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Dreamers of the Day

Mary Doria Russell

Start date: July 24, 2011

Finish date: August 28, 2011

Discussion: So Many Books, So Little Time

Discussion leader: Deb

Why we're reading this: This is the August selection for the So Many Books discussion group. We meet 8/28 at 3pm at the Library.
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[close] This is the August selection for the So Many Books discussion group. We meet 8/28 at 3pm at the Library.
It is about a schoolteacher from Ohio who is on her dream vacation to Egypt and the Holy Land when she arrives at the hotel where the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference has just convened.

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So Many Books, So Little Time

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Apr 05, 2010 Melanie rated it liked it

I had enjoyed most of this book, but really didn't care for the ending that much. I don't want to spoil it for those of you that hadn't read it and would like to read it. There were somethings that were brought up and not dealt with again, and that bothers me.

Her view point of seeing Jerusalem was very interesting and something I would probably agree with in a similar experience. It was a book that I had difficulty reading quickly.

I am curious to read her next book which is about Doc Holliday an ...more

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