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Greenwood
Greenwood | Michael Christie
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A dazzling, immersive generational saga that charts a family's rise and fall, its secrets and inherited crimes, and conflicted relationship with the source of its fortune--trees--from one of Canada's most acclaimed novelists. It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting ultra-rich vacationers in one of the world's last remaining forests. It's 2008 and Liam Greenwood is a carpenter, fallen from a ladder and sprawled on his broken back, calling out from the concrete floor of an empty mansion. It's 1974 and Willow Greenwood is out of jail, free after being locked up for one of her endless series of environmental protests: attempts at atonement for the sins of her father's once vast and violent timber empire. It's 1934 and Everett Greenwood is alone, as usual, in his maple syrup camp squat when he hears the cries of an abandoned infant and gets tangled up in the web of a crime that will cling to his family for decades. And throughout, there are trees: thrumming a steady, silent pulse beneath Christie's effortless sentences and working as a guiding metaphor for withering, weathering, and survival. A shining, intricate clockwork of a novel, Greenwood is a rain-soaked and sun-dappled story of the bonds and breaking points of money and love, wood and blood--and the hopeful, impossible task of growing toward the light.
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Laughterhp
Greenwood | Michael Christie
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Here‘s the books that were rolled for March #roll100

Nice mix of books!

PuddleJumper Nice mix! 1mo
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rachaich
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Wow! That was immense and full of so much wonder and explanation yet left enough for us to decide ourselves.
Very clever in the way he traced family tree against historical natural events, and the trees themselves.
I was totally gripped throughout.

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Michellesibs
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Well this was a surprise.

Told backwards, and then forwards, this is a family saga where the bloodlines are more complicated than most.

Woven between the decades, the tress grow strong, a life force of their own.

When I read the blurb I really didn't think this would work, but it does beautifully.

As the people in a small village in Canada would say, it could have gone either way.

Four stars.

LiteraryHoarderPenny Loved this book. Interesting cover for your edition!! 2mo
Michellesibs @LiteraryHoarderPenny Yes, the UK kindle cover, really eye catching! 2mo
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TheKidUpstairs
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#12Booksof2023

On the second day of Christmas, my reading gave to me...a saga of family growing like the rings of a tree... 🎶

I picked up Greenwood when it was selected as a Canada Reads finalist and I absolutely fell in love with the multidimensional family saga, boomeranging through the rings of time and nature.

@Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks an excellent read. 3mo
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JacqMac
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Andrew65 I‘ll have to check this one out, not one I know. 3mo
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SamAnne
Greenwood | Michael Christie
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I thought this would be a 5 star read for me. A generational story set from 1908 and 2038 in Canada, focused on timber, trees & forests. A family‘s relationship to them as timber barons, forest protection activists, carpenters. Beautiful writing, some characters I loved. But a little too much telling than showing. Some actions by characters not believable. Some forest science totally off the mark. Did he not read Finding the Mother Tree?

