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Oof! 😳 I really did not like this book. And I LOVE John Irving. This is the eighth of his novels that I‘ve read and I didn‘t feel any spark. I found it unnecessarily repetitive and the constant use of descriptors instead of a pronoun irritated me (“the future writer”, “the former river driver” “the Mexican house cleaner”). And I hated Ketchum. I will still keep reading Irving, you can‘t win ‘em all. This one just was not for me. Womp Womp.

Another interesting read that covers multiple decades. I love Irving‘s foreshadowing.

#savvysettings #river I was going to do a birthday post on March 2nd , when John Irving turned 80!😳Got busy , anyway this one is a favorite of mine as far as his more recent titles go , deep characters & a five decade storyline.It was published in 2009.

Day 30: Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving; a favorite of mine, Irving is a master of character and narrative; set in a logging camp, Irving adds his experience to the life of Danny, who becomes a writer #31Books #BooksIRecommend

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#GetMovin #river I post about Irving a lot, I have not read all his books. In fact , Owen Meany is on my #GARBingo , and loved by many here.Amongst his more recent ones , this one is a favorite.Sometimes violent , spans 5 generations ,and has more of Irving‘s “tone” if you will, that I loved in Garp,Hotel New Hampshire, and Cider House Rules. And , it‘s signed !

When you know what's going to happen to a character and you have to close the book because you think that if you don't read it you can somehow prevent it from happening...

7:45 pm, Friday. My reward for making it through a horribly long and exhausting week at work.

#theriver #rocktober

I expected so much of this one. I used to love Irving but lost track of his novels after Owen Meany.
But then I heard so much praise for this book and remembering how I enjoyed Irving, I dived in.
And now I am a bit disappointed. He is still a great storyteller but I think he used too many pages to tell this story and, more important, none of the 3 main characters (the cook, his best friend and his son) is as memorable as Owen Meany or Garp.

Time to go home. After visiting a last highlight, the Panama Canal, I am leaving Latin America with pain in my heart. Tonight we are flying back to Holland.
I am looking forward though to many hours in the airplane with this easy-read!

Many of you will probably see skyscrapers all the time but for me as a European (living in Amsterdam which is more like a dollhouse) it is always exciting to see so many of them. This is the view from my hotelroom in Panama City where they keep distracting me from getting into my #currentread. A last stop-over before we fly back to the dollhouse tomorrow 😢..

#maybookflowers #bodyofwater

My list for April reading is short:

Dinner at the homesick restaurant
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Comfort of Strangers
Paper Towns
Last Night in Twisted River

3 ebooks and 2 paper. It was a good month, though - my affection is roughly tied between LNITR, TBS and PT.

I refused to read any John Irving for years because I really hated Until I find you. But a few months ago, I read and enjoyed The Fourth Hand, and the past few weeks I've been reading Last Night in Twisted River in the evenings on Kindle. How lovely and moving. Not Owen Meany, but a special novel nevertheless.

Couldn't get into it the writing was too dense

One of my all-time favorite authors. Hearing him read this book was a true pleasure that I always remember fondly. Although it didn't end up being one of my favorites of his, hearing his voice captivated me into the world of the novel. #signedsundays

2016 was an amazing reading year for me! I set a goal of reading 50 books, and rounded out the year at 104. I'm a mom of 2 young boys and also work full time outside of the house, so I am very proud of this accomplishment! These are books that have stuck with me and I will likely read them again in the future. I'm a complete sucker for John Irving and couldn't pick just 1 :) What were your favorite reads of 2016? Here's to a new year of reading!

I almost went this entire year without reading a #johnirving novel. Unconscionable.

Hooray! Work is sending me to Portsmouth NH and Kittery ME in November - my favorite place during my favorite season. Celebrating with some New England fiction

John Irving just does it for me, every time. I'm looking forward to reading more of his lesser known works this year.