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Despite the romanticized atmosphere of the television miniseries, the novel fleshes out the historical elements of a pre-Cold War world. A fresh college grad becomes employed in a government position to fight the 'Red Scare'. Meeting another official, he engages in a long queer affair that brings about themes of McCarthyism, Communism, lavender marriages, class, and gay rights in this literary novel.

The historical details in this novel were excessive and irrelevant at times, not necessarily driving the plot or characters forward, which, subsequently, had the tendency to pull you out of the narrative. The structure felt disorderly - the prose tedious and dull. The leads, Tim and Hawkins, were lacking psychological and emotional depth, which made their romantic chemistry feel shallow and toxic, and suffocated the poignancy of the setting.

Has anyone watched or read Fellow Travelers??

Wow! This book is wonderful and heartbreaking and strangely appropriate given the shenanigans going on in the current political climate. This has been in my TBR list for ages but the new Showtime production with Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey bumped it up the list. I can already tell the show is taking liberties to expand the story beyond the book, but I think each are worthwhile in their own right. Excellent portrait of DC during McCarthyism.

1. St Mary‘s, Rushford
2. Hogsmeade
3. The version of New England in The Handmaid‘s Tale

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1. Car - you get to see so much more. But there's something to be said for getting to Florida in 1 1/2 hours rather than 16 😂
2. Myrtle beach or Disney World
3. Not yet. Trying to get over my vertigo/vestibular neuritis before we book anything which is making me 😭 I need a vacation!

#trivialthursday

Wow, this is the largest swap that I have participated in yet on #Litsy. So many places I have visited and so many I am excited to visit for the first time. Thank you everyone for taking the time to write your postcards, I‘ll be checking out the books you have all mentioned. Big thanks to @Kaye for organizing, can‘t wait to do this again! 🤗 #litsypostandswap

I couldn't agree more! 🗼🗽🏯🏰🎪🎡🛫⛴🚗🚅
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1. I‘m not sure since I already love to travel! Harry Potter made me really want to go to Universal to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter but that was built long after I read them lol
2. Hmm. Niagara Falls last summer was tons of fun! It was the first time we were able to take our son on a “real” vacation
3. Ireland and Europe!
4. Oh fly for sure
5. Ice cream!
#ManicMonday

1. Probably The Bookshop on the Corner - where she moves to Ireland (I think)
2. Tough choice between Napa Valley, CA or Portland, OR.
3. Hawaii or Ireland/England/Scotland
4. Fly - especially after driving 8 hours to Canada!
5. Ice cream - though I usually eat gluten free and dairy free ice cream

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