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Reading this for a bookclub at work.

This was between a pick and a so-so… the characters are a bit stereotypical, but I ultimately enjoyed the story and it‘s not badly written. Historical fiction based around a real-life murder in the Adirondacks in 1906, it‘s really more of a YA coming-of-age about a smart girl from a poor family.

This was my #SetInAHotel book for #Booked2022 and had been on my shelf waaaaay too long.

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Mattie takes a job at an upscale, yet #RemoteInn in the Adirondacks. The body of another young woman is pulled from the lake & Mattie is faced with keeping or sharing her secrets. In flashbacks we learn about both women. Especially touching is Mattie's relationship with a childhood friend, an African-American boy, with whom she shares a love of learning new words. Pic of a few word games in the house.#SavvySettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

My first YA novel - historical fiction. It started out strong, but there are just too many stories that the author tried to squeeze into one book. The main character is well developed but also too stereotypical - the smart girl that wants an education so desperately ... on the other hand, the target audience is not adults, but teenagers... maybe I'm too old to appreciate this book.

I listened to this on audio and I quite enjoyed it. It's interesting that it's partially based on a true story.

Loved this book, devoted an entire day to reading it while on holiday, can thoroughly recommend!

I absolutely loved this book! A teacher recommended it to me and I am so glad I read it! I usually wouldn‘t have chosen it for myself but I am so glad I did! It is a historical fiction that also deals with a murder mystery! I now also have a new favourite author! I highly recommend! #bibliophile #mustread #jenniferdonnelly #booknerd #bookworm #historicalfiction

Thank you so much for the awesome #FeedAReader package @PatriciaU ! The book is right up my alley, and I absolutely love the cutting board (and have been wanting to get one this size!). As a chipaholic the clips will definitely be put to good use! The coffee sounds delish, I‘ve been needing a new spatula, and I can‘t wait to try your local spices you sent! The description of your recipes sounds great, and maybe I‘m blind but I didn‘t see them 👇🏻

The best part of my day was finding these two in a little free library / book box 📚
A Gathering Light is not my usual genre – it‘s a murder mystery and I‘m a wimp 😂 But the plots of both sounded interesting and I like the covers, so I gave them a new home 🙃
Have you read either? Happy Wednesday 💙

I can't even. This is better than "Edgar Freakin' Degas". It's been way too long since I've posted. Just a busy summer, I guess. #anorthernlight #jenniferdonnelly #summer #degas #jayneeyre

Picked this up for $1 at my library years ago, and it‘s pretty good!

Day 27: #North

Great YA fiction based on the true story of Grace Brown and Chester Gillette's trip to the Adirondacks.

#ReadingResolutions @jess7 #YA #Adirondacks #ADKS #HistoricalFiction

I‘m more than halfway through the reading challenge I set for myself for the year! And it‘s only May!!

#QuotsyNov17 Day 25 #temper

OK, now I‘m all caught up!

So much darkness and ugliness in this story, but also a lot of love and kindness. I tend to appreciate characters in books more than plot and I think this is a perfect example of that. The people are just so real -- flawed and struggling and conflicted. Hardly anyone is strictly good or bad. I'm not sure I could even articulate why I enjoyed this book so much but I really, really did. Jennifer Donnelly's backlist, here I come!

I love the writing in this book so much. Such keen observations when I least expect them.

I really should do this more often!

Mattie is picking fiddleheads to sell and earn her family some desperately needed income while her friend reads to her...

At the Jackson Hole airport and came across this bookshelf. It is the first time I have ever seen a free library at the airport!

I read A Northern Light several years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's a lovely coming-of-age novel with history, romance, and murder. Dreaming of East is a book on my tbr about western women from the 1700s to the early 1900's who went traveling in search of freedom in the middle east. #compasspoints #sideprofiles #jubilantjuly

I'm probably stretching #compasspoints a little with "Northern," but what the heck!?

#jubilantJuly

Not quite #TheRiver, but it does involve a lake, and the first book that popped into my mind for today's prompt. Donnelly writes an amazing account of the murder that inspires Dreiser's An American Tragedy. For this version, Donnelly's teen character Mattie discovers a murder has in fact taken place. I enjoy Donnelly's writing style; good YA historical fiction. Couldn't resist taking #Zeke's picture with the book. #RockinMay #catsoflitsy

Currently reading: the italian edition of A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly. #currentlyreading #inlettura #youngadults #giovaniadulti #mondadorijunior

Can you tell how much I loved A Northern Light by the umpteen sticky notes? Take a look at what other littens have said, especially @saresmoore . Revolution is also fascinating; see @AccioTARDIS . Donnelly is my favorite #YAlove #17booklove . One other #ya that has stayed with me for years (and I highly recommend as audio) is Feed by M. T. Anderson

A day late for the #readjanuary challenge: #epistolary.

This unexpected novel rocked my world. Although it's not strictly epistolary, the letters in the book add to the story in a way that is fresh and fascinating. The unconventional storytelling kept me guessing and the astute narrator had me completely enthralled. Donnelly is an exceptional writer. Super highly recommend.

I relate to this so much. Back in high school (I was homeschooled) I showed my science co-op teacher a collection of short stories, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. I didn't get praise or constructive criticism. I got her telling my mother I was writing morbid stories which got me in trouble. Lost my trust and respect for her that day.

Today's fiction #haul from the #librarybooksale! Replenished some #faveclassics. #buyingunderthelitfluence #happybibliophage

It's always nice to see women disobeying the bossy men in their lives and go after what they want. Especially when said women are living in the early twentieth century.

I love Overdrive so much - since I've discovered it, I've at least doubled the amount of books I read every year. Plus, it makes work so much better when I can pop in my headphones and listen to great books!

I really enjoyed, and was pleasantly surprised by this book. The writing quality is great, the story is interesting and written with an honesty about life in 1906 that is not often seen in historical YA. I feel as if the writer put a lot of herself into the main character. Definite pick.

As loath as I am to agree with the Daily Mail, this book was simply breathtaking. Super feminist and super well written, and I found myself holding my breath towards the end hoping against hope that things would end the way I wanted!

#tbt to one of my all-time fave YAs. It's historical fiction set against the same murder mystery that inspired An American Tragedy. I loved the main character, the romance, and the lakeside setting.