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[LA]

Oddly, the book was an award winner and lauded because it was about a couple who were faithfully married to one another "til death did them part." People truly do have all sorts of tastes in literature.

[Angela M]

I finished Father's Day. 4 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Diane S ☔]

Read Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[LA]

Gone With the Wind was published on this date in 1936! Great piece from Smithsonian.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cu...

[Clara]

I read The Dollmaker many years ago and loved it, though I think it was incredibly sad. Saw the movie too. Being from Kentucky, I know many stories of people who had to move away to get jobs.

[Brina]

I'm determined to finish Gone With the Wind today. 160 pages to go. Kids are on their own for lunch.

[Jane]

Gone with the wind changed the course of my life .
I read it over one weekend and the family ate cucumber sandwiches :). As that was all they can "cook "

[Diane S ☔]

Olivia De Havilland, the last remaining GWTW cast member, is 100 years old today.

Finished I Will Send Rain
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Diane S ☔ wrote: "Olivia De Havilland, the last remaining GWTW cast member, is 100 years old today."

Her birthday was Friday. Very impressive!

[Brina]

I saw that. Down to 140 pages and need to spend some time with the kids. We are cleaning a cabinet. Oh, Melly either she is the strongest character in the book or the weakest. Still need to finish to decide.

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I'm about 40 pages into Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Totally sucked in.

[Kim]

CL, CL is on my tbr list, may move to my "on-deck" list soon.

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Breaux wrote: "I'm about 40 pages into Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Totally sucked in."

That was my first experience with Tom Franklin. I really enjoyed it.

[LA]

Ooooooooo!!!! CROOKED LETTER is Franklin's best!

[Janie]

Brina, about Melanie, she's certainly the classiest,

[Jane]

I agree CL is his best wonderful !

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

LeAnne wrote: "Ooooooooo!!!! CROOKED LETTER is Franklin's best!"

Does that mean I should quit while I'm ahead and not read Hell at the Breech ?

[Jane]

I have just ordered Hell at the Breech

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Noooooo, Hell at the Breach is awesome! One of my favorite reads this year.

[LA]

If you are already reading Hell @ B, keep going!

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

LeAnne wrote: "If you are already reading Hell @ B, keep going!"
I wanted to pick it as a Mod's choice but I just saw that it has already been done.

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Hell at the Breech has been done, and was a great read and discussion. But for my money, Crooked Letter was a better book. The character of Larry Ott will stay with me forever.
I don't think we've read "Smonk" yet.

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

I'm also considering Cane River, The Known World or Homegoing.

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I went pretty light with Carrying Albert Home so I thought I go with something a bit weightier.

[Diane S ☔]

All of those are good, Tom.

[Brina]

I've heard good things about Homegoing.

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Brina wrote: "I've heard good things about Homegoing."

I missed out on a chance to see the author last month but she's coming back to an even closer bookstore in a couple weeks.

[Carol]

I am reading The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam (1971-1984 Bangkadesh), The Snake Catcher's Daughter by Michael Pearce (1917 Egypt) and Rise the Dark by Michael Koryta (contemporary), and enjoying each greatly.

[LA]

Smonk would be awesome!!!

[Brina]

I reserved Redemption Road and Free State of Jones to read and surprise neither won. Looking forward to reading both- they're on deck- along with Absalom's Daughters, thanks, Tom. Next will be Life on the Mississippi. Only 95 pages of GWTW to go, and I don't want to go into a slump!

[Angela M]

I finished I Will Send Rain. 5 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tina]

Diane wrote: "Hell at the Breech has been done, and was a great read and discussion. But for my money, Crooked Letter was a better book. The character of Larry Ott will stay with me forever.
I don't think we've..."

LeAnne wrote: "Ooooooooo!!!! CROOKED LETTER is Franklin's best!"
Larry Ott is a character you cannot forget.

[Tina]

Brina wrote: "I saw that. Down to 140 pages and need to spend some time with the kids. We are cleaning a cabinet. Oh, Melly either she is the strongest character in the book or the weakest. Still need to finish ..."

Anxious to see what you think about Melanie in the end.

[Brina]

I'm done!!! Tina, I thought Melanie at the end was a cruel twist but necessary or Scarlett would never have realized who she actually loved and where her life path actually lied. My review is on my profile but I can't cut/paste on my phone so y'all can read it there. I've heard mixed reviews about Scarlett- either love or hate- and I'm not sure if I should read it. I'm savoring GWTW for awhile first before I make that decision.

[Jane]

Scarlette I found dreadful and a waste of time -the novel not Margaret Mitchell s heroine

[Tina]

Scarlet cannot hold a candle to the classic Gone With the Wind.

[Tina]

And that should be Scarlett with two tt's.

[Brina]

Tina I didn't think so. Curiously, did the Margaret Mitchell estate really authorize Donald McCraig to write Rhett Butler's People and Ruth's Story. These have gotten slightly better reviews to Scarlett but why alter perceptions with these modern stories. Truthly if Mitchell lived today would she have developed a website like Pottermore and written these back stories herself?

[LA]

Reading "Bottomland" and really enjoying it so far. I am on my phone and cannot see if the polls for August closed and the choices have been decided. Do we know what those books will be yet? Thanks.

[Angela M]

Definitely a good one , LeAnne.

I'm reading "Marlene" , biographical novel about Marlene Dietrich- fascinating so far.

[Doug H]

LeAnne wrote: "...I am on my phone and cannot see if the polls for August closed and the choices have been decided. Do we know what those books will be yet? Thanks."

The Death of Sweet Mister (yay!) and The Thread That Runs So True

[Doug H]

Only 3 pre-1980 nominations for August? How could that possibly be? I'm bummed I missed the window for nominating while I was on vacation and unplugged.

[Kim]

Just finished Rivers, which I found very exciting and well worth reading. Looking forward to his new one. Am still working on Lie Down in Darkness, should finish it this week. For my holiday treat. I am reading Massacre Pond by Paul Doiron, about a game warden in Maine, which is only Southern in relation to Canada, but which I find to be great reads. Also, about 1/2 way through Lady Susan & making good progress in North & South (Mrs Gaskell, not John Jakes).

[LA]

Sweeeeeeeet Mister!!!! Daniel Woodrell is fabulous!

[Brina]

I just added to my TBR. Woodrell is a new author for me so I'm excited. Not the book I chose but I have a relatively quiet July so I'll read Redemption Road and Free State of Jones this month.

[Kim]

I know! The choices for August were all books I wanted to read. I may get to them...I ordered Gods in Alabama because I wanted to read another Joshilyn Jackson anyway. Winter's Bone was a big hit with all my family, Woodrell's voice is so distinctive.

[Brina]

I got Redemption Road to read this week seeing that it didn't win the group read for next month. I also gort Twain's Life on the Mississippi. More importantly the library had my copy of Gone With the Wind on dvd!!!

[Carol]

I posted my 5-star review of James Sallis' Willnot. It fits the broader definition of Southern appreciated by this group, generally, and is not to be missed. Here's the link:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Your review convinced me, Carol. I hope my library has it.

[Carol]

Diane wrote: "Your review convinced me, Carol. I hope my library has it."

I hope so, too, Diane. You were one of the friends I thought would really enjoy this. It has a fair amount of great humor, too, just FYI. I tend to notice the beauty in the bleak and skip mentions of lightness and humor when they are present in the same work.

[Diane S ☔]

Finished Marrow Island
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...