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Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | Julia Strachey

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A #Persephone novella about a wedding or more specifically the wedding guests. The book sketches the guests in a minimal way and yet they feel like real people. Most of them are not very likable, including the bride herself, but they feel so real. The mother of the bride tries to arrange all as best as she can but there‘s more than meets the eye!

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( Pic: Mausoleum Che Guevara, Santa Clara, Cuba)

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vivastory I hope you are having a great time! 2y

KarenUK Love the sound of this book! Enjoy your trip! X 2y

Megabooks Stacking!! Loving the Cuba pics! 2y

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BarbaraBB @Megabooks Thank you! Hope your appointment went well 🤞🏽🤞🏽😘 2y

Librarybelle Oh! A 1932, awesome! 2y

BarbaraBB @Librarybelle Yes I was glad too. I forgot to tag you until now, but will do! 2y

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The Red Pony | John Steinbeck

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Well it wasn't my favorite, but I remember now why Steinbeck wasn't my favorite author when we read a few of his (not this one though) in middle school. I still don't understand why they pick such dreary novels for middle school students to read, the yrs of teen angst, peer pressure, & growing pains could certainly use a few comedies or adventures that might promote love of reading instead of only required reading. #SteinbeckShortsReadAlong #1932

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JanuarieTimewalker13 SO true!! Maybe things have changed now. 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JanuarieTimewalker13 I hope so. My middle school reading was Of Mice and Men, The Pearl, Lord of the Flies, Flowers for Algernon, Animal Farm, Romeo and Juliet, etc...all fairly dark and depressing reads. Out of them only Flowers for Algernon was a hit for me. It's wasn't until my after school reading life that I found some classics could be well uplifting. I was just mentioning elsewhere that we read a different Shakespearean play each year, 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ...all the tragedies though. I didn't see one of his comedies until after high school. 7y

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suvata I wonder why that is? You know how dramatic pre-teens can be. Maybe it's their attempt to show them what a real drama is. LOL 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @suvata I think that's part of... you don't have it so bad, see this misery. But I remember reading things like Lord of the Flies & Romeo and Juliet and thinking, kids already treat each other horrible, think their love is the most important thing in their lives, why support that with their fiction choices where they might read and think, Yea...killing them or myself is the right step when my parents (or dramatically, The World) won't let us xyz. 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @suvata Then again, maybe I was alone thinking those deep thoughts about the inappropriate (according to me) reading requirements at that time. But I do know a lot of kids were turned off from reading by it, many just learned to skip the reading and buy the Cliffnotes version instead to read. Think about how old that statement is now, pre-google (gasp), LOL! 7y

JanuarieTimewalker13 Same here!!! We did all the same books...maybe some in High School... I know we did The Scarlet Letter also. True, absolutely nothing was uplifting. Thank God, we didn't lose faith in literature! Definitely used Clif notes too!! (edited) 7y

suvata I do understand your points about the appropriateness of some books. But I also think that "the classics" teach a lot to kids - like good writing style and depth of writing. Some books for kids, although funny or lyrical, just don't teach a language can be used to bring out emotion. Having said that, I still I think it would be more appropriate to have a mixture. Like toss in some Roald Dahl, Shel Silverstein, etc. 7y

suvata There's just something about depressing stories that attracts teenagers. Seriously, a lot of the books that are written today for young adults talk about suicide, bullying, and some not so pleasant stuff. Still, I think it's good for kids to read that so they can develop compassion and understanding. But, what do I know? 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @suvata I agree there, the difference for me...literary greatness aside... something like Harry Potter or The Hunger Games that also has very dark themes and murders, also has some teamwork, friendship, and in the end some overcoming by working together in it's good vs evil story. So although there are dark themes, there's still humor and an uplifting conclusion...not quite the same as the end of Lord of the Flies for example. 7y

suvata Absolutely 7y

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