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Soubhiville
Shiner | Amy Jo Burns
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Shiner started a little slow for me, but once it got going it was good. It‘s told from multiple POVs, each giving a different look at the same events. A lot of it is sad, but I have hope for the characters who are still with us at the end.

I chose this for #WestVirginia for #readthestates2021.

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Soubhiville
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I chose this for #Nevada for #readthestates2021.

I wasn‘t sure what to expect when I started this, but wound up really enjoying it. It‘s a thriller, kind of, but has deeper characters than I think a lot of thriller have. I wound definitely read more by this author.

A boy finds the body of his math teacher in the woods, and several people in the small desert town set out to figure out how he wound up there.

Multiple audio narrators, well done.

tracy.anne8 The town this book is based on is the town my husband grew up in. I also grew up about 2 hours from there. I had no idea this book existed. I'll have to let him know! 3y
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Soubhiville
Weekly Forecast | Thomas Gibson Inc
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#weeklyforecast

I‘m hoping to read Last Night at the Telegraph Club in the next couple of days for #LMPBC so I can send it along to the next reader. And I‘m listening to The Distant Dead on audio for #Nevada for #ReadtheStates2021. Both are good so far 🙂

The rest of the week is dependent on which library holds come through for me. I‘m looking forward to all 3 of these!

Have a great reading week!

rockpools I feel like I need to stack a bunch of these - they sound great! 3y
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Soubhiville
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My February wrap up. 📚😊

Favorites were The Bird Way and Detransition, Baby.

I added South Carolina, Delaware, Colorado, and Illinois for #readthestates2021.

Crazeedi Well done!👏📚 3y
AmyG Wow. Good job! 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks How was Mina? I loved Nina 💛💛 3y
Gissy Amazing! 📚📚📚👏👏👏👏 3y
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Soubhiville
The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros
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This is a very fast read, written in mostly one or two page vignettes. My favorite was about a neighbor giving three pairs of heels to three little girls and the fun they had trying them on and learning to walk in them, then realizing men were looking at them differently and abandoning the shoes.

Read for #Illinois #ReadTheStates2021

Lindy I read The House on Mango Street years ago and it left a deep, positive impression on me. The reason I love novels told in stories or, as in this case, vignettes, is because of the way a multifaceted texture develops. The place is vivid in my mind. Have you enjoyed other books where the setting is so important to the story? 3y
Soubhiville @Lindy I do love novels with a strong sense of place. Short stories are hard for me to connect with though. 3y
Soubhiville @Lindy there are definitely exceptions though... I loved Lauren Groff‘s Florida. Which definitely has the spirit of the land almost as a character. 3y
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Lindy @Soubhiville I think of novels-told-in-stories as a good entry point for readers who don‘t usually like short stories. You are proof that I am wrong. 🤗 3y
Lindy @Soubhiville I‘ve been meaning to read Florida for ages. Must get to it one of these days. 😊 3y
Soubhiville @Lindy I also really liked There There by Tommy Orange and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, which I think of in kind of the same vein? Maybe I didn‘t love Mango Street because of the YA lean? Or it could just be a case of reading it at the wrong time. I might love it at another point in my life. 🤷‍♀️ 3y
Lindy @Soubhiville Yes, right book at the wrong time is definitely a possibility. Our brains are funny that way. 3y
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