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Trees | Percival Everett

Wow. This was stellar. Has anyone read any of Everett‘s other works? I need more but am not sure where to start. Would love a recommendation.

SamAnne I‘m still recovering from this read! Finished it a couple days ago. Erasure and Telephone have been recommended to me. I want to read more of him! 13mo

Jess @SamAnne I know. This one will be with me for some time. Thanks for passing on these two. 13mo

carolcharityhome Hi 13mo

CSeydel Erasure may be my favorite of his. I liked Assumption too, but a lot of people hated it, so I‘d hold off until you really get a feel for Everett‘s somewhat perverse sense of storytelling. 10mo

Jess @CSeydel thanks for the recommendations! I will check both out. 10mo

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Tamra

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Bonkers! Smart, funny, outrageous, maddening and I loved every minute.

The lists of names & places is haunting, appropriately so. I won‘t forget this novel.

Suet624 Agree with everything you wrote. Read it quite some time ago and I still talk about it and encourage folks to read it. 1y

Tamra @Suet624 did you listen to the audio? The narrator is fabulous - sounds like Morgan Freeman. 😄 I will pick up a paper copy when I find it second hand as I‘m likely to read it again. 1y

megnews The list. I was crying by the end. 1y

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Suet624 No.. I read the hard copy. I may try that though! Definitely worth a second read. 1y

Tamra @megnews hard to listen. 💔 1y

jlhammar Man, I loved this one! So good. 1y

Tamra @jlhammar I can‘t stop thinking about it! 1y

Cathythoughts Great review! ❤️ 1y

Ruthiella This book was amazing. The balance between humor and outrage was so sharp. 1y

Tamra @Cathythoughts 🤗 1y

Tamra @Ruthiella exactly - well put! 1y

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andioop

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so-so

Much to think about

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JenReadsAlot

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Happy birthday @wanderinglynn 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈Hope you have a great day! Tagged I'm intrigued with! #300KBirthdaygiveaway

wanderinglynn Thank you! 😘 And thanks for entering! 1y

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TheEllieMo

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Searching for a photo suitable for today‘s #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge, I can across this photo I took a few years ago. It‘s not an evergreen - not even sure it was still alive! - but look at the way a shaft of late summer afternoon sun catches this one tree amongst all the others.

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Andrew65 It does look as if it‘s a dead tree, but what a stunning image in that sunlight. Summer …. Sun…bring it on 😂 🎄🎄🎄 (edited) 1y

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amma-keep-reading

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I couldn‘t put it down and this book will definitely stay on my mind for a bit.

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JamieArc

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Oof. This book. There‘s nothing I could say that hasn‘t been said. While dealing with horrendous subject matter, scattered throughout you will find witty dialogue, playful language, and laughs. It‘s readable, a page-turner actually. I haven‘t read a book this fast in a long time. Great day to finish it as it was announced that it made the #Booker2022 shortlist. I am rooting for it and Small Things.

Cathythoughts Great review! Sounds good….I must try read it. 👍🏻♥️ 2y

batsy Lovely review! I'm rooting for it, too. 2y

BarbaraBB I know what you mean! 2y

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TrishB It‘s brilliant 👍🏻 2y

JamieArc @Cathythoughts Do put it on your TBR! It‘s worth making room for 😊 2y

JamieArc @batsy @BarbaraBB @TrishB I‘m in good company with my thoughts on this one then! 2y

Cathythoughts I have ordered it 👍🏻😁 2y

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Avanders

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Overdue for an update!
Tagged: Really impressive. See @Marchpane ‘s review on Goodreads 😉🌟🌟🌟🌟
🧙🏽‍♀️: good, quick, fun, tho not quite “as advertised.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭕️🌈: blech #unpopularopinion ⭐️⭐️
🇫🇷🏢: loved the audio version! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Reading: Wandering 🐺 (great so far)
Listening: Ministry 🕋 (intriguing!)

Won: another Reese book! 🤩♥️ Her YA/Pick for May

Received: #LitsyRecipeSwap package from Canada! 🥰💌 Thank you @LeahBergen ! ♥️

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LeahBergen Yay! I‘m glad it arrived. 😘😘 2y

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merelybookish

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This book blew me away. Lynching & other gruesome murders do not seem the topic of a fast-paced, funny, entertaining novel. And yet this book manages to achieve that. The brutal legacy of lynching is not trivialized & somehow is made readable. It's pretty amazing! And almost perfection but things fell apart for me in the last 20 pages. Still, an impressive feat! This is Everett's 3rd time in the #TOB. I won't be sad if he finally wins it all 🐓

Addison_Reads Great review! I think this book has a good chance of winning it all. 2y

Jas16 This book blew me away too. 2y

Ruthiella Loved this one. It‘s been a while, but I thought it ended well. I just didn‘t quite understand why the scene where Dinah /Gertrude and Agent (Jim?) are locked in the walk in freezer. (edited) 2y

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merelybookish @Addison_Reads Thanks! Yes, I think it does too. 2y

merelybookish @Jas16 It is really an achievement! 2y

merelybookish @Ruthiella Yeah, Jim let Gertrude off the.hook. But the Trump speech and other things felt heavy handed. I knew it was going to be a tricky story to end successfully. 2y

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Suet624

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Only on Chapter 6 so I can only comment on what I've read so far. Started reading during my lunch hour & chuckled my way through. I've not read this author before, but saints be praised! The Tournament has given me a book I can laugh/be aghast about. I like that combo.

