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Subject: June Historical Fiction Reads
Date Posted: 6/1/2025 10:46 PM ET
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R E K. (bigstone) - Becker Twp, SD

  

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Date Posted: 5/30/2025 5:39 AM ET
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Haven't been here for quite some time due to months of medical issues with DH.  But I have finally picked up a historical fiction book:  The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff.

The past two years have been filled with DH and his illnesses, with the last several months finding us in doctor offices, the hospital, ambulances and visiting and/or calling the pharmacy and doctors.  He died May 18 of heart failure.  I cannot believe in my heart that he will not walk through the door, give me a hug and say "I love you".  I try to focus on the future but memory after memory floods my mind.  We will celebrate his life in mid June asking that trees be planted anywhere.  He believed the world did not have enough trees so anywhere and everywhere plant trees my friends.  We planted 12,000 on property some years back.  Our goal this time is 10,000 trees to fulfill his wish.  If any of you want to help let me know when, how many and where you are planting trees.  We're counting.  We are more than halfway there!
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Date Posted: 6/2/2025 2:45 PM ET
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REK, I am so sorry for your loss. Hugs and prayers. 
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I finished Not the Faintest Trace (Sergeant Frank Hardy, Bk 1) by Wendy M. Wilson

Very good book set in New Zealand 1881. Lots of good history and cultural information
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I Finished Death in the Bush (Mr. Hardy Investigates) by  Wendy M. Wilson    So It is similar to the book above except main character if Frank's father. Love reading about this time period in New Zealand
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R E K - I am so sorry to hear of your husband.  {{{{HUGS}}}} to you!  I wish I had something to say that wasn't the usual expressions of sumpathy.  Just know that I am thinking of you and wishing you well as you go through the grieving process.  Coincidentally, my DH and I went to the greenhouse yesterday to purchase some shrubs to replace several that had died over the winter (it was a bad winter for normally winter-hearty shrubs), and we decied to grab a few trees as well.  When we got home, DH planted 2 White Spruce trees in the yard and 1 dwarf hydrangea tree near our house in the landscaping rocks.  So, please add 3 trees to your count!  

I finished reading A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett.  A relatively short book by his standards.  I liked it.  I recently finished listening to Isola by Allegra Goodman, which was very good!  It's based on a real woman from the 16th century, and it's an amazing story. 

New reads are -- 

Eyeball - Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman (it's been a long time since I read an SKP)

Ears - Where the Light Falls by Alison Pataki and Owen Pataki
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Date Posted: 6/11/2025 4:12 AM ET
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Shelley: You are on a reading binge.  Wow!  I know that books can become my passion again.  Plugging along on the book I have and I like it.  Thanks for planting trees.  So many have responded to his request.   Even my daughters are planting trees - one planted 30, one potted 30 to give away at the celebration of life and the third chose to donate to the Arbor Day Foundation as they plant in national forests.  I have picked up seeds wherever I go and spread them and planted what I can move.  Wonder how many of those seeds  grow.  Know that wildlife eat the seeds so it's a plus there as well.  And, today I planted a silver maple, an oak and three juniper trees which love this area.

Have read Time and Chance but it's been a long time ago.  I think you will like it.

Thanks Kathy K. for your kind thoughts.  I never knew grieving could be so hard but kind thoughts and conversations with friends help no matter what topic we choose.   

To all:  Happy reading and may you have an awesome day.



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