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[George]

PAGE SIX DANCE!!

[Jane]

A Painted House by John Grisham.

[Ginny]

I like both of DR Jane’s book suggestions!

Have you read The Bridge by Doug Marlette?  I highly recommend this one.

No, but I’ll look into it.

[George]

Otherwise, what's left seems to work.

[George]

I'll have to again redownload any apps that I still want.

[Jane]

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jaime Ford.

[Jane]

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

[Jane]

DR John, happy birthday to Linda 🎁🎂

[George]

I just noticed that I passed a millstone!

[Jane]

Congratulations.

[ChasSmith]

That’s quite the millstone, DR George.

I’m terrible at never thinking to look at the numbers.

[George]

Thanks, Jane and ChasSmith!

[George]

Oh, no...Thurston County now has 4 confirmed coronavirus cases.

[bk]

I am so actively bored of people on Facebook right now.  All they can do is talk about how they can't find eggs, or they had to endure the market with 200 others (some social distancing, that) to not find what they want, or hand sanitizer, and when you say something like "Anyone ever hear of this thing called soap?" they unhumorously pile on you and that includes two former dear readers this very day.  Here's the deal: If you've lost your sense of reality and/or humor, stay far away from me.

Except, Dear Bruce, you aren't joking when you mention soap.  It is appropriate if someone needs a ton of it for their home, however, when shown a small amount in a travel size bottle...sorry, not funny

Says you.  But I do understand that everyone has lost their ability to have a sense of humor - not this kid.

Sorry, I would have laughed if it was a huge bottle, but half a little travel one.  You should have put a wink after your comment or a laughing face.

Yes, given the state of everyone I should have put a smiley face.  I should have thought the point that I commented the way I did about a tiny little thing would have been a clew, but no.

[bk]

Excellent milestone for George.

[John G.]

Maybe a little too depressing. She liked David Copperfield many years ago

Thomas Hardy?
Stella Gibbons?

Stells Gibbons, yes. But I like my mother. Why would I give her or anyone else Thomas Hardy? Sorry, but I loathed Tess, Jude the Obscure, The Well-Beloved and Return of the Native. And I liked those more than his poetry.

I loved Far From the Madding Crowd.

I liked it. The one Hardy I loved was The Mayor of Casterbridge, but I don’t want to give Mom a book about wife abuse.

[John G.]

I just noticed that I passed a millstone!

Excellent news.

[John G.]

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

She has read that. I think I bought it for her a few years ago.

[John G.]

I was thinking either Gerald Durrell or A Gentleman in Moscow.

I am not familiar with Durrell.  When my current book group read A Gentleman in Moscow I found those who weren't as keen on it missed the humor.  I read it twice and laughed more the second time.

His first three books are what the TV show The Durrells in Corfu was based on.

[John G.]

I don’t think my mom would like one of the books I’m currently reading, The Iron Heel by Jack London. It’s all about the socialist revolution and is said to be the first dystopian novel. I’m finding it too black and white, but as I’m about half through it, I will probably finish it.

[John G.]

I have had more than 20 work emails since I logged put for the day. Go away, people. 7 am comes soon enough.

[George]

Excellent milestone for George.

Thanks, BK!

[George]

I just noticed that I passed a millstone!

Excellent news.

Thanks, John!

[John G.]

Now a real disaster has struck work: They're limiting the services offered by the three Starbucks on the main campus. They're probably even calling off the cold-press cart that cycles through the main floor.

Oh, the humanity.

[vixmom]

Congratulations on you shiny new millstone George!

[vixmom]

Now a real disaster has struck work: They're limiting the services offered by the three Starbucks on the main campus. They're probably even calling off the cold-press cart that cycles through the main floor.

Oh, the humanity.

Coffee Coping vibes for John G

[vixmom]

Surgery vibes for Elmore

[John G.]

Thank you, all, for the suggestions. I send off A Gentleman in Moscow and My Family and Other Animals. I will keep the rest of the suggestions for the next round, which I expect to be monthly or quarterly.

There are a few I want to read, too. I heard Major Pettigrew was wonderful, and I love the title of The Atomic Weight of Love.

[John G.]

In doing some research on City of Girls, I came across two different books, The Atomic City Girls (a novel) and The Girls of Atomic City (nonfiction). The nonfiction looks promising to start with.

[John G.]

Has anyone read Elena Ferrante or watched the series based on her books?