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Cuilin I may be in the minority here, but I‘m loving this book. It‘s like looking at a huge pastoral painted masterpiece and seeing all the details. 11mo
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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I actually don‘t mind it but I think it would be better read in chunks or all at once. To me chapter a day is kind of weird for a book like this. 11mo
dabbe I did love reading the songs today. They were like ballads--or maybe they were actually ballads. 😂 11mo
mcctrish It‘s just a lot of words setting the scene for an episode of All Creatures Great and Small imo and I‘d like it to start already 11mo
willaful @dabbe It's definitely ballads! I'm interested in folk music, so I enjoyed this chapter. I recognized a few of these because they made it to Appalachia and Jean Ritchie sang them. 11mo
Bookwormjillk I was trying to figure out the tunes for each one but in my mind they all sounded like Chumbawumba. 11mo
dabbe @willaful 🤩🤗🤩 11mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🤩😂🤗 11mo
Bklover @Cuilin The way this is written reminds me of the early Little House books minus any drama. The difference being the target audience. 11mo
willaful @Bookwormjillk Here's a bit of Jean Ritchie singing Lord Lovell: https://folkways.si.edu/jean-ritchie/lord-lovel/american-folk-old-time-world/mus...

And here's a version of “False Sir John“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAT5mDCwKpE
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KAO I enjoyed some of the songs that I found on YouTube—especially “The Outlandish Knight”! https://youtu.be/bq6RldgW7NQ?si=bX_O2D6mjk1HasWB (edited) 11mo
KAO @Cuilin I‘m with you! I‘m enjoying the book so far (though I‘m not usually so patient with long descriptions), and the word “pastoral” seems perfect. Maybe it‘s just what my anxious mind needs right now! 11mo
Cuilin @KAO exactly, it‘s so relaxing. 11mo
julieclair @Cuilin I love your perspective! I think I need to change the lens through which I have been viewing this book. 11mo
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