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scarletwoman

(31,893 posts) Sun Jun 21, 2015, 11:44 AM Jun 2015

What are you reading the week of Sunday, June 21, 2015? [View all]

Happy Summer Solstice to all, and Happy Father's Day to all the fathers here. I suppose it's hard to feel "happy" much in these dark days, but we cannot combat hate if we can't remember to take joy where we can. And remember to love - love our families, love our earth, love the every day wonder of living on a tiny spinning blue planet in an infinite universe...

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What are you reading the week of Sunday, June 21, 2015? [View all] scarletwoman Jun 2015 OP

As they say around here, "I'm happy to be looking down at grass and not up at roots TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #1

TexasProgresive, I cannot remember, are you of Irish heritage? Enthusiast Jun 2015 #5

No, I am mostly French,with German and English to make for a contentious mix TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #7

Thank you for sharing that! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #8

Ditto, what euthusiast said! japple Jun 2015 #9

Thank you scarletwoman. Happy Summer Solstice to you. And thank you for the thread. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #2

Emily St. John Mandel was interviewed by Scott Simon on NPR Saturday Weekend Edition japple Jun 2015 #10

Edit to add: Peter Geye's The Lighthouse Road was a marvelous read. japple Jun 2015 #11

We will put our order in for that one at the library. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #14

Hope you enjoy Wilderness. I thought it was a great work and thoroughly japple Jun 2015 #15

It was interesting to hear her speak of her book that way. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #13

I hope Mrs. E likes Lighthouse Island as much as I did. I read somewhere that Paulette Giles was japple Jun 2015 #12

Thank you for the beautiful sentiments, scarletwoman. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #3

Rekjavik Nights by You-know-who pscot Jun 2015 #4

Wow! Suite Francaise sounds amazing, for the perspective alone. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #6

Agree. ananda Jun 2015 #20

Thank you, ananda. There are a million untold stories of WWII. I'm so glad this one survived. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #21

Me too. I'm very grateful to this site. ananda Jun 2015 #22

It's a theme. Manifest Destiny has been repeated many times in the past Enthusiast Jun 2015 #23

"Memory Wall" by Doerr hermetic Jun 2015 #16

Thank you, hermetic. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #17

Bedside book: "Naoko" by Higashino Keigo Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2015 #18

"Touch" by Claire North. SheilaT Jun 2015 #19