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So fun to read another book by JR Lennon - this is his first novel, and you can already see his talent for absurd plot details and creating expertly drawn characters. He uses a tragic plane crash to explore personal tragedies and grief in the lives of people affected by the event. I hope he writes another book soon because I‘ll be really sad when I‘ve read all of his backlist!

J Robert Lennon‘s debut novel is good but he has grown a lot ever since.
This one is about a plane crashing in Montana. We follow a few people who are affected by the crash in one way or another. A couple who live nearby, a man waiting for his girlfriend, a survivor. They grow on you and they‘re great characters. It‘s just that I am spoiled by Lennon‘s later works (I just purchased some more books from his backlist 🤷🏻‍♀️🤭) #192025 #1997

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It‘s time for yet another J Robert Lennon, my new favorite author 😀. But first I have started another favorite, Murakami, and am immediately drawn in by his writing and characters. Great gift @KarenUK 🩷

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Sitting in my new recliner that my parents bought me during Black Friday sales 🎉 and just finished reading one of my Intro to the Old Testament textbooks! This is a great, accessible historical-critical introduction to the OT organized in 13 chapters that have recommended readings from the Bible listed throughout. Not a good option for reading out of order, but excellent for getting a really strong grasp of historical context for the OT! 👍

It's a beautiful day for reading, drinking tea, eating madeleines, and looking out the window. 💕

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Yeah so I spent the evening making a scary children's picture book from hell that's based on Isaiah 5:1-7, which is a scary prophecy about how God's gonna destroy the vineyard that is Israel for being bad. Most fun I've had doing a school project in a while! 😂 Watched Schitt's Creek and then Queer Eye while doing it, so not much reading done today. Settling down with some (required) reading now before bed!

#TIL that monotheism entered Israelite religion during the Babylonian exile (6th c. BCE), and that Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-55) contains the earliest monotheistic argument in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. In pre-exilic texts there are just arguments not to worship other gods, not arguments that there are no other gods. #NFNov @rsteve388 @Clwojick

Evening #NFNov reading. Idk if it's cheating to count required reading? It'll certainly help my motivation if I can include them. Things are very busy and I need motivation. 😂

#TIL that exiled communities change in similar ways, like family/clan traditions becoming more important while other traditions disappear or are transformed. Sabbath observance grew in importance for the exiled Judeans, and they resisted assimilation via intermarriage.

Lunchtime 😋 5.5 hours for #deweysreadathon, 9.75 hours for #24b4Monday. #readathon #deweys24hourreadathon @DeweysReadathon