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Julsmarshall
Sisters Brothers | Patrick DeWitt
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Bailedbailed

Nope, just couldn‘t get into this. Maybe it was because it was on #audio , maybe I‘m just not in the mood, but it is a #readordonate and so bye. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

dabbe #hailthebail 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
Aims42 Seconded @dabbe 😏👏 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Off the list and onto the next!!! 1mo
MaggieCarr I still cringe at the spooned out horse eyeball part. 🫣 1mo
julieclair Out it goes… 👍 1mo
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Cathyloves2read
The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
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Pickpick

First, I‘d like to thank Goodreads for this book that I won on their app. I found it very interesting. The topic is the Klondike gold rush fascinates me. I liked learning about the Barry, Bush and Lowell families. The story gives a true example of what comes around goes around. I have very strong feelings about one character in particular who I found to be very evil. I won‘t say more,
So as to avoid a spoiler. I highly recommend this book.

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intothehallofbooks
The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
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Pickpick

While my family went skiing, I stayed in the cabin with the pup! I finished the tagged book, which I received a while back as an early copy from the publisher.

I‘m giving it a low pick because I loved the 1890‘s Klondike chapters, but didn‘t love the 2015 present-day storyline. The 1890‘s Gold Rush chapters were exciting and thrilling and the Berry family‘s greed propelled the story. The 2015 chapters…

intothehallofbooks …had potential but really needed more page time to develop and resolve some of its plot points. The end left me feeling empty after the big thrill of the Klondike chapters. I actually think the present day chapters could be a separate novel because so much went on in such a small amount of pages. 3mo
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intothehallofbooks
The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
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My first read of 2014! One-third thru and really enjoying it. I can‘t say I‘ve read many Gold Rush stories. Man, I love the Yukon Territory setting. #currentlyreading

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Suet624
The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
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Mehso-so

From the #TOB24 long list. I listened to it, which always dulls a story down for me.

A multi-generational story of the Yukon Gold Rush and the resulting riches. The story had both too much detail and not enough, if that makes sense. Two storylines to follow, with one of them being completely unnecessary.

Megabooks Sorry you didn‘t like it. 👎🏻 3mo
Suet624 @Megabooks I really think I shouldn't listen to fiction. The stories just never settle into me the same way it would if I had physically read the book. Nonfiction on audio is perfectly fine for some reason, but not fiction. 3mo
Megabooks yes, fiction is much harder for me on audio as well. I can do it, but in months like December, where my fiction listening is higher (due to tob and few new nonfiction releases that aren‘t self help), I get a bit overwhelmed. I‘m trying Julia again on Spotify. Okay so far…🤔🤷🏻‍♀️ (edited) 3mo
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Hooked_on_books
The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
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Pickpick

I loved the Yukon setting for this gold rush novel and quite enjoyed most of it. But I do have some quibbles. It has a modern day storyline that I felt added little and the book would have been better without. There are also a couple of odd structural choices on how info on certain characters is delivered to the reader that I would have liked smoothed out. A low pick for me from the #tob24 longlist.

squirrelbrain Great review, making me reconsider though after @Megabooks really liked it! 3mo
Megabooks I can see what you‘re saying about the present-day storyline. (Plus that was the weaker narrator imo.) Great review! 3mo
Hooked_on_books @Megabooks I completely agree with you on the narrator. She sounded like a kid! I realize the character had wealth-related naivety, but the voice kept throwing me off, as I was trying to make her much younger than the character is, which didn‘t work. 3mo
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Megabooks
The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
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Pickpick

If you‘re into sweeping historical family sagas, this one‘s for you! I don‘t always love them, but Alice‘s greed and conniving totally drew me in. Great character!

