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Postcards | Annie Proulx
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E. Annie Proulx's first novel, Postcards, winner of the 1993 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, tells the mesmerizing tale of Loyal Blood, who misspends a lifetime running from a crime so terrible that it renders him forever incapable of touching a woman. Blood's odyssey begins in 1944 and takes him across the country from his hardscrabble Vermont hill farm to New York, across Ohio, Minnesota, and Montana to British Columbia, on to North Dakota, Wyoming, and New Mexico and ends, today, in California, with Blood homeless and near mad. Along the way, he must live a hundred lives to survive, mining gold, growing beans, hunting fossils and trapping, prospecting for uranium, and ranching. In his absence, disaster befalls his family; greatest among their terrible losses are the hard-won values of endurance and pride that were the legacy of farm people rooted in generations of intimacy with soil, weather, plants, and seasons. Postcards chronicles the lives of the rural and the dispossessed and charts their territory with the historical verisimilitude and writerly prowess of Cather, Dreiser, and Faulkner. It is a new American classic.
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breadnroses
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I finished Postcards about a week ago but forgot to log it. My dad gifted me this book two birthdays ago. It‘s a very competently written novel and it touched me by the end in a way that I didn‘t expect. I definitely would like to read Brokeback Mountain. Also makes me want to read some more Steinbeck soon.

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AsYouWish
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Anyone still looking for an awesomely amazing book challenge for 2023?!

Then you will want to join the 2023 Postcard Reading Challenge!

Once you purchase the pack you will be sent 1 postcard every month (along with a small bookish goodie), find & read a book that‘s cover matches the postcard in some way. Then submit an image of your book with the postcard to the group to be entered to win prizes throughout the year! Super easy!

Link below!

Karisa Fun idea! 📚💗💌 2y
AsYouWish @Karisa Right?! The owner is awesome and amazing! I just got a Blind Date with a Book from her shop that I am super excited about! 2y
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AsYouWish
Postcards: A Novel | E. Annie Proulx
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Anyone still looking for an awesomely amazing book challenge for 2023?!

Then you will want to join the 2023 Postcard Reading Challenge!

Once you purchase the pack you will be sent 1 postcard every month (along with a small bookish goodie), find & read a book that‘s cover matches the postcard in some way. Then submit an image of your book with the postcard to the group to be entered to win prizes throughout the year! Super easy!

Link below!

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AsYouWish
Postcards: A Novel | E. Annie Proulx
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Anyone still looking for an awesomely amazing book challenge for 2023?!

Then you will want to join the 2023 Postcard Reading Challenge!

Once you purchase the pack you will be sent 1 postcard every month (along with a small bookish goodie), find & read a book that‘s cover matches the postcard in some way. Then submit an image of your book with the postcard to the group to be entered to win prizes throughout the year! Super easy!

Link below!

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AsYouWish
Postcards: A Novel | E. Annie Proulx
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Anyone still looking for an awesomely amazing book challenge for 2023?!

Then you will want to join the 2023 Postcard Reading Challenge!

Once you purchase the pack you will be sent 1 postcard every month (along with a small bookish goodie), find & read a book that‘s cover matches the postcard in some way. Then submit an image of your book with the postcard to the group to be entered to win prizes throughout the year! Super easy!

Link below!

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AsYouWish
Postcards: A Novel | E. Annie Proulx
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Look at the amazing book mail I received today! Abbie the wonderful owner of Your Adventure Awaits: Bookish Postcards Etsy shop, sent me this for an upcoming book challenge/game she is hosting! I haven‘t heard of this book before, but I am super excited to read it.

You should definitely check out her shop, her postcards are beyond gorgeous!!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/YourAdventureAwaitsB?ref=usf_2020

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AsYouWish
Postcards: A Novel | E. Annie Proulx
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Anyone still looking for an awesomely amazing book challenge for 2023?!

Then you will want to join the 2023 Postcard Reading Challenge!

Once you purchase the pack you will be sent 1 postcard every month (along with a small bookish goodie), find & read a book that‘s cover matches the postcard in some way. Then submit an image of your book with the postcard to the group to be entered to win prizes throughout the year! Super easy!

Link below!

wanderinglynn What a super fun reading challenge! I just ordered a set. 🤩 2y
AsYouWish @wanderinglynn YAY!!! I am super excited about this one!! Her postcards are gorgeous!!! 2y
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Teresereading
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Heading out to send some Christmas 🎄 #litsylove and some holiday postcards. Hubby and climbed the hill you can see yesterday

Bklover That‘s a Big Hill! Awesome! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks That‘s awesome! So pretty ❤️ 2y
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Teresereading
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Heading out to send some Christmas 🎄 #litsylove and some holiday postcards. Hubby and climbed the hill you can see yesterday

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️ 2y
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Dilara
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jdiehr
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Some fun #LitsyLove going out today 😊

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jenniferw88
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#sundayfunday (on a monday!) @ozma.of.oz

1. Have tagged the book that has the most memorable roadtrip I've read about.
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. Time!

