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I‘ve enjoyed Kiernan‘s other books so I thought it was finally time to read her book on Thanksgiving and Gratitude - and I‘m so ‘thankful‘ I did 🤗 This is a very well written history of the Thanksgiving holiday and the woman who fought to make it a national day of gratitude. It was at times hard to read (I made more than 1 exasperated sigh at how history repeats itself), but a fascinating read nonetheless.

When your library holds AND your #bookmail arrive on the same day 🤪 At least now I have just enough emotional support books to get me through this week 😅

One picture to show that yesterday was my payday 🤣 I went onto Pango to see if someone was selling a copy of the tagged book and then 3 others just hopped in my cart 🤷🏼‍♀️ -Starts to hum ‘Anticipation‘ by Carly Simon-

Gosh, lots to read but all so softly written. Constance goes to fight instead of Bartholomew. She is strong yet deeply hurt. This story tells of her background, her own mother and those she encounters. His writing is so good.

This is an attempt to use William Faulkner to explain southern culture. The idea is maybe the unspoken, Faulkner being known for not telling us what he‘s reading about. The Civil War and its mythology are central to Faulkner‘s work and yet lightly touched, at best. Another oddity is that Faulkner the writer was a better person than the RL Faulkner. He was moderate on race (ie racist), but his writing demanded more human treatment.

An interesting collection of movies in this survey: https://shorturl.at/WlJGc

I‘ve seen 13/100. Here are a few highlights.
1. Glory
2. Apollo 13
3. Contact

Honorable mention goes to Air Force One for the unforgettable line: Get off my plane!

#TLT

Pulitzer 1975. Battle of Gettysburg

#Team
#School Spirit
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

New audiobook. Started this evening.

Terrific introduction. He explains the book as response to the Tea Party lunacy in 2010. He started researching how the contemporary US remembers the Civil War, and why those divisions then still play so prominent a role in American life and politics. He found Faulkner to be ideal for this topic, and began focusing on Faulkner from that perspective.

The Royals are getting swept in the middle of a pennant race? Don't care. Learning about history.