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The Overstory: A Novel
The Overstory: A Novel | Richard Powers
A monumental novel about reimagining our place in the living world, by one of our most prodigiously talented novelists (New York Times Book Review). The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fable that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. An air force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing-and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These and five other strangers, each summoned in different ways by trees, are brought together in a last and violent stand to save the continents few remaining acres of virgin forest. There is a world alongside oursvast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.
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AmyG
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Such an amazing book.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

KAO I loved this book! 1w
Leftcoastzen I loved it too! 1w
AmyG @KAO @Leftcoastzen I am loving it, too. 1w
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AmyG
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@Soubhiville Thank you so much for this book. I was leery to pick it up as I did not like a previous Powers book. But this one…FABULOUS. And so goes my next few days. Joy!!!

currentlyreadinginCO Obsessed with this book!! 2w
AmyG @currentlyreadinginCO Oh, I am starting to “get it”. So so good. 2w
Soubhiville I‘m so glad! I loved it so much 🥰. 2w
AmyG @Soubhiville I think I will feel the same. 2w
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AmyG
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1. I just started the tagged book so right now it‘s IOWA.
2. I just wrote about this in a letter…..I visited Houston in January and then read Memorial- Bryan Washington …which took place mostly in Houston.

#WondrousWednesday

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readswellwithothers
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I‘m a little over halfway through and I can easily say that this one is gonna drop into my top ten of all time. 🏆

Decalino Such a powerful book! I think about it all the time. 2mo
Suet624 Ugh. I'm annoyed that I haven't read this yet. 2mo
RamsFan1963 It was in my top 10 for 2023 2mo
Leftcoastzen I loved it . Amazing read. 2mo
SamAnne One of my best reads ever. 2mo
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RamsFan1963
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September's choice was a big surprise for me. Its definitely not my usual reading material, but I quickly fell in love with the book and enjoyed it immensely.
#12Booksof2023 @Andrew65

SamAnne Loved this one. 2mo
Andrew65 Love when this happens! 2mo
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Soubhiville
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#2023readingbracket
This was a fun way to track my best-of books this year. It was often very hard to make choices! My best 3 fiction were The Overstory, Chain-Gang All-Stars, and Fresh Water for Flowers.

Caroline2 Oh I‘ve had Over story on my shelf for ages now. Defo need to move it up the pile. 👍 3mo
Julsmarshall I loved Overstory and Chain Gang, they. both moved me so much. I guess I‘d better read Fresh Water for Flowers 😀 3mo
Megabooks Some great books on both of yours!! 3mo
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Soubhiville
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It‘s always fun to come up with the yearly best-of list. Here‘s my #best23of2023. The top row are my top 6, with best fiction going to The Overstory and nonfiction being Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes.

I‘m loving seeing all of your lists as well. Do we have any matches?

Soubhiville @catiewithac isn‘t he a phenomenal writer? 3mo
LeafingThroughLife The Echo Wife was a sleeper hit for me. I picked it up on audio on a whim, and it was so perfectly eerie that it has really stuck with me! 3mo
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Julsmarshall We have so many similarities! Makes me want to pick up all the books you enjoyed that I haven‘t read yet 😀 3mo
AmyG I NEED to get to The Overstory and Shark Heart….but so many challenges. 🤣 3mo
Soubhiville @AmyG so many challenges! 😆I hope you‘ll love them when you can get to them. 🩵 3mo
Megabooks @AmyG I need to get to Overstory as well! Great list Soubhi! 📸 3mo
Deblovestoread So many great books here and some I need to get to especially 3mo
Chelsea.Poole Love your picks!! I, too, need to read The Overstory! 3mo
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jack777
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Pickpick

Quite the tome so proud I made it through. Loved the character setups in the beginning. The way Powers describes each gives all the details you want and need and no unnecessary ones. Fell in love with each of them. The second 2/3 of the book felt a bit draggy but overall v powerful. Def made me start paying hella more attention to the trees in my environment, which alone is a huge bonus.

