Litsy

Assumption | Percival Everett

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What a cool book! It is, in essence, three separate stories about a deputy sheriff in small town New Mexico, named ‘Ogden‘. He‘s an interesting character, understated and sarcastic. Yet, the reader is left with some very complicated feelings about Ogden by the end. As always, it‘s difficult to feel one way when reading an Everett.

BarbaraBB I just read this too and loved it. 3w

Pedrocamacho Have you read God‘s Country yet, @BarbaraBB? (edited) 3w

BarbaraBB No I haven‘t. Is it good? 3w

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Pedrocamacho @BarbaraBB I think so. It‘s also set in the west and is much more comedic 😊 3w

BarbaraBB He has written such good books and some are very different. I just read this one and it‘s very good as well:

Wounded: A Novel

Pedrocamacho Thanks, @BarbaraBB! I‘ll give it a look 3w

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BBowling

Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo Anaya

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A hauntingly beautiful book in the setting of the Mexican pre WWII New Mexico. A coming of age story of a boy walking in the two worlds of Spanish Catholics and his indigenous god mother who knew different powers. The book left you thinking strongly of the essence of what our walk in life is about. In the end what does it mean? Love this book!

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ShelleyBooksie

Dead Mountain | Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

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Interesting mystery and great characters. I didn't want to put this one down!

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vonnie862

Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo A. Anaya

So...apparently, I haven't read many of the books listed, but here are my top 3:

1. Bless Me, Ultima
2. The Bluest Eye
3. The Color Purple

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

TheBookHippie The Color Purple read last December was so good. I love the Bluest Eye. 2mo

dabbe You are in good company; most of us scored under 20 and have added more books to the never-ending TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 2mo

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Susanita

Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo Anaya

I took AP English during the time covered by the survey! Don‘t ask me what we read, because I don‘t remember. It wasn‘t any of these books, though. Still, I think of it as one of the best classes I took in high school. All 12/100 books are ones I read as an adult. Highlights:
1. Anna Karenina
2. Bless Me, Ultima
3. The Cider House Rules
Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-ap-literature-free-response-titles-list-1
#TLT

dabbe

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dabbe This list only went from A-C! I bet there will be more coming that you have read--hopefully, me, too! 😂 It was one of my hardest courses in high school, but I learned so much! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

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PaperbackPirate

Remembering Santa Fe | Willard F Clark

I keep forgetting to share my November reading wrap up! I haven‘t read 4 books in one month in awhile so yay! But I hope I can top that this month.

#bookly #booklyapp

DogMomIrene Cool graphic! And you read 30 out of 30 days, which is impressive to me. I can get super moody around reading, so I skip days when what I should do is try a different book. 3mo

PaperbackPirate Thank you @DogMomIrene ! This year I started eating lunch alone to avoid a toxic coworker so I usually get at least a few pages in during my break. 😅 I hope your new strategy helps. 3mo

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PaperbackPirate

Remembering Santa Fe | Willard F Clark

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Part art book/part memoir, this beautiful little book shows us Santa Fe as it was 100 years ago, and laments how it‘s changed in the following 60 years. A lovely little time machine.
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📸 Taken in the lobby of the Best Western Plus Inn of Santa Fe on Friday

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