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The Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes

Start date: December 28, 2019

Finish date: January 3, 2020

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May 21, 2024 Lynn H rated it really liked it

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I received this book almost 5 years ago so didn’t remember what it was about when I finally picked it to read. I was so excited to find out early on that I would be reading about a traveling library in rural Kentucky! And with it written by Jojo Moyes, I knew I would enjoy it. And I did. The setting is beautiful and the strong female characters are greatly entertaining, to say the least. The main reason I couldn’t give it a 5 is because the final chapter is a little too sappy with its individual ...more

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May 01, 2020 Literaturealatte (Jalyn) rated it it was amazing

This was my first JoJo Moyes book and she did not disappoint! I tend to gravitate toward books that take place on the South and this one takes place in the 1930’s, which also drew me to it.

Alice Van Cleave is a young wife trying to fit in, in her husband’s rural Kentucky town, having originally been from England. She volunteers for the packhorse library at a town meeting hoping to get to know other women and put herself out there. You meet some of the strongest women with the packhorse library. ...more

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