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A boys‘ book? I mean, sure, there is a grand total of one female character and she appears in just a handful of pages (Jim‘s mother). Still, let‘s ditch the “boys‘ books and girls‘ books” already.

I fell down a rabbit hole about the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a group that still exists (after a fashion), working for justice for the desaparecidos of the Guerra Sucia. Three of the original founders, two French nuns who helped them, and seven other helpers were kidnapped, drugged, and thrown unconscious from aircraft into the South Atlantic (a practice known as death flight). Yet the Mothers, and the Grandmothers, marched on. (cont)

Today‘s goals: finish the tagged (75 pages to go) and start catching up on Middlemarch (a week behind for #PemberLittens!). I couldn‘t focus on MM and Vanity Fair at the same time so I paused the former to finish the latter last week. Kiddo‘s had a cold (or cold- or flu-like symptoms) since Thursday so I‘ve had less reading time than usual. Hoping to accomplish at least one of these goals today! 🤞🏻

Wood walked through some pretty serious terrain (the Sahara) and came this close to dying of thirst, dangerous lands (South Sudan), and paranoid lands (Egypt). What I loved most were his conversations with Boston, Wood‘s Congolese guide who lived in #Uganda, which consumed a lengthy part of his walk. Boston provided a unique perspective about so many things, but mostly from the experiences of the destitute who do what they can to survive, even ⬇️

I‘m lucky I got in this short walk today; we had quite a bit of rain. I have a couple of hours left in The Body Lies and am reading The Road to Little Dribbling as my evening book. #audiowalk

Read my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin and my first nonfiction of the year (towards my goal of 12). Finished Ove and going to see Otto tomorrow. Alas, so many good books left on the board. I really need to read faster! #BookSpinBingo

Even though I have yet to read Sovietstan, I had to grab this from the library, Fatland‘s most recent travelogue through the Himalayas.

Anyone else plan to check this out???

Synge, a culturally sensitive Dubliner & peer of Joyce and Yeats, saw simplicity in the islanders of Aran and idealizes the setting, which is both this book‘s unforgettable charm and its chief fault. He is morbid throughout regarding the fate of Aran‘s young fishermen on the rough seas, feeling that he talked with men “who were under a judgement of death. Stark but lovely prose conveys Aran‘s wild beauty and isolation well

This was the perfect read on a day when I had a road trip! Light and funny!

I have identified all the countries the author walks through to count them for #readingtheAmericas and here they are:

#Mexico, #Belize, #Guatemala, #Honduras, #ElSalvador, #CostaRica, #Panama, #Colombia

Three hours to go I‘m this audiobook