SamAnne Also, what I finished for #20in4 in addition to finishing Matriz by Lauren Groff. Mostly audio, got more than 13 hours in! Thank you @Andrew65 ! 10mo
SamAnne Back to Greenwood: the author writes beautifully about interacting with wood as a carpenter. But he doesn‘t nail (hah! pun intended) the forest ecology. While the storyline weaves in the destruction of Canada‘s primeval forests, the novel seemed derisive of the people trying to stop that destruction. I grew up in a logging town. Made me a forest protection activist. It didn‘t sit well. 10mo
SamAnne So I‘m a harsh critic of this book I‘m sure. Best tree focused books in my opinion? The Overstory! Floored me. Old school, set in the country I grew up in: Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey. Oh, he captures my homeland perfectly. A forest focused book I liked less than this one? Barkskins by Annie Proulx. Needed an editor even more than this one. 10mo
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Andrew65 Well done on an excellent Readathon and thanks for playing along 👏👏👏🙌🥳🍾🥂
Shame this book wasn‘t better as it sounds ideal, but I hate it when some books slip too much into a telling role..
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CaitlinR Great review! 10mo
Tamra Shoot, I have this one marked TBR. 10mo
JuniperWilde I wanted to love this, too. Sadly, I read The Overstory first so my expectations were high and I found this very disappointing. Midway I decided to speed read my way to the ending. 10mo
SamAnne @Andrew65 me too. Drives me nuts. 10mo
SamAnne @Tamra again, I‘m probably being hard in the book only because I know some of subject matter well. Besides some “too much telling,” much of the writing is beautiful and he captures settings really well. But I did have issues with characters—their story arcs and motivations did not ring true to me. 10mo
SamAnne @JuniperWilde glad I‘m not the only one. The Willow character did not ring true for me and he seemed derisive of those wanting to save the forest. I relished the complex characters in The Overstory, Powers‘ excellent understanding of forest ecology. I also enjoy some spot on satire and skewering of activist culture—having been part of it—and Birnam Wood did it beautifully! But Willow in this one was flat and 2-dimensional IMO. 10mo
Suet624 So fun to see Sometimes a Great notion and Ken Kesey mentioned. 9mo
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SamAnne
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Mehso-so

I thought this would be a 5 star read for me. A generational story set from 1908 and 2038 in Canada, focused on timber, trees & forests. A family‘s relationship to them as timber barons, forest protection activists, carpenters. Beautiful writing, some characters I loved. But a little too much telling than showing. Some actions by characters not believable. Some forest science totally off the mark. Did he not read Finding the Mother Tree?

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SamAnne
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Everyone else is still asleep. I‘m enjoying this novel that I just started. Watching the sparrows and hummingbirds while my border collie Action Jackson stands guard at the end of the driveway to thwart squirrel interlopers on the bird feeder. My sweet dog who requires no fence or leash.

Tamra So peaceful. 10mo
BookNAround Action Jackson is clearly a good boi who takes his responsibility seriously. ❤️ 10mo
dabbe Hello, Adorable AJ! 🩵🐾🤍 10mo
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Robotswithpersonality
Greenwood | Michael Christie
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Mehso-so

There's a technical proficiency here that I think deserves acknowledgement: writing primarily in the historical past (mostly 1930s) and still gripping the modern reader, writing characters that a reader becomes invested in, is a challenge, as is segueing through multiple time periods without losing the reader. Obviously reminiscent of The Overstory and a bit of Cloud Cuckoo Land: different people's lives and timelines feeding into each other. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality I also recognize that unless you go deep into fantasy - or mythology, and possibly some religious lore I'm not aware of - trees do not move through the world with a sense of agency, or emote, so any story involving trees is basically going to be a story about people - some of whom either like/want to protect or don't care about/like/want to exploit trees, forests, woodlands - and there is often beauty, poeticism in the meaning these people choose to lend to trees. 2/? 10mo
Robotswithpersonality And one more point to make things fair: novels don't have to have messages, morals, lessons or neat endings, I understand this.
However, after nearly 500 pages, I do kind of wonder what the point was.
Except maybe that you can apparently do a family saga where family lineage is in question and/or doesn't ultimately matter? 3/?
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Robotswithpersonality I could use the story as told to support arguments to increase environmental protections, including reduction in lumber industry harvesting and changes to agricultural practices to stave off climate change, to indict private healthcare, and support the provision of free and easy access to birth control, and addiction treatment.
But while it's obvious from this list that the book picks up on the anxieties of the day, I'm just not sure it said anything new with them. 4/?
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Robotswithpersonality Trees felt like a very helpful prop/unifying element, but not necessarily integral to the central story being told.
Main charge against it though, is it felt emotionally manipulative. Aka, author provided multiple examples of bad shit happening to good people, how families fall apart, fall victim to fears and obsessions instilled by the moral panics of previous eras. 5/?
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Robotswithpersonality Yes, people can be incredibly short-sighted, wasteful, destructive. Yes, they should communicate more instead of just acting in another person's interest 'for their own good'. Thank you, I'm vaguely bummed now, but I don't feel moved, I don't feel like a central message or even last minute denouement was brought home by a passage that stirred me. I feel like the various shades of unpleasantness in this tale will slough off my mind in the next week or two, and I'll be left with an indistinct disappointment. 6/? 10mo
Robotswithpersonality 7/7 Also: Can't speak to whether the depiction of a somewhat unsympathetic blind character is inherently ableist. But the (mid 30s?) character who chooses to die rather then live with the possibility his remaining years will be spent in a wheelchair DEFINITELY SEEMS ableist.

