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bookaholic1
Streets of Laredo | Larry McMurtry
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#52
This book was fantastic, hopefully I can find the third one to read of this series

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JanuarieTimewalker13
Dead Man's Walk: A Novel | Larry McMurtry
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My goodness I loved this book!! So varied and interesting. I‘m so happy I didn‘t stop reading at Lonesome Dove. On to Comanche Moon!!

JanuarieTimewalker13 8/9/24 Book 18 Pub date 1995 Artwork on cover is Thomas Moran “Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory 1882. 477 pages (edited) 3mo
bookaholic1 I am listening to THE streets of Loredo..it's good 3mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 @bookaholic1 I love this series with all my heart. Picked up Comanche Moon today at the library. I just completed the Lonesome Dove TV series with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall also. 3mo
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JanuarieTimewalker13 @bookaholic1 SOL was very good…but I missed Gus. When you get to Dead Man‘s Walk you will see him young, although, still LD is my fave. 3mo
Blueberry 💙 3mo
bookaholic1 Didn't know there was a series..thanks for the info 3mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 @bookaholic1 you‘re welcome!! 3mo
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CrystalE02
The Daybreakers | Louis L'Amour
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I enjoyed reading this book. It belongs to my grandma, she has always loved Westerns. I enjoyed the characters and loved the plot of the book. I rated this book a 3 out of 5 stars.

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Coffeymuse
Broken Gun (Revised) | Louis L'Amour
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Finally got my June #DoubleSpin #Bingo read!

Now I can start on July's spins! 😂

@TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Looking great!! 4mo
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JanuarieTimewalker13
Streets of Laredo | Larry McMurtry
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Sequel to Lonesome Dove…fantastic. It comes in under Lonesome Dove, but I would say this is a must read if you loved LD. As soon as I can get to the library, I‘m getting the first prequel, Dead Man‘s Walk. #Texas #Mexico #BigBookSummerChallenge. McMurtry does women well and they are given the credit they deserve. Love his characters, love his story telling. This book was hugged, just not quite as much, but it‘s worthy.

JanuarieTimewalker13 Book 16 7/16/24 Pub date 1993. 589 pages (edited) 4mo
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Pedrocamacho
God's Country: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Per the usual for Everett, this book is amazing. It is so strange how he can make you laugh out loud about such difficult topics. This is one his earlier titles and it seems readymade for a movie adaptation; it is sprawling and the characters are always on the move. However, Dirt Marder might be a tough pill to swallow for many. I suppose that is why it hasn‘t made it to the screen.

vivastory The scene where the bandits have him dig a hole for him & his horse 🙃 😂 4mo
Pedrocamacho I know, @vivastory ! And then he continues to “dig his own grave” by insulting people that could help him 😂 4mo
vivastory @Pedrocamacho So good. Also, when they were talking about going to Cahoots lol (edited) 4mo
Pedrocamacho @vivastory Yeah, he was working on a lot of levels 😊 I mean, the dude‘s name is Marder 🤣 4mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
To Tame a Land | Louis L'Amour
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4 ⭐️s
I absolutely fell in love with Rye, such an unassuming badass. Westerns catch a lot of undeserved criticism for being gun worshipping propaganda. This story follows the reluctant gunman, Ryan Tyler, as he navigates growing up as an orphan in the dangerous Old West. He fights to hold onto the morals instilled in him by his late parents, even when faced with the ultimate betrayal.

Book 1 of #JuneontheRange2024.

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Daisey
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Another book finished in the hammock this evening! This book‘s taken me a long time to read, partly because I haven‘t had much print reading time and partly because it wasn‘t that compelling. I enjoyed it but never felt I just had to keep reading. Ben Sippy is a dime novelist from Philadelphia who decides to actually see the Wild West he‘s written about. He befriends the boy who will become Billy the Kid and tells his version of the story.

Tamra I‘ve read several of his books and the only gem for me was Lonesome Dove. I even love the film. 😊 5mo
Daisey @Tamra I had pretty high hopes for this one because of how much I loved Lonesome Dove, but I think that one is a class of its own. 5mo
Tamra @Daisey a “classic” of American westerns. 😊 5mo
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Coffeymuse
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This is in my top five of Sackett novels. I love this story of Tell Sackett fighting with everything he has and kinfolk come riding in to save his bacon at the last minute.

Yes, I am aware that L'Amour is formulaic but I enjoy these westerns like I enjoy John Wayne movies. Just something about them is comforting.

My #Doublespin for March #Bingo was Perpetual Challenge.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! My dad used to listen to books on tape during his long commute back in the 90s and he went through a serious Louis L'Amour kick, possibly because there were so many of them at the library 😂 I haven't read one since, so I should pick one up!! 7mo
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