Book Nook Cafe discussion

✅1- A book adapted to the big screen.
A Street Car Named Desire

2- A book about slaves in the U.S. OR one about freed slaves.

✅3- A book by an author you've never heard of before.
The School for Good Mothers-

✅4- A book you chose simply because of its cover.
Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

✅ 5- A book with a epistolary or diary format.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

6- A book set on a farm or a ranch.

✅ 7- Told from the antagonist's point-of-view.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

✅8- A book written in the second person.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

✅9-.A book recommended to you, whether you think you'll like it or not.- Could be a recommendation from a person, review you read, podcasts etc.
The School for Good Mothers
Rec from Jenna Bush Today Show book group

✅10- A debut novel or book
The School for Good Mothers

✅ 11-A book with a verb in the title.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

✅ 12- A trilogy. Part of a trilogy. (You don't have to read all 3) The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

✅13- A book with an index
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

✅14- A comic novel or humorous book.
The Guncle

✅15- A book published in the 1950s.
Twelve Angry Men

✅16- A book translated into English from another language.
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
translated German into English

✅17 - Book set in your current city or hometown
The Beauty of Dusk Rated 5/5


✅18 - Book based in a city you’d love to visit
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

✅19 - Book written by OR about a current or past First Lady
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

✅ 20 - Book with a character that lives with a disability (or impairment)
Turtles All the Way Down

21- Book about Witchcraft, Monsters of any kind (real, historical or fictional/magical)- or - Book with fantastical creatures (dragons, fairies, etc) or- A book with magic in it.

✅22 - Book about immigration or displacement
Small Country

✅23 - Book about Nature/the environment
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World


✅24 - Speculative Fiction or Dystopian novel
The School for Good Mothers

25 - Retelling of a Fairy Tale, fable, legend or ancient myth

✅26 - Book about motherhood (or parenthood) fiction or nonfiction
The School for Good Mothers


✅27 - Book from Bill Gate’s Favorite Book List: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books
A Gentleman in Moscow
https://www.lifestyleasia.com/hk/cult....

✅28 - Book about inequality (financial, racial, gender or other)
The Personal Librarian

✅29-- biography, memoir or autobiography
The Beauty of Dusk

✅30 - Music, art, dance, theater, acting theme
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over

✅31- A book published in 2023
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

✅32- A play
A Street Car Named Desire

✅33- Read at least 23 books in 2023
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

34- Read a fiction and nonfiction book on the same topic

✅35- A prize winning book that has a different prize then those listed in the other prompts.
Turtles All the Way Down
Michael L. Printz Award Winner


✅36- A book about an animal(s) or nature fictional or nonfiction
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

✅ 37- - The title has a word that begins with a B,N or C in it.
Book Nook Cafe :)
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

✅38- A book about or set in a country you don't live in.
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

✅39- A book published before you were born
A Street Car Named Desire (1947)


✅ 40- A Young Adult book- YA- Fiction or nonfiction
Turtles All the Way Down


✅ 41- Book with a name in the title
The Lincoln Highway Rate 5/5

✅42-A classic (modern or older)
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

✅ 43- A National Book Award
Intimacies

✅44- Pulitzer Prize winning book
Trust

45- A Booker winner

✅46- A book written by a Nobel prize winner- any topic or genre
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver

47-A book written about an author, novel, biography, criticism.

48- Contains the word "Wife" or "Woman" in the title.
The Only Woman in the Room

49-A book about Native Americans OR a book written by a Native American.

✅50- A book about a Real Life Person you admire
Why We Can't Wait MLK Jr.

51-A book about a Royal Person--any nation, any time period.

✅ 52-A book set in Asia. Fiction or nonfiction
Winter in Sokcho

✅53-A book set in Africa. Fiction or nonfiction
Small Country

54-A book set in Australia/Oceania. -Fiction or nonfiction

55- A book set in South America. - Fiction or nonfiction

✅56-A book about Asians in the US. or a book written by an Asian American-- fiction or nonfiction
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

✅57-A Novel related to Classics, such as a character from Moby Dick with his/her own story/book.
Demon Copperhead -- David Copperfield

✅58-Novela
Winter in Sokcho

✅59- Book over 500 pages
The Lincoln Highway

✅60- A book by Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

✅61- One word title
Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine

✅62- book on a modern-day problem/issue? (ie global warming, gun violence, etc.) - Fiction or nonfiction
Demon Copperhead
poverty and opioid crisis

✅63- A book you knew nothing about beforehand. However something caught your attention. Cover, blurb, title. Tell us why.
The Mitford Affair Rate 4/5
I knew nothing about the Mitfords, so it was a revelation to read about this bizarre family