After striking it rich in the Klondike gold rush, Alice‘s sister takes her up to care for her. While there, Alice looks to enrich herself while cutting off a local indigenous family. In the present day, Alice‘s descendant looks to right this wrong. A good look at white guilt. #tob24

Megabooks Available on #hoopla! 3mo
squirrelbrain Not one I fancied, but your review is making me think again….. 🤔 3mo
Megabooks @squirrelbrain I was really surprised by how much I liked this! 3mo
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Ruthiella I do like the sweeping historical saga from time to time! 👍 3mo
Suet624 Thanks for letting us know it‘s on hoopla. My library‘s daily borrowing limit for the entire library is such that I have to wake up at midnight to get a book. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3mo
willaful @Suet624 The things we do! 😂 3mo
Megabooks @Suet624 wow! I‘ve never heard of a library having that problem. But I don‘t use hoopla very often outside of tob season. I just don‘t find it as intuitive to browse as Libby. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I hope you‘re able to get some of these good tob reads on there though! I think this is my fifth title from the longlist off hoopla. 3mo
Megabooks @willaful right?! 3mo
Megabooks @Ruthiella I really enjoyed this one! 3mo
Suet624 @willaful Woke up at 3 am and grabbed it from Hoopla. 😊 3mo
Megabooks @Suet624 I hope it‘s worth it! 🤞🏻😁😁 (edited) 3mo
Suet624 Me too. 😂😂 3mo
Chelsea.Poole Great review! 3mo
Chelsea.Poole @Suet624 wow! Our library reserves 10 borrows per person for the month. Seems a bit dog-eat-dog to reset each day and share borrows with all fellow cardholders 😱 3mo
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tokorowilliamwallace
The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
Mehso-so

Much disappointment here. It needed more context for the characters and more of what was sparsely provided in the contemporary thread in investigating the past. But I like the narration of the females, the social commentary, the fact that it was character -driven. I usually go for this sort of thing, but it didn't really work for me this time around.

AshleyHoss820 I wish you a better connection with your next read! ☺️ 3mo
tokorowilliamwallace @AshleyHoss820 All reading is experimental for me, and I'm a frequently shifting mood reader. It can be hard to explain or determine criteria for what works with me regarding audiobooks, but for some reason I just had more expectations as I got further into the book. I guess just the first chapter piquing me way more than the beginning of the thread relating the past following it stuck with me. I'll tag my next audiobook borrow. 3mo
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Addison_Reads
The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
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Pickpick

#tob24 longlist

I found myself pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this one. There is so much detail in this story. I'll admit that at times, I found myself asking why the author was telling me every miniscule detail of the way something looked or the supplies being used, but it really does all come together to enrich the story.

This book might not be for everyone, but fans of sweeping historical tales like East of Eden will like it.

Suet624 My soul is chock full of stories of greed and I can‘t take any more at the moment but the book does sound interesting. Maybe later. 😊 4mo
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BarbaraBB That is quite the recommendation! I loved East of Eden and your review. Stacking again! 4mo
Ruthiella I‘ll keep this in mind for when I feel like reading a sweeping family saga. 👍 4mo
squirrelbrain This was one I didn‘t really fancy but your review has made me change my mind. 🤔 4mo
Deblovestoread Stacked! 4mo
Hooked_on_books Nice! I was looking at this one before the longlist came out and definitely plan to read it. Sounds really good! 4mo
Megabooks Excited to listen soon on hoopla! 4mo
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The_Penniless_Author
The Sisters Brothers | Patrick DeWitt
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Easy one this month. The Sisters Brothers is my favorite Patrick DeWitt novel and maybe the best book I've read all year.

2. Escape Velocity. I've already read all 5 of Charles Portis's novels, so this collection of articles, short stories, scripts, and other miscellany is the last new-to-me writing of his I'll ever get to read.

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @Yuki_Onna @dabbe @IuliaC @ImperfectCJ @Ruthiella

TheSpineView I need to read that book. Thanks for playing!❤️📖 4mo
ImperfectCJ Thanks for the tag! 4mo
Ruthiella Thanks for the tag! I also really loved 4mo
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 🤩 And book is #stacked! 4mo
IuliaC Thanks for the tag! I'm also interested in the tagged book 👍🤩 4mo
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