It’s been a week, hasn’t it?
The World Science Fiction Convention was held last weekend in Chicago. We had intended to go, but after we both came home with COVID from the library convention in June we decided to give Worldcon a pass this year after all. But I did watch the Hugo Awards Ceremony Sunday night. The list of the winners is pretty much everywhere, but if you are interested in science fiction and fantasy and haven’t seen the full list yet, this is a link listing the nominees and the winners.
It still seems strange that Queen Elizabeth II passed. She was starting to seem eternal. While there are mixed feelings about her, her country and her legacy, it does feel like the end of an era. This has reminded me of stories that my parents used to tell about the passing of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was elected president when they were both 4 years old and died when they were juniors in high school. He was the only president a lot of people, especially children and young adults, had ever known. I’ve seen some statistics showing that 9 out of 10 people alive in the world today were born after Elizabeth became queen, so the same sensation multiplied by, well, a lot.
And today is the TWENTY-FIRST anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. It HAS been a week, hasn’t it?
Before I close out this post and look ahead to the next week, we all need a cat picture to complete the week. Here are Luna and Tuna, showing exactly why they needed to be adopted as a bonded pair. Looking at their faces it’s also easy to see the family resemblance.
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Labor Day 2022
B+ Review: Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb
A Review: The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish
A- Review: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
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Stacking the Shelves (513)
Coming This Week:
Haven by Emma Donoghue (audiobook review)
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (review)
The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony (blog tour review)
Lucky Girl by Mary Rickert (review)
Falling into Leaves Giveaway Hop
South Africa used to be a British Colony and for some people here, the passing of the Queen is a very sad event (like myself) while others are glad. So sad how world history can play out. But yes, I also told the kids at school that she was Queen when some of their GRANDPARENTS were born. Unreal.
Anyway! You have a great book haul again and I hope you will get to read them all soon and have a great week ahead.
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I know there are mixed feelings about her. I can’t help but wonder how many of the things that her country did she had any ability to control or stop. We shall not see her like again, whether we liked her like or not!
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Adorable picture of Luna and Tuna. Have a good week.
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