This House of Sky

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind | Ivan Doig

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Finished This House of Sky for #montana, which I loved. More than halfway through Garp for #newhampshire, which I‘m liking, not loving. #unpopularopinion

Working my way slowly through The Romanovs - at around 55% now, but it‘s a bit of a chunkster.

Read Topics of Conversation as an ARC from #netgalley - really didn‘t like that and hated Fear and Loathing!

All in all, a bit of a mixed week!

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Cinfhen Still LOADS of progress and NO BAILS 5y

squirrelbrain I don‘t often bail @Cinfhen - I need to learn how to make myself, for my own sanity sometimes! 5y

Cinfhen I love the concept of bail!! Life is too short 😛 5y

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Caroline2 I‘m only at 41% 🙄 it‘s beginning to feel like the longest book everrrr!!!! 😆 5y

squirrelbrain We can do it @Caroline2 ! 🤞😁 5y

BarbaraBB Ooh, interesting opinion on Garp. I am curious to see where it‘ll lead! 5y

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squirrelbrain

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind | Ivan Doig

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This is a beautifully written book about relationships, both human relationships and those with the land and the world around us.

Doig draws us into his hardscrabble life, growing up in #montana with his Father and Grandma and, even though you feel the hardship, his descriptive writing makes you want to experience that way of life.

#nfnov
#readingUSA2019 (Only one more state to go! 😁)

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BarbaraBB Great review. Almost there!! 5y

JennyM Beautiful review. And cosy fire 🔥 (edited) 5y

Samplergal Which state is left for you? 5y

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squirrelbrain Just New Hampshire @samplergal, for which I‘m reading

The World According to Garp: A Novel

Hooked_on_books You‘re cranking these out! Nice job. I‘m stalled at 5 left. I have the books picked out and staring at me in my library but I keep finding reasons to read other stuff instead. 5y

squirrelbrain What can I say @Hooked_on_books - I like a list but more than that I love ticking things off a list! 5 is not far to go though - you‘ll easily do that before the end of the year... 5y

EliNeedsMoreShelves I really enjoy Ivan Doig's work. 5y

Librarybelle That‘s so amazing! One more left! 5y

Samplergal @squirrelbrain Loved that book! Great way to end it! 5y

NatalieR Great review! Congrats on your challenge!! 🎉 5y

rsteve388 6 pts 5y

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squirrelbrain

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind | Ivan Doig

Loving this book so far, for both #nfnov and for #montana #readingUSA2019....

This image made me smile - how cute is this?! Little kids trying to hide flat on the ground behind their lunchboxes...

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BarbaraBB I‘m hoping to start Montana this week too. My choice is

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

squirrelbrain Oooh that one sounds good @BarbaraBB ! 5y

BarbaraBB It will be heavy I think but I do like the author. 5y

BookNAround I love Ivan Doig. 5y

rsteve388 1 pt 5y

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squirrelbrain

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind | Ivan Doig

I just signed up for #nonfictionnovember #nfnov.....

The first three books are also #doubledipping for #ReadingUSA2019. I only picked 6 so far but I‘ve just been through my (physical) TBR shelf and there‘s at least another 20....

Looking forward to it! Visit @Clwojick or @rsteve388 if you want to join in too.....

rockpools Common Ground is SO good 🦊. 5y

squirrelbrain I know @RachelO - I‘ve been meaning to read it for sooooo long.... and it‘s set less than a mile from my house... 5y

rockpools Oh of course - I hadn‘t made that connection, but that‘s SO close - you‘ll bee off exploring at all hours! I loved it. 5y

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squirrelbrain

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind | Ivan Doig

Today‘s book mail. I ordered the book (a used copy) for both #nfnov and #readingUSA2019 - #doubledipping!

The card and horribly cute bookmark are from the lovely @TrishB - hope your trip has gone well 😘

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BookNAround I really like Doig‘s fiction but I‘ve never read his non-fiction. I‘ll be curious to see what you think. (edited) 5y

TrishB Glad it arrived 👍🏻 I left them for hubby to post. Fly home tonight 👍🏻 5y

squirrelbrain Have a good trip back @trishb....hope you have a good book for the journey 😘 5y

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TrishB I started this one a couple of nights ago - looking forward to actually reading more than a couple of pages!

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Librarybelle Way to double dip! Great idea! 5y

Lcsmcat I haven‘t read this one yet, but I love Doig‘s writing- fiction and nonfiction. 5y

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Palindrome

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind | Ivan Doig

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Doig‘s memoir speaks to the formative power of family: a father, a mother, a grandmother— people who loved him and nurtured him before sending him into the wider world. It‘s also a memoir of Western Montana‘s rugged wildness and how land shaped the life story. One could polish this off in an afternoon—but more satisfactorily, one may linger between the lines, savoring prose and poetry, the clear-eyed honesty and haunting nostalgia of Doig‘s voice.

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dpbedford1

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An American frontier classic, apparently. The early Montana ranch scene setting was moderately interesting to a point, then it fizzled out for me and I realized my energy was maybe best directed elsewhere.

VolunteerVal

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind | Ivan Doig

Beginning this for Book Club - my first Doig title.

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BeverleeWitvoetAbell

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind | Ivan Doig

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This beautiful book makes me long for a simpler time under the wide open sky!! It is a love story about a boy and his father. The writing is poetic and lyrical. I will be reading many more of his books!

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