✅64- a book out of your comfort zone, not a genre you normally read
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

✅65- Concerning food or containing recipes
Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

✅66- A book where weather is involved. Fiction or nonfiction
Winter in Sokcho

✅67- A book having to do with travel- fiction or nonfiction
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

✅68- Wild Card ! Any book you feel like recommending to fellow readers.
The Guncle

✅69- A health, diet, exercise, fitness or wellness book
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

✅70- About business, the economy or economics. (Personal, home or business)
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

✅71- related to science
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

✅72- Book about racism
Why We Can't Wait

✅73- LGBTQ+ character fiction or nonfiction
The Guncle

74- Read more books than you did in 2022 (read 69 in 2022)

✅75- Book you started but never finished
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Started book but DNF this book in July 2021.

✅76- Book on a banned book list
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

✅77- Education or teaching profession or has teacher or student in story F or NF
To Sir, With Love

✅78- book with maps or photographs in it
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime


✅79- set in a country you have never visited
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

✅80- set around a holiday
Winter in Sokcho holiday is Seollal

✅81- books about trauma or mental health issue- fiction or nonfiction
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

✅82 Book with a 4 word title
Why We Can't Wait

✅83- Famous author you've never read
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd-Agatha Christie

✅ 84-A book whose author's last name starts with B,N orC
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

✅85- graphic novel
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

✅86- WWI or WWII or any war - novel or nonfiction
The Happiest Man on Earth
WWII

✅87- Book about or set in, the state or country you live in
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty- U.S.

✅88- an author who has published at least 5 books
Barbara Kingsolver

✅89- Author is under 35 years old
Winter in Sokcho Elisa Shua Dusapin 31

✅90- Thriller or mystery
The Housemaid

✅ 91- Crime - fiction or nonfiction
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

✅92 - History
The Happiest Man on Earth
WWII

✅93- Disease - fiction or nonfiction
The Beauty of Dusk -deals with stroke/blindness

✅94- legal profession - fiction or nonfiction
Twelve Angry Men

✅95 - short story or essays
The Neighbor-Dean Koontz
Short Story

96- a leader whose country you don't live in (living or dead)

✅97- a color in the title
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

✅98- historical fiction
The Mitford Affair

✅ 99- spiritual or inspirational
The Beauty of Dusk

✅100- Romance
Evvie Drake Starts Over

✅101- Bio or other NF about an Artist (paints, drawing, sculpture, i.e.), Author (poetry, books (F or NF) or an Architect.
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over

102- Book (F or NF) written before the 1800s.

103- Book (F or NF) about Religion or Atheism.

✅104- A book published in the 1960s.
1964 - Why We Can't Wait

✅105- A sport related book - fiction or non fiction
Evvie Drake Starts Over (baseball)

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
I finished my first book for the 100 challenge. I'll check off: #59 book over 500 pages and prompt #41 book with a name in the title. It was a 5 star read and a great start to 2023 !

Alias Reader wrote: "The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
I finished my first book for the 100 challenge. It could fit under a few prompts, but for..."

Congrats on 500 pages taken care of right off the bat! I liked his Rules of Civility.

Well done, Alias.

John, I didn't care for Rules of Civility. This book was completely different.

I admire an author that is able to write vastly different novels. Amor Towles sure has great range. I look forward to reading his A Gentleman in Moscow.

From reviews it appears all 3 books are quite different and each one quite successful.

Although i am disappointed sometimes, i like when an author presents different books each time. The risk is as appreciated as the result.

There are some authors who can write very different books, I think, then there are authors like Elizabeth George. I would be so disappointed if she wrote anything other than an "Inspector Lynley" mystery. I look forward so much to those every two years or so.

Kiki wrote: "There are some authors who can write very different books, I think, then there are authors like Elizabeth George. I would be so disappointed if she wrote anything other than an "Inspector Lynley" m..."

I do love George's Inspector Lynley books!

I finished reading Why We Can't Wait

This book fits a few prompts:

✔️72- Book about racism
Why We Can't Wait Rate 5/5

✔️82 Book with a 4 word title
Why We Can't Wait 5/5


✔️104- A book published in the 1960s.
1964 - Why We Can't Wait 5/5

I finished the audio book:
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

This book fit these prompts:

✔️18 - Book based in a city you’d love to visit
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World 2/5

✔️38- A book about or set in a country you don't live in.
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World rate 2/5

Great going, Alias! :-)

Julie wrote: "Kiki wrote: "There are some authors who can write very different books, I think, then there are authors like Elizabeth George. I would be so disappointed if she wrote anything other than an "Inspec..."

