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Zorrie
Zorrie | Laird Hunt
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @TheBookHippie

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD APRIL 📔

Everyone welcome!

TheBookHippie Thx!! ♥️♥️♥️ 1d
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TheBookHippie
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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD APRIL 📔

Everyone welcome!

vonnie862 Got a copy! 2d
AmyG I got my copy too. Looks good. 2d
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TheBookHippie @AmyG WE ARE GONNA NEED IT!! 2d
BarkingMadRead I have my copy and I‘m ready to go!! It is delightfully thin compared to my copy of Golden Notebook 🤣🤣🤣 1d
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TheBookHippie
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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD APRIL 🌼

April 7 OFF (catch up last month)
April 14 I & II
April 21 III & IV
April 28 V to the end

Short Story for us for April 🌼

Everyone Welcome 🌼

kspenmoll Looks like a nice change of pace! I am still waiting for my copy of Golden Notebook so will catch up when it arrives. 2w
TheBookHippie @kspenmoll ♥️🙃♥️ 2w
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TheBookHippie
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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

Our APRIL book is reasonably priced currently if you‘re looking to buy a copy
Kindle is 7.31 😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1635578434/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=17070...

2024 https://bookhippie.com/index.php/2023/10/01/2024-sunday-buddy-read/

CBee Loved this quiet read ♥️ 1mo
TheBookHippie @CBee 🙃♥️ 1mo
mcctrish I got mine from Book Outlet, also a bargain 1mo
vivastory Laird Hunt is so good at writing novellas 1mo
kspenmoll Thanks! 1mo
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TheBookHippie
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Our 2024 APRIL #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD on kindle sale for 2.99 today

🤍🤍🤍🤍https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KH7R9KV?_bbid=185073564&tag=bookbubemail1-20

TheBookHippie @AmyG @DebinHawaii I can‘t remember anyone else we need a who uses kindle list 🫣😅👏🏼👏🏼🤷🏻‍♀️ 3mo
CBee Such a great book ❤️ 3mo
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Karisa Oooh, thank you! 3mo
DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie Yay! Thanks for the heads up—you know how I like my Kindle deals! 😉 3mo
TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii ♥️♥️♥️ @Karisa I keep watching hopefully I can find most! 3mo
AmyG Thanks! 3mo
Read4life Thanks! 3mo
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rachaich
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Wonderful book.
Really reminded me of Elizabeth Strout whom I adored.
Limited words which intensify the atmosphere and draw you in to her life.

Tamra Loved this too - reminds me to check out what else Hunt has written. 6mo
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rachaich
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Luckily I packed another book as I finished Grapes of Wrath yesterday! Started this as we pulled out of Victoria and its wonderful.

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CBee
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I very much enjoyed this. A lovely, quiet, somewhat melancholy book that burrows into your soul 💚 An entire life told in such a short book, and yet I didn‘t feel like it needed to be any longer. Thanks, @vivastory - I read this after seeing your posts about it 😊

Tamra Loved this one too! 8mo
CBee @Tamra glad to hear it! It‘s not for everyone but I really loved it 😊 8mo
Sapphire This one made a big impression on me too. 8mo
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CBee @Sapphire 💚 8mo
vivastory I'm so glad that you liked this one. It appears that he has two recent releases: a book of essays & a novel that sounds like it will be similar to Zorrie 8mo
CBee @vivastory oh! Indiana, Indiana is Noah and Opal‘s story! Definitely interested in that one 💚 8mo
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Jas16
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I have been in Italy for the past couple of weeks so it has been hard to find time to read. I did finish this quiet novella today. Not much happens but the writing is gorgeous and Zorrie feels as real as any flesh and blood person I know. I wish I had read it when I was better able to focus but it will be well worth revisiting.

AshleyHoss820 This is exactly how I felt about it! Just a nice, quiet stroll through Zorrie‘s life. I loved this one too! ☺️ 11mo
LeahBergen Ooo, Venice! 😍 11mo
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Karons1
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Have you ever started a book 📖 thinking 🤔 Il just do a few pages and an hour later your still there ?😂 #bookspinbingo #20 #marchbingo. This great little book was recommended to be by the wonderful people at Mr B‘s book emporium in bath , my friend and I had the book doctor meeting which is dangerous ! You could end up buying the shop 😆

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vivastory
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Book: Zorrie (One of the greatest novellas I've read the past couple of years)
Author: Zadie Smith*Zola*Alejandro Zambra*
Movie: Zed & Two Noughts*Zero For Conduct*Zero Dark Thirty*Zero Kelvin*Zero Theorem*Zodiac
Singer/Band: ZZ Ward*
Song: Zak & Sara (Ben Folds)* Zombies (Cranberries)* Ziggy Stardust (Bowie)* Zebulon (Rufus Wainwright)

Thanks for bringing back #manicmonday @cbee It's been a blast!

