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In 1693 2 young Frenchmen, Rene Sel & Charles Duquet travel to New France, & get employed by the same ‘seigneur‘. One escapes & the other stays. For the next 400 yrs we learn how their decision effects their family line

A story about the conquering of land by the Europeans & the destruction of the greats threes that had been standing there for hundreds of yrs. A story about what humans do with things that are in plentiful & will never disappear

AnneCecilie I read this for #foodandlit #Canada and finished a little late. This book has been standing on my shelves since it was published in 2016 and I‘m so glad this challenge finally had me reading it @Texreader @Catsandbooks 4th book finished for #Adventathon @BookmarkTavern (edited) 6d

Tamra This has been staring at me every time I go to my TBR shelves. 😏 5d

Texreader I‘m glad the challenge helped! It looks like this has been on my tbr for awhile!! 5d

sarahbarnes I really liked this one, too, and a big one to get off your TBR - good work! 5d

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Purgatory Ridge | William Kent Krueger

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Every bit as good as the first two books in the series and I raced through this one just as fast as those two. Great setting, memorable characters, plenty of crime with lots of twists and turns before you get to the solution, and fantastic writing are what you want in any book and this series has all of it and more. I don‘t know how I missed this series when it first came out but I‘m definitely making up for lost time now. Great read!

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TracyReadsBooks

Purgatory Ridge | William Kent Krueger

As I get ready to start the third book in the series, I think it‘s fairy to say I‘m hooked.

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Ruthiella

Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel | John Irving

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Oof! 😳 I really did not like this book. And I LOVE John Irving. This is the eighth of his novels that I‘ve read and I didn‘t feel any spark. I found it unnecessarily repetitive and the constant use of descriptors instead of a pronoun irritated me (“the future writer”, “the former river driver” “the Mexican house cleaner”). And I hated Ketchum. I will still keep reading Irving, you can‘t win ‘em all. This one just was not for me. Womp Womp.

Areader2 He is brilliant A Prayer For Owen Meany and Cider House Rules are my favorite 3mo

Ruthiella @Areader2 Those are definitely my top two as well. 👍 I reread Cider House Rules a couple of years ago and it was still fantastic. 3mo

BarbaraBB I felt the same about this one. I stopped reading him after that. 3mo

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Susanita Same. I tried to read this and just couldn‘t get into it. 3mo

Ruthiella @BarbaraBB @Susanita It ticked a lot of the standard Irving boxes and yet it just fell flat for me. 3mo

BarbaraBB I wonder if it‘s us or him. I used to LOVE him. Same ones @Areader2 mentions are my favorites 3mo

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DebinHawaii

The Living: Novel, A | Annie Dillard

Thanks @Eggs for the #WondrousWednesday tag! 🤗

I‘ve always loved this 📚quote:

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. She read books as one would breathe ether, to sink in and die.” -Annie Dillard, The Living

Eggs Beautiful quote👏🏻👏🏻 6mo

Daisey I‘ve seen the first part of this quote many times, but I don‘t know that I‘ve ever seen the second part. Great choice! (edited) 6mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This is my favorite also 🩷 6mo

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CRR

Purgatory Ridge | William Kent Krueger

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Book 3 of the series of 20. I like how the characters are developing. They are simple stories in a way but entirely enjoyable. I thought this one had enough twists and turns to be captivating. I like the mixture of story elements and the northern Minnesota location. Will keep reading the series.

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The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods | Julia Butterfly Hill

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Amazing story of a young woman and a tree. Julia Butterfly spent more than 700 days in Luna to save it from the logging industry. She peacefully fought big business and violent loggers at times. Over her time in Luna, she had visits from celebrities building publicity to the tree. Some of her colleagues in protest lost their lives, while Julia stayed in the tree as long as it took, until it was guaranteed it would not be cut.

Scochrane26 I‘ve had this book for many years but haven‘t reread in so long. Thought it had been forgotten! My roommate at the time read it for a class & told me to read it. I sometimes wonder if the tree is still standing & what she‘s doing now. (edited) 10mo

Cosmos_Moon_River @Scochrane26 I wondered when I was reading this so had to do some googling… she is still an activist and Luna is still there! She has not done another 2 year tree sit, though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(tree)#:~:text=Luna%20is.... (edited) 10mo

Scochrane26 @Cosmos_Moon Thanks for the info! 10mo

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