BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
Welcome back for another chance to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you are reading or highlighting this week. Leave a link to your post below. If you share on social media, please use the #bookbeginnings hashtag.
What other blog events to you participate in? There's Friday 56, of course (see below). The Book Blogger Hop is also popular on Fridays. What else? On Friday or other days.
I used to participate in more blog events and enjoy them. I but haven't for a while because running my own law practice is a time suck. I hope to play along with more blog activities when my law practice calms down a bit, although I don't know if that ever happens.
MY BOOK BEGINNING
Two decades ago, at the turn of the Millennium, many Americans had a sense that we were living at the dawn of a new age -- a bright and forward-looking era marked by stable economic progress and crowned by technological breakthroughs that might both liberate and unify us.
-- A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream by Yuval Levin.
Given the rancorous times we are going through, I thought this would be a good pick for Nonfiction November.
YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS
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THE FRIDAY 56
Freda at Freda's Voice hosts another teaser event on Fridays. Participants share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of the book they are reading -- or from 56% of the way through the audiobook or ebook. Please visit Freda's Voice for details and to leave a link to your post.
MY FRIDAY 56
A politician seeking high office naturally thinks about how to be something by doing something -- how to use his office to advance his aims and therefore also to win recognition and admiration. The framers of our Constitution understood that ambition would work this way and were acutely aware that the desire for fame and renown would speak powerfully to would-be leaders.
Sounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your current read!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't possibly comment on this one, as that would be to stick my neck out in an area which has nothing to do with me, as a non-American!
ReplyDeleteIf the book had been written UK centric, rather than US, then I would definitely be advocating that my fellow countrymen should be reading it!
The extracts caught my eye undoubtedly, but the premise I found, really hammers home a message we should all be aspiring to!
Thanks for hosting and sharing your own book :)
Yvonne xx
Sounds interesting and relevant!
ReplyDeleteMy initial thought when reading the intro was something to the effect of "Oh, to be so deluded again!" You can tell what a cynic I have become. LOL Seriously though, this sounds like an interesting book. We certainly need to look at various ways of healing and moving forward. It often seems an impossible task given the polarization in this country. Getting the current leader out of office is a start. Baby steps.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great weekend, Gillion. Stay safe and well.
This one sounds intriguing.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not for me. Happy weekend!
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