CBee Aw, you‘re welcome!! 😊😊 13mo
Karons1 Oohh zorrie was recommended to me by a book doctor 👩‍⚕️ 😆and it‘s on my HUGE TBR pile 😆 13mo
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Abailliekaras
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A quiet story of a woman‘s life in rural Indiana & the radium factory girls. Spare prose, not overwritten. Warm & compassionate without being sentimental: you feel the ripple effects of the radium poisoning by what is not said & the emotional impact comes from Zorrie‘s stoicism & resilience. Subtle but beautiful.

jlhammar I recently bought this one. Really looking forward to it. 1y
Abailliekaras @jlhammar I hope you enjoy it! 1y
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Sapphire
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Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. An ordinary life told and worth every word.

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AshleyHoss820
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I would have to agree with this blurb about Zorrie. It‘s beautifully written and, as a Midwesterner, I felt at home in these pages. I appreciated the contemplative, lazy-river ride through Zorrie‘s life. (If you need a lot of action and climactic events, this one isn‘t for you.) Lovely read that will stay in my mind for a long time. My #BookSpin for August ☺️

vivastory One of my favorites of the year. I also enjoyed Hunt's equally short, yet very different 2y
AshleyHoss820 @vivastory Your review was the reason I put this on my TBR! ☺️ I have the book you tagged on my list too, and I am really looking forward to reading it! I really like his style! Thank you for the recs!! 2y
vivastory Thanks! I'm glad that this was a winner for you. I agree about his style. 2y
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vivastory
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#AlphabetGame
Title that begins with the letter Z
One of my favorite books of the year is a Z title. Laird Hunt's unassuming, yet captivating, novella about a woman who makes a home for herself in the countryside of Indiana after working as a Radium Girl. I was reminded of Stoner while reading this & after having another wonderful experience with his novella In the House in the Dark of the Woods, Hunt has become a new favorite.

vivastory Thanks for hosting @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This has been a fun tag & a great excuse to talk about old favorites! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m happy you played!! 2y
vivastory @JohnLAndBenji I haven't read Zorro. I was talking about Zorrie. A contemporary novel, by Laird Hunt. Maybe try reading my post, instead of knee jerk posting. Like a 10 year old would. 2y
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Suet624 I forgot about Laird Hunt. I read Neverhome and then forgot him. I just looked and he‘s written a bunch of books! Thanks for,bringing this one to my attention. 2y
vivastory @Suet624 Thanks for the recommendation! I also just noticed that Percival Everett wrote the intro for the following Hunt book 2y
Suet624 Well then… had to stack that too! 2y
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squirrelbrain
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This was on the Booker rumours list, hence why I borrowed it from the library just in case….

This short book tells of Zorrie‘s life in rural Indiana, from childhood to old age. The blurb offers comparisons with Willa Cather, Elizabeth Strout and Marilynne Robinson. I‘d also add Kent Haruf to that but, while it was a good read for me, it‘s not as good as anything by those authors.

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vivastory
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This is the second Laird Hunt book that I've read this year. In the House in the Dark of the Woods, also a novella, was a fascinating blend of Schweblin's Fever Dream & Eggers' The VVitch. Zorrie is one of those quiet stories where there's not much of a plot, but Life itself is the story. Think Stoner. Think Olive Kitteridge. With these two equally memorable, yet different, works I will definitely be reading whatever Hunt publishes in the future.

sarahbarnes Sounds right up my alley! 📚 2y
vivastory @sarahbarnes I think you'd really like it! Most of it takes place in the Midwest too. 2y
sarahbarnes Hold placed at the library! 😁 2y
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vivastory
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My copy of Straub's This Time Tomorrow is supposed to arrive tomorrow, in the meantime I am in between books. I think I will start the tagged book. At around 150 pages, it's a slim volume, but if it's anything like his novella In the House in the Dark etc it will be memorable.

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charl08
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A lovely gentle book, following one woman's life from the Depression to old age.

Dragon Beautiful passiflora 🌸 💚🐉 2y
BkClubCare What a cool plant! 2y
Sparklemn That flower is gorgeous! 2y
charl08 @Dragon @BkClubCare @Sparklemn it surprises me again every year. 2y
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Texreader
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Ebook on sale. Wish I‘d had this instead of the gosh awful #letterZ book I picked for #litsyatoz. I may buy this for next year (nothing like planning ahead)!

