All the Pretty Horses Informal Buddy Read - July 2022

[Lea]

All the Pretty Horses tells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Across the border Mexico beckons—beautiful and desolate, rugged and cruelly civilized. With two companions, he sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.

It's by Cormac McCarthy who is also the author of The Road and No Country for Old Men.

Join Alissa, Lea and hopefully Kim E too.

[Alissa]

I FINALLY got the ebook in so I'll probably start this upcoming weekend!

[Lea]

Alissa wrote: "I FINALLY got the ebook in so I'll probably start this upcoming weekend!"

Yay! I'll do the same! Have you seen the movie?

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

I wish your hearts the best of luck. This was a top 10 book for me, easily.

Starts off adventurous, then a love story and then .....

Good luck and I hope you both put this in the top 10

[Lea]

Alondra wrote: "I wish your hearts the best of luck. This was a top 10 book for me, easily.

Starts off adventurous, then a love story and then .....

Good luck and I hope you both put this in the top 10"

Oooh, I hope so too. It really looks so good.

[Alissa]

Alondra wrote: "I wish your hearts the best of luck. This was a top 10 book for me, easily.

Starts off adventurous, then a love story and then .....

Good luck and I hope you both put this in the top 10"

Now I'm intrigued, that says a lot coming from Book Enabler extraordinaire!

[Lea]

I'm really loving this book right now. I can see why others wouldn't care so much about it, but the writing is beautiful. I like what he chooses to say and what he chooses not to say, I am sensing some foreshadowing for what's about to come. "A good looking horse is like a good looking woman...They're always more trouble than what they're worth." Ut-oh!

[Lea]

If this is Cormac McCarthy at his most lighthearted, I'd hate to read something he finds truly dark and bleak.

I'm still loving the book, even though I fear it will break my heart when I finish it.

There's not much happening, but yet everything is happening.

[Alissa]

I am loving Jimmy Blevins so much. The descriptive writing is just stunning

[Lea]

Alissa wrote: "I am loving Jimmy Blevins so much. The descriptive writing is just stunning"

You do know it is all up to you as to whether Ioana is going to try this one. I shifted responsibility to you. I'm shifty like that. And there is an F in there. Although the other probably applies as well. :-)

I always wonder why McCarthy goes on and on about some of the detail and then sometimes it comes back full circle.

Where are you in the book?

[Alissa]

Lea wrote: "Alissa wrote: "I am loving Jimmy Blevins so much. The descriptive writing is just stunning"

You do know it is all up to you as to whether Ioana is going to try this one. I shifted responsibility t..."

I don't even know where to tell you where i am LOL i'm 35% in (I went on vacation and actually FORGOT my e-reader. I'm so ashamed) and there's a lot of horse riding and talking lol . But I am enjoying it even though it's a slow pace

[Lea]

Alissa wrote: "I don't even know where to tell you where i am LOL i'm 35% in (I went on vacation and actually FORGOT my e-reader. I'm so ashamed) and there's a lot of horse riding and talking lol . But I am enjoying it even though it's a slow pace"

Horse riding and talking? I mean that's pretty much the entire book. LOL.

I'm just surprised you went on vacation without your e-reader! That's such an important step in any packing job. But I hope you had a great time! :-)

[Alissa]

I ended up rating it 3 stars. The ending bummed me out. Ha! But I loved the author's descriptive language. Just stunning