_jR9323NWTXUrhLCY722QqKlQgrLwGDiHESWH1uokypDs2abNfMwAgdai6Y3oFt-1E4NbormJSgxsZ8sUk8iMp_v6nkjKVV-nJ7Omffsi49DUXuPbCj/s1232/Heartwarming.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1232" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Jb6Xoxcsx8RwiLr7otTvWRMHO5GmUc9krm8r4Xgt-sS5LIZ5fe5taVajyn2cFt6XyYxPY_jR9323NWTXUrhLCY722QqKlQgrLwGDiHESWH1uokypDs2abNfMwAgdai6Y3oFt-1E4NbormJSgxsZ8sUk8iMp_v6nkjKVV-nJ7Omffsi49DUXuPbCj/s320/Heartwarming.png" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Historical Fiction</b>: </span><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/06/i-must-betray-you-by-ruta-sepetys.html" target="_blank"><i>I Must Betray You </i>by Ruta Sepetys</a><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHohdEyLPdxOyP0IIXGVFi1RfWx3oSlWg0d9E_BOEyLttQr3qoT4k_AbRISypD5-BY2wHRMrzjhz91B7pur6O2tBF4DrMZxH-as0qJJ1XHVUWnBPoKj3TocilGjYO6YV4Cq8awibzNyJ5IZLzT_ZFXPw3M8cnG_LIe-GT6axi-tDAGLNf2E77g17s/s1230/Historical%20Fiction.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1230" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHohdEyLPdxOyP0IIXGVFi1RfWx3oSlWg0d9E_BOEyLttQr3qoT4k_AbRISypD5-BY2wHRMrzjhz91B7pur6O2tBF4DrMZxH-as0qJJ1XHVUWnBPoKj3TocilGjYO6YV4Cq8awibzNyJ5IZLzT_ZFXPw3M8cnG_LIe-GT6axi-tDAGLNf2E77g17s/s320/Historical%20Fiction.png" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">WWII Historical Fiction:</span></b> <i>Cradles of the Reich</i> by Jennifer Coburn, <i>Diamond Eye</i> by Kate Quinn, and <i>The Mitford Affair</i> by Marie Benedict to be released January 17 2023<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHsYwg4Ss3ng5b-rwFnnfBGkPQyaF1Gr9JydX_NwD_M_gbhfAO4P4QcRTl_GKtu5Q8JJd-ZTVkLBTmtFbpZCKHbOBSYHT36YrxHAmpNRzGjJfIx1yUQag49fPP_wQ0HqJtFGnBH-yxRwkrKX35Jw7m0YDo9s8CExmhZZhFM6966WXV2N8qGT_-Ipe/s1230/WWII%20Fiction.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1230" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHsYwg4Ss3ng5b-rwFnnfBGkPQyaF1Gr9JydX_NwD_M_gbhfAO4P4QcRTl_GKtu5Q8JJd-ZTVkLBTmtFbpZCKHbOBSYHT36YrxHAmpNRzGjJfIx1yUQag49fPP_wQ0HqJtFGnBH-yxRwkrKX35Jw7m0YDo9s8CExmhZZhFM6966WXV2N8qGT_-Ipe/s320/WWII%20Fiction.png" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>WWII Non-Fiction</b>:</span> <i>One Hundred Saturdays</i> by Michael Frank, <i>The Boys Who Challenged Hitler </i>by Phillip Hoose, <i>By Chance Alone</i> by Max Eisen, and <i>The Diary Keepers </i>by Nina Siegal to be released January 25, 2023<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZVcjrPQK1dRJPSrHNdkKPq1uAnFQp1xqDfMd3UqxhZJFes6lJVztn8rklrysfwBysD2KwNnjR-MJyyVilpKIL22oswY61E6IPqEIe0Iq8Htx4YnHr-jkMdLEzWU7B6Fht2TQa3G-2i2lVH1Bur7Y8u-V2Upiu-Z2KMxJ0o6iKEOLlvDNmwK4Dwh-/s1230/WWII%20Nonfiction.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1230" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZVcjrPQK1dRJPSrHNdkKPq1uAnFQp1xqDfMd3UqxhZJFes6lJVztn8rklrysfwBysD2KwNnjR-MJyyVilpKIL22oswY61E6IPqEIe0Iq8Htx4YnHr-jkMdLEzWU7B6Fht2TQa3G-2i2lVH1Bur7Y8u-V2Upiu-Z2KMxJ0o6iKEOLlvDNmwK4Dwh-/s320/WWII%20Nonfiction.png" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><div><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></span></b></div>Classics</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #741b47;">:</span><b> </b><i>Travels with Charley</i> by John Steinbeck, <i>Passing</i> by Nella Larsen, and <i>All Quiet on the Western Front </i>by Erich Maria Remarque</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJu7bHz7DHU4yQeALCS5M9poVogKmLyN5RPdwK9iSHNFQX_SqzeYb7RissdeR6W8ObSvRLkAUwGZpm4sf4P0Kr7AMgd9Qo0o4yTjOmcJrlJYJo6cSvs1hkG5RT1zDaJL3dRzWmQvbWYIQo9nTPkke2siK28y8eZOcBTM-FraLB6QqfZ3q_oVtKumX/s1168/Classics.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="980" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJu7bHz7DHU4yQeALCS5M9poVogKmLyN5RPdwK9iSHNFQX_SqzeYb7RissdeR6W8ObSvRLkAUwGZpm4sf4P0Kr7AMgd9Qo0o4yTjOmcJrlJYJo6cSvs1hkG5RT1zDaJL3dRzWmQvbWYIQo9nTPkke2siK28y8eZOcBTM-FraLB6QqfZ3q_oVtKumX/s320/Classics.png" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">There were so many wonderful books, it’s hard to narrow it down. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">Wishing you many exciting reading adventures in the new year!</p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">Annette</p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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I loved being invited into Shaun Bythell’s daily life as a bookseller in Scotland. His dry humor and deadpan observations had me smiling and even laughing out loud page after page. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A couple of people I work with at the Well-Read Moose bookstore in Coeur d'Alene read it before I did and highly recommended it. They were so right! 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</style></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: large;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><i style="font-size: large;">“As I was leaving [the barber shop], I met Mr. Deacon coming in for whatever treatment he has applied to his comb-over.”</i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Pg 155</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">Anna talked Shaun into going to Glasgow to see the Disney film</span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i style="font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">Into the Woods.</i><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i>“This is my idea of hell: I dislike musicals and I’m no fan of Disney, so the combination of the two will unquestionably result in a film that is the cinematic equivalent of a week in the waterboarding wing of Guantánamo Bay.”</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Pg 285</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: large;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">“</span><i style="font-size: large;">…bookshops—mine in any case—can be bitterly cold places in winter. Mine not because of the risk of windows misting up, but rather because it is a vast, doorless place with little insulation and draughts that whistle through it like the spirits of dead writers.” </i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pg 307</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="font-size: large;">“She must have doused herself thoroughly in a perfume so utterly and horribly choking that I can only assume that it was developed in a chemical weapons laboratory by a sadistic scientist during the Cold War.”</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> –about a customer </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Pg 304</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">There are so many amusing moments in this book that I can't possibly list them all here. You'll just have to </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">read it to find out what "Chicken of the Woods" is; why a boat quickly pulled away from the boat Callum was on; or about the old lady's farting incident.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Happy Reading 😆</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Annette</span></span></div><style class="WebKit-mso-list-quirks-style">
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</style>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-61750417247762745752022-10-10T07:54:00.010-07:002022-10-10T07:54:00.187-07:00The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> <b>From a Whalebone Theater to the European Theater</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHVV023upCMtz0psKyFhe_tccWCpMSdO_IGT_RAjZLoEdmU2tVu53YSfpzAKnrKvR__7fftTt_M0LiHQ_gz164GbxC4GhnKvakjUQlK9C30vSB8w2ymOp3qV4s87ta8XVPaLzfmyt89bY2Sb_gNKIQ0-QMTUXt1wq7zchaSArqf6GQrQdHYkBUNLP/s400/9780593321706.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHVV023upCMtz0psKyFhe_tccWCpMSdO_IGT_RAjZLoEdmU2tVu53YSfpzAKnrKvR__7fftTt_M0LiHQ_gz164GbxC4GhnKvakjUQlK9C30vSB8w2ymOp3qV4s87ta8XVPaLzfmyt89bY2Sb_gNKIQ0-QMTUXt1wq7zchaSArqf6GQrQdHYkBUNLP/s320/9780593321706.jpeg" width="214" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This book swept me away from page one. The writing is electric; the visual descriptions are a treat! A story of three siblings growing up in an unconventional family, follows their bond as children who put on theatre productions, to adulthood facing the turbulent times of WWII. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While I loved the writing, loved the characters, and loved the story, I did have reservations about the length of the book. For me, books of this heft are usually reserved only for classics (and even <i>Moby-Dick</i> at 477 pages didn’t match the weight of Quinn’s 545 pages.) A character list would also have been helpful. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the end, though, it did win me over. Cristabel, Flossie, and Digby have found a way into my heart. It’s a good book to cozy up with during the cold winter months. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few of my favorite lines from the book:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">“Annabel was bracing: she was the wind that smacked you in the face when you set your horse at a gallop, and she was the warming brandy waiting for you by the fire at home.” </span><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">Pg 69</span><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">“Outside, it is becoming autumn and the wind is moving through the trees like a rumour.” </span><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">Pg 80</span><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">“You always say that word as if you were holding it with tweezers.” </span><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">Pg 230<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">“It’s as if the war has shaken the world like a set of dice and we’re all tumbling off in different directions.” </span><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">Pg 245<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">“October sinks into November sinks into December. The days contract. The sun hardly bothers.” </span><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;">Pg 338</span><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Reading! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Annette</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-35253739552119393902022-09-26T16:58:00.005-07:002022-09-26T16:58:00.179-07:00In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> <b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A Life of Propaganda and Blind Loyalty</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7K5-RCq6X4Xx4D0lvIQWTEDEKMQ7fYTv_It3FV8yFcF_qS7Ep0EBK6Uv5NInir-dsXOwXDQ1YnPfEBvwJjon786MTCYGuQMX4Ash4k9-D5dsr-KhfMFEmpbSy6cH6zMQSbI9pNfQ9-S95UKITa3DlGxhLkUq8NlqAlinSqBUd1TcomO8-6Ra_y8b/s1420/9780143109747_cd33a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7K5-RCq6X4Xx4D0lvIQWTEDEKMQ7fYTv_It3FV8yFcF_qS7Ep0EBK6Uv5NInir-dsXOwXDQ1YnPfEBvwJjon786MTCYGuQMX4Ash4k9-D5dsr-KhfMFEmpbSy6cH6zMQSbI9pNfQ9-S95UKITa3DlGxhLkUq8NlqAlinSqBUd1TcomO8-6Ra_y8b/s320/9780143109747_cd33a.jpeg" width="207" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wow! Wow! Wow! Each page of this book exposes one new shocking revelation after another of life in North Korea. And a whole new nightmare begins when mother and daughter escape to China. