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Completed The Poisonwood Bible, added info to SS.(Sorry, on my phone app 😜)
Just started a U 😁
Okay! Sorry about that. I was thinking you needed the edition with the page count. I’ll go change it out now.
Completion Post: 
(listened to the audiobook)Book: The Shadows by Alex North (default edition)
Date Read: 7/29
Added to SS
That’s great news Lauri! So glad to hear you are safe 😊
Keeping you in my prayers Lauri! 💗
Suzanne wrote: "Acrobatics are definitely an exercise - one I wish I could do, but I'd break myself :)I got pretty much nothing read yesterday because we went hiking. We took the grandchildren and the dog so it ..."
Agree with acrobats
Sounds like a perfect day Suzanne :D
Great Job everyone! 😁👍🏼This round jut flew by! 🦅
Is there a countdown for this round?
COMPLETION POST
Into the Darkness by Sibel Hodge
Read: 7/24/20
Added to SS
Possibly my last one for this round. My boys are all home for the weekend! YAY!
Happy Friday y'all!
Lucy wrote: "I've got a list of books I could possibly read for the tags for the next round but some of them make me wander why people tagged it like that. Especially Safari. Book Read: [book:Record of a Spac..."
I agree Lucy, I was glad because a Safari book isn't really my thing ;P
DQ Day 4Chapters 19 - end
16. What do you think about Justyce going to see Martel. Do you support him going or disapprove. I know he later regretted it, but I can't help feeling he went to fit in. Or maybe to become more like "his kind"
~~~I was terrified for him, but I think he felt like he was running out of choices. Luckily he realized it wasn't the only option.
17. During these chapters there was the scene with the police at Justyce's graduation. Do you think it was wrong of the police officers to approach him in front of all his friends and family. Should they have waited until he was done talking to them to approach? It's definitely a difficult situation cause I can see it being argued from either end.
~~~I definitely felt it was a terrible place for the police to approach Justyce, yet it makes sense that they could definitely find him there. It would have been more considerate to go to his home in private.
18. During the conversation with the police, Justyce stands up to his mom and asks her to treat him like an adult. He also mentions that if he went along with his mother's idea and refused to talk, he would've appeared guilty. What did you make of these two confrontations? Also, we get the behind the scenes reasoning about why Justyce's mom doesn't approve of him dating white girls. What is your opinion on her reasoning? I personally understand what she's saying, but not all white people are alike just like not all black people are alike.
~~~It made sense for him to stand up to his mother, He seemed like a much smarter kid than one to listen to his mom's ideas. As far as her opinion about his dating white girls, I'm sure she has seen other relationships fail. Living in the conditions she did, there was not an opportunity to see success.
19. While hanging out with S.J., S.J. says, "Jus, I think I hate everything... Why can't we all get along like butterflies." To that quote Justyce thinks to himself that all the butterflies "look exactly alike." What do you make of this quote? Why do you think there is so much hate around people looking different (doesn't only have to be about race, but defects, disabilities, other differences as well)?
~~~Well, technically , not all butterflies look alike. so I thought this wasn't the best example. But to go along with that quote if I agreed, I would say SJ was trying to say all people are alike. I totally disagree because it isn't really about color as much as environment and genetics. And it's not that simple in other animals either. Not all dogs or cats get along. And in reality , do butterflies all get along? Either way, it's not that simple.
20. I thought that Justyce's last letter to Dr. Martin was the most meaningful. He mentions that maybe the issue is that he doesn't know what he was trying to achieve by his "What would Martin do?" project. I found it very resonating when he mentioned Doc asking him "What would Martin be" and he couldn't find an answer. What did you think of the last letter to Martin? How do you think Justyce has changed throughout the book?
~~~I thought this was interesting... why did he write those letters? I assumed to become a better person. I enjoyed all of his letters and would agree that his last letter was the most meaningful. I'm not sure Justyce changed a lot in the book. In the beginning he was pretty clear about the differences of his old friends and his new friends. His mom made sure of that! But I think by the end of the book, he was way more cautious about life choices.
21. I personally think that by the last chapter Jared changed the most thoughout the story (which actually surprised me a lot because in the beginning I thought he was hopeless). He went from a racist to actually caring and being Justyce's friend. Did your opinions change on Jared at the end of the book? What about the other characters?
~~~ This was emotional for me, I loved that Jared grew up in college and expanded his mind. I'm not sure it would be that simple, but the "romantic" in me wants to belief that. None of the other characters seemed to have changed compared to Jared.
I'm hoping to finish The Institute and You Again by Debra Jo Immergut. I am not getting as much done as I usually do.We had both our dogs fixed yesterday and our big guy has drains in his face from dog bites (from a different dog). So, i'm playing nursemate and chasing him away from our pool all day. Makes me want toddlers again, LOL!
I do like looking for the next round of books, disappointed they're a repeat. But I think I kept a list somewhere from the books I didn't get to before ;D
Stay cool everyone, it's been in the 100's here in Texas :(
Tina ❣ wrote: "Trinia wrote: "Cathy M. wrote: "Trinia wrote: "Paula wrote: "Trinia wrote: "Completion Post
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
Date Read: 7..."
done! Next time I will review on Goodreads first! that was so confusing. ;P