⚠️Veteran PTSD, period typical ableism, period typical homophobia, mention of homophobic hate crime (murder), chronic pain, drug addiction, climate anxiety
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CatMS
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Reminiscent of Richard Powers "The Overstory" in that both books express the notion, taken directly from "Greenwood", "to look upon nature with reverence." I spent my youth in Northern Michigan woods at a cabin my dad built, walking through the woods to the Au Sable River where we fly fished. The smell of the forest was intontoxicating, the feel of the earth, walking on fallen leaves & branches, and the moss underfoot is still a distinct memory.

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Robotswithpersonality
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Robotswithpersonality
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Nuanced sympathy for the hipster millennial, kind of refreshing.

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TheKidUpstairs
Greenwood | Michael Christie
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Otis and I are celebrating #RespectYourCatDay by catching up on the first two days of Canada Reads debates. (Yes, he is a ridiculously long cat!) His sister prefers to cuddle on top of a blanket pile on the other couch.

When it comes to cake, I give thumbs down to Black Forest Cake, but thumbs up to most others. I like the classics and stick to my grandmother's rule: vanilla cake gets chocolate icing, chocolate cake gets vanilla icing 😋 🎂

DieAReader 😼😼😼 12mo
dabbe Hello, Out-of-this-world Otis! ❣️🐾❣️ 12mo
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BookishTrish
Greenwood | Michael Christie
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Mehso-so

I think I mostly liked it. The female characters were much weaker than the males, which I never love. I liked the way the book was organized and the way the story unfolded.

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Nebklvr
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A beautifully written story of connections. Connections between people, places, and time. Connections which support and connections which destroy. Connections which mimic those of trees and railway lines. This CanadaReads short list nominee is fantastic.

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Aimeesue
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I LOVED this book, in which Christie gives us the history of the Greenwood family from the beginning of the 20th century until well into the 21st, slightly into a sad future in 2038, in which large parts of the natural world have died off after the Great Withering, which killed off most of the trees. Plus, kidnapping, the Great Dust Bowl, flying libraries, and opium. Highly recommended.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

jlhammar I‘ve been wanting to get to this one. Sounds so good! 13mo
Aimeesue @jlhammar It was SO well done. Christie's a great storyteller. 13mo
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Aimeesue
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It's kind of The Overstory, but not The Overstory. Maybe Overstory + family saga + dystopia. I'm really enjoying the audiobook.

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xicanti
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Holy forking shirtballs, y‘all.

GREENWOOD is about how families are constructed; how families fail; the cyclical nature of history; the cyclical nature of nature; hope in hopeless times; what we hold tight to; what we leave behind. It drew me deep into itself and gave me that bone-felt THRILL I spend my reading life chasing.

I want it to win Canada Reads 2023. I want it to win EVERYTHING.

It‘s fucking amazing, is what I‘m saying. 5 stars.

TheKidUpstairs Yes! Loved it! So glad Canada Reads pushed me to pick it up. 13mo
Lindy Great review! 13mo
xicanti @TheKidUpstairs yes! I doubt I would‘ve found it as quickly if it hadn‘t made the short list. 13mo
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xicanti @Lindy thank you! 13mo
Chelsea.Poole Wow great review! 13mo
xicanti @Chelsea.Poole thank you! 13mo
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xicanti
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Casey and I are back together for a few days! Gotta enjoy my time with my own particular fluffball.

