dtrpath27

Welcome.

Welcome and happy reading.

Sounds good!

Neither have I. Many other things, but never yogurt. Never have I ever been to South America.

I woke up to 66/19 degree weather, nice and cool with blue skies. Where did this come from?

I haven't read the book, but the show definitely has me interested.

Thank you. We wound up stopping for lunch in a tiny town. There was an antique shop that was also having a used book sale. Even though the shop was closed, the bookshelves full of books were still out on the sidewalk. Here is how they secured them: You know you're in a small town when security consists of plastic tarps and binder clips.

Just started Man in the High Tower. It's based on the Philip King. Dick novel. So far, so good.

Just got out of Now You See Me 2. Good fun.

Today was perfect weather: 84 with blue skies, low humidity, and a warm breeze. Lovely.

That is very interesting. I never knew that that was what the distinction was. Today is Father's Day. I think we're going to take my husband fishing today.

I just finished reading The Eternal Summer by Paul MacDonald. It's second in a series around a detective named Chuck Restic. I enjoyed the first installment, but never took to this one. I wound up skimming the last 75 pages or so.

Ah...this is going to require some thinking.

100 Years seems to be the overwhelming winner of books on this thread that can't be finished. I really thought I was alone on this.

The movie, I've already seen several times and it still held up.

Laws in the United States are passed in the Legislative Branch (the House and Senate) not the Executive Branch. It's part of the system of checks and balances to keep one branch from getting too much power. Now, the president can veto a law. That's how the President keeps tabs on Congress.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my pet peeves when the blurb on the back cover/Amazon gives away too much. I think writing a well-crafted blurb that is enticing yet sufficiently ambiguous is a challenging thing to do.

Was it good? That's one that I keep seeing and thinking about, but never moving on to picking it up.

That's how I feel. I've usually either researched a book a fair bit or have already read it and know I love it when I buy it brand new. My favorite bookstore is this little independent one that has a really well-curated stock of both brand new books and fantastic condition used books. Throw a dart and you'll hit a great book. It has a truly well-read staff (I don't always find that in big retailers) and a fantastic L-shaped porch with comfy rocking chairs where you can relax and read. It's everything a bookstore should be and more.

95 today and the a.c. of my south-facing office was blowing hot air. I feel like I was being roasted from the inside out.

I agree with that, and I feel that there is a great deal of recognition. Possibly other countries are only seeing a snapshot of media coverage here in the US? Currently, I'm living in one of the most conservative parts of the US, and people seem to be genuinely shocked and saddened by the entire situation. If there's that feeling and coverage here, I imagine it's even more so in other parts of the country.

Echoing what Anna said, the fact that it was a gay club is at the forefront of all the reporting I've seen and heard. To me, the true tragedy is the senseless loss of human life. So sad for all the friends and families who have lost loved ones.

I've lived where guns are completely illegal, and it really is a nice feeling. The question of rights in the United States -- on many fronts, definitely not just gun control -- is a complicated one that many feel very passionate about. My thought as to why is that many critical points in our nation's history are centered around the struggle for rights -- the right to be free from British rule and the right to defend ourselves to accomplish that, the right to practice whatever religion we choose free from government intervention, the right to freedom for slaves, the right for those freed people to vote, and later the right for women to vote, the right to be educated, the right for African Americans to use the same public spaces as Caucasians -- struggles like these continue to this day in the United States, and the need many feel to struggle for rights and/or against any perceived oppression of rights is very real. These are just my thoughts on how things seem to be. Others might analyze it differently.

Try A Matter of Time by Glen Cook. I've just started it, but it seems to be going well, and it's along the vein that you mentioned.