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scarletwoman

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20. So busy talking about other books, I didn't get around to posting about the book I'm reading now.

Reply to getting old in mke (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2014, 06:00 PM

May 2014

Shadow Country by the late Peter Matthiessen.

Haven't gotten very far into it yet. It's a strange story and incredibly dense - not to mention, nearly 900 pages long. I'm only 60 pages in, because I have to keep back-tracking - I'm having a difficult time keeping track of all the characters.

The writing is wonderful, of course, but this clearly isn't a book that one can breeze through. It's taking quite a bit of concentration. The story takes place in a section of the Everglades called Ten Thousand Islands, in the years around the Civil war up to the early 1900s. It's a completely foreign landscape to me.

I'm giving it a try, anyway.

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What are you reading the week of May 18th, 2014? [View all] getting old in mke May 2014 OP

Thanks for starting the thread. My internet connection has been out for around 24 hours. Enthusiast May 2014 #1

I'm a Sandford, fan, too! scarletwoman May 2014 #2

Thank you. Enthusiast May 2014 #3

The fun thing for me about Sandford is that he's a Minnesota writer. scarletwoman May 2014 #10

I wondered about that. Enthusiast May 2014 #13

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Oh, that's a very good book! scarletwoman May 2014 #9

Nice! SheilaT May 2014 #11

It always makes me happy to know that someone else has read something I've read too! scarletwoman May 2014 #12

OK ladies, you sold me TexasProgresive May 2014 #15

Does your library do inter-library loans? If they do, you could maybe get her other books that way. scarletwoman May 2014 #17

Yes we have inter-library loans TexasProgresive May 2014 #22

:D (nt) scarletwoman May 2014 #23

In the Woods is a wonderful book. I listened to it on CD 2 years ago when I japple May 2014 #14

I have 2 choices available TexasProgresive May 2014 #8

The Game bravenak May 2014 #16

Thank you, just downloaded The Game. antiquie May 2014 #18

You are going to like it. bravenak May 2014 #19

I do read a lot of dystopian fiction. antiquie May 2014 #21

So busy talking about other books, I didn't get around to posting about the book I'm reading now. scarletwoman May 2014 #20

The Shee, Joe Donnelly - really good horror book, never published in the US though. closeupready May 2014 #24