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Cathyloves2read
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Maybe one of the best books I‘ve ever read, that will stay with me a long time. I‘ll admit, I didn‘t get every word written in this story. It was very deep, and parts were confusing. The parts I did get made up for it. This author writes like a post. I‘ll never look at trees the same way again. I‘ll certainly think twice before cutting one down. This story was just beautiful! I highly recommend it

SamAnne One of my favorite novels ever. Plan to reread it next year. 5mo
IuliaC A great book! 5mo
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Cathyloves2read
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Here‘s a puzzle - what is the author taking about when he writes:
“She could tell them about a simple machine needing no fuel and little maintenance, one that steadily sequesters carbon, enriches the soil, cools the ground, scrubs the air, and scales easily to any size. A tech that copied itself and even drops food for free. A device so beautiful it‘s the stuff of poems.”

RamsFan1963 Having read the book, I know the author is talking about a tree. 5mo
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bookishbitch
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The Sycamore Gap tree was around 300 years old. Was. Past tense. My tree loving heart is so sad about this. Photo by Stu Meech.

Deblovestoread Awesome photo! 6mo
dabbe Unbelievably sad. What is wrong with some people? 💚🌳💚 6mo
bookishbitch @dabbe I wish I knew so we could fix it! 6mo
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Cathyloves2read
The Overstory: A Novel | Richard Powers

I like this blurb about long term relationships:

“That person in your life‘s passenger seat? Always a hitchhiker, to be dropped off just down the road.”

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RamsFan1963
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90/150 I'll be the first to admit this isn't my usual choice of reading, but I'm so glad I gave it a chance because I thought it was amazing! So beautifully written, with wonderful, complex and complicated characters, following their lives I felt sad when the book was done. 5 🌟 read. Highly recommended.
5th book finished for #SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView 15th book finished for #RushathonExtended @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65

currentlyreadinginCO A favorite! 6mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 6mo
Graywacke I really enjoyed his Bewilderment. I would like to read this too. 6mo
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TheSpineView Awesome!🤩📖📚 6mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 I have been wanting to read this forever and I have no excuse for not reading it. Unfortunately, there‘s so many books in this category for me!!! This may have been the push I need. It‘s a chunker, so maybe November! 6mo
RamsFan1963 @JanuarieTimewalker13 I did the audiobook, and while it was 22 hours long, it seemed to fly by very quickly. 6mo
Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 I always like it when a book surprises you. 6mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 Thank you!! Good to know! 6mo
PaperbackPirate I picked this book up when I was in Oregon for spring break. So glad to hear how much you liked it! 6mo
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bookishbitch
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This was lyrical, philosophical, enraging, heartbreaking and illuminating. Ultimately it is about connections. I think it is also a love letter, as well as a warning. I loved it for so many different reasons.

Decalino This book affected me so deeply. Truly powerful. 6mo
bookishbitch @Decalino it is so enlightening!! 6mo
SamAnne One of my best reading experiences. Loved it. 6mo
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IuliaC
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Pickpick

Simply brilliant! So ingenious, informative, heart-breaking

"If we could see what green was doing, we'd never be lonely or bored. If we could understand green, we'd learn how to grow all the food we need in layers three deep, on a third of the ground we need right now, with plants that protected one another from pests and stress. If we knew what green wanted, we wouldn't have to choose between the Earth's interests and ours. They'd be the same!"

SamAnne One of my favorite novels. 6mo
Graywacke Nice view 6mo
IuliaC @SamAnne as of today, one of mine too! 6mo
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IuliaC @Graywacke It includes two types of wood, to match the story a little 😊 6mo
Graywacke @IuliaC that‘s cool! 6mo
sarahbarnes I still want to get to this! 6mo
IuliaC @sarahbarnes It's good 👍 6mo
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Soubhiville
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Later than usual, but this is my August wrap up. Another great month!

Favorites: The Overstory, Demon Copperhead, Now is Not the Time to Panic, Feed Them Silence, and Bunny.

Gissy Never too late! Great month! 📚 📚📚👏👏👏 6mo
KateReadsYA Oh my goodness Bunny was a trip 😅 6mo
BeeMagical @KateReadsYA Yesss!!! 🐰 6mo
britt_brooke Amazing month! 6mo
Suet624 I really need to get to Overstory 6mo
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Soubhiville
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The past few months have held some great books. I keep thinking, “this might be the best book I read all year.” And then I read another amazing one.

