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Easter was very unusual this year. However, we still managed to visit with both my husband and my families. We even got to visit with my cousins that are on other sides of the state. A positive outcome of the health crisis is more users connecting through video conferencing software. Although I often use Zoom and have recorded all my Hearts of Gold interviews on that platform, we used Webex. I currently use the free version of Zoom, which doesn’t allow for longer meetings with multiple people. Webex offered non profits free access at the beginning of the health crisis and I was able to get an account through my work. This allowed all of us to long in without any worry about timeframes.

I have been even more consistent in my reading time during this stay at home time. I often read young adult books, often dystopia related. I’ve tried expanding into fantasy. I read Three Dark Crowns and Sophia, Princess Among Beasts. What I’ve realized is that I perhaps should not read these books. Most of my reading time is the hour before bed and I’ve had weird dreams as I’ve read these books. I think I need to stick with books that have less imagery.

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Dark-Crowns-Kendare-Blake/dp/0062385437

https://www.amazon.com/Sophia-Princess-Among-Beasts-Patterson/dp/0316417475

I also finally got The Husband’s Secret off hold at the library after waiting since last summer. There was a lot of buzz around this book last year and I can now understand why. Although I picked up on some of the pieces of the puzzle throughout the book, I would never have guessed the ending.

https://www.amazon.com/Husbands-Secret-Liane-Moriarty/dp/0451490045

My biggest struggle is reading non fiction on my ebook. I often use sticky tabs as I read a non fiction to identify pieces that I want to remember and discuss with my book club. With the libraries closed, I currently have three fiction books on my e reader. I need to decide which one to read before the end of the month for my book club discussion. We each read our own book and then share so we can all read something meaningful for us and learn from each other. It’s like reading four books each month rather than one. Has anyone read any of these books and be able to give me some feedback on which one I should choose? My choices are: Factfulness by Hans Rosling, The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall, or Find the Good by Heather Lende.

https://www.amazon.com/Factfulness-Reasons-World-Things-Better/dp/1250107814/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1586713628&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Most-Important-Thing-ebook/dp/B00PEPR6J4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UKZJYKVKJSIE&dchild=1&keywords=the+seventh+most+important+thing+by+shelley+pearsall&qid=1586713679&s=books&sprefix=the+seventh+most%2Cstripbooks%2C174&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Find-Good-Unexpected-Small-Town-Obituary/dp/1616201673

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