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For those who loved The Road to Dalton for our #EuropaCollective #BuddyRead, the 3rd book in the trilogy will release in the USA on Oct 7, 2025

CSeydel, CBee

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mcctrish I bought the second and I need to move it up on my TBR list 3d

CSeydel Oh man I haven‘t read the second one yet! 3d

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Deblovestoread I just saw this. So excited! 3d

tpixie @mcctrish @CSeydel @Deblovestoread I thought I‘d read Book 2 closer to book 3. I read too many books so I have a harder time remembering them. I think when I was younger, after I read a book I thought about it a lot more, which helped me remember them plus, I didn‘t read as many! 3d

Chelsea.Poole Ooh thanks for the post! I read book two but I didn‘t love it as much as the first one. I‘ll probably stick with it and see what happens in the third. 3d

tpixie @Chelsea.Poole hopefully the third will be a satisfying read! 3d

CSeydel Oh yeah that makes sense 3d

GatheringBooks Ooh! Thank you so much for sharing and for the tag! I already have book 2, and will now pre-order book 3. 3d

CBee @tpixie oooo book 3!! I need to get to #2 soon. 3d

BarbaraBB I had no idea there would be a third book! I still need to read the second one and fortunately it‘s my April #Roll100 book! 3d

squirrelbrain Like most others, I haven‘t read book 2 yet. #toomanybookstoolittletime 3d

tpixie @CSeydel @GatheringBooks @CBee 💙🩵💙 2d

tpixie @BarbaraBB that works out nicely! 💙🩵💙 2d

tpixie @squirrelbrain me either. If I do I‘ll read it right before the 3rd. Otherwise, it may just heighten my Mount TBR!! ⛰️ 2d

Lesliereadsalot Can‘t wait! I love these characters. 2d

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot yes! It kind of reminds me of this author that also writes about a community

Hannah Coulter: A Novel

Lesliereadsalot Will definitely look into her books! 2d

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot 🩵 2d

CSeydel Checked it out today from Libby 📖📲 2d

tpixie @CSeydel 🩵💙🩵 yay! 2d

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Amiable

Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town | Chris Bohjalian

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A delightful little collection of essays and columns that were published on a weekly basis over the course of many years in Chris Bohjalian‘s local newspaper in Vermont. The columns are reflections on the unique idiosyncrasies of life in a small town while also recognizing its place in the larger world around it. I thoroughly enjoyed Bohjalian‘s nonfiction voice.

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Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town | Chris Bohjalian

Continuing the countdown of my books, from 1st to 25th, THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS. Today it‘s my 9th book, Idyll Banter from 2003. This was a collection of my favorite columns from my first ten years writing "Idyll Banter," a newspaper column that ran every Sunday in the Burlington Free Press, as well as some of my favorite longer essays I wrote for the Boston Globe Magazine, Reader's Digest, and other magazines.

Suet624 I‘ve got to find this one! I didn‘t know about it. 2mo

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CBee

The Road to Dalton | Shannon Bowring

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@CSeydel my heart is full of so many emotions after reading this beautiful book. I loved every minute of it. I wish I could write more but I‘m really just basking in this feeling that will without a doubt develop into a book hangover. Thank you for putting this on your list! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ #auldlangspine #ALSpine @monalyisha

CSeydel I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! I read it with #europacollective - never would have heard of it otherwise. I‘m looking forward to reading the second one

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CBee @CSeydel I had an Amazon credit and I immediately used it to buy the second 😂 2mo

tpixie @CBee perfect timing! 1w

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CSeydel

The Road to Dalton | Shannon Bowring

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

This is a quietly powerful novel in stories following the residents of a small Maine town, their secret hopes and fears, the ordinariness of their daily lives and their major turning points. Beautiful read and my second of the year that I owe to #Europacollective

CBee I meant to tell you that I asked for this for Christmas and got it 😊👏🏻 3mo

Lesliereadsalot Don‘t miss the sequel Where the Forest Meets the River. 3mo

CSeydel @CBee Yay! 3mo

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CSeydel @Lesliereadsalot 👍🏻 3mo

Andrew65 Looks good. 3mo

GatheringBooks I really enjoyed this one. Felt like each chapter was a stand alone episode in a series. I just bought the second novel in the series

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CSeydel @GatheringBooks It really did. I look forward to reading that one too! 3mo

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Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town | Chris Bohjalian

For a quarter century, I wrote a weekly column for the Burlington Free Press called “Idyll Banter.” Right now, the ebook collecting the best of the first ten years is on sale for $1.99. Treat yourself!

marleed Oh how fun. I‘ll do just that! 4mo

Amiable I just bought this yesterday! Looking forward to reading it. My husband and I love Vermont—his mom lived in the Northeast Kingdom near Jay Peak for 25 years. 4mo

ChrisBohjalian @marleed Awwww, thank you! 4mo

ChrisBohjalian @Amiable Wowza! Thanks so much! 4mo

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The Road to Dalton | Shannon Bowring

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Recommended by a bookseller at Galena Book and Paper, she said it was one of the best books she had read recently and one of the owner's recent favorites. I hadn't heard of it yet, but it was too good of a recommendation to pass up. It's a quiet novel about the residents of a small-town in Maine and a reminder of the complex lives people lead behind their public faces. Beautifully written! I will read whatever this debut author puts out next.

sarahbarnes A sequel to this one just came out!

Where the Forest Meets the River

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Lesliereadsalot I loved these two books, the characters are so real. You‘ll love the second one too. 5mo

Gissy Nice, comfy porch😃😍👌 5mo

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staci.reads @sarahbarnes Thanks! I didn't realize that! 5mo

staci.reads @Lesliereadsalot thanks! 5mo

staci.reads @Gissy thanks 😊 5mo

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Mitch

The Road to Dalton | Shannon Bowring

You‘ve been in my thoughts a lot @BookNAround … hope you‘re all doing ok ♥️

And a huge thank you for thinking of me on my birthday. I‘ve seen lots of press around this book and excited to try a new to me author. Thank you honey xx

Lesliereadsalot Don‘t miss the sequel, Where the Forest Meets the River. Two terrific books! 6mo

Mitch @Lesliereadsalot 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6mo

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