BookmarkTavern Oh Sherlock Holmes would be a fun road trip partner! Thanks for posting! 3y
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The postcards that serve as chapter headings could have been gimmicky, but they weren‘t. This could have been a depressing book, but it wasn‘t. Maybe it is best summed up by this quote from near the end: “His loneliness was not innocent.” 4 ⭐️

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Lcsmcat
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“It was as if the road between his two lives was the realest thing of all, as if the journey counted more than arriving at the end.”

Tamra I love Proulx! 5y
Lcsmcat @Tamra Me too! 5y
Megabooks She‘s awesome! 5y
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Lcsmcat
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New day, new book. After a Council meeting that‘s didn‘t adjourn until after midnight, I needed a bright spot this morning.

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jenniferw88
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OK, 14 lucky littens are going to going to receive #litsylove/#jb mail from Majorca from me in a couple of weeks' time! I'm not saying who you are though so it will be a surprise!

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jenniferw88
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Loyal is #sofaraway from home because of the crime he committed, he doesn't realise his departure causes the breakdowns in his family. #AnglophileApril @Cinfhen @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola

PS thanks to @GripLitGrl for the inspiration!

Cinfhen This book sounds really sad 😪😪 6y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen it is a bit, but it's also quite exciting for a UK litten who'll probably never get to the USA due to her health! It taught me a lot about US states and I can still remember plot points even though i read it about 12 years ago now! 6y
Cinfhen Oh wow!!! That‘s the sign of a great book. 6y
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Reviewsbylola Wow, what a heartfelt book. 6y
Mdargusch I love your take on it - experiencing a place through a book. It‘s what I love about reading! 6y
emilyhaldi I love your experience with this book too ❤️ 6y
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kstadt929
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This is not a book related post, but with so many Littens from other states, I thought there might be some who would want to participate!!

A friend shared this post on Facebook and, especially because this is a local school, I thought it was such a fun idea! Please send a postcard to these kiddos!! #teachersoflitsy

cwarnier I live in Mn, but am I SD this weekend. I will see what I can do for you on MN or SD. 6y
Astroneman I live in Italy. Can I send you a postcard? 6y
kstadt929 @cwarnier Awesome! Thank you 😊 6y
kstadt929 @Astroneman Oh that would be awesome!! It isn‘t for me specifically, but for one of my local teachers. That would be really neat if you wanted to send one!! 😁 6y
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laurieluna
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Thank you so much for the #jbuk postcard @TrishB 😄 I know I'm quite absent at the moment from the litsyverse but it's great to know I'm still in the loop and thought of! Hope you're doing well ❤️

TrishB No probs! You have life changing things happening! 😘 6y
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SkeletonKey
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Posting again in case anyone else is interested, feel free to share it as well!

If you‘d like a little snail mail from me to look forward to in February, please send your address to kay.wrenn(at)gmail.com with the subject WINTERPOST and I‘ll have them in the mail shortly after February 1st. No need to reply, no strings attached.

These winter months can be rough and the best way to combat it is connection 🖤

#snailmail #postcards #winterpost

hermyknee Oooh I love this! Yes, please! 6y
SkeletonKey @hermyknee - Excellent 😄 6y
cobwebmoth This is so kind of you. 6y
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SkeletonKey @cobwebmoth 🖤🖤🖤 6y
hermyknee Did you get my email? I‘d love to be pen pals! 6y
SkeletonKey @hermyknee - Sure did, thanks!! 6y
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SkeletonKey
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I don‘t know about you all, but Jan-Feb-March tend to be tough when it comes to the seasonal sads.

I‘d like to send out postcards as something free to look forward to with no strings attached.

If you‘d like one, shoot me an email at kay(dot)wrenn(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject line WINTERPOST and your address and I will send them out by February 1st.

