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The Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes

Start date: December 28, 2019

Finish date: January 3, 2020

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Dec 19, 2019 ♥ Sandi ❣ rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-on-books, library, 351-more-pages-or-more, to-50-state-list, historical-history, 1-have

4 stars

Surprise, surprise! This is an author that I have not liked in any past book - I have not even been able to finish any of her past books - regardless of all the high reviews she has been given.

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I have given this book 4 stars! I really did enjoy it. I felt it started out much like The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson which I had just read, and really liked, but once into the story it veered off into different territory, while still talking about the book w ...more

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May 16, 2020 Martha☀ rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, historical

It is 1937 in remote Kentucky. A group of misfit and outcast women band together to form the area's first pack horse library unit, delivering books to folks who live at the fringes of society and bringing the joys of reading, literature and knowledge to their sheltered worlds. Either the women were strong-willed to start with or they became that way while carrying out their jobs but these women are put face-to-face with discrimination and gender role misconduct on a daily basis and they stand ta ...more

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Mar 31, 2020 Peggy rated it it was amazing

I read this book a few months ago. It still stays in my head. The courage of the women, the misogyny that is revealed, and all the efforts they make to overcome the challenges was so impressive. I loved this book!

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Oct 31, 2019 Cathy Ferringo rated it it was amazing

This is the first book of hers that I've read. I love a good story about pioneers (not that this is exactly) and I love books and libraries, plus have heard that she's a much-loved author. So that's why I decided to read it - a mishmash of half logical, reasons.

The thing that kept me reading and ultimately giving a 5 star was the characters. I loved this book so much. It seemed a bit slow at first to me but then at some point i got obsessed with reading it.

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