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What are you reading June 2017?


It's not quite yet June but some of us could have May books we will still be on in June so here goes!

At the moment I just started Wilderness by Lance Weller. A story of an old American Civil War soldier ruminating on his memories, which are slowly unfolded to the reader from his mysterious present day life living a meagre existence in a shack on the wild and lonely coast of Washington State.

The writing is beautiful and the story -- though I'm only beginning the novel -- is already intriguing.

How about you? What are you reading end of May/going into June?

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I am currently reading the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn. I just started the first book, Heir to the Empire, a few days ago and I'm already more than halfway done. It's surprisingly good. Not Star Wars canon anymore, but excellent writing. Action, intrigue, and humor rolled up in a nice little bundle. ^.^

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Sorry 'bout that delete, posted to say it sounds very cool!

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Lol, it's okay. I just finished it this morning. One of the best books I've read for a while. 😁
Too bad it was a cliffhanger and I won't be able to read the next book until this evening. 😰

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England, Arise: the People, the King, & the Great Revolt of 1381 by Juliet Barker. I am about a third of a way finished with the book. Many of the legal details and all the various taxes and fees is a bit confusing, but it has interested me so far. I am usually sympathetic to the underdog, and I have found a new appreciation for John Balle. One of the famous things he wrote was "When Adam delved and Eve span, who THEN was a gentleman?"

He was kind of a cool guy, and applied for a writ of protection from the Crown since he said people were trying to beat him up from prosecuting his business. He got his writ, but it was later rescinded when the law found out that the business Balle was prosecuting was going around preaching things against the Catholic church and the people beating him up were clergy.

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That sounds intriguing!

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It is nonfiction, so a little bit of a slog. The various laws were not so fun to read, but necessary to lay down the foundation of why the Peasants revolted in 1381.

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I love history -- even when the facts can be a little dry, still it's intriguing to learn about events that happened; I prefer it to fiction!

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I generally prefer fiction. I love history, too. The preliminary part of the book was setting the foundation of why they revolted. Now, I'm getting to the actual revolt, and it's pretty interesting. I like to alternate fiction and nonfiction. I have a book about the history of salt I am looking forward to reading as my next nonfiction choice.

That probably sounds as stuffy as anything, lol.

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Not stuffy at all -- I'm also into a balance of fiction and non-fiction! I love non-fiction because I love to read about real-life things I'm interested in and want to learn more about, everything from events in history to specific subjects, wildlife, etc.

I like fiction too in order to have some escapism, but I tend to be very picky about my fiction, as it has to be really well-written and a worthwhile story for me to not feel like I'm wasting my time.

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I'm not very discriminating in choosing my fiction. I pretty much read whatever comes to hand. I have "old" tastes. So I generally read older books I have bought from book sales and thrft stores. Nonfiction when really well written is excellent- but so is fiction!

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The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher

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