The Overstory is phenomenal. I‘m finding it hard to put into words how much I love it and it‘s message.

There was a time I would have been up in that tree with Maidenhair and Watchman. Or in the trailer cataloging seeds with Patricia.

It‘s so easy to not see the trees, but it might not be now.

AmyG Ok, I am stacking this. I was reluctant because I read a book of his years ago and di not like it. So, I will give him another try. (edited) 7mo
Ruthiella It‘s been a couple years now, but for awhile after I read this, I would touch and say “hello” to trees when walking my dogs. 7mo
Soubhiville @AmyG 🙂 I loved it so much. 7mo
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Soubhiville @Ruthiella I love that 🤍🌱 7mo
sarahbarnes I still want to read this! Beautiful review. 🌳 7mo
quietlycuriouskate Love this book! ❤️🌳 7mo
bookishbitch It's a damn masterpiece!! 7mo
JuniperWilde One of my favourites from the last 10 yrs for sure. So layered. I‘m not sure which storyline was my favourite. 7mo
alysonimagines So glad you enjoyed this! The characters you named are my faves for sure. 😊🌳 7mo
SamAnne One of my favorites of the decade. I was active in forest conservation for many years-well still am! So right up my alley. (edited) 7mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 I have put this book off for years. I‘m hoping to get to it in 2024. 7mo
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bookishbitch
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Vacation is going well. My feet aren't happy with the amount of walking we have been doing though. Excuse the bad lighting. I hide under a shade umbrella so I don't burst into flame.

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Soubhiville
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I‘ve got so many book club/ buddy reads for August I decided to get an early start on this chunkster. It‘s wonderful so far, but I can tell it‘s going to be a slow paced read. For #NaturaLitsy and a gift from @alysonimagines 🙂🌳

Igor keeping my feet warm this morning. 🩵

RaeLovesToRead Igor, you cutie!!! 8mo
Soubhiville Oh my gosh why did I wait so long to read this? It‘s beautiful! 8mo
ShelleyBooksie Awesome photo of Igor!! 8mo
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AllDebooks Gorgeous Ivor!! 😍 It looks like a lovely edition too. I've still to read this and I don't know why I keep putting it off 😅 8mo
SamAnne One of my favorites!! 8mo
dabbe Oh, Igor, you're so handsome! Those eyes! 🖤🐾🖤 8mo
alysonimagines Love Igor. 😻 The Overstory is definitely not a quick or easy read, so good idea to get a head start! Glad you‘re liking it so far. 😊 8mo
Hooked_on_books I loved this one! It‘s really unique. 8mo
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bookishbitch
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I'm only a few chapters into this book and I already adore it.

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bookishbitch
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Did I buy a book because Keanu recommended it? Yes, I absolutely did. (Backstory: The interviewer asked him what books he would recommend as a known lover of literature so he said he was chosing one he read recently.)

Caroline2 Ohhh 😮 This book just moved up my to be read pile!!!! 😆 9mo
SamAnne One of the best books I‘ve read. 9mo
bookishbitch @Caroline2 right?! @SamAnne glad to hear this! It definitely looks interesting. 9mo
iread2much If I was going to buy a book based on a celebrity he‘s certainly be one I would pay attention too. 9mo
bookishbitch @iread2much He just seems like a great human. 9mo
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Jenken1998
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Beautiful! A true work of art. In this book there are multiple characters/plots woven together to form an intricate story about trees/nature. An environmental philosophy work of fiction. It looks at how trees work, why we need them, what they mean to us, what horrible things we are doing to them, and who is trying to save them. I enjoyed some of the story arcs more than others but it was amazing. 4 stars.

