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Task #20: Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK
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By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1679 views
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I didn't want this to end, which says a lot for a 900 page book. Firstly, this is a good example of genre prejudice - I know you are saying, but I don't read westerns (or romance, or sci-fi, or fantasy....)! Limiting our preconceived notions about what genres outside our comfort zone might have to offer can limit our reading experience. I hear this most often about romance, but it applies here as well too. Try a few. Read a new genre, you might be pleasantly surprised.
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Epic and Sweeping are always used to describe this modern classic western (is that a thing?) but I can't think of two better words! The characters of Lonesome Dove come to life and the scope of the novel is quite encompassing as Gus, Call & co live, fight, love, and die between Mexico and Canada. It was gritty, vivid, and so hilarious. I kept imagining it as a movie directed by the Coens as I read the dialogue between characters. It took me all summer to read this book and I always hated to put
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well he had me up till the weird perspective change mid paragraph... is that like a thing he does? I think i'll just watch the miniseries :D
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Jan 14, 2011
Nicki
rated it
it was amazing
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Sep 15, 2011
gremlinkitten
marked it as to-read-own
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