English Creek

I love this author so I just bought this book based on that fact and it's the 1st in a series. Now I have opened it for May #bookspin and see there are no chapters, tiny type, filled top to bottom of page with very few breaks. May take a minuteš

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TheAromaofBooks Oh no, the tiny print gets to me!! š‚ Good luck!! 6mo

BookNAround I love Ivan Doig too! 6mo

sherrisilvera @BookNAround Have you read this one? 6mo

BookNAround @sherrisilvera I haven‘t read this one. I have it on my tbr shelf waiting patiently for me though. 5mo

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Leftcoastzen

English Creek | Ivan Doig

#curiouscovers #mountains Ivan Doig has written many novels that take place in Montana.Lovely mountains on the covers .

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs So beautiful š‘¸š¸»š¸”š“š§�š‘¨š¸¼ 3y

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Lcsmcat

English Creek | Ivan Doig

1. ā¯¤ļø¸
2. Green
3. This trip to rural Georgia to settle my sister-in-law‘s estate. I have met some characters!
4. Yes and yes
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#friyayintro @howjessreads

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Lcsmcat

English Creek | Ivan Doig

Six reads, all picks. #septemberstats

britt_brooke Nice!! 5y

Lindy š‘¸ š 5y

ljuliel Did you see any type of theme or similarities with the Doig , Cather and Frazier ? I really like Doig‘s writing , have only read a half of a Cather book but not sure why I never finished it, as her writing was good. The Frazier sounds good. How‘d you like it , and didn‘t he write Cold Mountain ? I wasn‘t overly thrilled with that book. 5y

Lcsmcat @ljuliel Yes, they are very similar writers. Although from different parts of the country, the land for each is very important- a character in and of itself. Also I find particularly Doig and Frazier to be introspective writers. Cather is too, but to a lesser degree perhaps. 5y

Lcsmcat @ljuliel And yes, Frazier wrote Cold Mountain. 5y

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Lcsmcat

English Creek | Ivan Doig

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Doig‘s novels are love letters to the West, particularly Montana. His prose is poetic, his humor gentle but insightful.
The McCaskill‘s of Two Medicine are people you would like to know. Jick McCaskill grows up in multiple ways during the summer of this book and takes you along for the ride if you let him. Now I need to reread Dancing at the Rascal Fair!
(Picture from many years ago, and Wyoming not Montana. But close to the border.)

BookNAround Doig is a gorgeous writer. (edited) 5y

AmyRebecca Love the photo! Great smiles! 5y

Lcsmcat @BookNAround Isn‘t he? I don‘t understand why he isn‘t more widely known. 5y

Lcsmcat @AmyRebecca Thanks- we were in our happy place. š€ 5y

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Lcsmcat

English Creek | Ivan Doig

Published in 1984, set during the depression, being read in 2019, and the phrase ā€Republican headquartersā€¯ to describe an outhouse works for all 3. š¤£

rachelk š¤£š¤£š¤£ 5y

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Lcsmcat

English Creek | Ivan Doig

ā€as far as I‘m concerned, Montana without its mountain ranges would just be Nebraska stretched north.ā€¯ š†

Tamra Ha! 5y

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Lcsmcat

English Creek | Ivan Doig

ā€No matter what time of day you approached it, the Hebner place looked as if demolition was being done and the demolishers were just now taking a smoke break. . . . In short, not much ever functioned on the Hebner place except gravity.ā€¯

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Lcsmcat

English Creek | Ivan Doig