CatMS Our bookclub picked this book last year, some of us were not excited to read it but I grew to really love the book, it has stayed with me. As I walk my dog through my neighborhood and the Kleinstuck preserve near my home I walk among and look at the trees with awe. 10mo
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staci.reads
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Catching up on a couple weeks of finished books. This one was my February #Bookspin, and it was epic. I bought this well over a year ago, and it's been hanging out on my bookshelf, looking a little intimidating. I think knowing there were 9 main characters and nearly as many plot lines kept me from diving in, but thank goodness for #Bookspin! It's beautifully done and definitely makes me look at trees in a whole new way. @TheAromaofBooks

Jess861 This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for a while! 12mo
SamAnne One of my best reads of the decade. But I was a longtime forest activist having watched all the trees come down in my logging community. So it resonated! 12mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 12mo
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SamAnne
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Did not know all details & backstory. Powerful intersection between conservation & environmental justice concerns. The Overstory hit close. From a logging town, I became a forest defender fo both for environmental reasons and social reasons--destroyed my town when they logged everything and left, gave us 26% unemployment, and managed to blame it on the spotted owl. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opinion/atlanta-police-center-protests.html

Tamra Ugh 😞 13mo
marleed Oh dang, heartbreaking article. Will we never learn to respect the land an the trees. 13mo
Jeg After I read this book when it first came out it impacted me enough for me to go and join a political party. A green one. 13mo
SamAnne ❤️❤️. @Jeg Yes, has defined my life and purpose. While my work has been focused on building bridges and working across the political spectrum, I still can‘t be polite to somewhat who works for Weyerhaeuser. They fucked my river, my forest my town. I either yell at them. Or I cry. If I‘m behaved I walk away without saying anything. I really try for the latter but I‘m not always successful. (edited) 13mo
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smallthings
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#bookspin

I can't believe I've waited 4 years to read it! Started it yesterday, I'm so excited :)

And this cover is so beautiful! I like it when polish publishers choose their own cover designs

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Megbert
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Omg fan-girling out, a Barbara Kingsolver review of Richard Powers “Overstory”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/books/review/overstory-richard-powers.html

SamAnne I read this and bought The Overstory the next day. Then went around asking everyone if they had read it because I desperately wanted to discuss! LOL. 1y
Megbert It‘s a book worth discussing! So rich and beautifully layered x 1y
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LMJenkins
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Great #bookhaul this Christmas! Merry merry to all of you Littens! 🎄⭐️🎁

Ruthiella Merry Christmas 🎄! 1y
CarolynM Merry Christmas 🎄 1y
Eggs Merry Christmas!! 1y
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Megbert
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Pickpick

A mesmerizing collision of multiple narratives, each all connected to a forest or tree. Powers weaves incredible and sometimes alarming info-metrics into the story, arming the reader with a battalion in favour of our forests and eco-systems. A book that has stayed with me for the years since I last read it. Quite wonderful!

SamAnne One of my favorites I‘ve read in the past 10 years. (edited) 1y
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TalesandTexts
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Mehso-so

While I agree that we need more books about conservation and climate advocacy, there were such strong underlying themes of racism and indigenous exclusionary behaviour in the book, that I just could not get behind it.

You can watch my video review here, where I discuss the problems I have with The Overstory and why we need to become more vocal about these issues - https://youtu.be/XMlg9Bjuw70

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AnneCecilie
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
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RobinGustafson
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Reading this with my aunt. It‘s been on my TBR for a long time so I was happy when she suggested it as our next book group read

SamAnne Oh, one of my favorites 2y
RobinGustafson I‘m really enjoying it so far! 2y
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traa
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The Overstory gives a powerful illustration of the importance of breaking out of our destructive systems as a culture. I only wish it had ended with some resources for readers who want to be involved - so here are a few I know of:
Who Gives a Crap (sustainable toilet paper company)
Forest Stewardship Council (oversight for sustainable paper products)
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (protecting rain forests)

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Lauriezp
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Wow. Left me speechless and moved like nothing I‘ve read in a long while. It was a tough read at times but so very worth the effort.

Leftcoastzen I felt the same way! 2y
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Frankies.space
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Bailedbailed

Individual stories with trees as a central theme. So great writing but I just couldn‘t get into it.

Lisa_lost If you liked the writing you might like Bewilderment? I found the Overstory too long, too much, though thought the format was cool! 2y
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jackday
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Pickpick

Quite the tome so proud I made it through. Loved the character setups in the beginning. The way Powers describes each gives all the details you want and need and no unnecessary ones. Fell in love with each of them. The second 2/3 of the book felt a bit draggy but overall v powerful. Def made me start paying hella more attention to the trees in my environment, which alone is a huge bonus.

