A weird week, in many ways
Jun. 24th, 2019 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incognitajonesThe book club that I've belonged to for over 20 years ended this month. 😢 It had simply run its course; all of the other members are older than me, so several have retired and are living in other provinces full or part-time, and one is working out of the country so often that she's almost never able to make it. The final meeting was about as perfect as it could be: good book, great discussion, great food on a perfect June night outdoors. When we're in the same city, I'm sure we'll continue to get together on an ad hoc basis to drink wine and talk about books, but it won't be quite the same.
Speaking of books, I've read 42 so far this year--only 10 more to meet my goal. It's been very satisfying getting back into the habit of regular reading. Some highlights from the first half of the year:
And I'm looking forward to Ayesha at Last next.
Otherwise, I've had to quit keeping up with news from south of the border because it fills me with impotent rage and horror. I can't call my congressperson, demonstrate, vote, or do anything to affect change (other than donate to advocacy organizations) and there's little point in lobbying my government to apply pressure, as the current US administration is clearly immune to any international shaming. And like epidemics, American politics tend to take hold up here eventually, so there's that to worry about as well.
Speaking of books, I've read 42 so far this year--only 10 more to meet my goal. It's been very satisfying getting back into the habit of regular reading. Some highlights from the first half of the year:
- Six of Crows
- The Poppy War
- The Wild Dead
- Lost Children Archive
- The Bone Woman
And I'm looking forward to Ayesha at Last next.
Otherwise, I've had to quit keeping up with news from south of the border because it fills me with impotent rage and horror. I can't call my congressperson, demonstrate, vote, or do anything to affect change (other than donate to advocacy organizations) and there's little point in lobbying my government to apply pressure, as the current US administration is clearly immune to any international shaming. And like epidemics, American politics tend to take hold up here eventually, so there's that to worry about as well.
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Date: 2019-06-25 02:59 pm (UTC)*sigh
But congrats on your reading goals!
Also, as someone south of the border, I'm with you on the rage and horror. I'm frightened about our future.
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Date: 2019-06-26 01:03 am (UTC)I can only imagine what it feels like to be inside the clusterfuck... watching it from outside is terrible enough.