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Wow! We just returned from a fantastic trip to North Carolina where Sam attended Duke basketball camp and we played in Greensboro, returning for the traditional 4th of July activities in Sunset Hills park. It was a great trip back, but now it's time to return to the blog and my book list because, even though I was on vacation, I tried to keep up with my reading. So for those of you keeping track with me, I need to add numbers 23 & 24:

#23: The Memory Keeper's Daughter: the entire time I was reading this book, I kept thinking these people need to be in therapy, which I guess is the point. The hero, of course, is the nurse, and her struggle to get services for a child with Downs. Many of us with children who need intervention for their children can relate to her struggle.

#24: *Governess, The Life & Times of the Real Jane Eyres: A book I read for school, since I will be teaching Jane Eyre in the fall. A great book for a book club, though, as Ruth Brandon writes about different 19th century governessess, some well known and some not. Provides important historical perspective for all women.

On the night table: I am debating between Bridehead Revisited since the movie opens next month and Nice Work, a very funny novel by David Lodge that I read over 20 years ago while in graduate school and the BBC World Book Club plans to tackle next week. I will keep you posted.

And what do you think Lus is doing right now? Reading? No--the tour is on!