Lincoln, the Green brothers, and print books #SundaySalon
Happy Sunday! Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at ReaderBuzz. Check out her post and the links to see what other bloggers have been up to in the last week.
How’s the weather?
We’ve been gradually warming and expect some hot weather this week, but it is June! So, I can’t complain.
What are you reading?
I’m reading two print books and no e-books. That’s very rare for me. I’ve got some holds on e-books that I want to read, so I’m patiently waiting for those while finishing the print books that I’m excited to read.
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. This is our June selection for my book group that specializes in books about race in America. We usually read nonfiction but deliberately chose some novels this year. This is a good one! I’m nearly half-way through. Our meeting is on the 18th, so I have plenty of time.
Should Have Told You Sooner by Jane Ward. Tina sent me this book after I said that I liked the sound of it based on her review. I’m about a third of the way through this one. I would be going a lot faster, but I don’t want to get too distracted from the book club book.
What are you watching or listening to?
We watched the 2022 docudrama about Abraham Lincoln on Netflix. I realized that while I’ve heard that the second inaugural speech is important, I never fully understood it. I may have never read it, even though it’s quite short. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the United States, it felt important to me to realize that the Declaration of Independence is an incomplete story of the country and that this speech is vital to understand the journey.
Hank Green has a new podcast called Humans. For the first episode, he interviewed his brother, John Green (author of The Fault in Our Stars and Everything is Tuberculosis, among other books).
What are you doing?
Last Sunday, I went to an event about protecting immigrants. I was thrilled to learn that there is a group working on that in my area. This work is best done as hyperlocal activism — protecting our neighbors and advocating with our city governments and police departments. Well, the work would best be done at the national level, but progress there seems slow in coming and there is much to be done, right now.