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This is my #ReadOrDonate selection for June. Several of you have already posted. 👍😃 What will everyone else be reading? 🤔

Heather Lende lives in tiny (pop: 2400), remote Haines, Alaska on the inside passage. She is uniquely positioned to know the town‘s inhabitants, as she writes the obituaries and interviews family and friends for each one. This book is a really interesting view into what it is like living in such an unusual place. I really enjoyed it.

This is nice little book about life in the small town of Haines, Alaska. It‘s full of local characters and local color. Lende is a very reflective writer so we read a lot of life lessons she has learned since she and her husband moved to Haines right after their marriage. Life can be precarious in Alaska but these townspeople are in it all together. Five stars.

It‘s 8:00 on a Saturday and there‘s no place that I‘d rather be ... than on the couch with a book and a mug of camomile tea while listening to Sirius XM‘s countdown of the top 88 Billy Joel songs. 🥰

One thing I like about these Litsy challenges is that I‘m reminded of books I have but haven‘t read yet. This one is set in a small town in #Alaska #LetsTravelAugust

Grabbed this image from goodreads. I read a kindle edition.

Should have heeded the 38% Litsy reviews.

Just meh. I did a lot of skimming.

I picked this up after reading Find the Good by the same author (which I loved). This isn‘t as good but still interesting. More stories of life in Haines, some I skimmed, others had me cracking up. #readwomen

#AugustIsATrip #Alaska @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

All of these books are set in #Alaska and the other thing they have in common is they are owned by me yet still unread! The closest I've come to Alaska are episodes of Northern Exposure. I don't remember much about the show except John Corbett's character.

#AugustIsATrip @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

A bit too mundane but some interesting bits about life in small town Alaska. The author is the obituary writer in the town, which led to the most interesting bits.

Cold, emotionless, boring, repetitive. Weirdly disconnected. I finished it, but by the end I was skimming. I'm glad I bought this as on sale as an e-book, it did not deserve more of my money. The most emotion I felt reading it was at the end, when I thought I still had 20 pages to get through, and it ended up being a preview for the author's next book. Then: elation.

This is dark, man. The author's fear of flying permeates so many of her anecdotes that it's getting a little repetitive, but this stopped me in my tracks.

I have so many thoughts about this that I am unable to articulate beyond gesturing angrily and making frustrated noises. 😡🤬

Our Marty is a reader. #literaryelf #dontmakethemcreepy

#nonfictionnovember

Today I wrote my grandmother's obituary and I was reminded of this book. Heather Lende writes obituaries for her local paper and shares her insights into life and small town living. I found it charming and inviting.

Apparently I can be reading a book about small-town Alaska and find my hometown mentioned. 😂 #southieismyhometown