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Every day, think as you wake up: "Today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it." Dalai Lama

Acknowledging the good you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckert Tolle

Next up and will be the beginning of my summer TBR challenge.

A cold has knocked me down, I can barely keep my eyes open when I am reading!

This is slower than I had hoped.

I had set this aside for a week or more. Although the focus of the book is the southern campaign, these past 3 chapters does discuss events prior to the war fought below the Potomac during the 1780-81 period.

Originally published in 1903. This 2011 Penguin Classics edition has a wonderful introduction by Childers' great-grandson. What an amazing life the author had and a terrible ending.

A GR group novella May selection.

Thane's 1959 NF follows the journey of Benson Lossing beginning in 1848 to travel to the places where the American Revolution happened in the years 1775-83 to see for himself and to record what the men who made the revolution had seen at that time.

Once again GR won't let me change the edition I am reading, which is the 2014 Vintage paperback. This was Lawhon's debut. A historical fiction mystery based on an unsolved disappearance of Judge Joseph Crater in the 1930's.

I've moved from a book that was set within the world of video gaming to one that has a lot of math i it. Neither areas are strong suits for me. But both are heavy on relationships.

Thank goodness you don't have to be a gamer to enjoy this wonderful story, but I did have to look up what "ludic dissonance" meant.

The relationship between Laura and Carmilla is becoming more fraught.

My IRL book club April selection.

A group read and a re-read for me, although a different edition. Looking forward to the discussion.

Did Men really call their wives "little girl"? in this era?? How infantilizing! Is Mrs. Pritchard really this submissive or is it all an act to exert some control over her husband?

A comment from Mr. Pritchard to the young WWII vet Ernest seems so relevant today. There's a kind of cynicism running around the country. It seems to me young people have lost faith in America.

I hope Juan does the right thing.

These people all need to be in therapy!!

I was unfamiliar with Simone Weil, and appreciated the wonderful 22 pp introduction to her life and spiritual philosophy by Laurie Gagne, woo eidted this slim volume of some of Weil's essays.

Next up to get started on.

They are finally getting on the bus!

Dual timeline. Started with a gothic vibe.