Nightwoods: A Novel | 
pickSet in a 1960s North Carolina small town,Luce lives alone in the woods working as the caretaker of a deserted lodge.When her sister Lily is murdered by her husband Bud,a thug&rapist,she becomes the guardian of her sister‘s traumatised children.Stubblefield returns to his hometown,he once had a crush on Luce&soon courts her.But then Bud shows up,the jury acquitted him&he wants money he thinks Luce is hiding.Love story&Thriller
pickThe third Frazier I‘ve read and another winner. Not historical fiction like the others, but a similar deep dive into character, and reflection. Frazier is a master of place and I could read the descriptions over and over again and be content.
Starting this tonight for February‘s in-real-life-over-Zoom book club.
pickThis is the first book I‘ve read by Charles Frazier. It showed up in my Little Free Library.
It‘s a slower paced thriller I guess? With some characters I really liked and a beautiful sense of place. I enjoyed it, it‘s not the kind of thing I read very often.
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Book: Nightwoods
Author: Nathan Hill
Movie: Night of the Lepus
TV Show: Night Court
Food: Nut-free brownies
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pickAbsolutely loved this book! It takes place in the 1960s, so I loved it even more than Cold Mountain. Highly recommend!
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Here is a review by Denise: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/236087180
"And maybe who you fell for and who you eventually loved wasn‘t rational, no matter how hard you tried to list pros and cons and sum the results. You couldn‘t think your way through it, not all the way. Maybe just the scent of somebody carried more weight than everything else put together."
"Right now she was about as pretty as she cared to be, considering that being pretty drew little but trouble."
"It wasn‘t like being pretty was an accomplishment, and it would go away in time. So it would be a mistake to get too hung up on it."
"Stubblefield tries to find a place to carry his pistol. Sticking it down the waistband of his pants seems treacherous, so he puts it in his jacket pocket. But its weight pulls that side down uncomfortably, so he loads a book in the other pocket for balance."
This character also has a "car library" and went through a Beatnik period. How awesome is this guy!
"Being an elected official means you don‘t need any training or qualifications. Nor even common sense. All he really knows how to do is build roads on padded State contracts. Also how to make voters feel comfortable or uncomfortable, peaceful or excited, whichever is more useful at the moment."
Yeah. Pretty mucb.
My new golden colored #SRP cup. My husband dropped and broke my blue one a while back, and I had to wait till now to replace it. Loving Nightwoods, btw, though TPTB have been keeping me from it the last few days, since my husband's birthday often falls on Father's Day weekend. #MtTBRchallenge #Overdrive
"IT IS SUMMER‘S END. But not reckoned by some vague astronomical moment when the autumn equinox passes and nobody even looks up or feels an onset of chill. Reckoned, rather, by Labor Day, after which the pool closes for the year and school resumes. Which feels much more like something irreplaceable just died."
"As long as she could remember, back to the freedom of childhood, Luce had believed that if you walk in the deep woods long enough, you‘ll inevitably come to places of mystery or spirit or ritual."
"You try your best to love the world despite obvious flaws in design and execution. And you take care of whatever needy things present themselves to you during your passage through it. Otherwise you‘re worthless."
"For example, the grand little Carnegie library with steep steps to the double front door. Inside, high ceilings and tall windows and full bookshelves and a stern tiny librarian who always wore black and peered through her spectacles in judgment at your choice of book to see if it was worth anybody‘s time or if you were a foolish and suspect person to be wanting to take it home with you."
"His best talent had yet to be determined, unless you counted unrealized potential."
I think I'm going to like this book. 🤣 #MtTBRchallenge #Overdrive
panWhile some of the characters are well drawn, most are caricatures. All Southern stereotypes find a cozy home in this exceedingly slow novel. Trigger warnings for abuse.
Luce “inherits” her murdered sister‘s damaged twins. The kids witnessed the murder and don‘t speak. They do like to set fires. When her sister‘s murderer tracks them down, Luce may have more trouble than she can handle. Unsatisfying ending alert.
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Dec 14- Silent Night
Two of my poems :)
pickYou can go home again! Frazier's rich details and sensory descriptions take you deep into the underbelly of the woods and human nature where life and death are ordinary, predictable daily events. A strong and persevering female protagonist combined with a well paced plot make this a must read.
pickI fell in love with Luce, the protagonist. I found her so relatable. If you're looking for action and thrills this is not the book to choose. It is, though, slow and enveloping and delicious. Perfect autumn/winter read. I loved it from start to finish.
As usual with Charles Frazier, the writing was excellent, but this book was too scary for me to finish. I wish I knew it all worked out OK for that little family in the woods. #scarybooks #somethingforsept
