What are you reading this week of June 4, 2017?

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20. Oh, I say...

have you read STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel?

"One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time--from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a theater troupe known as The Travelling Symphony roams the wasteland of what remains--this suspenseful, elegiac, spellbinding novel charts the strange twists of fate that connect five people caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous self-proclaimed prophet.

"Sometimes terrifying, sometimes tender, Station Eleven tells a story about the relationships that sustain us, the ephemeral nature of fame, and the beauty of the world as we know it."

Good one!

Your trip sounds great. I was in Belgium a few days back in the late 80s. I loved it. Things were very vibrant and happening back then. I imagine it's a bit different these days. Still great, though.