The Riders | Litsy

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The relationship between father and daughter is beautiful & his 7yr old is bright for her age.
'Why?', is what drives Scully, he then begins to see deeper into himself on his desperate journey.
They travel through Europe on a quest for hope & answers as his worry turns to pain.

Pulled through the last 3/4's of this book, hungry for answers, I finally finished. I'm not sure what to make of it. I think I'll have to sit with this one for a while...

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Curiouser_and_curiouser

The Riders | Tim Winton

Getting tired of our 4 walls already I felt like I needed an outdoor reading area
It might seem a little plain but before today it was just a wall & these pieces of outdoor furniture were in other less easily accessible areas of our odd shaped yard
This is now right outside our backdoor & we began using it right away, to read then to eat dinner too! I can't believe it took me 2 years to realize I needed this!
I haven't been this excited in ages 😊

Lindy 🥳😎 5y

AmyG I‘d be napping there all afternoon. ❤️ 5y

jb72 It looks lovely! What a nice place to read. 5y

Cyndij82 Looks like the prefect place to read and nap. Enjoy your new space!!📚😎💕 5y

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Curiouser_and_curiouser

The Riders | Tim Winton

I'm about 10 chapters in on this audiobook but I feel funny sitting in bed with nothing in my hands just listening.
After finishing Marrying Mozart last night, I'm missing the characters & I felt like curling up with a familiar story so I found my paperback of The Riders & I've started it again.

Audiobooks are great and I love the narrators they choose, & their expressions, but I really think I take in more when I'm reading the words myself.

Freespirit I love Tim Winton❤️ 5y

Curiouser_and_curiouser @Freespirit oh cool! Thanks for the encouragement. I've tried beginning/taste-testing a few of his books and I think I'm getting a taste of his style now. I'm liking The Riders so far. I've read a few chapters of The Boy Behind the Curtain, I'm a little way into Shallows and I have Cloudstreet on audio as well as paperback, looking forward to it over this time at home. Hoping you're staying safe wherever you are in the world x 5y

katy4peas knitting and crocheting while listening to a book is always a great option to keep your hands busy!! 😊 5y

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CarolynM I loved his book of connected short stories

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Curiouser_and_curiouser Yes, absolutely @katy4peas! I was a huge knitter/crocheter & I actually have a garage FULL of wool, collected over about 12 years from my obsession. Imagine 25 plastic drawer sets, filled with wool, the bane of my husbands existence. I haven't touched my wool since my littlest one began school as I took up work again right away. Now with lockdown I might tidy up some old projects & begin some new. You might see some new work posted soon....😉 5y

Curiouser_and_curiouser @CarolynM cool! Think you, I'll look it up. I know I have one short story collection of his I found at an opshop recently. Looking forward to it

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Robothugs

The Riders | Tim Winton

2 ➡️ Any bookstore... but also Costco. I‘d live at Costco if I could.
3 ➡️ Chick-fil-A
4 ➡️ Uhh... it would be... video games and reading I suspect 🤔
5 ➡️ I did giving Tuesday!

#HumpDayPost

MinDea

Rachbb3 I'd live at Costco too. 😁 6y

MinDea "Did I ever tell you about your uncle Herman?" 6y

MinDea "It was buy one lamb get one free. What else was I supposed to do?" 6y

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Robothugs @MinDea 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 6y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick "Ramjeet was so excited to collect his dowry, he left his bride standing in front of the temple." 6y

OrangeMooseReads He‘s on the lamb 6y

TK421 So many Kentucky jokes, so little time. 6y

Robothugs @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @OrangeMooseReads Good ones!! @TK421 😆😆 (edited) 6y

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Jeg

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One of my favourite all time books. I don‘t like any of his other books but I just love this one. I read it again this weekend. Every bit as good as the first read. Seems it is one of his least known books. Have you read it?
@MrsMalaprop

MrsMalaprop That‘s good to know Joy. As you know it‘s my favourite Winton, but I haven‘t read it for a long time. Good to know that for you it has stood the test of time ❤️👍. Did you not like ?

The Shepherd's Hut: A Novel

Jeg @MrsMalaprop no didn‘t like that book either. Can‘t remember exactly why but I think it was the violence. 6y

Jinjer I came over here to see what Litsians had to say about this book because on Goodreads they hated it so much books were being thrown across the room.

I'm adding it to my TBR. :-) 4y

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MrsMalaprop

The Riders | Tim Winton

#AprilBookishMadness #AuthorYouLove
#ReadingResolutions #FavoriteAuthor

I have all the love 😍👏📚 for Tim Winton‘s work.
#ozfiction

maich, Jess7

LapReader I collect his works too. I‘ve managed to score most of them secondhand! 7y

MrsMalaprop @LapReader You are smarter than me then. I rush out and buy them (or others do for me) as soon as they are released 😬. I was so not going to buy his latest one but then my local bookseller talked me into a signed copy. (edited) 7y

Abailliekaras Love him. Such a gifted but humble man. And he just keeps getting better. 💕 7y

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Jeg

The Riders | Tim Winton

My favourite Tim Winton book. I found this hard copy 1st edition in our local “ tip” shop. It was my first visit there. Amazing the good stuff people throw out and this place is trying to stop it going to landfill. It cost me a dollar and will replace the battered paperback I have. Might be time for a reread . @MrsMalaprop

MrsMalaprop This is my favourite Winton too, but I last read it many years ago (maybe for book club?). I wonder if I would feel the same if I reread it now? 7y

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Hidie

The Riders | Tim Winton

so-so

A strange read, to be sure, that left me more than a little frustrated at the end.

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