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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: A Novel | Muriel Spark

I‘m so sad about the death of Maggie Smith. It also made me realize I‘d never read this book or seen the movie. I watched the movie last night. I think Maggie was always in her prime, no matter what her age or the role. Just magnificent.

Also coming in just under the wire for #spinsterseptember.

Plus there‘s a tie-in with The Lady of Shalott. #LMMAdjacent @BarbaraJean

Leftcoastzen She was so great!😢 1mo

BarbaraJean Ugghh, I\'m so sad about Maggie Smith, too. I need to watch this movie...and probably re-read the book! I read it in college (so: 20+ years ago!) and don\'t remember a Lady of Shalott tie-in. Now I am intrigued on multiple fronts. 1mo

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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World | John Vaillant

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A timely & horrifying book. Vaillant depicts with intensity & vividness the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta that overtook the city. He described the hours leading up to it in great detail & I almost felt sick knowing what was coming. The picture inserts has one from someone who took it from his car as he & his family fled the town, & it was an infernal scene. The latter half of the book outlines our economic system's path of destruction.

batsy Really a hard book to sit with as more & more destruction from wildfires "colliding" with cities & towns become almost everyday news at this point. Also pretty mind-blowing was learning about how much stuff is petroleum-based, & the difference between older furniture & flammability compared to modern houses (literally takes only minutes to completely go up in flames). 1y

Graywacke That‘s a little freaky about modern homes. (Great review!) 1y

jlhammar Yes, so intense! Great review. 1y

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batsy @Graywacke Thank you! I was freaked out to read about it, as well. Generally a lot of freaking out throughout the entire book. 1y

batsy @jlhammar Thank you! He's a good writer who's able to put a lot of dense info into a readable narrative for a general audience. I was impressed. 1y

LeahBergen Great review! 1y

Leftcoastzen Great review!there are so many factors now involved in ramping up intensity of fires. 1y

batsy @LeahBergen Thank you! 1y

batsy @Leftcoastzen Thanks! And yes, it's actually so scary 😟 1y

Leftcoastzen My friend lost power for a week , lucky he‘s not actually in the 57k acre smith river complex fire near California /Oregon border. Started because dry lightning started 13 fires in rural areas. It hasn‘t been in the news , started around time of Hurricane turned tropical storm hitting Southern California 1y

merelybookish Totally off topic but saw that there's a #spinsterseptember reading challenge running on IG. 👵Thought of you! 😃 1y

batsy @Leftcoastzen Goodness, that is scary. Yeah I do wonder what other extreme climate incidents are going unreported. Is your friend OK and do they have power now? 1y

batsy @merelybookish Aaah! I didn't know this was a thing; thank you for letting me know! I'm following the challenge on IG now & am definitely going to try to read at least one #spinsterlit book 🤓 1y

Leftcoastzen They are ok, he‘s taking care of his 97 year old mother . They had a small generator, the fire , though growing is not headed their way. The power company did a work around with their large generators.Still to dangerous to check the transmission lines through the fire area. 1y

batsy @Leftcoastzen With an elderly mum too 😟 that is scary. I hope it remains safe and they are OK 🙏🏾 1y

rubyslippersreads @merelybookish I thought of @batsy too when I saw the #spinsterseptember tag. 🙂 14mo

merelybookish @rubyslippersreads Great minds! 😀 14mo

batsy @rubyslippersreads @merelybookish I'm touched! 😆 14mo

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