I asked her when #22 would be out, and she replied that she does not have title for it, is still working on it, and has no publication date, and yes, there will be a Lynley #23. Hooray! I want to see Azhar and Hadiyyah again. So sorry they had to flee to Pakistan. It would be nice if Barbara could go it Italy to see the inspector who was interested in her. He showed up at her tap dancing recital in London, though. It's nice to have a man interested in Barbara.

Alias Reader wrote: "I finished reading Why We Can't Wait

This book fits a few prompts:

✔️72- Book about racism
Why We Can't Wait Rate 5/5

✔️82 Book with a 4 word title
Why We Can't Wait 5/5


✔️104-..."

A threefer! Great. Did the book move you? I was inspired by it and can remember agreeing with him on so many fronts. I wonder if he also felt the pressure of time?

madrano wrote: "Alias Reader wrote: "I finished reading Why We Can't Wait

This book fits a few prompts:

✔️72- Book about racism
Why We Can't Wait Rate 5/5

✔️82 Book with a 4 word title
Why We Ca..."

It looks like a very good book, Alias, but I doubt I'll read it anytime soon. My current TBR stack is so high now, it probably resembles the Empire State Building. It would have checked the "person you respect" prompt for me, too. I really respect MLK and his stance on non-violence.

madrano wrote: Did the book move you? I was inspired by it and can remember agreeing with him on so many fronts. I wonder if he also felt the pressure of time?.."

I was very much so moved. That is why I gave it 5 stars. It was also poignant as he talks about the future and his plans but as you read it, you know what happened.

I don't know about the pressure of time. He does talk about people saying to slow down, that he and the civil rights movement was moving too fast. Too fast? 1963 was 100 years had passed since emancipation, with no profound effect on their plight.

I also liked the detailed explanations of his thinking regarding the various actions that the movement took. It was very informative.

Kiki It would have checked the "person you respect" prompt for me, too. I really respect MLK and his stance on non-violence.
"

Thanks ! I missed that prompt !

Alias Reader wrote: "Kiki It would have checked the "person you respect" prompt for me, too. I really respect MLK and his stance on non-violence.
"

Thanks ! I missed that prompt !"

You're welcome! Glad you respect MLK, too. To me, he's one of the greatest Americans ever.

Alias Reader wrote: "I was very much so moved. That is why I gave it 5 stars. It was also poignant as he talks about the future and his plans but as you read it, you know what happened.
...."

Yes, that is bittersweet. We can read the hopes and know what happens. At least he had accomplished much long before his death. I suppose one could say he accomplished so much that his potential future moved enemies to target him. Too sad.

madrano wrote: "Alias Reader wrote: "I was very much so moved. That is why I gave it 5 stars. It was also poignant as he talks about the future and his plans but as you read it, you know what happened.
...."

Yes..."

I believe that's true. He was the founder of the Civil Rights Movement, or at least one of the founders, and that didn't sit well with some people.

madrano wrote:Yes, that is bittersweet. We can read the hopes and know what happens. At least he had accomplished much long before his death. I suppose one could say he accomplished so much that his potential future moved enemies to target him. Too sad.."

I just finished typing up my GoodReads Review and some notes that I had highlighted. It is time consuming but I find this really helps me to gather my thoughts on a book.

I do wish I could find something easier to use then Notions and is totally free with no limits. I probably won't hit the Notion limit for data, however, I find it difficult to use. It also doesn't allow you to simply print your document. I couldn't recall how to set up a simple spread sheet for the new year. It took me forever. I like to just use one line of columns. Date, title etc. then in the title box I like to embed a page for my notes.

Once I got it set up it was okay. But It took me forever to recall how to get the embedded page.

If my handwriting was better I would go back to writing in a notebook. I did that for a long time. The one feature I like using the computer is the ability to copy paste. I don't know. Maybe I will go back to paper and pen.

Anyway, onward !

Alias Reader wrote: "madrano wrote:Yes, that is bittersweet. We can read the hopes and know what happens. At least he had accomplished much long before his death. I suppose one could say he accomplished so much that hi..."

Even the simplest technology seems to be against me. Even Word. I use a pen and notebook when I can. Unfortunately, I can't write as fast as I can type.

Kiki (Formerly TheGirlByTheSeaOfCortez) wrote: I believe that's true. He was the founder of the Civil Rights Movement, or at least one of the founders, and that didn't sit well with some people ..."

He was beginning to question the Vietnam conflict, as well. Due to his popular support, this move was dangerous, as well.