#TOB22

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RaeLovesToRead What's TOB? I'm intrigued... 2y

Suet624 @RaeLovesToRead it‘s the Tournament of Books. You can google it or I‘ll send you a link in a few hours when I get home. 2y

alisiakae That's a perfect description of reading this book! I can't wait to read more of his novels. 2y

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RaeLovesToRead I shall Google! 🗡🛡🏹 2y

Suet624 @4thhouseontheleft Same here! 2y

Suet624 @RaeLovesToRead Here's the great thing about the Tournament. Every year I read books I would never have heard about or picked up. For instance, I'm not one to read science fiction, but I'll always remember the ones from the TOB. It introduces me to books that I don't find on other lists. The Tournament itself, as the judges discuss their reasoning for voting for the book, is always a fun experience. 2y

RaeLovesToRead Looks great! I'll be following it 😊 There are so many books on the list I want to read ❤ I ordered a copy of The Sentence just yesterday. 2y

Suet624 @RaeLovesToRead That‘s the next one I want to read. Gotta find a library that has it though. 2y

Ruthiella Agree that your description of the split between tragic and comic is well done. It‘s a fine line and Everett never oversteps. 2y

Cinfhen Yes, the humor is subtle and balances the darker subject matter 2y

squirrelbrain Looking forward to this one very much. I bought it just before Christmas and hope to get to it soon…. 2y

BarbaraBB Happy you‘re enjoying it. I loved it. It‘s so dark and yet humorous. 2y

Suet624 @Ruthiella I just finished the book I had been reading when The Trees fell into my lap during a recent lunch. I'm generally a monogamist reader and can't handle mixing storylines, so now I can finally jump back into this one with both feet. 💥 🎊 2y

Suet624 @Cinfhen Authors are amazing. I was thinking of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore as I read this. They often make me chuckle and have such brilliant ways of writing. Moore doesn't handle tough topics, but he sure is something. 2y

Suet624 @squirrelbrain I'm excited for you. 2y

Suet624 @BarbaraBB How do these authors manage to pull off this kind of thing? I bow to Everett. 2y

BarbaraBB I‘ve read three books by Everett so far and all were fabulous for different reasons. I bow to him too! 2y

Suet624 @barbarabb Oooohhh. I guess I‘m going to have to find more of his. (edited) 2y

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Megabooks

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Truly smart satire of America‘s ugly racism both past and current.

In tiny Money, Mississippi, a white man turns up gruesomely dead with a dead Black man nearby holding his testicles. As the scene repeats itself locally and eventually nationally, law enforcement looks to find out whose involved.

I know, this doesn‘t sound funny, but Everett is an extremely adept at knowing when to turn up the absurdity and when to be pensive. Enthusiastic pick!

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Megabooks This is in the top 5 of #ToBshortlist picks for me. I‘m at 11 or 12 that I‘ve read so far. 👍🏻 thank you for the wonderful gift @Cinfhen !! 💚🎄 2y

squirrelbrain This is one that I‘m really looking forward to -great review! 2y

Ruthiella I think this is the clear front runner among readers here and on Goodreads. I have my copy from the library and am off work next week, so I hope to get to it then! 2y

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Megabooks @squirrelbrain it‘s pretty amazing!! 2y

Megabooks @Ruthiella I liked telephone last year, but this is even better!! 2y

Cinfhen Great review, Meg. I thought you‘d like it. It‘s in my top 5 too….but I haven‘t read as many as you. 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen it is amazingly thoughtful satire. I am a Percival believer now!! 2y

BarbaraBB Great review. I‘m a believer too. Weren‘t you bothered by the way he describes Mississippi people? I was wondering how Americans would feel since it is so one dimensional and insulting. 2y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB I wasn‘t offended. I guess I‘m kind of used to people thinking southerners are racist idiots. I enjoy proving people wrong about me personally. While the book was a bit extreme, it wasn‘t coming out of nowhere. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y

BarbaraBB I wasn‘t referring to you as a Southerner but as an American: I thought the generalization was extreme. I had to laugh at times but personally thought it a bit too biased 2y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB I think that‘s where the satire comes in. It‘s very American in its humor. An acting version of it wouldn‘t be out of place on a sketch comedy show like Key and Peele. 2y