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MrsHood
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About halfway through. Was reading this aloud to my husband, but he‘s not super into the book. Maybe I‘ll finish it on my own!

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candority
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My most recent #BookHaul, all from my favourite thrift store! 😊

BennettBookworm Gorgeous bookend!! 2y
sarahbarnes Wow, those are great finds! 2y
candority @sarahbarnes Right?! I‘m so excited about all of them 😊 2y
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lynneamch
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While researching and writing this powerful novel, Powers moved to East Tennessee and decided to stay. He opened my eyes and soul to the understanding of how the lives of trees and humans are so deeply intertwined. Pic is highway heading to the Great Smokey #Mountains #SavvySettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Gorgeous photo 👏🏻🏔❤️ 2y
lynneamch Thanks @Eggs This is really a fun challenge. I'm enjoying looking through my pics and Litsy ""Books Read" list to pair up. 2y
Eggs Well you are doing so well with your pairings! A pleasure to read/view 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love going to those mountains 🏔 🤍 2y
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JillR
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• Best Reads of 2021 • These are my best ten reads of the year; the books that have captured, calmed and captivated me and that I couldn‘t put down. Happy New Year Littens, and thank you for the reading inspiration!

Mitch Great stack. You had a great year. Bodies of Light is my favourite Sarah Moss book. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2y
TrishB That‘s a great stack 👍🏻 2y
JillR @mitch thank you. Bodies of Light was a surprise favourite, and I‘m currently reading and loving the sequel Signs for Lost Children… 2y
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Mitch @JillR I‘ve read all but 2 on your stack and loved them all - so hastily adding the missing 2 to my TBR! 2y
JillR Thanks @trishb, did that thing where I didn‘t think I‘d read anything really amazing this year then was surprised when I looked back! 2y
JillR @mitch now intrigued as to what those 2 are! 2y
JillR @mitch they are both great, I particularly loved The Other Bennet Sister, and Mary Lawson is a new-to-me-author who I can‘t wait to read more of! 2y
rockpools How fantastic! I‘m going to have to investigate Mary Lawson. And seeing Sarah Moss on so many lists makes me want to catch up with her backlist (I adored Bodies of Light. Ally 💔). 2y
Cathythoughts Shuggie ❤️ and Bodies of Light ❤️ and Hamnet ❤️ (edited) 2y
JillR @rockpools my heart is breaking again for Ally in the sequel Songs for Lost Children which I‘m reading right now 💔 2y
JillR @cathythoughts all so good! 2y
rockpools @JillR I still haven‘t worked up to reading May‘s story - is it the Tidal Zone? Maybe this year. 2y
JillR @rockpools it‘s Night Waking; I did read it quite a while ago, but it was before I‘d read Bodies of Light and I didn‘t get the May link, so am planning to reread it at some point! 2y
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Readergrrl
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@Soubhiville How funny! We were direct matches for the #WinterSolsticeSwap and I had no idea! I love my gifts so much. Thank youuu!!! The irony is that the BN spruce soap (which you now know I gave you too) almost stayed home with me. I loved the scent so much but begrudgingly mailed it off to you. Serendipitous!! I think I‘ll read the tagged book first, but they all look so good. And I love those Yule cards! Thank you so much!

Soubhiville Isn‘t that funny? I thought it was the same but wasn‘t 100% sure. I love the scent too, now both our bathrooms will smell festive! 🤣 I hope you‘ll love the books. Happy Solstice! 2y
DebinHawaii I love that you got each other the same soap! Wonderful box! 💚🌲🤍 2y
Chrissyreadit Now I‘m totally curious about the soap 😍! 🤍❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️ 2y
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Chrissyreadit Also I love the tarot cards- I‘m excited to see if there will be more for other Sabbats. The art is gorgeous, and the card meanings feel just right. 2y
sprainedbrain I love it when people get each other the same awesome gifts! Love all of this! ❤️ 2y
Mitch That‘s so funny xxxx 2y
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Bookboss
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This novel begins almost as a series of short stories. Each character gets their own story, then the characters start to come together and interact. I found the beginning to be fairly fast-paced, but then the pace slows down as the characters meet each other. Powers does an excellent job of showing the interconnections between all living things, plants and animals. I didn‘t like all the characters, but they each one gave me things to think about.

