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Jessilyn grew up with her father and brother on a small cattle farm in the old west. Her mother died in childbirth. When her Pa passed away she dresses as a man and goes in search of her brother, who has become an outlaw.

The atmosphere of the late 1800‘s in the old west gives this a feeling of desperation and melancholy. I loved Jess and the bonds she managed to make along her journey.

#booked2023 #setinamountainregion

Preston joins an exploration for La Ciudad Blanca, or the White City, in #Honduras that reportedly has riches beyond belief. What is discovered is quite amazing, with some moments of me squealing in disgust as Preston comes in close contact with reptiles and bugs.

It should be noted too that the methods used in this exploration raised a lot of controversy in the archaeology community - Preston does address this and gives his thoughts. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

#serieslove2023 2/2
#booked2023 #setinamountainregion - well, set in Wales but all the action takes place on a mountain 😁
Second in the series and really enjoying it.

Such a moving novel: shifting back and forth in North Vietnam between an early teenage girl‘s experience of the end of the Vietnam war and her grandmother‘s survival of the 1945 Great Hunger and later Communist land reform, with the middle generation being the struggling children in the early phase, or those who went to war later. A country I know almost nothing about: so many good insights. #Booked2023 #SetInAMountainRegion
#Bookspin

Second time reading and I didn't bail.

The memoirs of Lady Trent start with Isabella's childhood, her first season and her first year of marriage. She (now 19y/o) persuades her husband to take her on a research trip to a mountainous country to study the local dragon wildlife.

Dragons are dangerous. The locals aren't very welcoming. There are smugglers. She doesn't speak the language.

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

#booked2023 #setinamountainregion also would work for #moderntakeonaclassic
#pantone2023 #blueperennial

Excellent but bleak. This reimagining of David Copperfield as an Appalachian bildungsroman is Kingsolver in wonderful form. Naturally, the writing (from our hero‘s perspective) is fantastic. But the story‘s deeply depressing, with poverty and the opioid crisis as its main themes. Can‘t wait to discuss with my IRL book group.

Meh, this was okay. I finished it only because I wanted to see what happened, but goodness it dragged! I wouldn‘t really call it a thriller, as the “thrills” didn‘t even happen until maybe the last fourth of the book. #doublespin for March though 🤷‍♀️😂

I don‘t know when I picked this up on Audible or why, but it was a really solid memoir of a young woman‘s experience as a war correspondent/ photo journalist. Lynsey Addario has worked in almost all the contemporary war zones risking her life to take photos that show the cost of war on civilians, soldiers and most often innocent women & children. Her story was fascinating & I loved hearing her story. #52Books23 #AWarOtherThanWWIorWWII

Suggestion for a few #Booked2023 prompts #SunshineNoir #SetInAMountainRegion #NewIn2023

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