JamieArc My mother in law passed this along to me. She really enjoyed it. I need to move it up my TBR. 2y
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laurrose
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This book has a very special place in my heart.

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Bookboss
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I loved this short book that examined a woman‘s long, quiet life. It was reminiscent of Willa Cather‘s novels that demonstrate the depth of ordinary lives. Zorrie comes of age in the Great Depression, and lives through WWII and the subsequent turbulent years in America. She spends most of her life on a farm, but her life is not sheltered. The characters are well-rounded, and Hunt‘s language is descriptive without being overwrought. Lovely.

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Tamra
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Every life lived is a story. This one is a quiet reflection of an American midwestern woman‘s life with the attending joys, sorrows, and transitions we all experience.

I can appreciate the comparison to “Stoner”, but it didn‘t resonate as deeply for me. Some of the passages seemed a bit contrived or incongruent.

If you have read any of Ted Kooser‘s poetry 💜 it is reminiscent in that what is ordinary or plain can also be beautiful.

vivastory I've been meaning to read Laird Hunt. Will have to give this a try, especially if it's Stoner lite 2y
Tamra @vivastory this is my first Hunt - apparently a rather prolific writer too! 2y
vivastory Yeah it seems like he published at least a book a year. I've heard that this one is strange, but good 2y
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Tamra @vivastory wow, that sounds interesting! I am going to check it out. 2y
jlhammar Great review! I think I'm going to have to give this one a try. Love Ted Kooser. I remember enjoying Neverhome, but I think that's the only other Hunt I've read. 2y
Tamra @jlhammar it has the midwestern vibe of Kooser. 🙂 2y
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Tamra
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Next up! I heard Russell Gray compare this to Williams‘ “Stoner”, so I have to check it out. I hope I‘m not disappointed. 🤞🏾

jlhammar I love Stoner and I‘ve been wanting to read this one. 2y
Tamra @jlhammar I‘ll let you know! 2y
sherrisilvera I finished recently. It was very good. 2y
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Tamra @sherrisilvera glad to hear it. 😁 2y
Cathythoughts Interesting! I loved Stoner ...look forward to your review 👍 2y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Omg omg omg just added this to TBR the other day, and if it‘s like Stoner I‘ll need to bump up 👍 2y
Tamra @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled just posted a review. 😄 Worth reading - I wish I could teleport the book to you! 2y
Tamra @jlhammar posted my two cents of a review! 😊 2y
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Chelsea.Poole
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Nope. Another historical fiction book I read from a list — this time the National Book Award; Zorrie is a finalist. It reminded me a bit of Olive Kitteridge with less charm. I felt removed from the action and I hate that feeling when reading. The novel is short, though it spans Zorrie‘s lifetime from her tragic childhood, coming of age, marriage, and later life. Takes place in the early 20th century in the Midwest.

Hooked_on_books I am perplexed at this book‘s presence on the NBA longlist, forget about the shortlist! It almost feels like the committee was made up of lifelong city dwellers and this is the first time they experienced a book/character in a rural setting and were enchanted by it. I just don‘t have any other explanation for it. 2y
Chelsea.Poole @Hooked_on_books yes! Maybe that‘s the explanation. I also felt it was there just for the farm setting or for the author 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2y
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CindyE09
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Short novel about the life of woman born in the 1920s, following her from childhood to the end of her life. It was at times sad and other times funny. I enjoyed reading it but doubt I will remember much about it a year from now.

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rmaclean4
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For such a short book I found that this novel dragged and was repetitive at times. I am suprised it is on the National Book Award short list. The writing was solid and I loved getting the scope of this woman's life, but I wonder if I will remember this in the long run. 2.5 🌟

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Hooked_on_books
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Zorrie chronicles the life of a woman in rural Indiana, starting in 1930. It‘s a perfectly fine read, but pretty forgettable, so I have no idea why it‘s on the NBA shortlist. I wonder if my response to it would be different if I were a city-dweller. Then maybe the rural life described might seem remarkable to me when instead it just seems normal.

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Mitch
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Two take my fancy - the tagged book and George Perec‘s Ellis island.
Anything here catch your eye?

https://lithub.com/15-new-books-to-get-from-your-local-indie-this-week/

AmyG I want to read the Maxwell book. 3y
Mitch @AmyG I‘ve just read a The Dig by the same author - wildly different topics! 3y
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