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    I finished reading The Code of the Woosters, written in 1938 by British author P.G. Wodehouse. All of his books are very entertaining in the dry British fashion. I am currently reading the novel Independent People. According to Google, it… Continue reading

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    I have been listening to the audio version of Storm Pegs, the only way I could access it from my library, and was a bit into the book before I realized the author isn’t from Shetland, the country she is… Continue reading

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    I am currently reading A Grain of Wheat by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. This novel is set during the state of emergency in Kenya’s struggle for independence, from 1952–59. It follows a character with a secret from his time… Continue reading

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    The book The Name of the Rose by Italian Umberto Ecowas not my favorite, pretty cynical, but it does have a great description of writing historical fiction craft in the prologue. Great advice! And it did keep me guessing until… Continue reading

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    I finished the book The Wonder, and it would be hard to say anything about it without ruining the ending. It was interesting, and kept me guessing until the end. I am continuing my 80 books around the world journey… Continue reading

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    I finished The Lion Women of Tehran, and loved it! I am always amazed at the cyclical way that some relationships continue, like the two main characters in this book. It is sometimes wild to see who my husband and… Continue reading

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    I finally finished all 1,340 pages of it! It was a good book, and kept me wondering what was going to happen to all the 20 somethings in it until the end. I decided to double back on my 80… Continue reading

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    I got to go to a very bookish place! It is a very cool place with a reasonable tour fee. It has an incredible amount of family items because the women of Concord made their husbands buy the property to… Continue reading

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    I am STILL working my way through A Suitable Boy, so I thought I would share a bookish adventure my oldest daughter had. She was attending a week long event at the Air Force Academy, where her belongings were checked… Continue reading

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    I am still plugging along through A Suitable Boy. Google made me feel better when it said that this book is one of the longest single volume books in English! My current devotional is Heart of God by Elisabeth Elliott.… Continue reading

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