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The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories | Sarah Orne Jewett

#whereareyoumonday

While still visiting Norway and England in other books, today I am concentrating on Costal Maine, the setting of this collection of stories/vignettes by Sarah Orne Jewett, who was a writer much admired by Willa Cather.

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Tamra Loved that book! 1w

Cathythoughts I must stack 👍🏻❤️ 1w

Ruthiella @Tamra I am enjoying it! 1w

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Ruthiella @Cathythoughts It‘s very quiet with a lot of landscape descriptions. I think I can see where it might have inspired Cather. 1w

Andrea313 This is on my list, thank you for the encouragement to bump it up in my queue! I'm also loving these Smith & Taylor editions- so gorgeous. 💛 1w

Ruthiella @Andrea313 You are welcome. That is not the edition I am actually reading but I picked it for the picture because it is so pretty. 1w

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Ruthiella

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories | Sarah Orne Jewett

#weekendreads

I have a lot going on this weekend, but I hope to at least have enough time to finish the #ohcanada pick and #EBBR and #NancyDrewBR . Those are quick ones.

I‘m reading the Sarah Orne Jewett b/c of the podcast “One Bright Book” and it takes time to digest.

The bottom two are also slower for me #hashtagbrigade and #DoorstopKristen #KLBR .

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KadaGul You are FULLY BOOKED 📚🤓📚 1w

Ruthiella @KadaGul I am! 😅 1w

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janeycanuck

Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson

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How awesome to have another Charmaine Wilkerson! I did get confused a few times about the timeline but overall, really enjoyed this. Wilkerson writes beautiful characters and moving stories.

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Cortg

Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson

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I really enjoyed the way this story is told, something a little different with a lot of layers. It‘s about a major family tragedy and life afterwards. It‘s also historical fiction as we learn the story behind a piece of pottery that has been with a family for generations, from slave days to the present. I liked how everything was interwoven and how the reader gets different perspectives from various characters.

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kspenmoll

Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson

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I sat on this review for a while,mainly because there were many voices in this book,some I wasn‘t sure were necessary.In this evocative book the past informs the present. When Ebby was 10, she witnessed her brother‘s murder, & the shattering of a several hundred years old clay jar, representing legacy & family connections.A decade or so later Ebby is stood up at the altar & she fleas to France, where she heals from her trauma.

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kspenmoll

Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson

…We came from the sea, we eat from the sea, we travel across the seas. We seek out salt water to soothe our bodies and worries. The sea is part of us…(188).
#preorderbookclubchallenge #Riverbendbookshop

ncsufoxes My sister gave me this book last month. It‘s on the pile to get to this summer. I really liked her first book, so I‘m hoping this one is good too. 4w

kspenmoll @ncsufoxes I have mixed feelings about this book so sitting on it awhile before I review it. Definitely worth reading. (edited) 4w

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kspenmoll

Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson

#Weeklyforecast
#sundaybuddyread #preorderbookclubchallenge #mariapopova #poetry #ComnissarioGuidoBrunettiMystery

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kspenmoll

Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson

I am challenging myself this summer to begin reading my pre-order bookclub books from my local indie bookstore. Pictured are 4 of the books (I did read February‘s choice, Memorial Days).
January: Good Dirt
March: The Story She Left Behind
April: Last Twilight in Paris
May: Austen at Sea.

My June choice will be Amy Bloom‘s I‘ll Be Right Here

#preorderbookclubchallenge

BookmarkTavern Good luck! 🍀 1mo

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