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeonmi draws an alarming image of life in North Korea where people are told that the supreme leaders are immortal and can read minds. It’s a country where critical thinking is forbidden, electricity is rare, people are taught to inform on one another, (sounds like Texas) and food is scarce. Starvation is an excruciating daily struggle. I cannot even fathom the extreme hunger of Yeonmi and everyone else in North Korea during the famine that started during the1990s. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s tough to imagine such relentless horrors. A truly captivating, astonishing read!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“I wasn’t dreaming of freedom when I escaped North Korea. I didn’t even know what it meant to be free. All I knew was that if my family stayed behind, we would probably die—from starvation, from disease, from the inhuman conditions of prison labor camp.”</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Pg 2-3</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“In North Korea, public executions were used to teach us lessons in loyalty to the regime and the consequences of disobedience.” </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pg 51</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“Skipping a meal could literally mean death, so that became my biggest fear and obsession. You don’t care how food tastes and you don’t eat with pleasure. You eat only with an animal instinct to survive, unconsciously calculating how much longer each bite of food will keep your body going.” </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pg 104</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“I hid a razor blade in the belt of my tweed jacket so that I could slit my own throat before they sent me back to North Korea.” </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pg 192</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“My only goal was supposed to be making the regime happy.” </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pg 216</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“It took me a long time to start thinking for myself and to understand why my own opinions mattered.” </span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(after she had been asked in a South Korean class what her favorite color is and she didn’t know the “correct” answer.)<i> </i></span><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pg 216</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“Reading was teaching me what it meant to be alive, to be human.” </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pg 230</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Looking for similar books about human rights crises and injustices? Check out these incredible stories: </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">Non-Fiction:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/01/education-for-all.html" target="_blank">I Am Malala</a></span></u></i><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2022/01/education-for-all.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Malala</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Yousafzai – A 15-year-old Pakistani girl advocating for education for all is shot by the Taliban.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Killers of the Flower Moon </span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">by David Grann – The murders of the oil-rich Osage Indians in Oklahoma in the 1920s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/07/beneath-tamarind-tree-by-isha-sesay.html" target="_blank">Beneath the Tamarind Tree</a></span></u></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/07/beneath-tamarind-tree-by-isha-sesay.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Isha Sesay – The mass abduction of 276 girls from a Nigerian school in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Left to Tell</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Immaculee Ilibagiza – About the Rwanda Genocide in 1994.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A Long Way Gone</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Ishmael Beah – A boy is forced to be a soldier in the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1990.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazar and Damien Lewis</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> – A 12-year-old girl is kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1993.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/08/bill-brysons-african-diary.html" target="_blank">Bill Bryson’s African Diary</a></span></u></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/08/bill-brysons-african-diary.html" target="_blank"> </a>– Author Bill Bryson’s 2002 trip to Kenya.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">Fiction:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-beekeeper-of-aleppo-by-christy.html " target="_blank">The Beekeeper of Aleppo</a></span></u></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Christi Lefteri - A couple makes an arduous journey from war-torn Aleppo, Syria to refugee camps in Turkey and Greece. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A Long Walk to Water</span></u></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Linda Su Park – A mid-kids book based on a true story of a Dinka boy in South Sudan during the 1985 war and a water crisis. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Annette<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-41361429190496410052022-09-02T12:40:00.002-07:002022-09-03T10:17:33.099-07:00Little Free Art Gallery<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> Free Art!!!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsCLSJsoczv-XuTXumgWvlvtK7dcx-HRrmCzijKx7J_VuEN2Fbe4Xg5wuGrPcfi7EoVNHXHO8cl5aoflodB37nIoTjHjfduYgD-0xd7FD_93vk4FXdi7zOnqL7SOMZxoUMRfoimPAhRUOMhPBbQmZvhfdxFPcRCFIYQ-wWSJf8JutWb6oXoPqPMYv/s4096/IMG_20220831_113037099.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsCLSJsoczv-XuTXumgWvlvtK7dcx-HRrmCzijKx7J_VuEN2Fbe4Xg5wuGrPcfi7EoVNHXHO8cl5aoflodB37nIoTjHjfduYgD-0xd7FD_93vk4FXdi7zOnqL7SOMZxoUMRfoimPAhRUOMhPBbQmZvhfdxFPcRCFIYQ-wWSJf8JutWb6oXoPqPMYv/s320/IMG_20220831_113037099.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">We've heard a lot about Little Free Libraries, but I recently came across a Little Free Art Gallery. And just like with the books, you can take a piece of art or leave one! What a wonderful idea! </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQZ9Qz4yI8McdWwpvxtJjIKv75UuncaTbV060fSza-HXCHotVr1VawM9LUS8FAYHi9cN7E0FEapL9FSGffZR7Ud3NDmu-heKkc3-lfVcvOodfG1vea6LKpzlnsc34_MsaeK6blqak4xrsuyRmEew3JWKQ2cKSSgASdphrwhvp0v5r2H4a6sEEyu4P/s4096/IMG_20220831_113059797.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQZ9Qz4yI8McdWwpvxtJjIKv75UuncaTbV060fSza-HXCHotVr1VawM9LUS8FAYHi9cN7E0FEapL9FSGffZR7Ud3NDmu-heKkc3-lfVcvOodfG1vea6LKpzlnsc34_MsaeK6blqak4xrsuyRmEew3JWKQ2cKSSgASdphrwhvp0v5r2H4a6sEEyu4P/s320/IMG_20220831_113059797.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I've walked by it a couple times now, always tempted to take something. Apparently there are a lot of talented people out there. But today, I actually took a bird sketch someone drew on the back of a food receipt. It just makes me smile, so I took it home and framed it. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRK7CQC1x39j3eTbELRm-dHPZsRkVk0YIW4vF8ZOxWQYA0-8JU6jixiVLE1FS2QAy-IpfScsm_7EyNtXs-z8fPq8vxJ5tFjv0Fo4gSywohQ8sdQX4vO7VSblGYgjCa00MWHOrVdAOA_8yzlgffDlnhO7ZVIm3W_Ls7k03HtCnCoSnIPnnJD6IK69T/s2840/bird%20sketch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2263" data-original-width="2840" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRK7CQC1x39j3eTbELRm-dHPZsRkVk0YIW4vF8ZOxWQYA0-8JU6jixiVLE1FS2QAy-IpfScsm_7EyNtXs-z8fPq8vxJ5tFjv0Fo4gSywohQ8sdQX4vO7VSblGYgjCa00MWHOrVdAOA_8yzlgffDlnhO7ZVIm3W_Ls7k03HtCnCoSnIPnnJD6IK69T/s320/bird%20sketch.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPHqrJvXHuO1rm9vnWRb4rEYdMfz7xK99y49W6HID5CxCmvm694QlZWY8j8m7k6K8nXYD6Uc22EKXUfQ2uuwUk3R2IIu0oSzEhEIhOjtSqOxiKZ4svfMv4BSOlXTxVW_YDEB9ameslUOV5Ee6AwTXo5I_mw165e0bwhtw9TCNHCp6UwOQ7J0v_zQZ/s3025/IMG_20220902_113759396.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="3025" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPHqrJvXHuO1rm9vnWRb4rEYdMfz7xK99y49W6HID5CxCmvm694QlZWY8j8m7k6K8nXYD6Uc22EKXUfQ2uuwUk3R2IIu0oSzEhEIhOjtSqOxiKZ4svfMv4BSOlXTxVW_YDEB9ameslUOV5Ee6AwTXo5I_mw165e0bwhtw9TCNHCp6UwOQ7J0v_zQZ/s320/IMG_20220902_113759396.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqsj4jkRAaaoUdy2RP4bQNCjYLoxJGZzdQsIGDiYKKE3llKh94bV_yPWdqmxgS_P1dI4s8OfHPCbmHaMPsV_ljVWEWOEIAOOyEDzonDwQEvqSSHUks2w-lGuKdczPLa9rel1TauXqDm-mrcoGqzxXK_GYCrLuckN-170SGpNf_6UP91Nf3pwr3f-W/s3243/Bird%20Sketch%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3243" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqsj4jkRAaaoUdy2RP4bQNCjYLoxJGZzdQsIGDiYKKE3llKh94bV_yPWdqmxgS_P1dI4s8OfHPCbmHaMPsV_ljVWEWOEIAOOyEDzonDwQEvqSSHUks2w-lGuKdczPLa9rel1TauXqDm-mrcoGqzxXK_GYCrLuckN-170SGpNf_6UP91Nf3pwr3f-W/s320/Bird%20Sketch%202.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This Little Free Art Gallery is located at The Old School Building at Garden and 6th Street in Coeur d'Alene.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhod9IOCM1KKQ-Lnk6ycQAlO3FEpfX11YYt_pTHaJ0z08WC258h8nm6cLZcydXxLev7D0TdJ4oMJ7ulyrFkKD2yrQXkQvzdId35icxqlKdnO14yHLgByKOsNQKr7yKbKdjIY2AtXJW2-y663vuTCPqs8khB2eMBpXC4e3NduqjgXZ4Yl5O20zupieWM/s3110/school%20house%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3110" data-original-width="2916" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhod9IOCM1KKQ-Lnk6ycQAlO3FEpfX11YYt_pTHaJ0z08WC258h8nm6cLZcydXxLev7D0TdJ4oMJ7ulyrFkKD2yrQXkQvzdId35icxqlKdnO14yHLgByKOsNQKr7yKbKdjIY2AtXJW2-y663vuTCPqs8khB2eMBpXC4e3NduqjgXZ4Yl5O20zupieWM/s320/school%20house%20.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Check it out! :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Annette</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b style="color: #741b47; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-75685437080282280892022-08-27T10:25:00.003-07:002022-08-27T10:29:26.034-07:00The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and the Sylvia Beach Hotel<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> <b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylpV0mMW7oCNJs5a_xbj94crJmaAi9za5gQDZ_YD1kSvhDD9aECy1zbqG2FL641z9vhaUxxXVUnT847kIn8SqNHFa9kIFvbljLXgV_i2_9BASRgV1sVSpL_VCZmAu7P-GZ01d4ijukkkJNz6bCsG2TBB3xAf0H8Zu74-LqcbRyAqCeM8o4AuIbIu4/s4096/2022%20sylvia%20book%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylpV0mMW7oCNJs5a_xbj94crJmaAi9za5gQDZ_YD1kSvhDD9aECy1zbqG2FL641z9vhaUxxXVUnT847kIn8SqNHFa9kIFvbljLXgV_i2_9BASRgV1sVSpL_VCZmAu7P-GZ01d4ijukkkJNz6bCsG2TBB3xAf0H8Zu74-LqcbRyAqCeM8o4AuIbIu4/s320/2022%20sylvia%20book%20copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> is considered to be one of Agatha Christie’s most famous books. Doctor James Sheppard narrates the story of how he received a call from Roger Ackroyd’s butler saying that poor Roger had been murdered. Naturally, Dr. Sheppard hightails it right over, only to find out that Parker never called him, and Roger has locked himself in his study. They both break down the door and find Roger Ackroyd, indeed, has been stabbed to death. So who called Dr. Sheppard if it wasn’t the butler? And most importantly, why did someone knock off the kind, wealthy widower, Mr. Ackroyd? Mysteries, twists, and suspects keep piling up. But luckily, Hercule Poirot happens to be staying next door to Dr. Sheppard and is all too ready to unravel this mess. With the help of his “little grey cells,” Poirot’s brain is able to sort out the astonishing truth—a big twist that I did not see coming! