reading wednesday
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boxofdelights• What are you reading?
Still reading Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen, although the book group is over. That discussion got political but stayed civil, even though it was among 31 people, at the public library.
• What did you recently finish reading?
Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler. I was really looking forward to this book group, which is being led by a CSU professor who is writing a book on language and race in science fiction. But Neal asked if I wanted to see Dessa at the Armory, and I said yes, and he bought tickets, and it wasn't until I put it on my calendar that I realized it was the same day as book group.
However! Book group starts at 6:30, and lasts two hours. Concert starts at 7:00, but there is an opening act. I was at the Armory yesterday to see Trace Bundy, who had an opening act, and Trace Bundy did not get on stage until 8:00. The Armory is a ten-minute walk from the book group's venue. So, possibly, I could see half of book discussion and all of Dessa. I would just have to be a little brave.
• What do you think you’ll read next?
I've got Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson.
• What are you watching?
Woman at War, about a middle-aged monkeywrencher in Iceland, from the library. Weird but good. I used to love stories about being smart, brave, and stubborn enough to save the world, but now I crave the ones that know that no one person is going to save the world, but you have to keep trying anyway.
Still reading Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen, although the book group is over. That discussion got political but stayed civil, even though it was among 31 people, at the public library.
• What did you recently finish reading?
Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler. I was really looking forward to this book group, which is being led by a CSU professor who is writing a book on language and race in science fiction. But Neal asked if I wanted to see Dessa at the Armory, and I said yes, and he bought tickets, and it wasn't until I put it on my calendar that I realized it was the same day as book group.
However! Book group starts at 6:30, and lasts two hours. Concert starts at 7:00, but there is an opening act. I was at the Armory yesterday to see Trace Bundy, who had an opening act, and Trace Bundy did not get on stage until 8:00. The Armory is a ten-minute walk from the book group's venue. So, possibly, I could see half of book discussion and all of Dessa. I would just have to be a little brave.
• What do you think you’ll read next?
I've got Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson.
• What are you watching?
Woman at War, about a middle-aged monkeywrencher in Iceland, from the library. Weird but good. I used to love stories about being smart, brave, and stubborn enough to save the world, but now I crave the ones that know that no one person is going to save the world, but you have to keep trying anyway.
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Date: 2020-01-13 10:43 am (UTC)Best of luck getting to the book group and the concert! What a good evening.
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Date: 2020-01-16 05:50 am (UTC)Always seeking better things to watch
Date: 2020-01-13 05:25 pm (UTC)Re: Always seeking better things to watch
Date: 2020-01-16 05:49 am (UTC)The uplifting question is the hard one. I found it uplifting. But it is clear that climate change is going to keep getting worse.