I‘ll admit, I wasn‘t super-duper excited to start GREENWOOD—not because it looked dull but because I hate reading larger hardcovers. I avoided it all day yesterday, but when I finally sat down with it I fell hard. This multigenerational saga is worth the format‘s many annoyances. I feel like it could even emerge as my Canada Reads 2023 pick.

dabbe Cutest Casey! ❣️🐾❣️ 13mo
xicanti @dabbe he‘s soooo fluffy right now, and I can‘t get over how cute and fat he looks! 13mo
dabbe @xicanti 💗 13mo
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TheKidUpstairs
Greenwood | Michael Christie
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Loved it. Utterly engaging from the first page to the last. I loved the boomerang style narrative, beginning in the near future in a time post- environmental collapse, then heading backward 100+ years before swinging back to the future along the opposite trajectory. A story of family born and found, nature, and what we owe to ourselves, our families, and the world itself.

TheKidUpstairs My #BookSpin pick this month was to read a #CanadaReads selection so I can check that one off! @TheAromaofBooks 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 14mo
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Blueberry
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This started out as 5 ⭐ and slowly worked it's way down to 3 ⭐. I was disappointed in the ending.

#CanadaReads
@NataliePatalie

SamAnne Dang. This is on my TBR. Will still read….but that‘s what I just expected with Demon Copperhead. 14mo
Tamra Oh shoot. 😒 14mo
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xicanti
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Here‘s this week‘s library haul, plus three Sara Douglass novels I found at the thrift store on my way home. I don‘t read Americans in February and this lot should give me a nice jumpstart!

I‘m especially glad I was able to get GREENWOOD, which is one of this year‘s Canada Reads contenders. I‘ve already read two of the others (STATION ELEVEN and MEXICAN GOTHIC), but it looks like I won‘t get my hands on DUCKS or HOTLINE in time. Poop.

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melissajayne
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#12booksof2022 It was a month that I didn‘t read that much, but of the two books that I read during September, this one stood out for me. Not only was the physical book fascinating, but the story was incredibly compelling. I probably should read more Canadian fiction, but I don‘t know how much of Canadian is compelling that isn‘t by Louise Penny or Margaret Atwood.

Andrew65 Looks great, does seem to be Ann sense of known Canadian authors, Linwood Barclay springs to mind. 1y
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melissajayne
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4.5⭐️ I really liked it and for a 500 pg + book it was surprisingly quick to read. I really liked the edge of the pages and the cross-cut of a stump. It was also sort of strange to see Estevan, SK take such a prominent position in the book, as my paternal grandpa grew up about 4 hours west in Main Centre. Love the story and how trees are central to the Greenwood story. #2022 #bookclub #fiction #historicalfiction #canadian #bookreview

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Bojo2006
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This was a fascinating book! It‘s a family saga covering generations, starting in the future and working backwards in time then reversing course and finishing the stories of each character. This family, the Greenwoods, have all built their lives around trees, each in their own way. It‘s a very compelling story written in a unique format. The book is long but worth it. 🌳

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Kboltz
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I loved this book. Starts in the year 2028 and proceeds backwards until it then again moves through time to finish where it began. A family story that entangles the lives of some that where aware and some that are not, just like the roots of trees. Just a great story. Please read this one and thank a TREE later.

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TheKidUpstairs
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This one has been on my TBR for some time. I'm intrigued by the combo family story and eco- dystopia (including future #ecotourism). And I'm a sucker for a gorgeous cover, and this has so many!

#LitsySpringBreak @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m also a cover lover!!! 3y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian This book is great! We hosted the author at my library last year and he was wonderful too. 3y
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Oryx
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Decisions...