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here are some quotes to entice you:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“I am sorry to say I detest Mrs. Ackroyd. She is all chains and teeth and bones.”</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> –</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">thinks Dr. Sheppard about Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd pg 34<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“She gave me a handful of assorted knuckles and rings to squeeze, and began talking volubly.”</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> –</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">About Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd pg 34<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“Me, I am famous for my little ideas.” </span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">–</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Hercule Poirot pg 200<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“You should employ your little grey cells.” </span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">–</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hercule Poirot pg 216</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKNzxzuLqmU-AVHh9NtdiWqbQrBnwFjCSPr8uZrLnlCUGh4uaqGTMx3LrVpbodlCV978KTw5dEn-QcX9sGnp09HaKisbp9Q5lfEfYXSWx0sYUp3UiRn8GW1uXjDivYn0mqMKSTdjAnAp-ii8UtFcZ5mDyhjSe3NFLh1M758ZTh-KnzJ1rKXMVxyda/s711/Hercule.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKNzxzuLqmU-AVHh9NtdiWqbQrBnwFjCSPr8uZrLnlCUGh4uaqGTMx3LrVpbodlCV978KTw5dEn-QcX9sGnp09HaKisbp9Q5lfEfYXSWx0sYUp3UiRn8GW1uXjDivYn0mqMKSTdjAnAp-ii8UtFcZ5mDyhjSe3NFLh1M758ZTh-KnzJ1rKXMVxyda/s320/Hercule.jpeg" width="248" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> is definitely worth checking out. So far, I’ve also enjoyed: <i><u><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2014/12/death-on-nile-by-agatha-christie.html" target="_blank">Death on the Nile</a></u>, <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2017/10/murder-on-orient-express-by-agatha.html" target="_blank"><u>Murder on the Orient Express</u>,</a></i> as well as <i><u><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/02/and-then-there-were-none-by-agatha.html" target="_blank">And Then There Were None</a></u>. </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But there are so many more I plan on reading one day. Others on top of that list are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">–<i>Murder at the Vicarage</i> – supposedly the best book with Miss Marple as the sleuth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">–<i>Crooked House</i> – a standalone that has neither Hercule Poirot nor Miss Marple.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">–<i>Endless Night</i> – which I understand to be not so much of a mystery as gothic fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">–<i>The Secret Agency</i> –the first of the Tommy & Tuppence novels which includes some sassy repartee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Okay enough about that, this review is really a segue to the Sylvia Beach Hotel in Oregon. </span><span>😊</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> <b>It’s about my wonderful stay at the book-themed hotel.</b></span></span><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71); color: #741b47;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Sylvia Beach Hotel</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71); color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71); color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="1118" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcs3M-_kTk6mu3ZwU68qVWoCnf4KV5YlGp6BgWLDD1E2t3gWVOFk62EWa4KxARby1TqmNwIUD29GYk5ORdlE7ZLaMAcvQWjmdADVQ-5Kkfnwq3PSt9WEfNn1pM6A3IaTxehvgGRXaJQoLr5Viv_3dHwzCrsnaOPHnrMYxVk4wcik2lkd5GGN0C5Mt/w505-h117/Sylvia%20Beach%20header.png" width="505" /></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Courtesy of the Sylvia Beach Hotel. Arrow Pointing to the Agatha Christie Room: Courtesy of me.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Sylvia Beach Hotel in Newport, Oregon has been on my bucket list for quite some time now. And finally, I am able to put a big, beautiful checkmark next to it. Last month my husband and I went on an Oregon Coast vacation and staying at the Sylvia Beach Hotel was one of the biggest draws of the trip. I had splurged on the Agatha Christie Room with sweeping ocean views and a balcony. It’s one of the priciest rooms, but like my L’Oréal hair dye assures me, I’m worth it—and I was not disappointed! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABOSmphQjO4o4whH9qTSMqS2JFjbpaj5nGtRYFZnwfN58hNNoOX5f-cUTXKL4OkPnOLan6t66xn8RPGnG1BYCB7fOFg9gcQUla7M7yOP7t8--JfVaXENqmc6UqL2P8nIgCvAKMZNHIOQQkgHt1MJHT_Q48ewzQwHO6qdFjTRvWP4izgNqryfkaGMG/s1284/Agatha%20Room.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="1284" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABOSmphQjO4o4whH9qTSMqS2JFjbpaj5nGtRYFZnwfN58hNNoOX5f-cUTXKL4OkPnOLan6t66xn8RPGnG1BYCB7fOFg9gcQUla7M7yOP7t8--JfVaXENqmc6UqL2P8nIgCvAKMZNHIOQQkgHt1MJHT_Q48ewzQwHO6qdFjTRvWP4izgNqryfkaGMG/w472-h171/Agatha%20Room.png" width="472" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Saturated in forest green and burgundy, the room has a definite old-time, cozy vibe. You will find a working fireplace, a sofa, desk, and numerous references to Agatha’s books. While I’ve read a small handful of Agatha Christie’s books, I have not made my way through her entire impressive repertoire of more than 70 novels, 150 short stories and a few plays. So, many of the clues were lost on me. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">I did manage to connect the life ring displayed on a shelf to</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><i>Death on the Nile</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">(maybe my favorite of her books, if I had to choose). I also figured out that the mousetrap on the desk alluded to Christie’s play. I knew about it because</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><i>The</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><i>Mousetrap</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">play is also on my bucket list (once I make my way to London).</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">It’s the longest running play in history!</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1AhZl_gvvAwW18exnX9tK6vbISEw7E4F1HC-Zz5_ctYy9k2yfByWleA-AsJeLc2Cbd2O7DSUloHsOeOtNgHlWD2KVS9t3gNGJCKYP3_uZPgpsahYlQaKmkPNapGbj4Y5PIO9q31iBNP-J3KNHOllqrE3C0p9_Dr4mGmKPU59l25RF0-OwzvB1_OE/s1366/Agatha%20Desk.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="1366" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1AhZl_gvvAwW18exnX9tK6vbISEw7E4F1HC-Zz5_ctYy9k2yfByWleA-AsJeLc2Cbd2O7DSUloHsOeOtNgHlWD2KVS9t3gNGJCKYP3_uZPgpsahYlQaKmkPNapGbj4Y5PIO9q31iBNP-J3KNHOllqrE3C0p9_Dr4mGmKPU59l25RF0-OwzvB1_OE/w471-h153/Agatha%20Desk.png" width="471" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;">Some clues: paint brush, baking powder, address plaque and more. If you stay there, be sure to check the desk drawer for another clue.</span></i></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vuha454OUanco9dRdfNsJmyJEGEzytgDHQhyAqGArmk6CVpjytG2qO1s3ZDK-fy4nAfPpXhcDM0f2Fa23McFVY4_OdTlbFoHbdk9KSnLjSmuFZK2mRRSbA4bRih7OTQUX9_YTy2TOA_tTTpNbP8zpy8VjwPt-p3yxnSbioP7djKt_8I3qXZdmpe1/s1154/Agatha%20books.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="1154" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vuha454OUanco9dRdfNsJmyJEGEzytgDHQhyAqGArmk6CVpjytG2qO1s3ZDK-fy4nAfPpXhcDM0f2Fa23McFVY4_OdTlbFoHbdk9KSnLjSmuFZK2mRRSbA4bRih7OTQUX9_YTy2TOA_tTTpNbP8zpy8VjwPt-p3yxnSbioP7djKt_8I3qXZdmpe1/w478-h184/Agatha%20books.png" width="478" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Besides clues, there were little quotes by or about Agatha Christie. There was also a complete deluxe, hardback set of her books, as well as many paperback versions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Of course, I had intentionally taken an Agatha Christie book on the trip with me (<i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i>), and loved reading it while being immersed in Agatha’s quasi-world for two nights.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I also loved looking out at that spectacular view we had—most of the time. On our stay, I learned that inland heat causes coastal fog. As the rest of the West Coast was sweltering in 90-100* weather, the beach was cool and refreshing which was nice, but our stunning views of the ocean weren’t always there. One day it was completely fogged in, the other nice and sunny.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioB2hW05gxX4je9ObWR06l1fqy8nI280b1q4cP0i_J36sMnAHYeLYB0x6_RDxkMBbculB1oeRUk1wVyX-E7qMJsgyKEjf9FyBr-x06GX9qYGjVrEvdPzyJf3QHdbmIMw8fkFtN3J0M3TEyoWkBxP0SgX0i8-SRkn7anBcz4yudyFkUgYy_u8tG6MgD/s1000/Agatha%20View.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1000" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioB2hW05gxX4je9ObWR06l1fqy8nI280b1q4cP0i_J36sMnAHYeLYB0x6_RDxkMBbculB1oeRUk1wVyX-E7qMJsgyKEjf9FyBr-x06GX9qYGjVrEvdPzyJf3QHdbmIMw8fkFtN3J0M3TEyoWkBxP0SgX0i8-SRkn7anBcz4yudyFkUgYy_u8tG6MgD/w474-h311/Agatha%20View.png" width="474" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;">View from our balcony.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By the way, I had erroneously thought the beach there was called Sylvia Beach. Wrong! The hotel is named after Sylvia Beach, the famous American bookseller and publisher who owned the original Shakespeare & Co. bookstore in Paris from 1919 until 1941. It’s at a different location than the <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2018/02/cool-bookstores-around-world-part-1.html" target="_blank"><b><u>Shakespeare & Co</u></b>.</a> that you see all over Pinterest. (Another one on my bucket list, which you’re likely getting tired of hearing about.) The beach in Newport, OR is actually called Nye Beach.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Besides booking the best room, we also booked a dinner at their restaurant called Tables of Content. I was more than “content” with the dinner! It was a delicious and wonderful three-hour affair. </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwFefWo_5VIN0y2vsYZLH2lzIRBJ-htwyHkTC1Su2qUn-mFpDkOq0C9_HhdDWFlZZnJDfpfvqXfjJ6tB_ezsolJ84FpbzpkJxw_F_Atga1ZrPQ8TVNA0pgfOZKsJ3UxPJ9nyRsiHACyftN48b_LkAd2Nz22VP5Jtj6oxxk4TsjffMlvoLetIylw18/s1214/Sylvia%20Dinner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1214" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwFefWo_5VIN0y2vsYZLH2lzIRBJ-htwyHkTC1Su2qUn-mFpDkOq0C9_HhdDWFlZZnJDfpfvqXfjJ6tB_ezsolJ84FpbzpkJxw_F_Atga1ZrPQ8TVNA0pgfOZKsJ3UxPJ9nyRsiHACyftN48b_LkAd2Nz22VP5Jtj6oxxk4TsjffMlvoLetIylw18/w482-h208/Sylvia%20Dinner.png" width="482" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Breakfast room on the left. Photo of dining room on the right: borrowed from The Sylvia Beach Hotel website. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dinner was served in the downstairs dining room where we had some tasty breakfasts in the mornings. Transformed with tablecloths and finery, we sat at one of the tables with eight people and were served family style with several courses, starting with broccoli cheese soup, then homemade bread and locally sourced salad. For the main course I had seared tuna with generous portions of asparagus and new potatoes from the bowls that were passed around. Dessert was a mouthwatering lavender panna cotta. We went all out and had the wine pairing to go with the meal. And how fun it was to meet and talk to fellow book lovers! The whole experience was such a treat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I would like to come back and try out some other rooms, as one of my friends did. She’s merrily been making her rounds through many authors’ rooms. She’s very well-read. I wouldn’t mind snuggling up in <b><u><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2018/10/tribute-to-oscar-wilde.html" target="_blank">Oscar Wilde’s</a> </u></b>room (yes, I know) or even finding myself between Herman Melville’s sheets. I mean, I have conquered his sizeable <i>Moby-Dick</i> (477 pages), so I feel like I have earned that right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As guests, we were allowed to check out any of the vacant rooms. Below are sneak peaks of some of them. Although I wanted to burst in and check out the <b><u><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/09/around-world-in-80-days-by-jules-verne.html" target="_blank">Jules Verne</a></u></b> and Ken Kesey (<i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest</i>) rooms, the occupants frowned on that. Just kidding; I did not try to enter their rooms.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtkQEtp5zr0NmPf4bZQOAej8a1QJzStRf0D_E2_LbUjWKazWp1pmbkywtWiPWcYfn0dvYmZurSfLZpWNh-6CCVSNB6-tgJnYXU5HD9WyvAVw8fqGUJnrZMd3dpHm3r7PTJk5SwjCTUwxa62ycWIji1CXgqHS1O7k1IxJ43xkQ3DNyF6Zh3gwqpV4j/s898/steinbeck%20and%20Verne.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="898" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtkQEtp5zr0NmPf4bZQOAej8a1QJzStRf0D_E2_LbUjWKazWp1pmbkywtWiPWcYfn0dvYmZurSfLZpWNh-6CCVSNB6-tgJnYXU5HD9WyvAVw8fqGUJnrZMd3dpHm3r7PTJk5SwjCTUwxa62ycWIji1CXgqHS1O7k1IxJ43xkQ3DNyF6Zh3gwqpV4j/w448-h299/steinbeck%20and%20Verne.png" width="448" /></span></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;">Above left: John Steinbeck room. Right: Door to Jules Verne room.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiig9Ti_7oskwoDT4nI9yw1Fr8iw43ZgucI2ykDRu6Du9VEPeQ6sFoSAikhVexLu9py4dl0k2EHDc9ssbTZA6fcX3xzqSZqYN7JBvmEs29NOUAgm_EF99j6AkwK9VXhF1Xj60QxFXDP7vPdfJv2jP_LggqaJBIaxMhVIEKVSQcTn5wZLQu0IjsljC46/s898/Hemingway.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="898" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiig9Ti_7oskwoDT4nI9yw1Fr8iw43ZgucI2ykDRu6Du9VEPeQ6sFoSAikhVexLu9py4dl0k2EHDc9ssbTZA6fcX3xzqSZqYN7JBvmEs29NOUAgm_EF99j6AkwK9VXhF1Xj60QxFXDP7vPdfJv2jP_LggqaJBIaxMhVIEKVSQcTn5wZLQu0IjsljC46/w436-h292/Hemingway.png" width="436" /></span></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;">Above: Ernest Hemingway Room.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_SqEBIGMI1qXtkgOOM5maK8p1Z5Zxnemx6bQOXlS0VcV_WKFfYBbOtdWguJ-FVxqZn0Z-Fmb0RtMCaPP4eu3Umjs73R7mn52ZLoZzONzpXMCeYwAeTuDruHuWFqbTXTBko1XTYyy9ICrC_yst2KCVMfGbFWZWQxY9IZaHEtG4Lp--GXb2jbEV491/s1074/sylvia%20Reading%20room.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1074" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_SqEBIGMI1qXtkgOOM5maK8p1Z5Zxnemx6bQOXlS0VcV_WKFfYBbOtdWguJ-FVxqZn0Z-Fmb0RtMCaPP4eu3Umjs73R7mn52ZLoZzONzpXMCeYwAeTuDruHuWFqbTXTBko1XTYyy9ICrC_yst2KCVMfGbFWZWQxY9IZaHEtG4Lp--GXb2jbEV491/w415-h228/sylvia%20Reading%20room.png" width="415" /></span></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;">Above: Upstairs reading room, with a library loft above it.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMd6AUuIVC2x_bZKUgF7CLzNEL-NnBYYvgf0iZcLr1J3vUqjpqD8KlYpTQaYojS0ZBMaN7cS34U6R9DLA8BSCM-1wjI3MvkjXcSZGIU3Kt5RQEj0FxaHwbRQbNzxzxXR9nJ_trtoZ9dpcZbUNM7Fo-qS4GWQyxfpm2ASamd_NOkPsVQQ4pxKDVVOl/s898/Sylvia%20Lobby.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="898" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMd6AUuIVC2x_bZKUgF7CLzNEL-NnBYYvgf0iZcLr1J3vUqjpqD8KlYpTQaYojS0ZBMaN7cS34U6R9DLA8BSCM-1wjI3MvkjXcSZGIU3Kt5RQEj0FxaHwbRQbNzxzxXR9nJ_trtoZ9dpcZbUNM7Fo-qS4GWQyxfpm2ASamd_NOkPsVQQ4pxKDVVOl/w421-h277/Sylvia%20Lobby.png" width="421" /></span></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;">Above: Lobby Mural and upstairs reading room view.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Well, that’s the end of my tour, but you can see more of the themed rooms at </span><a href="http://sylviabeachhotel.com/" style="color: purple;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>http://sylviabeachhotel.com</b></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy reading!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy travels!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Annette</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsTusMGgpiC3Pz84lbHIKsBMUC5D_pK3WsQIODWx_44PsDj1u5ihStyuu9sWlTvIys8xDeZjK0dP2vqAuBb8YHY9J6VGU1fx1HGckXhySvb2PeBOH16R95DkBpOSZoGWY7-BRWgSYyB-EZADo-OpV6idxB1qm2TFSJDst02HfsB5hTlRfA17pt4bZ/s4096/IMG_20220810_101351261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsTusMGgpiC3Pz84lbHIKsBMUC5D_pK3WsQIODWx_44PsDj1u5ihStyuu9sWlTvIys8xDeZjK0dP2vqAuBb8YHY9J6VGU1fx1HGckXhySvb2PeBOH16R95DkBpOSZoGWY7-BRWgSYyB-EZADo-OpV6idxB1qm2TFSJDst02HfsB5hTlRfA17pt4bZ/s320/IMG_20220810_101351261.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">An uplifting, feel-good book buzzing with hope! In the small apple orchard region of Hood River, Oregon, three people in need come together: a beekeeper with a tragic loss; an 18-year-old wheelchair-bound boy trapped in a terrible home life; and a well-meaning but bumbling, nervous 24-year-old with a checkered past. All lost in their own way, they find strength in each other with the help of bees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was thrilled to be able to meet the author at an event at the Well-Read Moose bookstore in Coeur d'Alene, ID! What fun it was to drink blueberry/honey fizzes, and listen to how Eileen came up with the story of Jake, the wheelchair-bound boy with a 16 1/2” mohawk; and how she herself is a beekeeper like Alice and a kite-boarder like Harry in the book. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This book is a treasure not to be missed!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVWcFcuug830rUJdd3GgQ7OVAPxAaI7qhg8LrnNWJ3qawTVilnxekrJ0EF92XsIB5f4STeVu6n9mThwMjDFK3eDi2fGPtoJcRKpS0LC4iZYGx9EfJeSKnIK26IdWKuVBtnKh66dHEjT0Cz4ObAG5ZYFbdM21DWAPjw4NftsWQOEW5Y0v7V9untyNk/s4096/IMG_20220810_105419222_BURST001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVWcFcuug830rUJdd3GgQ7OVAPxAaI7qhg8LrnNWJ3qawTVilnxekrJ0EF92XsIB5f4STeVu6n9mThwMjDFK3eDi2fGPtoJcRKpS0LC4iZYGx9EfJeSKnIK26IdWKuVBtnKh66dHEjT0Cz4ObAG5ZYFbdM21DWAPjw4NftsWQOEW5Y0v7V9untyNk/s320/IMG_20220810_105419222_BURST001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Eileen Garvin with my sister</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since I finished this book right before my husband and I went on our Oregon Coast vacation, we made a quick stop to see some of the sites mentioned in the book in Hood River, OR.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EVNjMgMy42BUASII1Zt6KM82V-bC5Fny9oCo8QNm9agGJ4rn8fLbaeEh_9rq3vaqRX7r0LDnajFaT0DzDJFwmWbw6dZVNLsLbyHkOFcV2V_bJkvRkG064d-KgRlTIhk4CJ_sXAJsGB7c5fIbsIqD2NGxGAvbM-ZZBowF_nkIFmy2keMV1sd9RwjA/s1240/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-10%20at%2012.55.02%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1240" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EVNjMgMy42BUASII1Zt6KM82V-bC5Fny9oCo8QNm9agGJ4rn8fLbaeEh_9rq3vaqRX7r0LDnajFaT0DzDJFwmWbw6dZVNLsLbyHkOFcV2V_bJkvRkG064d-KgRlTIhk4CJ_sXAJsGB7c5fIbsIqD2NGxGAvbM-ZZBowF_nkIFmy2keMV1sd9RwjA/w462-h194/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-10%20at%2012.55.02%20PM.png" width="462" /></a></div><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Waucoma Bookstore and Bette's Place</span></i></div><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXTRyCgXQ3alC43bCtSxAxDuB5lO3kAJ-VqDAMmsP0N10RyfOy8hc4kjTv2TX3xqfJPqI398Znt4864IDNMuB5LSP1to8wSPkfvB0RDnghLIxu4q5IPUFz28NAhot7PGTinKx-GSY9reLSvie5tr37Ypny2_8MTbje-Dp75uzfTxTtDR66BbVJM5N/s1472/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-10%20at%2012.55.19%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1472" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXTRyCgXQ3alC43bCtSxAxDuB5lO3kAJ-VqDAMmsP0N10RyfOy8hc4kjTv2TX3xqfJPqI398Znt4864IDNMuB5LSP1to8wSPkfvB0RDnghLIxu4q5IPUFz28NAhot7PGTinKx-GSY9reLSvie5tr37Ypny2_8MTbje-Dp75uzfTxTtDR66BbVJM5N/w481-h205/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-10%20at%2012.55.19%20PM.png" width="481" /></a></div></i><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Kite-Boarder, and downtown Hood River, OR.</span></i></div><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happy Reading,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Annette</span></i></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-30262229301942174822022-07-01T05:30:00.013-07:002022-07-01T05:30:00.181-07:00The White Darkness by David Grann<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Antarctic Adventures</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppq__61_2y5FegP4hf3LX7sXZ20Oy4T1XaQlkoJT7idWTVygMMBHP8NEIKqGn1dZoJ9QPweDblx6qR39uwoJsElqoNk58Lsn5ZhtpEI34I-TM8xplkB1Q9QC6VHMo04bsHTWS0G_ssxemyKvRqtVWWcrfFVXQjD_-r7LMPEmwZGXQNlxyl-La9p6s/s1269/9780385544573_058e7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1269" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppq__61_2y5FegP4hf3LX7sXZ20Oy4T1XaQlkoJT7idWTVygMMBHP8NEIKqGn1dZoJ9QPweDblx6qR39uwoJsElqoNk58Lsn5ZhtpEI34I-TM8xplkB1Q9QC6VHMo04bsHTWS0G_ssxemyKvRqtVWWcrfFVXQjD_-r7LMPEmwZGXQNlxyl-La9p6s/s320/9780385544573_058e7.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A fascinating account of a modern-day explorer who idolized Shackleton and trekked to the South Pole twice before attempting a <b><u>solo</u></b> land-crossing of the Antarctic continent! Stunning with awe-inspiring photos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Henry Worsley, related to Captain Frank Worsley, on Shackleton’s ill-fated <i>Endurance</i> <i>Expedition</i>, was obsessed with Antarctica. Together with a great nephew of Shackleton, and a great grandson of the second in command on Shackleton’s <i>Nimrod Expedition,</i> the three men set out to trek across Antarctica in 2008-09 to reach the South Pole. They faced the dreaded Beardsmore Galcier, whiteouts that made one man motion sick, and a two-day storm after which they had to hack themselves out of walls of ice. The arduous journey would have been enough for most men, but Henry Worsley wasn’t done yet. He came back to the unforgiving, brutal continent, two more incredible times, the last one braving the challenge on his own. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34kv7t5saj4j3-NgcdhqkGJc6sGT1yaqSUjYbDd09KvLReo1ac39F6QBt9CY5-_B46jyHDqTPn8DZtMhvBFYy-IKVkvaDpzj8cpd4LGYvhaJKqSHtKIpUHJe29eX7Y44sKeDJthgApuZglW1XIk4RUlSc2nop2EKSRbvfCeeh-LzJdLOMcCjBz2cK/s4096/Grand%20Canyon%201977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34kv7t5saj4j3-NgcdhqkGJc6sGT1yaqSUjYbDd09KvLReo1ac39F6QBt9CY5-_B46jyHDqTPn8DZtMhvBFYy-IKVkvaDpzj8cpd4LGYvhaJKqSHtKIpUHJe29eX7Y44sKeDJthgApuZglW1XIk4RUlSc2nop2EKSRbvfCeeh-LzJdLOMcCjBz2cK/s320/Grand%20Canyon%201977.