BarbaraBB Ah! That is so enlightening! While I am shocked this is just typical humor for you, nothing new. I now get it - and why I haven‘t read opinions similar to mine! Thank you 🤍🤍 2y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB 😘😘😘 I love our cultural exchanges dear friend!! 2y

BarbaraBB Me too! And I just read your email. Will reply soon. Xxxx 2y

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Megabooks

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Omg @Cinfhen thank you!!!! 🥰🎄 Sorry I opened this early, but it got mixed in with family packages. Trees is the #ToBshortlist novel I hoped you were sending!! I‘m so excited to read it. 👍🏻💕 And you even thought of Molly!! I know she‘s looking forward to trying this out. 🐶💜 Is it the one Herzl likes? And mom and I both agree the candle smells wonderful!

I very much appreciate you and your thoughtfulness! 😘😘

Cinfhen Yay!!! Sorry it wasn‘t wrapped xx and YES!!! That‘s Herzy‘s favorite treat, I really hope Molly loves it too💞 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen awesome!! I‘m sure she‘ll love it! It was wonderful to have a special treat today!! Thank you 🥰🥰 2y

squirrelbrain Such thoughtful gifts! ❤️ 2y

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ShelleyBooksie What a cool dog toy! 2y

Megabooks @squirrelbrain definitely! 2y

Megabooks @ShelleyBooksie it is! Molly‘s going to try it after dinner. 2y

BarbaraBB What a wonderful and thoughtful gifts @Cinfhen came up with 🤍🤍 I hope Molly will have a good time with the toy and you with the Trees! 😘 2y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB molly loves the toy! 😁🐶 Herzl has good taste! Cindy does too. (edited) 2y

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Cinfhen

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What begins as dark humor quickly turns deadly serious. Everett cleverly reminds us of America‘s whitewashing of history and the need to RISE UP. I found the “humor” a little too slapstick at times. #SocialHorror Not my favorite choice from #ToBShortlist but I‘m happy to see this book made the list.This was also my #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

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BarbaraBB Glad you liked it. What is your favorite so far? 2y

Cinfhen I think it‘s still this one @BarbaraBB

No One Is Talking about This

Cinfhen Is this one your favorite so far @BarbaraBB ?? 2y

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squirrelbrain I think I agree with you so far on my favourite Cindy. I really need to try to get a copy of this one from somewhere… nowhere seems to have it (for free) in the UK. 2y

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2y

BarbaraBB I‘m not sure. This one or Lockwood or

Intimacies

Cinfhen I‘m looking forward to this one @BarbaraBB

Intimacies

Cinfhen I also liked this one @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB but I don‘t think it deserves to be BEST book of the year

The Echo Wife

Megabooks Hello! Why are we not talking about the awesomeness of

Matrix

Megabooks Also, I am definitely not feeling

Libertie: A Novel

Cinfhen Hahaha @Megabooks Matrix was good but not my favorite xx 2y

Megabooks Well this was my second favorite so far. I hope you like it too.

Intimacies

Megabooks But I also loved the Lockwood!! Such a great field this year! 2y

squirrelbrain Matrix is up there for me @Megabooks - perhaps second so far…. I have both The Echo Wife and Intimacies on hold at the library. @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 2y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I‘m not feeling Matrix… I‘m reading a translation, that might be it, it my own impatience, but I can‘t get the hang of it 🤦🏻‍♀️ I hope you do, @squirrelbrain ! (edited) 2y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen The parcel should arrive soon now, it‘s in Israel according to my t&t 2y

Cinfhen Yay 😁 @BarbaraBB thanks SO MUCH 2y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB I think it would have to be a talented translator to get the beauty of Groff‘s writing matched. The prose (as opposed to the plot) is what made this so wonderful for me. 2y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I guessed so. To me it‘s a meandering story, a bit of plot, not blown away by the proza - in Dutch. 2y

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Cinfhen

Trees | Percival Everett

Perceval Everett is quickly becoming an #AutoBuy author ✍️ He‘s the right mix of sarcasm , humor, wit and wisdom. #ToB22ShortList #MorningRead #CoffeeAndBooks

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BarbaraBB I‘m glad you think so. I feel that way too about him. 2y

Cathythoughts Sounds like a good one 👍🏻 2y

squirrelbrain This is one I can‘t yet get for ‘free‘ - I might have to fork out for it…. 😁 2y

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Ruthiella Another strong voice for The Trees! Will it win this year‘s rooster 🐔 ? 🤔 2y

Cinfhen I bought it on my Kindle @squirrelbrain I had credits so it was reasonably priced. I‘m only 25% in but I‘m happy to own this one @Cathythoughts Not sure if it‘ll win @Ruthiella but I‘m glad to see it made the sweet 16 💙 2y

Cinfhen I can see why you choose this as your zombie 🧟‍♀️ 🧟‍♂️ @BarbaraBB 2y

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