TrishB 🐶♥️ 3y
Caroline2 How are getting on with Any Human Heart? I‘ve taken a break at 126p and now I don‘t want to go back to it. Think I might bail. 🙄 (edited) 3y
Oryx @Caroline2 I'm going to finish I think, on 357, but it's probably going to be a so-so for me. I find i like it ok when I'm in, but I'm not excited to pick it up again. 3y
Caroline2 Yeah. I think I‘m gonna watch the TV programme instead!!! 😆 3y
Oryx @Caroline2 now there's an idea! 3y
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Well-ReadNeck
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Prairiegirl_reading
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Check out this beautiful book!!! Gorgeous cover and the wood grain edge! 😻 I love it when publishers put in that little extra effort!
#tbr

MsMelissa I have the hardback and it has the same edges. It‘s so pretty ☺️ 4y
Prairiegirl_reading @Book_Fiend_Melissa I just heard about this book recently and the paperback just came out so I ordered that instead. I can‘t wait to read it but I‘ve been ordering so much lately I don‘t know when I‘ll get to it! 4y
MsMelissa Oh, I know the feeling. I ordered a pile of books last week, more today, and then found out Indigo topped up my Plum Points to $100. You know what that means? That‘s right, more books 😂 I have hundreds of books around here unread, but nobody can‘t stop me from buying more (although my husband would like me to 🙄) 4y
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Prairiegirl_reading @Book_Fiend_Melissa we are book twins! 🤣🤣 4y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders This is an amazing book! 4y
Prairiegirl_reading @Penny_LiteraryHoarders I‘m so excited to get started! 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira This is indeed a beautiful work of design ❣️ 4y
Prairiegirl_reading @Josee.a.lu.lit.et.lira 😍 4y
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Lindy
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Eco fiction & family saga, spanning a time period from 1908 to 2038, this kept me enthralled for 16 hours. 5 #audiobook narrators read the multiple voices, which include lumber tycoon, maple syrup tapper, carpenter, dendrologist & eco warrior. Some women choose trees above all else. Is a family line “just capitalist colonialist brainwashing, designed to sequester power in the hands of a few”? Chosen family reigns here. #CanadianAuthor #LGBT

Reggie I feel like this checked a lot of my boxes. Stacked. 4y
Lindy @Reggie 😁👍 4y
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Lindy
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If it‘s true that the United States was born of slavery and revolutionary violence, she muses while watching them working, then surely her own country was born of a cruel, grasping indifference to its Indigenous peoples and the natural world.

Nebklvr This was a lovely, slow read. It was the book I was least excited about due to its partially futuristic timeline. 13mo
Lindy @Nebklvr That‘s good to hear. I love it when a book surpasses my expectations. 13mo
Nebklvr @Lindy Loved the book that won but wish this one had made it further. 12mo
Lindy @Nebklvr There were excellent books on the Canada Reads list. I‘m delighted that Ducks came out on top but I agree that Greenwood is also excellent. 12mo
Nebklvr @Lindy I really enjoy reading the short list as there are always extraordinary books on it. Often they are books I haven‘t heard of previously. 12mo
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Lindy
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Time is not an arrow. Neither is it a road. It goes in no particular direction. It simply accumulates, in the body, in the world, like wood does, layer upon layer, light then dark, each one dependent upon the last. Each year impossible without the one preceding it. Each triumph and each disaster written forever in its structure.

Fridameetslucy This is especially comforting in the “eternal now” we are living with (edited) 4y
Fridameetslucy @lindy Do you know Susan griffins book A Chorus of Stones ? 4y
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Lindy
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“Living is just a whole bunch of work,” Everett says, nodding his head. “The trick is finding some that you don‘t hate.”

Centique Those are beautiful! The shape is like a bluebell. What are they? 4y
Lindy @Centique They‘re nettleleaf bellflowers. 4y
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Lindy
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There‘s a 1930s Depression-era library in an old church near Estevan, Saskatchewan in the tagged novel. Reminds me of the library I encountered in Keno, Yukon (population 20) in 2018 (pictured).

Cathythoughts Great pic. Book sounds really good 4y
Jaimelire What‘s that metal thing on the side? 4y
Lindy @Jaimelire I think it‘s a boiler. Lots of old mining equipment has been abandoned in this hamlet, which was formerly a thriving mining town (silver, lead and zinc). 4y
Lindy @Cathythoughts It‘s an excellent novel. I don‘t like having to stop listening when life requires me to do other things. 😉 4y
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Lindy
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Pity is a sentiment long lost to Everett Greenwood, extinguished by those ruined men he‘d carried during the war, by his brother‘s betrayal, by the scrabbling nature of life, like a bright coin dropped into a black lake. But here it is again, back from the muddy bottom, shining in his palm.