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I find tenacious adventure-seekers like Worsley amazing! Never in a million years would I have the courage or determination to voluntarily put myself through such trying and dangerous conditions. The most daring thing I’ve probably done is hike the Grand Canyon from North Rim to South Rim with our former Girl Scout Troop and leaders. At times, the trails were very narrow with big drops-offs. Thankfully, we were on foot and got to cling to the canyon walls while the people on the “luxurious” donkey rides had to move to the outside edge of the trail while they teeter-tottered near death and saw their donkeys kicking dirt off the edge of the world. No thanks. I prefer my own two feet. Our hike also included washing our hair in an ice-cold waterfall. I think I saw ice cubes rain down. And finally, the last overnight camp was filled with scorpions. Memorable! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The next “adventurous” accomplishment was probably when this Vegas girl adjusted to the <u><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-reliable-wife-by-robert-goolrick.html" target="_blank">North Idaho winters</a></u>, or even the time I braved the Polar Plunge. That’s about the extent of my fearlessness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And while I’d never attempt a really grand feat like a trek to the South Pole, I love reading about the people who have given so much to not just conquer the extremes of nature, but even just to travel and explore this big, beautiful earth. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Below are some other jaw-dropping adventures or travels:<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Non-Fiction Adventure and Travel Books:</span></b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2020/09/438-days-by-jonathan-franklin.html" target="_blank">438 Days</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2020/09/438-days-by-jonathan-franklin.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Jonathan Franklin – Lost at sea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/06/around-world-in-72-days-by-jason-marks.html" target="_blank">Around the World in 72 Days </a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">by Jason Marks - Nellie Bly's recreation of Verne's fictional race around the world</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/08/bill-brysons-african-diary.html" target="_blank">Bill Bryson’s African Diary</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/08/bill-brysons-african-diary.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Bill Bryson – Humanitarian journey</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-year-in-provence-by-peter-mayle.html" target="_blank">C’est La Vie</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Suzy Gershman – Living in Paris</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2015/11/eighty-days-nellie-bly-and-elizabeth.html " target="_blank">Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2015/11/eighty-days-nellie-bly-and-elizabeth.html " target="_blank"> </a>by Matthew Goodman<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2021/03/endurance-shackletons-incredible-voyage.html" target="_blank">Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Alfred Lansing </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">– </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Ill-fated Antarctica expedition</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/05/french-dirt-by-richard-goodman.html" target="_blank">French Dirt</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/05/french-dirt-by-richard-goodman.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Richard Goodman – An American man moves to France<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2015/07/into-wild-by-jon-krakauer.html" target="_blank">Into the Wild</a> </span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">by Jon Krakauer – A man lives alone in the Alaskan wilderness.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2021/05/madhouse-at-end-of-earth-by-julian.html" target="_blank">Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The </a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2021/05/madhouse-at-end-of-earth-by-julian.html" target="_blank">Belgica’s<i> Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night</i> </a>by Julian Sancton</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2017/10/notes-from-small-island-by-bill-bryson.html" target="_blank">Notes from a Small Island</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2017/10/notes-from-small-island-by-bill-bryson.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Bill Bryson – About his time and thoughts about England</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/06/extreme-gardening-stuttering-summer-im.html" target="_blank">Plant Hunters: Two Hundred Years of Adventure and Discovery Around the World</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Toby Musgrave, Chris Gardner, and Will Musgrave</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-reluctant-tuscan-how-i-discovered.html" target="_blank">The Reluctant Tuscan</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-reluctant-tuscan-how-i-discovered.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Phil Doran – An American couple moves to Italy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-ridiculous-race-by-steve-hely-and.html" target="_blank">The Ridiculous Race</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-ridiculous-race-by-steve-hely-and.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran – A dare to race around the world<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2015/10/tales-of-female-nomad-living-at-large.html" target="_blank">Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Rita Golden Gelman</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2015/03/tracks-by-robyn-davidson.html" target="_blank">Tracks</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Robyn Davidson – A woman’s trek across the Australian Outback </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/07/three-weeks-with-my-brother-by-nicholas.html" target="_blank">Three Weeks with My Brother</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks – Touring the world<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-reluctant-tuscan-how-i-discovered.html" target="_blank">Under the Tuscan Sun</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-reluctant-tuscan-how-i-discovered.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Frances Mayes </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">– </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">An American couple's life in Italy</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-walk-in-woods-by-bill-bryson.html" target="_blank">A Walk in the Woods</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Bill Bryson – Hiking the Appalachian Trail </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-year-in-provence-by-peter-mayle.html" target="_blank">A Year in Provence</a></span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> by Peter Mayle – A British couple moves to France<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-16126936037076552462022-06-03T07:00:00.016-07:002022-06-03T07:00:00.203-07:00I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys<p> <b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Historical Fiction at its Best!</span></b></p><p><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0pxSYbzvrEOdADLFmeXwExJoRnSYnBvfew2zTEK0NfLobFadm2Ao-YOad5dtT7Xi__pH2-A3qcqlRUq3uUNgHX8HdPMKSj6AUJv9Pzk7Ab_WFP2L0AA3vWWIO9hGYlwaAwzXq1RSXDv5tntZki6N0VNBoXSUPp2qNbSZ73YrDBtDWR_KRr30t3Ide=s293" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="194" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0pxSYbzvrEOdADLFmeXwExJoRnSYnBvfew2zTEK0NfLobFadm2Ao-YOad5dtT7Xi__pH2-A3qcqlRUq3uUNgHX8HdPMKSj6AUJv9Pzk7Ab_WFP2L0AA3vWWIO9hGYlwaAwzXq1RSXDv5tntZki6N0VNBoXSUPp2qNbSZ73YrDBtDWR_KRr30t3Ide" width="194" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What a jaw-dropping book about a boy in Romania during one of the most oppressive communist regimes led by dictator Nicolae Ceausescu (Beloved Leader) and his wife Elena (Heroine Mother).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In Romania, people are kept under complete control: where they live (tiny hovel-like apartments); where they work (twelve hours a day, six days a week); and how much food and electricity they get (very little). Even in their own homes, people speak in whispers because they know they are bugged and any word against the government will result in severe punishment or death. This is a country where cigarettes are a form of currency used to bribe dentists for Novocain or vodka is used to get an x-ray at a doctor’s office.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The biggest wield of power Ceausescu holds over Romanians is isolation and FEAR. He instills fear in everyone by having his own citizens become informants on each other. NO one can be trusted, including your own family because you never know whom the notorious Securitate (Secret Police) has forced to become a spy. Someone like seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu, an unwilling informant in a brutal country on the cusp of a Revolution in 1989. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A page-turning, must-read!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love how author Ruta Sepetys brings these lesser known historical events to life in this book just as she did about the sinking of the <i>Wilhelm Gustloff</i> ship as people tried to flee East Prussia at the end of WWII in her book, <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2020/10/salt-to-sea-by-ruta-sepetys.html " target="_blank"><i><u>Salt to the Sea</u></i>.</a> And while her books are marketed for a young adult audience, they certainly cross over to adult historical fiction. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I don’t usually like getting “stuck” on one author, but in Sepetys’s case, I’ll have to make an exception. After reading <i>I Must Betray You</i>, I jumped right into <i>Fountains of Silence:</i> again excellent!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Fountains of Silence</b></i> about the life in Spain under the brutal dictatorship of Francisco Franco in the 1950s. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now I really want to read her other books, too:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Between Shades of Grey</b></i> about a Lithuanian girl who is sent to a labor camp during Stalin’s regime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Out of the Easy</i> </b>about a young woman in New Orleans in the 1950s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Annette</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: red;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-19769703979412613912022-05-01T05:06:00.000-07:002022-05-01T05:06:00.172-07:00One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle <p> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Helvetica;">Pack Your Bags for Positano. </span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5f497a;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRPsctWk5Zleu2_oVdpgemRbT8ztA5mWK-N2cy4q5XM1Y7ZjH8c4A-BsuKXmVt5HNfjqCWnvUyDsF9SCqNdk_uXpwoamuVfdbi1aL5brt3FCG_d3VbedNJPTezd17fgY_kjBuDO55m41__0vzvSKtlKg2vxttAg3YO__zln59n-YuhdIlwCeQBIo6U=s1419" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRPsctWk5Zleu2_oVdpgemRbT8ztA5mWK-N2cy4q5XM1Y7ZjH8c4A-BsuKXmVt5HNfjqCWnvUyDsF9SCqNdk_uXpwoamuVfdbi1aL5brt3FCG_d3VbedNJPTezd17fgY_kjBuDO55m41__0vzvSKtlKg2vxttAg3YO__zln59n-YuhdIlwCeQBIo6U=s320" width="207" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was intrigued by the story of a young woman who meets a young version of her own mother who had recently passed. While I mistakenly thought this was a humorous book, the complexities of relationships made up for it. It was about the dynamics of relationships: the love and secrets between mother and daughter, husband and wife, and struggles within one’s own identity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>But it was the descriptions of the food and locations that <b>really</b> grabbed me over and over and had me heating up my phone with non-stop googling of the hotels, restaurants, and other GORGEOUS sites in the Amalfi Coast. One day (when I hit the lottery) I want to plan a tour of all the stops Katy made. Most people might like this book for the mystery and romance, but as for me, she had me at “Positano.” </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Positano awaits:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmd6fySH1iSH9JjWQD6-sWP8ltSe2UgYBFV206c16oV2nFezELfQtA0LSzJW8HZBYYAQ_0Ef16f8-DjJNosxz3nBdWcME7jxYHpfcTabjuftduM4LMpk-QE3Ou5R41VQo_Lr6Zcv4_KHXwEj68RdyrtT_o9gKn7uneImChWrf54PBsJ5GE_AFTyWpr=s1796" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="1796" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmd6fySH1iSH9JjWQD6-sWP8ltSe2UgYBFV206c16oV2nFezELfQtA0LSzJW8HZBYYAQ_0Ef16f8-DjJNosxz3nBdWcME7jxYHpfcTabjuftduM4LMpk-QE3Ou5R41VQo_Lr6Zcv4_KHXwEj68RdyrtT_o9gKn7uneImChWrf54PBsJ5GE_AFTyWpr=w640-h154" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Left: Positano by <span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: start;">By Annwvyn. Middle: Hotel Poseidon. Right: Path of the Gods</span><span style="text-align: start;"></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="font-size: 13.5pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47; font-size: 12pt;">If you liked this book you may want to read:</span><span style="color: #292929; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><u><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2014/01/beautiful-ruins-by-jess-walter.html " target="_blank">Beautiful Ruins</a> </u></i>by Jess Walter</span> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47;">(Set in Cinque Terre, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);">another</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47;"> beautiful region of Italy)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><i><u><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-reluctant-tuscan-how-i-discovered.html " target="_blank">The Reluctant Tuscan</a></u></i> by Phil Doran </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">(Humorous non-fiction account of a couple who move to Italy)</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><u><i><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-reluctant-tuscan-how-i-discovered.html " target="_blank">Under the Tuscan Sun </a></i></u>by Frances Mayes </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">(</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">Non-fiction book about a woman who renovates an Italian farmhouse.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Happy Reading,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Annette </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5f497a;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-81062731230952364832022-04-04T14:50:00.009-07:002022-04-04T14:50:00.185-07:00Midnight Library by Matt Haig <p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b><span style="color: #5f497a;">No Regrets? </span></b></span><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5_mh7WTYVuQ_AQT72Ts27z2TGX2oXBXPJo7sMbyINqazKN1NIc-vVFbWfpU_YchjaLDpNfEpgKn5Wa8y8B6k12tYm7M6KxKrT3_u-8nX02zPl_3YO0v8-GeHNj68mGKXLyrQXvNTlHm47tnF9xqJT81G5IZWXO_KbmteGlU7IulvMvtY0lrk_-myp=s1390" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5_mh7WTYVuQ_AQT72Ts27z2TGX2oXBXPJo7sMbyINqazKN1NIc-vVFbWfpU_YchjaLDpNfEpgKn5Wa8y8B6k12tYm7M6KxKrT3_u-8nX02zPl_3YO0v8-GeHNj68mGKXLyrQXvNTlHm47tnF9xqJT81G5IZWXO_KbmteGlU7IulvMvtY0lrk_-myp=s320" width="212" /></a></span></div><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A quirky and uplifting read about second chances. Nora is given the opportunity to relive and correct some of her regrets in life. But with each venture, she is plopped into a past she doesn’t know much about. It’s not all she thought it would be and her alterations extend beyond the editing of her original regret. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had to laugh that with each trip back in time, she’s never exactly aware where she is or how her life has built up to that point. It’s a mystery she must quickly figure out before she steps on that stage to give her motivational speech, or find her way home in a foreign country, or know what a spotter’s job is on an arctic exploration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I like how it’s explained that when we sometimes forget why we went into another room, it’s probably a blip in time when we’ve changed lives. So, now I have a good excuse! Ha! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Be sure to check out this unique and playfully thought-provoking book! Would make for a fun movie.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Reading,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Annette </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-74846319399430729202022-03-01T12:27:00.015-08:002022-03-01T12:27:00.188-08:00Love & Saffron by Kim Fay<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> <b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #5f497a;">I Just Love “Love & Saffron”</span></b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIpUfOn5L7bzKDpa-g-Y9vjg1dD4WZoGavX6VYSBv67lvzJ984ROKwTTS-FDsjZ1ar0mU-gjdoHfuQ6SiWXUzWASvnGAMn7k3vxsFtesfSMpT80TBuJANGNnY8uZK9zuw7xjXBj2xab49lx9A75AeHCwqDZco2GNn3xGO1qXL_jIYTOtvBQMaFNuA7=s4096" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIpUfOn5L7bzKDpa-g-Y9vjg1dD4WZoGavX6VYSBv67lvzJ984ROKwTTS-FDsjZ1ar0mU-gjdoHfuQ6SiWXUzWASvnGAMn7k3vxsFtesfSMpT80TBuJANGNnY8uZK9zuw7xjXBj2xab49lx9A75AeHCwqDZco2GNn3xGO1qXL_jIYTOtvBQMaFNuA7=s320" width="240" /></a></b></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I LOVED , LOVED, LOVED this book about two women corresponding in the 1960s! They begin by sharing their interest in food and then develop a true friendship. One lives in L.A., the other in the Seattle area. Every page either made me smile or pulled on my heartstrings. The book is like a time capsule, because the women discuss the many historical events that happen during their lives: Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK’s assassination, McCarthyism, feminism, Lawrence Welk, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Besides the food and historical aspects, many personal connections in this book made it special for me. Including the fact that it’s about a wonderful correspondence which reminds me of my <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2015/08/84-charing-cross-road-by-helene-hanff.html" target="_blank">oldest friend in Germany</a> and my recent correspondence with my second cousin in Australia. I’ve also been to some of the locations like the Seattle Space Needle, Pike Place Market and Los Angeles. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">This is such a SPECIAL, gentle gem of a book that I pre-ordered eight copies as gifts. Here's a sneak peek at some of the things mentioned in the </span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">book.</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigmgs5VecmM08K8QlAExE7n5co9VxvxkRrEYL2X-oYy_s38xxEiW_n2AFNb4_uICIG-lmaolmKlWIVtBkULmJb2xp0AcXMFHYAXJDb0a-jNoIfkig72zxIfRabigOLkJw-cJz9Vf3Om7-fxNTzmPAez2Vbe7Hy08Xojko_Y53OklaK-rrUtGprp6DI=s572" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="572" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigmgs5VecmM08K8QlAExE7n5co9VxvxkRrEYL2X-oYy_s38xxEiW_n2AFNb4_uICIG-lmaolmKlWIVtBkULmJb2xp0AcXMFHYAXJDb0a-jNoIfkig72zxIfRabigOLkJw-cJz9Vf3Om7-fxNTzmPAez2Vbe7Hy08Xojko_Y53OklaK-rrUtGprp6DI=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>I don’t want to give anything away, but maybe the picture on the left will entice you. “Who on earth could possibly feel reassured by a stewardess dressed like a chic Cossack?” pg 72<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Above right is a postcard of the Seattle Space Needle in 1962. Did you know it was originally orange?</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3xhvMSSeLXZdW03YeLxSFfwpQ3gu9MVWtopN5gUyKPz0erPniJGo_joC9w2mbQsY5uaMhOhj0nRDtKb9f85ukJFRlWmJpXKH4g0cY0w2SO5JCp7m2Cjn47D9R_RaECHL0F2_m7Ffxxj-RGdvsE6LdrNggLZ2yCyB4qCoWm2v5dJq3h2lR0hB6bfQ0=s1378" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="1378" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3xhvMSSeLXZdW03YeLxSFfwpQ3gu9MVWtopN5gUyKPz0erPniJGo_joC9w2mbQsY5uaMhOhj0nRDtKb9f85ukJFRlWmJpXKH4g0cY0w2SO5JCp7m2Cjn47D9R_RaECHL0F2_m7Ffxxj-RGdvsE6LdrNggLZ2yCyB4qCoWm2v5dJq3h2lR0hB6bfQ0=w577-h128" width="577" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://bluesyemre.com/2018/06/20/los-angeles-central-library-the-story-of-an-l-a-icon/" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://bluesyemre.com/2018/06/20/los-angeles-central-library-the-story-of-an-l-a-icon/</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">The Central Los Angeles Library is “famous for its rotunda’s murals and massive, one-ton bronze chandelier.” Pg 79 </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i><span>(</span></i></span><i><span>By the way, there’s a great book about the Central Los Angeles Public Library by Susan Orlean called </span></i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-library-book-by-susan-orlean.html " target="_blank"><u>The Library Book</u>.</a> <i>It tells the history and the April 29, 1986 fire that destroyed or damaged more than a million books.) </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">BONUS</span></b>: <i>Love & Saffron</i> has recipes at the end. I've already made two and they were very tasty! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b>Run, don't walk, to get your copy today! You won't be sorry!</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-69991890482118963532022-02-01T09:30:00.040-08:002022-02-01T09:30:00.173-08:00Tobacco Wives by Adele Myer <p> <b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #5f497a;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Where There’s Smoke...</span></span></b></p><p><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #5f497a;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tDVP8BnqjwI/YYMn-S6YGNI/AAAAAAAArEI/xKHtoN2xx48cd3Ri199HvIzOFEbC-iCvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tobacco%2BWives%2Bby%2BAdele%2BMyers.