tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post818763146093851454..comments2024-02-29T06:34:59.406-05:00Comments on From The House of Edward: Too Soon For School... A Summer Book ListPamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-45497747071222006672019-08-04T17:44:06.740-04:002019-08-04T17:44:06.740-04:00I always love your book lists Pamela. I finished T...I always love your book lists Pamela. I finished The Overstory last month. It took a while, but I enjoyed it. A good one for a book club discussion. Loved Where the Crawdads Sing. I hear great things about Kate Atkinson, I really need to get onto her books. I am off to explore all the others...thank you! xxJeanne Henriqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-60088379205339996092019-07-30T16:38:17.953-04:002019-07-30T16:38:17.953-04:00Having just retired from teaching for 40 years, I ...Having just retired from teaching for 40 years, I have been concerned about how I would react to the end of August when we would have teacher In Service days and a return to school. (We stated in August because sometimes we have snow days to make up in June. If there are a lot of snow days, it can get dicey as to whether we can get all the days in by June 30). My brilliant husband told me to plan for a big vacation for September, knowing that I would be busy prepping for the trip instead of worrying about missing school. He's a keeper! While I will not bring books with me on the trip, I do look forward to the winter when I can curl up in front of the wood stove with a pot of tea & tackle all the books I want! Glad to have you back! Carol in VT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-61811520452324479212019-07-29T20:54:25.360-04:002019-07-29T20:54:25.360-04:00I vote for the old way - school starting the day a...I vote for the old way - school starting the day after Labor Day and ending the Friday before Memorial Day!<br />Thank you for another wonderful list of books to read.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627048113043386097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-88759442093229751332019-07-29T20:18:50.035-04:002019-07-29T20:18:50.035-04:00Living in the southern hemisphere August is our co...Living in the southern hemisphere August is our cold and windy month and we so look forward to the spring. Your book list will be my finale to winter as I love curling up under a throw and reading. I look forward to reading Ann Cleaves new novel as I love the Shetland and Vera series. Petal49https://www.blogger.com/profile/14641383643509962593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-13064592575702565922019-07-29T16:26:57.281-04:002019-07-29T16:26:57.281-04:00Starting school on August 1st is horrible in so ma...Starting school on August 1st is horrible in so many ways! My husband was a school teacher (now retired) and August was our last hurrah when we went to the beach and he tried to finish up his honey-do list while there was still time and the angst of school approaching loomed larger. As a teenager I remember loving the gigantic September issue of the magazines like Seventeen and Mademoiselle with their fall clothes ads and layouts (do they still do this?), and swooning over heathery wools and Shetland sweaters. By the way, my grandchildren start school, also in the south, on August 26th, which is closer to when we started, which sometimes fell on my birthday in late August. <br /><br />All these books look enticing, and some I already had on my list but haven't attempted yet. However, we do have our copy of the Mueller report!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021913578112308091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-80383577595341080712019-07-29T14:36:10.612-04:002019-07-29T14:36:10.612-04:00A friend has just given me the Crawdads book, and ...A friend has just given me the Crawdads book, and I hope to read it soon. <br />I remember one year buying a wool plaid kilt (remember those, with kilt pins?!) for school and of course I had to wear it the first day. It was boiling out, and it was tough walking home that day! <br />I wonder why it starts so early? Do they get out much earlier, too? In my state the governor is trying to get school districts to begin after Labor Day, but it is up to the individual districts and ours is still opening in August.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.com