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I finished Half Broke Horses last night. The author is the granddaughter of the protagonist. I enjoyed it immensely and loved Lily. She was quite the character and a very strong woman. I may read something else by Jeannette Walls next.
Reading any book by Jeannette Walls is time well spent.
I'm reading Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan. I picked it off a loaning shelf at a beach place we were staying at. Thirty people are in a lifeboat after their ocean liner goes down in 1914. Of course they are cold, wet, hungry, thirsty, conniving, desperate and scared. My book before this one was The Mountain Story - cold, wet, hungry, thirsty, conniving, desperate and scared.
My next book will be about well-fed, warm, comfortable characters with good footwear.
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I'm reading Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan. I picked it off a loaning shelf at a beach place we were staying at. Thirty people are in a lifeboat after their ocean liner goes down in 1914. Of course they are cold, wet, hungry, thirsty, conniving, desperate and scared. My book before this one was The Mountain Story - cold, wet, hungry, thirsty, conniving, desperate and scared.
My next book will be about well-fed, warm, comfortable characters with good footwear.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hilarious.
ETA: 10 minutes later...STILL laughing at "good footwear".
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There's not a heck of a lot of time to read but since it's written in the same structure and with the same richness as Olive Kitteridge, I'm going to wind down each day with Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout.
I didn't like how she wrote My Name Is Lucy Barton -- not at all -- so I'm pleased to see this being compared to Olive K in style. Fingers crossed that it's true.
I had no interest in a book that had conjoined twins as the main characters. No interest. None. Zero. It gives me the shivers. I don't know why I agreed to read this book but I'm so glad that I did. It was incredible.
I have to admit in very un-PC way that the thought of conjoined twins completely skeeves me out. Still, y'all are making me want to take a chance on The Girls.
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I read Big Hot,Cheap and Right What America can learn from the Strange Genius of Texas by Erica Grieder.
How strange that I saw this on the shelf at Half-Price Books yesterday and wondered what it was about. If you have a chance, tell us more.
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I'm trying to read The Boy Kings of Texas but it's sort of depressing. Really well written but dang - what a bleak childhood.
It does get better. Also, you can find the author on Facebook and see that he's doing well now. He's living in Brownsville again and his sisters and some of his friends from the book are his FB friends as well. One thing that I really liked about this book is that the author seems very honest in his portrayal of himself. He's not always likeable and sometimes he's a real jerk and he doesn't try to cover that up.
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There's not a heck of a lot of time to read but since it's written in the same structure and with the same richness as Olive Kitteridge, I'm going to wind down each day with Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout.
Saw this at the bookstore yesterday, too. Decided to wait before buying it so let us know what you think.
I didn't like how she wrote My Name Is Lucy Barton -- not at all -- so I'm pleased to see this being compared to Olive K in style. Fingers crossed that it's true.
I'm almost halfway finished with The Shadow of the Wind and am loving it. The main characters feel like real people I wish I knew and the story is intriguing. There are lots of characters and timelines to keep up with, but twice the author has had a character, in a very natural way, summarize what the reader has learned so far. It's been very helpful.
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I have to admit in very un-PC way that the thought of conjoined twins completely skeeves me out. Still, y'all are making me want to take a chance on The Girls.
Me too! My aunt and I have talked about it -- it freaks us out to no end. That's why I was so hesitant to read the book. But I did. And it was fantastic! Really!
not having much time to read right now since it is spring and have a garden going and trying to stay busy with house cleaning and the dogs and etc ...I m hoping to get some short reading done this week . for those of you in snow my prayers are with you and those of us in 90 degree heat thank the Good Lord for ac.
Me too! My aunt and I have talked about it -- it freaks us out to no end. That's why I was so hesitant to read the book. But I did. And it was fantastic! Really!
I'll put it on my list and hope to be pleasantly surprised.
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