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tDVP8BnqjwI/YYMn-S6YGNI/AAAAAAAArEI/xKHtoN2xx48cd3Ri199HvIzOFEbC-iCvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Tobacco%2BWives%2Bby%2BAdele%2BMyers.jpeg" width="240" /></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A young seamstress in 1946 North Carolina, discovers the secrets of a tobacco company. She learns the harsh reality between the balance of truth and consequences, health and economy, and the strength of profit and power. This book is sure to spur some great book club discussions not only about smoking, but also women’s roll in the 1940s and fashion. Good book! It will be published next month, so pre-order your copy from your local independent bookstore today. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Of course I was curious, so I found some brief information on the history of tobacco: </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">6,000 BC:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> Tobacco has been around for a long, long time…dating back to 6,000 BC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1760:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> L.P. Lorillard Co. was the first tobacco company in the U.S. (NYC). They first produced pipe tobacco, cigars, chewing tobacco, and snuff. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1847:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> Philip Morris was established in the UK; in 1902 in the US. Marlboro is one of their brands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1849:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> J.E. Liggett and Brothers established in St. Louis<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1875:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> R.J. Reynolds Co. founded—made chewing tobacco<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1909:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> Patent for the first cigarette machine was introduced. I remember seeing them around when I was growing up (and no, I was not alive in 1909). Although I never bought any cigarettes from a vending machine, my husband put them to good use when he was a teenager. These days they are only allowed in establishments with certain age restrictions…in other words bars. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1912:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> First report of a connection between smoking and cancer</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">WWI and WWII:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> Cigarettes were included in soldiers’ rations<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1920s:</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> Cigarette girls in their cute little skirts and hats with a tray of cigarette wares strapped around their necks were all the fashion in supper clubs!</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1957</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">: Newport Menthol cigarettes were introduced for women<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1964</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">: Surgeon General warnings were added to cigarette packs<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1971</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">: Cigarette ads were banned from TV and radio <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1992</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">: Nicotine patch introduced<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">1998</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">: Cigarette ads were banned on transit and billboards<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">2006</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">: Tobacco companies can no longer advertise that “low tar” and “light” cigarettes are less harmful—something they already knew long ago<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">2018</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">: Menthol was set to be banned in cigarettes…until the tobacco companies put the pressure on and the ban went up in smoke.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">2019: </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Minimum age to purchase cigarettes was raised to 21 years of age federally. But a few exceptions remain like Idaho and Arizona in which you can purchase cigarettes at age 18. Not sure how that works if it’s federally mandated? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">My dad smoked as a kid in the 1940s and even then he knew about the effects of smoking regardless what the ads tried to tell you—like these two I found in a 1945 and 1942 <i>Life Magazine</i>.</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2hKBI6FxXME/YYMorWcgocI/AAAAAAAArEQ/XTTExzM7ICoXpnSk7IqO1MsQrYyUJ8upQCLcBGAsYHQ/s874/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-11-03%2Bat%2B5.14.25%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2hKBI6FxXME/YYMorWcgocI/AAAAAAAArEQ/XTTExzM7ICoXpnSk7IqO1MsQrYyUJ8upQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-11-03%2Bat%2B5.14.25%2BPM.png" width="264" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The left one states their cigarettes have “scientifically proved far less irritating to the smoker’s nose and throat.” Is that so?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The other one from 1942 states “If you love to smoke, if you hate even to <i>think </i>of cutting down…especially now when war worries and defense activities keep nerves tense…then new Julep Cigarettes are meant for you! Even if you smoke 20, 40, 60 Juleps a day, the last puff tastes as good as the first…your mouth and throat stay free of that smoke-weary, burned-out feeling…your breath remains untainted by tobacco-halitosis. How is this possible? <b>Because Juelps are improved by a miracle-mint essence, that works wonders</b>.” </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">WOW! It’s a miracle! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">On a personal note, my mother smoked all her life. While growing up in the 70s she sent us to the neighborhood 7-11 every so often with a note allowing us to purchase a pack of cigarettes for her. Who remembers those days? 😲</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> She quit when she was in her 50s—one of the most difficult things she’d ever done. Unfortunately, her lifelong habit caught up with her and in 2015, at my nephew’s graduation ceremony from the Marines, she was overcome with excruciating back pain. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in May of 2015. In July, she had a massive stroke, probably brought on from the extreme stress of the chemotherapy treatments. On July 4<sup>th</sup>, we watched the fireworks from the hospital window, and two days later she passed away—only two short months after her diagnosis. And yes, she did know that cigarettes cause cancer when she started smoking. She just didn't think it would happen to her. She was young and stupid, and then she was hooked. </span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Fashion</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ok, let’s get on with something more cheery. In this book, fifteen-year-old Maddie sews beautiful gowns for an upcoming gala held by the tobacco company. She mentions many different dress styles, fabrics, and even hats. Below are images I got from a 1945 <i>Life Magazine</i> that shows the “latest fall fashion” in headwear. Fun to look at! The middle one with the white bow was called a Yoo-Hoo. Which one would you wear?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6H4oP995lI/YYMpIY5V4OI/AAAAAAAArEY/8aJXklLOyyw8bf_pG9ks5CXzKSiV7XSqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1046/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-11-03%2Bat%2B5.16.00%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1046" height="267" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6H4oP995lI/YYMpIY5V4OI/AAAAAAAArEY/8aJXklLOyyw8bf_pG9ks5CXzKSiV7XSqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-11-03%2Bat%2B5.16.00%2BPM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My grandmother was a milliner. Here’s a photo of her in the late 1940s wearing one of her creations! Pretty snazzy!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fHJ8IQQq7CE/YYMpQGVVivI/AAAAAAAArEc/4q7xNOp-_TYK2-RmwAU0QtklMjVTI8bRACLcBGAsYHQ/s866/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-11-03%2Bat%2B5.17.57%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="290" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fHJ8IQQq7CE/YYMpQGVVivI/AAAAAAAArEc/4q7xNOp-_TYK2-RmwAU0QtklMjVTI8bRACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-11-03%2Bat%2B5.17.57%2BPM.png" width="107" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the book I learned about “fascinator” hats, too. Those are the kind that are mainly decorative bits that ride on the top of a woman’s head. I couldn’t resist looking them up. Here are Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice with the ultimate fascinators! You go girls!</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Le8h9aGmPw/YYMppASHkMI/AAAAAAAArEk/JsIjq9yov0YiQM5SV6u4jUvQeDF_Mfm3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s618/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-11-03%2Bat%2B5.19.30%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="618" height="244" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Le8h9aGmPw/YYMppASHkMI/AAAAAAAArEk/JsIjq9yov0YiQM5SV6u4jUvQeDF_Mfm3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-11-03%2Bat%2B5.19.30%2BPM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Well that about wraps it up for me. I could go on about the women’s roll in that time period as is mentioned in the book. But I’ve blathered on long enough. 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</style>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-9645910650683714152022-01-05T14:08:00.004-08:002022-09-14T17:51:10.827-07:00I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Helvetica;">Education for ALL. </span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5f497a;"> </span> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6JLJ5F1f4dumws2IUX8Xnka65nUPis-PvWNDbRL2VTppCNBJBYGqB3iXRCk-O3Ki6FM43H6SHirzxLljQ-VGnENS7X9XbI7r9jAVfN9ta0G-_gxZfU2RhCTgDV20-vNSH8OFdWs34m-7PFFAGmdATAJKvTxjLBosyVaWhuP-I9vvK_P9_XNk370Du=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6JLJ5F1f4dumws2IUX8Xnka65nUPis-PvWNDbRL2VTppCNBJBYGqB3iXRCk-O3Ki6FM43H6SHirzxLljQ-VGnENS7X9XbI7r9jAVfN9ta0G-_gxZfU2RhCTgDV20-vNSH8OFdWs34m-7PFFAGmdATAJKvTxjLBosyVaWhuP-I9vvK_P9_XNk370Du=s320" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Malala’s resilience and resolve in the face of radical abominations is undeniably inspirational!</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Malala was fifteen years old when she was shot for her vocal passion for education for ALL—including girls.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">This memoir is a fascinating first-hand account of her life in Pakistan and under the tyrannical rules of the Taliban who took control of the Swat Valley where she lived.