Alias Reader wrote: "I do wish I could find something easier to use then Notions and is totally free with no limits. I probably won't hit the Notion limit for data, however, I find it difficult to use. It also doesn't allow you to simply print your document…

I’m sorry to hear about those difficulties, Alias. I know how frustrating this can be.

madrano wrote: "Kiki (Formerly TheGirlByTheSeaOfCortez) wrote: I believe that's true. He was the founder of the Civil Rights Movement, or at least one of the founders, and that didn't sit well with some people ......"

I'm an outsider, but one of my friends is married to a man who was an Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War, and he says the US didn't go there to win it or they would have won it. So, why did they go? Why become involved? It seems it was a very unpopular conflict for the US.

One biggie was the notion of the "domino theory", that if VN went to the Communists, more would follow. Hmmm. How did that turn out?

I think it's safe to say your question is why we have so very many books about that war, even these decades later, Kiki.

madrano wrote: "One biggie was the notion of the "domino theory", that if VN went to the Communists, more would follow. Hmmm. How did that turn out?

I think it's safe to say your question is why we have so very ..."

I don't know a lot about politics and especially US politics. I wondered why the US got involved in Vietnam in the first place, and after they did, why was their goal not to win? Not about books. I understand why those who were actually there, especially, would want to write about their experiences. To stem the spread of communism seems a reasonable answer to me.

I'm currently reading The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
to fill this prompt
81- books about trauma or mental health issue- fiction or nonfiction.

I've heard Mate talk on many a podcasts. I'm enjoying the book and learning a lot.

Kiki (Formerly TheGirlByTheSeaOfCortez) wrote: "I wondered why the US got involved in Vietnam in the first place, and after they did, why was their goal not to win? ..."

From the little nonfiction i've read about the war, the policy makers themselves were torn. There had been success in other Asian nations in winning the people over, which some advocated in RVN. However, others wanted a Win, particularly after the conflict in Korea. And then there is the entire political side, where reelection was the most important factor and even that seemed to sway over the years.

I wonder how much nuclear proliferation played in the decision to "win"? Who would be willing to detonate another nuclear bomb to win? During the Korean War, only a handful had nuclear capabilities but that changed during the 60s & 70s, particularly when "Red China", as it was then called, developed the technology.

All this was beyond my thoughts, i just wanted my husband home & the entire war over. And how i had to wait!

Alias Reader wrote: "I'm currently reading The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by ..."

I'll be looking out for you further comments on this one, Alias. The main title is thoughtful, imo.

madrano wrote: "Alias Reader wrote: "I'm currently reading [book:The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic ..."

Thanks deb, I thought I would share and get the thread back on track.

I've listened to Mate often on podcasts. I've read about 50 pages and so far he doesn't disappoint.

Are you familiar with him?

Alias Reader wrote: "I'm currently reading The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by ..."

I have that on my TBR for this year! I'm waiting on a copy through the library. Can't wait to see what you think of it!

No, i haven't heard of him. Honestly, i haven't delved much into the topic, either. Well, outside my own brain, that is. :-)

Lindsay, so far I'm enjoying it and learning a lot. I like that he also has some amusing lines in the book, where he takes shots at himself for his behavior. I like that. It's sort of like him saying, Hey, I'm human and make mistakes, too. But we can all learn from our past.

I appreciate that, too, from authors who are relating their personal stories.

On the reasons for going to VietNam, one great book is The Best and the Brightest (by Neil Sheehan I think). And once you know all the basics, watch The Fog of War., a movie that’s an extensive interview with DefSec Robert McNamara. Chilling.

Michele wrote: "On the reasons for going to VietNam, one great book is The Best and the Brightest (by Neil Sheehan I think). And once you know all the basics, watch The Fog of War., a movie that’s an extensive int..."

Just added that to my TBR. I don't read much in the way of war history (Vietnam, WWs, etc), but it looks intriguing.
it's this one, right?: The Best and the Brightest

Alias Reader wrote: "Lindsay, so far I'm enjoying it and learning a lot. I like that he also has some amusing lines in the book, where he takes shots at himself for his behavior. I like that. It's sort of like him sayi..."

I love that. It takes a special kind of person to have that clarity and be able to see it from other angles. I just finished Bad Feminist and that was one of my favorite aspects of her writing.

Sorry, I gave the wrong author for The Best and the Brightest. It was David Halberstam. See below

history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain.



Using portraits of America’ s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country’ s recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam, and why did we lose? As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded. It is an American classic.

