Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0618919716 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0618919716 Global Overview for this book
Registered by 
SqueakyChu
of Rockville, Maryland USA on 11/12/2017
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
SqueakyChu of Rockville, Maryland USA on 11/12/2017 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
I selected this book on 11/11/17 at newly reopened The Book Thing of Baltimore. Thank you so much!
I know someone who could really use this book!
I know someone who could really use this book!
I am releasing this book at the annual BookCrossing Holiday Party at the home of authorauthor. I am releasing this book (3 of 3) to melydia because I know that she really, really wants it! At least this copy of the book has a nice cover. ;)
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I'm releasing this book for the following BookCrossing challenges:
***The 2017 What's in a Name Release Challenge hosted by DragonGoddess . The title of this book contains the name REE.
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Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
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Enjoy the book!
One of the multiple copies given to me by my loving friends at BCinDC. You see, I have a bit of a history with this book, which has now become a joke among my friends, who attempt to find me copies whenever possible.
The funny thing is that I don't even have strong feelings about the book itself, as I said when I first read it back in 2005:
Will Tweedy was 14 years old and living in Cold Sassy, Georgia, in the summer of 1906 when his grandpa came home one day to announce he was marrying a woman half his age, not three weeks after the death of his first wife, Will’s grandmother. The town, of course, is scandalized, and continues to be so as the story wears on. This is more of a “slice of life” depiction than much of a story – the author starts with a setting (the town of Cold Sassy) and a premise (Grandpa’s new bride), and meanders through clever little anecdotes and asides for a while until the author decides it’s time to end the story and starts killing off characters. This is not a bad story, just a fairly standard one. I don’t have very strong feelings about it either way. The constant backcountry dialect got kind of old, but I feel that way about all books narrated in dialect so that’s not exactly serious criticism. On the other hand, I could hear all the characters in my head with no problem. In the end, if you like this era of historical fiction, you’ll enjoy the feeling of living in Cold Sassy; if you prefer more plot-driven stories where everything happens for a reason, you might want to skip this one.
Anyway, I hope to continue this copy's journey soon.
The funny thing is that I don't even have strong feelings about the book itself, as I said when I first read it back in 2005:
Will Tweedy was 14 years old and living in Cold Sassy, Georgia, in the summer of 1906 when his grandpa came home one day to announce he was marrying a woman half his age, not three weeks after the death of his first wife, Will’s grandmother. The town, of course, is scandalized, and continues to be so as the story wears on. This is more of a “slice of life” depiction than much of a story – the author starts with a setting (the town of Cold Sassy) and a premise (Grandpa’s new bride), and meanders through clever little anecdotes and asides for a while until the author decides it’s time to end the story and starts killing off characters. This is not a bad story, just a fairly standard one. I don’t have very strong feelings about it either way. The constant backcountry dialect got kind of old, but I feel that way about all books narrated in dialect so that’s not exactly serious criticism. On the other hand, I could hear all the characters in my head with no problem. In the end, if you like this era of historical fiction, you’ll enjoy the feeling of living in Cold Sassy; if you prefer more plot-driven stories where everything happens for a reason, you might want to skip this one.
Anyway, I hope to continue this copy's journey soon.
Journal Entry 4 by 
Melydia
at Exxon on 211 at General Dr. in Luray, Virginia USA on Sunday, March 25, 2018
Melydia at Exxon on 211 at General Dr. in Luray, Virginia USA on Sunday, March 25, 2018
Released 6 yrs ago (3/24/2018 UTC) at Exxon on 211 at General Dr. in Luray, Virginia USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on a ledge near the pump.
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I really hope you enjoy the book you found! When you’re done reading it, you can make another journal entry with your comments here to let me know what you thought of it. You can keep the book forever and ever or pass it on to someone else. If you’re giving it to someone directly, make another journal entry saying so. If you choose to leave it somewhere “in the wild” for anyone to catch, make release notes that indicate where you left it. If you register, you will be alerted by e-mail each time someone makes another journal entry. It’s all confidential (you’re known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Then you can track this book as it goes on its journey!
