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How do they do it! Once again Ilona and Gordon have me glued to my computer waiting for the next installment. Using Sci-Fi to comment on our current times allows for so much more of an impact than all the social media hype. If you haven't read any of the Innkeeper Chronicles, I highly recommend them and if you are a fan here is the link to the latest online serial: https://www.ilona-andrews.com/sweep-o...

Here is great link to the blog in case you want to sort out all 12 candidates for this Intergalactic version of the Batchelor: https://www.ilona-andrews.com/2022/in...

Chapter 11 Part 1: "For Earth politicians, popularity was a major factor, but it wasn’t everything. Plenty of people took office based on the strength of their personality or a tough stance on a particular issue. Some of the politicians were even nearly universally disliked but continued to be reelected for complex reasons."
Love how they weave their opinions into the story.

Chapter 8 available 2/25/2022
I am one of the BDH and the Innkeeper series is my favorite. Ilona and Gordon can do no wrong.

Chapter 5 - Miriam - lots to think about and discuss
This has been a good choice for our book club

So far Chapter 7 has been one of my favorites. I am looking forward to the group discussion

"Grief is a gift," Dante said. "Grief means that you threw heart into to life and lived it fiercely. Suffering is a gift."

We were using this book last year for a Bible Study at my church but then we stopped after the first chapter because of COVID. We have started again and meet via Zoom. So glad we restarted this book.

Chapter 3 - thoughts about what light pollution is doing to us and our environment - I grew up in a rural area where I could see the stars and am saddened that most people in the US don't have that opportunity. Interesting article that the book refers to that I looked up and read: http://reedforenglish.weebly.com/uplo...

So far I am impressed with this book and feel it may be a good one for our Bible Study group

"Something broke inside Maud. Something almost forgotten that lived deep in the very center of her being, in the place where Innkeepers drew their power when they connected to their Inn. She had no Inn. She had nothing, except Helen and Helen was inside the dragon’s mouth." Ch.15 Pt.4 page quess
A mother fighting for her daughter's life!
Ch. 17 part 4 now keep them coming

"people can be cruel in lots of ways, some very subtle. .... Evil almost always starts with small cruelties. " in the chapter "Continental Drift"

"Something broke inside Maud. Something almost forgotten that lived deep in the very center of her being, in the place where Innkeepers drew their power when they connected to their Inn. She had no Inn. She had nothing, except Helen and Helen was inside the dragon’s mouth." Ch.15 Pt.4 page quess
A mother fighting for her daughter's life!

Loved it just as much the 2nd time around using Whispernet to switch back and forth with audio version