I am having what I will remember forever as “the summer of ‘Lonesome Dove’ by Larry McMurtry.” It started out as a dare from my hubby. “I bet you cannot read this 800-plus page book in two weeks,” he said.

I smirked. My mind calculated 50 pages a night plus an extra 25 pages a weekend and I could knock this title out in less than two weeks. No problem. Well, I am currently on page 608, and I started mid-June.

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