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Escape to a time When life was an adventure.
Our nation was young, And so were her people. A time of struggle and setback, Of pain and perseverance.
A time also of freedom, joy, And the birth of new traditions. The future was fearful and uncertain, But no more so than for the children.
Read moreI have a very bad habit of filling out forms on web sites and then immediately forgetting what I’ve possibly signed up for! So, quite often I end up with surprises in my mailbox. Like this! Apparently, I at some point filled out a survey at Reading Group Gold and ended up with Firefly Lane. See? Filling out those forms does work sometimes! I also
Read moreI feel like it’s been a pretty productive reading week for me this week. I finished: Summer by Edith Wharton Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich (audio) The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore (audio) Amelia Peabody’s Egypt – Elizabeth Peters Summer I read for a book club meeting at a library in Roanoke. It was going to be the first book club meeting I’ve been to,
Read moreThe Egypt that so enticed and enchanted intrepid archaeologist-sleuth Amelia Peabody in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a place of wonder, mystery, danger, and the lure of antiquity. Now, with this monumental volume of Egyptian culture, history, and arcania, readers will be able to immerse themselves in the great lady’s world more completely than ever before.
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