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		By: Brenda Cavanagh		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oops I don&#039;t think I can edit my comment above. I just realized I wrote 1940 as the date my great great grandparents immigrated to Canada.  It should have said 1840!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops I don&#8217;t think I can edit my comment above. I just realized I wrote 1940 as the date my great great grandparents immigrated to Canada.  It should have said 1840!</p>
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		By: Brenda Cavanagh		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi, Meredith! 
How interesting to find your blog post and see your reference to Louise Erdrich, an author I love to read and learn from.  Just recently I saw The Sentence at a local Shoppers for a drastically reduced price, thought of purchasing it, but let it go. 

Presently in my life I&#039;ve drastically downsized my home. I&#039;ve been diagnosed with a serious disease and this year devoted myself to emptying my home of everything not needed for my daily life. As well my attention span has changed somewhat and I&#039;ve found that I will borrow a book from the public library and start reading it on my Libby app only to return it early because I just didn&#039;t get around to reading it. 

Basically I deleted my  FB account and Instagram out of annoyance with the political situation. And stopped any interaction with Amazon, which I rarely ordered from, although I did enjoy ordering books occasionally.  I use Goodreads barely at all anymore because of my less interest in reading books.
 I haven&#039;t deleted Goodreads as I like to read friends reviews of what they are reading. 
The new app you mention sounds excellent!!

Since reading your post this morning, I think I might check at Shoppers to see if the copy of The Sentence is still available to buy.
The one other book I intend to go to Indigo and buy, and I really think Ill be able to read it through is Land by Maggie O&#039;Farrel. Have you considered reading it. My family ancestors did leave/were expelled from Ireland in late 1940s and I have an ongoing interest in reading about this time in Irish history. 
I think it should be an excellent read.
Thanks for your list of books you are reading.  Each looks fascinating!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Meredith!<br />
How interesting to find your blog post and see your reference to Louise Erdrich, an author I love to read and learn from.  Just recently I saw The Sentence at a local Shoppers for a drastically reduced price, thought of purchasing it, but let it go. </p>
<p>Presently in my life I&#8217;ve drastically downsized my home. I&#8217;ve been diagnosed with a serious disease and this year devoted myself to emptying my home of everything not needed for my daily life. As well my attention span has changed somewhat and I&#8217;ve found that I will borrow a book from the public library and start reading it on my Libby app only to return it early because I just didn&#8217;t get around to reading it. </p>
<p>Basically I deleted my  FB account and Instagram out of annoyance with the political situation. And stopped any interaction with Amazon, which I rarely ordered from, although I did enjoy ordering books occasionally.  I use Goodreads barely at all anymore because of my less interest in reading books.<br />
 I haven&#8217;t deleted Goodreads as I like to read friends reviews of what they are reading.<br />
The new app you mention sounds excellent!!</p>
<p>Since reading your post this morning, I think I might check at Shoppers to see if the copy of The Sentence is still available to buy.<br />
The one other book I intend to go to Indigo and buy, and I really think Ill be able to read it through is Land by Maggie O&#8217;Farrel. Have you considered reading it. My family ancestors did leave/were expelled from Ireland in late 1940s and I have an ongoing interest in reading about this time in Irish history.<br />
I think it should be an excellent read.<br />
Thanks for your list of books you are reading.  Each looks fascinating!</p>
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		By: Meredith		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 19:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://curiousmeredith.com/my-best-books-of-2024-and-leaving-goodreads/#comment-8370&quot;&gt;Emma&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks Emma! Our reading tastes sound very similar. I found &quot;What you are Looking for is in the Library&quot; to be a very calming and wonderful read. I have an unread Richard Feynman in my TBR. Thanks for sharing and reading my blog! Take care, Meredith]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://curiousmeredith.com/my-best-books-of-2024-and-leaving-goodreads/#comment-8370">Emma</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks Emma! Our reading tastes sound very similar. I found &#8220;What you are Looking for is in the Library&#8221; to be a very calming and wonderful read. I have an unread Richard Feynman in my TBR. Thanks for sharing and reading my blog! Take care, Meredith</p>
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		By: Emma		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I always find something to connect to in your reading lists! I&#039;m reading an Erin Morgenstern book at the moment, recently read What You Are Looking for is in the Library, love Richard Feynman, and have a Robert McFarlane book in my tbr!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always find something to connect to in your reading lists! I&#8217;m reading an Erin Morgenstern book at the moment, recently read What You Are Looking for is in the Library, love Richard Feynman, and have a Robert McFarlane book in my tbr!</p>
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