#winterpost #sads

Sleepswithbooks What a sweet idea!!! 6y
SkeletonKey @Stacypatrice 🖤🖤🖤 6y
jmofo 🖤 6y
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starlight97
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Sending some postcards from #Romania where we're on #holiday ☀ 📬
@oOArankaOo expect yours soon! ♡
#LitsyPenpals

Ranchan Yay! I'm sending you a letter tomorrow (new ink colour!) 💝 6y
starlight97 @oOArankaOo I can't wait to see it! 6y
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jenniferw88
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My USA geography isn't great, but Loyal Blood does travel across the #wildwildwest! @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB #heatofjuly

Cinfhen Not familiar with this book!! Sounds interesting 👍🏻 6y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen one of the many books Ms Bird taught me! 😂😂😂 6y
BarbaraBB Good one. I liked this book too, a long time ago! 6y
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JoScho
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I love this postcard so much! Thanks @ReadOrDieRachel ❤️❤️❤️
#jb

Ahomeinpages That's so cute! 6y
Kaye Very bright and cheery ! 6y
readordierachel 😊💙 6y
tammysue Really cute! 6y
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HoneyBeesKnees
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Just arrived home from a long camping trip and found these awaiting me! Thank you @kaye and everyone who participated. They are all so lovely!
#pcs3

Kaye So glad you got them ! Enjoy. 6y
BookishMe Hi! Thank you for your postcard and the book recc. I have greatly enjoyed the Robin Sloan's books. Steinbeck has been on my list. Hope to read this soon 6y
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Kaye Sounds great. Glad they arrived safely. ♥️ 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!!! 😊😊😊 7y
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Ingerella
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Kaye Glad they got there safely. I‘ve lost track with dealing with LIFE this week. Was hoping to keep better track if who got them and who hasn‘t. I‘m hoping you all have by now. 7y
Ingerella @Kaye I hope things get better for you very soon! I had a super rough start to my week but these postcards cheered me right up. Thanks again! 7y
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tammysue Happy they‘ve arrived! 👏🏻💌 7y
Booksnob Yes thank you @Kaye it‘s such a cool project. I found some people didn‘t put their Litsy name on them. I definitely added to my TBR pile. 7y
Kaye @booksnob Thete are a few that I had to add that don‘t have names. They were extras from other exchanges or just extra postcards I needed to use to fill in the blanks. That‘s why a few dont have details on back. 7y
BookishMe Hi there! Thank you for sending your cheery postcard. So cool to recognize familiar designs on your post ;D will check out the titles set in Florida 💕💕 6y
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JoScho
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@BookishMe thanks so much for the amazing package all the way from Singapore! The postcards are amazing and I adore my pin!! ❤️❤️❤️ unfortunately I am still in school so my kids will enjoy the stickers. This was so generous and thoughtful. Thank you! What a bright spot in my day 😊❤️

BookishMe YAY! Fortunate for your students... Lol. Glad you liked the items 💗💗 thanks for letting me know ;D 7y
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night_shift
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Very, very cool! I'm jealous at how great these postcards are compared to my silly ones. Thanks everyone and thanks @kaye for coordinating this!

#pcs3

Kaye I‘m glad you got them and enjoy them. 😊 7y
BookishMe Hi there! I just received your COOL postcard. Thank you and for the book recc. Definitely borrowing the ebook 💖💖 6y
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wanderinglynn
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Thank you @Kaye for doing #pcs3 ❤️😘🎉🎆🎇🙌🏻
This was so much fun and so amazing to see all these postcards from everywhere!

I can‘t wait to read all the author & book recommendations.

Kaye Glad they arrived safely. Enjoy 😊 7y
BookishMe Hi there! Thank you for your beautiful postcard. I am currently reading Baldacci's Target. Will check out your recco as well 💗 💗 6y
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Chili
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@Kaye #pcs3
These beauties arrived today! Love them! 💜💜💜

Kaye Glad you got them ok. I‘m marking off as each one arrives to make sure everyone gets them enjoy. 😊 7y
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CaitZ
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Woo-hoo!! My postcards here. I can't wait to add a ton of books and authors to my TBR pile. Thanks @Kaye for organizing this. And thanks to all the participants. #pcs3

Kaye Glad you got it already. The mailman is on the ball this week. 😁 7y
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Traci1
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@Kaye my postcards arrived today. 😁 Thank you so much for coordinating everything. Is it ok to go ahead and open them or are we waiting for a certain date?
#pcs3

Kaye Yep you can open as soon as you get them. Glad they arrived early. Hope you like them. 😊 7y
BookishMe Hi! LOVE your mermaid postcard. Thanks so much for the book recco as well. Will check out The Camel Club after I finish The Target ;D 💖💖 6y
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Captivatedbybooks
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Omg i am loving this post cards!!!! Thank you @DogEaredBooks i am buying a laminating machine because the postcards are too nice for my ugly handwriting. Still not sure how i want to display them though.

Captivatedbybooks @silentrequiem i sent you books in april right? I feel like i owe someone books! 7y
Cinfhen They are incredible!!! 7y
silentrequiem @Captivatedbybooks I think so? I've got @PandaPanda and @erinreads selections and will hopefully finish one this weekend to send on. 7y
tammysue So unique!! 7y
DogEaredBooks I‘m glad you like them! 7y
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