pickEvery bit as good as the first two books in the series and I raced through this one just as fast as those two. Great setting, memorable characters, plenty of crime with lots of twists and turns before you get to the solution, and fantastic writing are what you want in any book and this series has all of it and more. I don‘t know how I missed this series when it first came out but I‘m definitely making up for lost time now. Great read!
As I get ready to start the third book in the series, I think it‘s fairy to say I‘m hooked.
so-soOof! 😳 I really did not like this book. And I LOVE John Irving. This is the eighth of his novels that I‘ve read and I didn‘t feel any spark. I found it unnecessarily repetitive and the constant use of descriptors instead of a pronoun irritated me (“the future writer”, “the former river driver” “the Mexican house cleaner”). And I hated Ketchum. I will still keep reading Irving, you can‘t win ‘em all. This one just was not for me. Womp Womp.
Thanks @Eggs for the #WondrousWednesday tag! 🤗
I‘ve always loved this 📚quote:
“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. She read books as one would breathe ether, to sink in and die.” -Annie Dillard, The Living
pickBook 3 of the series of 20. I like how the characters are developing. They are simple stories in a way but entirely enjoyable. I thought this one had enough twists and turns to be captivating. I like the mixture of story elements and the northern Minnesota location. Will keep reading the series.
pickAmazing story of a young woman and a tree. Julia Butterfly spent more than 700 days in Luna to save it from the logging industry. She peacefully fought big business and violent loggers at times. Over her time in Luna, she had visits from celebrities building publicity to the tree. Some of her colleagues in protest lost their lives, while Julia stayed in the tree as long as it took, until it was guaranteed it would not be cut.
pick3.5⭐️ It was something that I was glad to have read, even though I probably wouldn‘t have picked it up on my own. #2023 #bookclub #bookstagram #nonfiction #bookreview #mystery #truecrime #biography #britishcolumbia #forestindustry
“The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful.“
Remembering Ken Kesey on his birthday.
