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#usoreading #bookclub]]> 2023-06-28 20:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2634569261 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2639627520 2023-07-06 12:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2639627520 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2639630904 2023-07-06 12:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2639630904 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2639636471 It's the #1 film all-time in Sweden. Not quite as big a hit in the US, but it is a nominee for Oscar's Best Foreign Language award. Meet the screenwriter-director and the film's much-younger-than-in-the-film star as they chat with David Poland about the film, the arts Denmark, and how they got to the Dolby Theater. Shot in Los Angeles, February 2016]]> 2023-07-06 12:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2639636471 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2639642121 2023-07-06 12:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2639642121 cev4yugto https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643444535 "If there's one thing you could write in Ove's obituary, it's 'At least he was economical with gas."

]]> 2023-07-12 08:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643444535 cev4yugto https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643444823 He was a man of black and white. And she was color. All the color he had. ]]> 2023-07-12 08:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643444823 cev4yugto https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643445631 When a person gives to another person, it's not the receiver who's blessed. It's the giver.]]> 2023-07-12 08:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643445631 cev4yugto https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643445900 Ove wanted what was right to be right, and what was wrong to be wrong.]]> 2023-07-12 08:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643445900 cev4yugto https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643446092 You're the strangest hero I ever heard about.]]> 2023-07-12 08:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643446092 cev4yugto https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643446308 You're the funniest thing she knows. That's why she always draws you in color.]]> 2023-07-12 08:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643446308 cev4yugto https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643446620 'Loving someone is like moving into a house,’ Sonja used to say. ‘At first you fall in love with all the new things, amazed every morning that all this belongs to you, as if fearing that someone would suddenly come rushing in through the door to explain that a terrible mistake had been made, you weren’t actually supposed to live in a wonderful place like this. Then over the years the walls become weathered, the wood splinters here and there, and you start to love that house not so much because of all its perfection, but rather for its imperfections. You get to know all the nooks and crannies. How to avoid getting the key caught in the lock when it’s cold outside. Which of the floorboards flex slightly when one steps on them or exactly how to open the wardrobe doors without them creaking. These are the little secrets that make it your home."]]> 2023-07-12 08:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643446620 cev4yugto https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643446908 It is difficult to admit that one is wrong. Particularly when one has been wrong for a very long time.]]> 2023-07-12 08:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643446908 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643925174 2023-07-13 01:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643925174 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643925688 2023-07-13 01:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643925688 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643925927 2023-07-13 01:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643925927 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643932065 2023-07-13 01:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643932065 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643935349 Describe the character of Ove and how you envision him.]]> 2023-07-13 01:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643935349 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643935701 What positive and negative characteristics does Ove have?

]]> 2023-07-13 01:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643935701 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643936293 What has contributed to Ove's pessimistic mindset generally?]]> 2023-07-13 01:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643936293 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643936710 Does Ove live more in the past, present, or future?]]> 2023-07-13 01:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643936710 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643937218 Did your opinion of Ove change over the course of the novel?]]> 2023-07-13 01:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643937218 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643937576 Did Ove's life story surprise you?]]> 2023-07-13 01:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643937576 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643937961 Did you know anyone like Ove in real life?]]> 2023-07-13 01:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643937961 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643938471 Did you learn any lessons from A Man Called Ove to apply in your own life?]]> 2023-07-13 01:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643938471 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643938926 What is Ove's legacy?]]> 2023-07-13 01:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643938926 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643939360 Do you consider A Man Called Ove to be a happy or sad book?]]> 2023-07-13 01:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643939360 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643939894 What made Ove able to connect with the cat and with Parveneh?]]> 2023-07-13 01:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643939894 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643940603 Why do you think Blackman wrote this story in a non-chronological format, and do you agree with his choice?]]> 2023-07-13 01:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643940603 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643941002 Discuss the role of community in the novel.]]> 2023-07-13 01:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643941002 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643969042 Which film version of the novel did you watch? Swedish? American? Both?

]]> 2023-07-13 02:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643969042 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643969710 What differences between the novel and film(s) stood out to you? 

]]> 2023-07-13 02:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643969710 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643970385 If you have seen both versions of the films, which do you prefer, and why?]]> 2023-07-13 02:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643970385 cev4uso3 https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643970886 What was your overall reaction to the film(s), after reading the book? ]]> 2023-07-13 02:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cev4uso3/71gmaim9y6q8kqqi/wish/2643970886