Andrea4 How coincidental is this! My boss literally just told me about this book on Thursday but couldn't remember the author and I was going to look for it on here! 4y
Lindy @Andrea4 😁I‘m about a third of the way through. Really enjoying this saga. 4y
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Lindy
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Leftcoastzen Wow! So beautiful! 4y
Lindy @Leftcoastzen Thanks! Oak tannin and an iron solution from soaking rusty nails gives this lovely grey. 4y
Tanisha_A Love that combo, grey and white looks soo good 4y
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Lindy @Tanisha_A 😘🤗 4y
LeahBergen So cool. 4y
Lindy @LeahBergen Thanks! 4y
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Becker
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Immersive, beautiful story.🌳

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Jbakesmcgee3
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Corona read number 4, 4.5 stars, I loved how trees and family and the interesting time structure, very awesome book!

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Jbakesmcgee3
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“Chapters”

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HillsAndHamletsBookshop
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I read Greenwood because it was comped to Richard Powers‘ The Overstory, which I loved. The story follows the lives of 3 generations of the Greenwood family & the old growth forest on the island which bears their name, one an industrialist timber magnate, one a hippie activist, and one an forest scientist. While it doesn‘t rise to the epic level of literary achievement of The Overstory, it was a solid & satisfying “forest fiction” follow up.

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simpledutchgirl
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Two boys who did not come into this world as brothers but became the Greenwood brothers...their love of trees, their passions which fueles their actions....130 years of the Geeenwood lineage. Couldn't put this book down til the end. Now I'm hesitant to start another for I just want to hold these charaters close to my heart a bit longer.

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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Great old-fashioned epic storytelling! This is both a bit science fiction set in the near future after environmental collapse and a sweeping historical story taking place over the course of the 20th century. Fascinating flawed characters and beautiful des descriptions of trees. The theme that resonated most for me was found family. Audiobook narration was great, with different actors voicing each character. #CanLit #AwesomeAudiobooks

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Pricel101
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This is such a physically beautiful book I‘ve asked for it for Xmas🎅 shortlisted for this years Giller Prize its the story of a Canadian logging family circa 1908-2038. 🇨🇦🌲

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Rhondareads
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A family saga a book for a long holiday weekend.💕📚

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Well-ReadNeck
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Amazing family saga and climate crisis manifesto. This is one I‘ll be recommending to everyone. #Edelweiss

Suet624 Love what you did with the photo. 4y
Emilymdxn What a gorgeous cover! 4y
Tamra Want to read! 4y
Reviewsbylola Sounds like this would have been a good pick for the #booked2019 prompt #clifi. I really disliked the book I read for it. 4y
reluctantangeleno Oh my gosh, this cover! 😍 4y
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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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Surprise gayness which is like the cherry on top of this already excellent book. I saw it coming and I was like, c'mon Casey not everything has queer content, and it looks like my intuition was right and also everything is gay. That's just facts.

Clare-Dragonfly It‘s true. 4y
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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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So great. So grand. Excellent saga with all the Greenwood generations. Should have been on the Giller Shortlist. Should have won the whole prize in my opinion. Would make a wonderful companion to Richard Power's Overstory.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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It is such a GORGEOUS Fall day out today!! Such a shame to have to be trapped again inside the office walls!

This book is seriously wonderful too with its saga-wonderfulness!

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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It's such a beautiful Fall day out - would so rather be here reading this book that I'm really loving. Why didn't this one make the #Giller shortlist?? 🙁

brit91 A perfect reading spot!😍📚 4y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders @brit91 it's definitely dreamy. 4y
Hooked_on_books That looks like a magazine photo! 😍 Complete with adorable dog. 4y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders It's not my porch! It probably is a magazine photo. I was just dreaming of being here. I wish. It was so nice out today. I was stuck at work. 😆😆 4y
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