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Listening to this story, I did it again. I extended my evening walk so I could hear the outcome of a race. GIVE ME TEN BIG ONES! Yes, it’s that exciting.

Swing. Such a beautiful thing.

I didn’t mean to read this book again but I accidentally borrowed it from my library. Started listening and,,,, here we are,,, back in the boat.

Apprentices in the world according to Theo.

Angels are real.

“It’s hard to teach kids the magic of words when they can hardly read them .”

Obvious question: you are a teacher. Why don’t you teach them to read?

We own all of the world’s hurts together.

Listening to the audiobook. One character is called the Viking. He’s Scandinavian. So why does the reader give him an Indian accent?

Ask Fiona if she is still getting those notes.

Reality is for civilians.

Who would name a baby Marmaduke?

Note to publishers:do NOT change readers halfway through a series. Especially when the previous reader was Lesley Manville.

Even Mary Westmacott gets a mention. Such a name dropper!

Horowitz is such a name dropper!

Reader needs to learn how to pronounce Gansevoort.

Insuperable: faster.
: incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved

My maiden name is Franklin so I read about Benjamin Franklin with special interest.

If life had a smell, it was to be found in springtime.

I think I’ll be dreaming of Gus. 😢

Early chapters are profound.

This is rare country, this Montana.

Incompetence invariably made trouble for people other than themselves.

Read-alcohol

I don’t like change. What’s the purpose of the name change?

It would be a blessing for her to have a man around who could reach the top shelf.

LOL

He’s been from the Columbia to the Rio Grande. That’s knowing the country.

I’ve seen something you haven’t seen… Montana!

50000 buffalo!

He hadn’t been worth listening to even when he had two legs. 😆

in·su·per·a·ble
/inˈso͞op(ə)rəb(ə)l/
adjective
(of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome.
"insuperable financial problems”