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alysonimagines
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An epic story of people who love trees doing what they can to save them. Very well written but also very challenging—both the academic vocabulary and the intense drama.🔸#septemberreads2021

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MelKelsey
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Mehso-so

Book 112

I listened to The Overstory, a book about trees, by Richard Powers. It's a novel with potential; it has heart, interwoven storylines, and compelling characters. It's too long, though. I don't know if I would have been able to sludge through actually reading it. ⭐⭐⭐

JLaurenceCohen Very funny to describe a Pulitzer winner as a novel "with potential," though there are certainly too many characters 2y
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sherri
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The book is as wonderful as my reading companion.

Libby1 😻 3y
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sherri
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My weekend.

SamAnne Love that novel. 3y
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Cazxxx
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Leftcoastzen Great quote! Love this book 3y
Cazxxx @Leftcoastzen I‘m finding it quite hard work! It‘s beautifully written though 3y
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JillR
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When a book you‘re slightly scared of grabs you and doesn‘t let you go until the end, 625 pages later, you know it‘s a good one. I loved this so much. There‘s too much to it to try and describe here, but essentially this is the story of trees and the harm done to them, and the stories of those who have loved them or come to love them, those stories slowly, slowly coming together and intermingling 👇

JillR Parts oddly reminded me of Margaret Atwood‘s Oryx & Crake trilogy and I‘m still puzzling over why given this story is sadly our now, not a dystopian fantasy. 3y
readingjedi Great review, I loved this book too. 3y
TheLudicReader I don‘t know if you know the singer Jann Arden, but she did a Cameo on my birthday video and recommended this book to me. A book about trees doesn‘t sound like something I‘d like, but your review is making me reconsider. 3y
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quietlycuriouskate Wonderful book! ❤️ 3y
SamAnne For me, it was one of my best reads in a decade. But I was active in the forest protection movement so it really resonated. I plan a reread of this one next year. 3y
JillR @readingjedi thank you 😊 3y
JillR @theludicreader a bookshop I trust highly recommended this but I‘d read mixed reviews and was worried it would be a bit too literary for me, but am so glad I gave it a go, it wasn‘t anything like I expected, try it! 😊 🌳 3y
JillR @SamAnne I am so pleased I liked it as I‘d read mixed reviews and went into it apprehensive, but then raced through it. A great book but such a sad and frustrating situation 🌳 3y
JillR @kathedron isn‘t it? 💚 3y
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sherri
The Overstory | Richard Powers
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Sought this out at the library today. I wasn't expecting it to be so thick!

BkClubCare It‘s immersive! Hope you enjoy it 3y
SamAnne One of my faves! Begins with many different story threads but they do come together. 3y
Megabooks It‘s intimidated me with its length. Sounds like I should try it! 3y
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Leftcoastzen ❤️ 3y
Cathythoughts I remember some lovely writing in places ❤️ 3y
tpixie I kind of enjoyed it but I liked … better 2y
tpixie @SamAnne yes- the threads do join! 2y
sherri @SamAnne @tpixie I preferred the stories in the beginning. They drew me in. The rest of it was fine, but the first chunk was my favorite. 2y
sherri @tpixie I have Lab Girl on my shelf from a library sale. Thanks for the recommendation! I'll have to get to that one soon. 2y
sherri @Megabooks It is a lengthy book, for sure. I had to take my time with it and pausing a few times. I ended up returning the library edition and buying my own copy so I didn't feel rushed. 2y
sherri @Cathythoughts I recall that as well. I underlined a few passages. 2y
tpixie @sherri ☺️ 2y
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Overstory | Richard Powers
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1. In our bell tent.
2. Camp Night Owl
3. The Overstory by Richard Powers
4. To finish The Poisonwood Bible. Enjoying it, but it's taking me a while to read. I have just over 3 hours remaining according to Kindle and the next book on my TBR pile, Still Alice, is 7 hours so I am going to aim for 10.

Thank you @ImperfectCJ for the idea. I have been away from Litsy for months and this is the perfect return event.

#LitsySummerCampReadathon

RenePenn I really enjoyed Still Alice. 3y
Larkken Love the camp name! 3y
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