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In this Taliban-controlled world women had to wear burqas and had to hide behind curtains in their homes or go into another room if men were present. They could not laugh out loud, wear white shoes, were locked up and beaten for wearing fingernail polish, and were not allowed to go to school.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Malala outlines the corruption and oppression in Pakistan made extreme by the Taliban, where women were second-class citizens with no control or rights</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jaw-dropping. I'm still in culture shock!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>“In Pakistan when women say they want independence, people think this means we don’t want to <b>obey</b> our fathers, brothers, or husbands. But it does not mean that. It means we want to make decisions for ourselves. We want to be free to go to school or to go to work. Nowhere is it written in the Quran that a woman should be dependent on a man. The word does not come down from the heavens to tell us that every woman should listen to a man.” pg 219</i></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you liked this book, you may also want to read:</span></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/07/beneath-tamarind-tree-by-isha-sesay.html " target="_blank"><i>Beneath the Tamarind Tree </i>by Isha Sesay</a><span> (Mass abduction of 276 girls from a Nigerian school)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Left to Tell </i><span>by Immaculee Ilibagiza</span><span> (Rwanda Holocaust)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Slave: My True Story </i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">by Mende Nazar and Damien Lewis</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> (12-year-old girl kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1993)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>A Long Way Gone </i>by Ishmael Beah </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(A boy is forced to be a soldier in the Sierra Leone Civil War)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Annette</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-50290201952776661772021-12-30T11:30:00.001-08:002021-12-30T11:30:00.188-08:002021 Book Club and Favorites Lists<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><b> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">2021 Book Club and Favorites Lists</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp9TyA98CdYV0UwxMiOn5i3H6IVLXM3AMC0vSClRhtA4gQynrA_NIt2_auZuJI8xt-o1a8YOlFYaU_SZE1Ee6WBj7GH25AC8nw7QeyjpA6kRmd8Csjth56Ba3G_WZAPNIrnGg6oCUa6oZY3rOAMyFhhruWNID1vRZRcgNfRlKCnFLE1BpuKsN3-04R=s482" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="482" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp9TyA98CdYV0UwxMiOn5i3H6IVLXM3AMC0vSClRhtA4gQynrA_NIt2_auZuJI8xt-o1a8YOlFYaU_SZE1Ee6WBj7GH25AC8nw7QeyjpA6kRmd8Csjth56Ba3G_WZAPNIrnGg6oCUa6oZY3rOAMyFhhruWNID1vRZRcgNfRlKCnFLE1BpuKsN3-04R=s320" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jenna Bush Hager’s 2021 Book Club</span></b></h3><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Jan. Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Feb. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Feb. Send for Me by Lauren Fox<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">March What's Mine & Yours by Naima Coster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">April Good Company by Cynthia Sweeney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">May Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">June Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">July Hell of a Book by Jason Mott (National Book Award Winner)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Aug. The Turnout by Megan Abbot<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sept. Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Oct. Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Same author as <a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-gentleman-in-moscow-by-amor-towles.html" target="_blank">A Gentleman in Moscow)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Nov. The Family by Naomi Krupitsky<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dec. Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reese Witherspoon’s 2021 Book Club</span><span style="color: #292929; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Jan. Outlawed by Anna North<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Feb. 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margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com/2021/08/wwii-quick-picks-summer-2021.html" target="_blank">The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kirstin Harmel</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Lincoln Highway Amor Towles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Sentence by Louise Erdrich</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-87480830207474709212021-12-14T12:26:00.012-08:002021-12-15T06:16:58.114-08:00Rasputin’s Daughter by Robert Alexander<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Helvetica;">The Mad Monk’s Daughter.</span></b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7pI5UN29t1mdCO2sFSgtLrV2KiNZh4V_h_2bJSjZ9A9itnlaj1qWoP-ejPqPuN74q_YZgLCwQXqsAoOuuAbVio2hro7JsA4epU-c5mKvFsysHmMQnjuob1ZdOIpLUekrCDC2ouRffzQqh3j2ARmFn3CkILS17ywT7B88xzSVBqSlBM4L5_-c4CKXT=s648" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7pI5UN29t1mdCO2sFSgtLrV2KiNZh4V_h_2bJSjZ9A9itnlaj1qWoP-ejPqPuN74q_YZgLCwQXqsAoOuuAbVio2hro7JsA4epU-c5mKvFsysHmMQnjuob1ZdOIpLUekrCDC2ouRffzQqh3j2ARmFn3CkILS17ywT7B88xzSVBqSlBM4L5_-c4CKXT=s320" width="209" /></a></b></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">What an interesting insight into the Russian “Mad Monk” who was rumored to be almost impossible to kill: poisoned, stabbed, shot numerous times, then drowned. This book is about Rasputin’s last days before his murder in December 1916. We learn about the charismatic man through his daughter Maria’s eyes—the man who was hated by so many, yet an indispensable healer and advisor to Empress Alexandra, before the Romanovs' own fall, their execution, which is detailed in another novel by Robert Alexander, <i>The Kitchen Boy</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both books are excellent and unlike other novels set in Russia like <i>Anna Karenina</i> and <i>War and Peace,</i> these are slim volumes that you can breeze through with ease. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFB_Esl_2hChepbS2_70aHGYdfHH3EF16Z7aJdRed6S-Me85pIdUXE87R4k9Na5qA2WJtICtOjZvtiycIRu3aIDPvLAuQAI55Ohlq4qk8UpPmaY4cZms8Bj8le7SsKwIct7j8yKSpHuT2WqeRQeDCbowxjqnSpUI48F7iB-pYhuDupsACxBDOR9ZMt=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFB_Esl_2hChepbS2_70aHGYdfHH3EF16Z7aJdRed6S-Me85pIdUXE87R4k9Na5qA2WJtICtOjZvtiycIRu3aIDPvLAuQAI55Ohlq4qk8UpPmaY4cZms8Bj8le7SsKwIct7j8yKSpHuT2WqeRQeDCbowxjqnSpUI48F7iB-pYhuDupsACxBDOR9ZMt=s320" width="210" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">EXTRA: Check out these AWESOME colorized photos of the opulent Russian society of the Romanovs' 1903 last costume ball. Jaw-dropping wealth while the masses outside the palaces were starving. No wonder there was a revolution! <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/07/16/romanov-costume-ball-1903/" style="color: purple;" target="_blank">https://www.thevintagenews.<wbr></wbr>com/2019/07/16/romanov-<wbr></wbr>costume-ball-1903/</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-family: arial;">Note: Russian dates differ according to whether they’re listed using the old style Julian calendar which was in use in until 1918 or the Gregorian calendar. This explains why the Russian Revolution can be listed either as February or March, 1917; the second revolution in October or November, 1917; and why Rasputin’s death can either be listed as December 16, 1916 or December 30, 1916.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Happy reading,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Annette</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212745789187149362.post-83512169945010195112021-10-09T07:57:00.019-07:002021-10-09T07:57:00.177-07:00The Stolen Lady by Laura Morelli<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Beautiful Mona Lisa; La Joconde; La Gioconda</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ymE-RMxuZKMsX3ZS_tMQa6KHElR3zy_Uq1dNc_arGIgJCrL8_b47WRedW-Y3RG8LMurLiFn7Jjmsw6lejD_fLGji8X-DDYe2ICYj5WI4c97JEyyI8i2hIxzmCO0ju086iEAlY3lcYUk/s2048/mona+lisa+stolenlady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ymE-RMxuZKMsX3ZS_tMQa6KHElR3zy_Uq1dNc_arGIgJCrL8_b47WRedW-Y3RG8LMurLiFn7Jjmsw6lejD_fLGji8X-DDYe2ICYj5WI4c97JEyyI8i2hIxzmCO0ju086iEAlY3lcYUk/s320/mona+lisa+stolenlady.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Stolen</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Lady by Laura Morelli:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;">Fascinating! I was totally immersed in this historical fiction of Mona Lisa’s life and how centuries later her portrait, along with other art from the Louvre, was kept safe during WWII. I learned so much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;">The author’s descriptions really brought me back to the time period of the Italian Renaissance. I could imagine the reek of the vats of dye at the Arno River, hear the clacking of the silk looms, and I could picture how the butchers tossed scraps of meat cuttings into the river, adding to the unbearable stench emanating from it, especially in the hot summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;">I learned about the class wars during that time period and the Medici Family’s role in it; how DaVinci had a reputation for not completing his projects; and his dislike for Michelangelo who was creating the <i>Statue of David</i> at the same time DaVinci started painting the <i>Mona Lisa.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;">DaVinci’s first person narration toggled back to the third person narration of Lisa’s servant, and then to a Louvre typist in the 1940s who inventoried the massive collection of art and then helped transport it from one location to another to keep it safe. What an enormous undertaking that was! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t let the cover of the book fool you, it’s more about Mona Lisa than a woman who in my mind doesn’t portray the Louvre typist at all. Also the title “The Stolen Lady” didn’t ring true to me as it was not about the 1911 theft of the portrait, but the creation of it. That aside, the book was well worth reading. It opened my eyes to the mysterious <i>Mona Lisa.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>Happy </i></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><i>Reading,</i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><i>Annette</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RBTxzB2N0m0/YWBfSgzrE1I/AAAAAAAAqwk/kVSnGHkmWJk-HXdJiIBzeyc59V_I78fxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s668/insta.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="668" height="34" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RBTxzB2N0m0/YWBfSgzrE1I/AAAAAAAAqwk/kVSnGHkmWJk-HXdJiIBzeyc59V_I78fxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/insta.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>Reading in the Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205422469750049005noreply@blogger.com0