tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post2544926893155392195..comments2024-03-28T14:18:33.963-04:00Comments on Book By Book: Fiction Review: The Diamond EyeSue Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-21996979480526273662022-05-24T16:39:31.338-04:002022-05-24T16:39:31.338-04:00That is awesome, Deb!! Thanks so much - I'll l...That is awesome, Deb!! Thanks so much - I'll look for your post :)Sue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-55685045694862831142022-05-24T10:16:47.241-04:002022-05-24T10:16:47.241-04:00Sue, I'm glad you are feeling better. I'll...Sue, I'm glad you are feeling better. I'll be posting on The Classics Club on Thursday about your Big Book Challenge. Thank you for hosting it for ten years!Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-25852978740383427682022-05-22T13:02:53.030-04:002022-05-22T13:02:53.030-04:00Ha! Quite true, Helen. Though I did have one super...Ha! Quite true, Helen. Though I did have one super-passionate female history teacher in 9th grade. But I still hated it because I was generally a straight-A student but struggled to get A- in my social studies classes - yeah, a bit of an over-achiever/perfectionist - ha ha. Still working on that :) Glad to hear history class has evolved since then!Sue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-86737814663105307642022-05-22T13:01:07.291-04:002022-05-22T13:01:07.291-04:00Yes, you're right - that was definitely on my ...Yes, you're right - that was definitely on my mind as I listened to this!Sue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-60682826459840750512022-05-22T08:30:07.209-04:002022-05-22T08:30:07.209-04:00I think Kate Quinn does a great job of making hist...I think Kate Quinn does a great job of making history come alive. I agree that high school history was deadly, but I think that's because you and I grew up in an era where the all white male teachers taught memorizing events and military history. When I was in the classroom it had become much more social and cultural history as well and "a story well told"Helen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-56639614968941116902022-05-21T19:41:05.021-04:002022-05-21T19:41:05.021-04:00I've read another of her books but not this on...I've read another of her books but not this one yet. It does sound so very good. So ironic now to think Russia uses the Ukraine war to tell its people they are fighting the Nazi's!Kathryn Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964951326616144323noreply@blogger.com