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Whittling away at my #14Books14Weeks2023 pile.

My first book by J. California Cooper and definitely not the last. The title is an intentional nod (or maybe eye roll) to Gone With the Wind. The book tells the story of Lifee and Mordecai Freeman and their journey from enslavement to self-sufficiency after the US Civil War. It‘s not easy but they persevere and succeed despite all the forces aligned against them.

“And beneath the smell of decrepitude, something more bitter and more human. The scent of sweat, perhaps, soaked up by the boards of a sick bed, or in the fabric of a lamp that burned through a night whose endurer had known no morning. Not a place to linger too long..”

#death #horror #masterofhorror #descriptive #clivebarker

The language here is so playful, but also so descriptive. This is a prime example of the wonders of Vonnegut‘s writing.
#KurtVonnegut #SlaughterhouseFive #50thAnniversary #playful #descriptive #language #theartofvonnegut

Biscuit and Gravy are the best of friends! Most of the time. Sometimes Gravy is nothing more than Biscuit‘s pillow. #nationalpetday #dogsoflitsy #stinkers

#ReadSoulLit #HistoricalFiction #photochallenge

Douglas Adams is far more eloquent when it comes to describing management speak than I am...

#managementspeak #rubbish #truth #descriptive #solongandthanksforallthefish