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This book is hard to describe. It‘s had some beautiful vignettes and gorgeous descriptions of nature. Parts are very disturbing and not easy to read. It‘s was our April Bookclub pick. Thank you @Cathythoughts for choosing it. I don‘t think I‘d have read it otherwise and I would have missed the wonderful prose and characters. It will stay with me for a long time.

My original book club kicked off with this one back in 2010, and my newer book club selected it for this April. It‘s been 14 years since I read this, & I still found it to be an emotionally captivating story. I listened to the truly excellent audio performances this time around & I found myself listening at every chance, even though I remembered the story quite well. Reception to this one has since shifted so I‘m looking forward to discussing it!

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Today‘s Prompt: ONE WORD TITLE

The book was compelling...the chapters were divided into the description of and the tales of the main characters' lives, past and present.

Mudbound was a portrayal of what life was like in Mississippi in the 1940's during and after WWII.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/173975602

Thankyou @emmasm08 for saying I‘d like this one. I really did like it. Great storytelling and characters and mostly I loved that it was so human. ❤️

Absolutely wonderful

Reading it now …. Finished it this afternoon - I loved it ! Just a great read about the complexities of life and love .

So good! Very hard to read at times, but so so good.

Book 1 - Done ✅

#readyourkindle #readyourebooks @CBee

In keeping with my string of #weirdwords that English AUGHT to have from last week… While reading this I looked up “Pageant of Birds” to see if it was a common thing in southern churches I wasn‘t familiar with. Turns out it was a one-off fundraiser event in this particular church to raise money for a new piano. But… my search led me down an internet 🐇🕳️ suggesting “Pageant of Pigeons” as a communal noun, which I love!👇🏼

Amazing photographic record of depression era Mississippi. Apparently Welty‘s first job post college was as a photographer for the Works Progress Administration, but unsurprisingly the storyteller took her camera & sort of did her own thing. She may not have been a master photographer, but these images unlock a whole world I realized no one‘s ever really talked to me about, even though my grandmother lived through it just a few states over. #20in4