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Hooked_on_books
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After loving Napolitano‘s 2 most recent books, I snapped this one up when it popped up at my library. It follows a handful of characters, including Flannery O‘Connor and her peacocks, in small town Georgia in the late 50s/early 60s. I think she develops characters so well and I felt the emotions of these people right alongside them. And Otis approves of peacocks as storyline!

Mimi28 Beautiful picture!! I want one!! lol 2mo
Librarybelle Awesome photo! I‘m not familiar with this one by her…sounds interesting! 2mo
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
BarbaraBB I didn‘t know she wrote more than the two we‘re always talking about! 2mo
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB Looks like her debut is out of print but is being rereleased in a couple months, so she actually has 4 books total. 2mo
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RebelReader
Almost | Elizabeth Benedict
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Almost a blackout for the month! I blame the cold weather for allowing me to hole up at home with a book many days. Not sure spring is ever coming here 😏. Maybe this week we may see some 60 degree days.

JenReadsAlot Ugh same here 😞 11mo
Monica5 Wow! You did amazing! 11mo
Julsmarshall Amazing!! 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fabulous month!!! 11mo
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Bookworm54
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Managed to get a couple of hours in for #20in4 finishing my #Ethiopia #FoodAndLit read

I loved this. It reads like a fairytale that is based in African folklore. Kind of weird and dreamy in style so it won‘t be for everyone.

Forbidden love, magic, religious fervour and rebellion, war, sacrifice and revenge. This book has a bit of everything! The folklore included was intriguing, and the historical information at the end really wrapped it up!

Butterfinger Great review. 3y
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Bookworm54
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This book is so weird with the mixing of folklore into a historical fantasy, and I love it!
But I just stumbled across this seemingly benign quote and it tickled me.

“A small army of volunteers was dispatched in search of an Englishman - it was thought one might be roaming the region renaming rivers and mountains.”

#FoodAndLit #Ethiopia

LitStephanie Haha! What is the saying--if you ever see an Englishman standing over a map with a pencil, slap it out of his hand? 3y
Bookworm54 @LitStephanie I hadn‘t heard that before but I love it! Haha 3y
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Bookworm54
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I am so excited to read this for #FoodAndLit #Ethiopia

Aside from the beautiful cover (and my equally beautiful bookmark from Christmas!) it promises a mix of history (and castes), African folklore, and forbidden romance!

I have just finished part 1 and it is so good! There is a lot to take in, but it is setting the scene for the two main characters, and I can‘t wait to see how it progresses 😍

Butterfinger How intriguing! I love everything about this post. 😍 3y
Come-read-with-me Stacked! 3y
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beaconhillbooks
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Sometimes the author lost me in the minutiae of names and dolphin activities but overall an intriguing deeper dive into the universally loved dolphin.

Fun fact: the author is married to nature writer Bernd Heinrich (and live in VT).

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Graywacke
Roadside Geology of Texas | Darwin Spearing
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Read it all the way through and it actually works that way...and works best that way. (Previously I would flip through to the roads where we were driving.) With all that kind of boring stuff around me in Houston, it‘s cool to learn that Texas, the confluence of the Rocky and Ouachita Mountains, is a surprisingly fascinating geological place. (pictures are mine)

stretchkev No way the Indiana book is going to be as interesting as those rocks! 3y
Graywacke @stretchkev not so sure. I‘m curious what can be dug up in all those Paleozoic Indiana rx. (edited) 3y
BarbaraBB Wow, those pictures 😍 3y
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Graywacke
Roadside Geology of Texas | Darwin Spearing
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Been traveling enough around Texas that I‘ve actually scanned through a whole lot of this book. I admit I‘ve been continually surprised how interesting the state geology is. Anyway, I think it‘s time to actually read it cover to cover. The picture is from Palo Duro Canyon, where my family spent last weekend.

Ncostell Beautiful picture! 3y
Currey I remember the first time I “fell” into the Canyon. Miles miles and miles of nothing but flat and then suddenly the road falls out from under you 3y
Graywacke @Currey I‘m still under its spell. It really comes out of nowhere, so true. 3y
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Graywacke @Ncostell thanks! Beautiful place. 3y
batsy Though not quite the place she was writing about, this photo is very Cather-esque. Stunning. 3y
Graywacke @batsy interesting thought. Seems she could capture any landscape. Would love her take on the endless high flat plains suddenly collapsing in an instant. (edited) 3y
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