Praise for The Best and the Brightest

“The most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. . . . It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation’s search for its idealistic soul. The Best and the Brightest is almost like watching an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.”—The Boston Globe

“Deeply moving . . . We cannot help but feel the compelling power of this narrative. . . . Dramatic and tragic, a chain of events overwhelming in their force, a distant war embodying illusions and myths, terror and violence, confusions and courage, blindness, pride, and arrogance.”—Los Angeles Times

“A fascinating tale of folly and self-deception . . . [An] absorbing, detailed, and devastatingly caustic tale of Washington in the days of the Caesars.”—The Washington Post Book World

“Seductively readable . . . It is a staggeringly ambitious undertaking that is fully matched by Halberstam’s performance. . . . This is in all ways an admirable and necessary book.”—Newsweek

“A story every American should read.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Review
"For anyone who aspires to a position of national leadership, no matter the circumstances of his or her birth, this book should be mandatory reading. And anyone who feels a need, as a confused former prisoner of war once felt the need, for insights into how a great and good nation can lose a war and see its worthy purposes and principles destroyed by self-delusion can do no better than to read and reread David Halberstam’s The Best and the Brightest."
--from the Foreword by Senator John McCain

"The most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. . . . [I]t is also The Iliad of the American empire and The Odyssey of this nation’s search for its idealistic soul."
--The Boston Globe

"Seductively readable. . . . [I]t is a staggeringly ambitious undertaking that is fully matched by Halberstam’s perfor-mance."
--Newsweek

"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience."
--The New York Times

Michele wrote: "On the reasons for going to VietNam, one great book is The Best and the Brightest (by Neil Sheehan I think). And once you know all the basics, watch The Fog of War., a movie that’s an extensive int..."

Interesting. For me, it's quite difficult to read about the Vietnam conflict, as it still gets me going. However, i remember the book made insights for readers, which included politicians at the time. And then, later, the film! Wow. And profoundly sad for those who lost family members in the war.

Thank you for the corrections, re. author, Lindsey & Michele. Of course i had to look up what Neil Sheehan wrote & see he has a library full of books about that war in his own name. Here are a few--A Bright Shining Lie and The Pentagon Papers.

madrano wrote: "Michele wrote: "On the reasons for going to VietNam, one great book is The Best and the Brightest (by Neil Sheehan I think). And once you know all the basics, watch The Fog of War., a movie that’s ..."

Have you read any of Tim O'brien's novels of the Vietnam War, Madrano? I haven't, though I have read IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS, which I found wonderful, and TOMCAT IN LOVE, which was a comic novel.

I’ve read Sheehan, too excellent

To get back to on track with this threads topic.

I'm also reading Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Robert H. Lustig

I'm not sure if I will just skim the book. If I do, I won't check off
#69- A health, diet, exercise, fitness or wellness book

I've seen him quite a bit on YouTube but this is the first book I read of his.

Alias Reader wrote: "To get back to on track with this threads topic.

I'm also reading Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by [author:Robert H. Lustig|..."

That looks really interesting! I love to fall down the rabbit hole of health/nutrition/etc. I'm eager to hear what you think of it.

Kiki (Formerly TheGirlByTheSeaOfCortez) wrote: "Have you read any of Tim O'brien's novels of the Vietnam War, Madrano? I haven't, though I have read IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS.,..."

Thanks to Book Nook member PattyMac, who shared her terrific review of The Things They Carried, i read that Tim O'Brien and liked it. My husband, who read it prior to me, liked it even more, feeling much of it reflected the attitude he felt while in VN. So, he followed it up by reading Going After Cacciato, which he found much less appealing.

Alias Reader wrote: "To get back to on track with this threads topic. |..."

If you introduce us to books & topics that trigger a wealth of fodder, Alias, you may continue to spend the rest of '23 trying to keep your thread on track. LOL! Good luck with that!

madrano wrote: "Kiki (Formerly TheGirlByTheSeaOfCortez) wrote: "Have you read any of Tim O'brien's novels of the Vietnam War, Madrano? I haven't, though I have read IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS.,..."

Thanks to Book N..."

Despite the fact that I haven't read those, I think Tim O'Brien is a fabulous writer. IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS is a wonderful book.

LOL to the cats! I love dogs and cats.

I have not read Tim O’Brien but I should. My interest in VietNam peaked in the late 1970’s. I havent read much after that. I moved on to other wars, unfortunately. Thanks for the recommendation, though. It may come around again for me. You never know.

Terrific LOL drawing, Alias. Too true for us...we are just too fascinated in life to leave a post alone, i reckon!

Michele wrote: " I moved on to other wars, unfortunately. ..."

This is sad but true. We've moved well beyond "The Great War".