pickWow, for 149 pages, this book packs a punch. A man leaves his 10 year old daughter to go on a questionable quest. The journey that ensues is interesting but there are some terrifying moments for his daughter. I loved the character Old Woman From A Distance.
Been in a bit of a slump (feels like for the past 3 months!! Nothing has knocked my socks off) so I‘m going to buddy read Lonesome Dove with my fellow Hoarder Elizabeth. Everyone and everyone has proclaimed this to be fantastic. Which scares me because what happens if it‘s not?? 858 pages of pretty small print though 😮 Here I go!!
pick#walterscottprize I could see, smell, and feel the setting of the historic fiction love story. It is a brutal love tale set in an unforgiving land written in lyrical poetry. A big thumbs up. 4 🌟
Bought a used book this weekend!
pickBrilliant book, thrilled to have found this in a second hand shop. It's a great tale and full of description of the interior of the USA in the 1800s. Her writing is sublime.
so-soIt's done! Apparently knowing a book exists outside copyright and can be fetched at any time for free by accessing Project Gutenberg or YouTube audiobooks means I do not make it a priority to actually finish it. With fairly LARGE caveats: the racist stereotypes of indigenous people tossed around in casual speech (no actual indigenous characters), 1/?
pick4/5⭐️
What an interesting story with wonderfully strange characters! I devoured this one pretty quick (for my personal speed).
so-soBilled as a “queer, feminist Western,” this novel is full of supposedly captivating characters but I wasn‘t totally sold. Never once did I feel like the narrative straddled me, stared me in the eye, and let down its hair. It all felt a little fast and loose. I wanted something deep and tight. I galloped along the surface of the text and was happy when I found myself at the end. Like Bridget, I‘m eager to move on to something else.
