Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 9780440514428 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingSqNutZipswing of Silver Spring, Maryland USA on 10/4/2018
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Journal Entry 1 by wingSqNutZipswing from Silver Spring, Maryland USA on Thursday, October 4, 2018
I found this book at the Friends of the Library book sale , Hoover Library , Hoover, Alabama last Saturday.

This book caught my eye because there is an ongoing Hx. with this book and the BCinDC group and Bookcrosser "melydia" in particular. I got this book to add to "melydia's" already vast collection of "Cold Sassy Tree" books.

BTW, the Hoover Library is the best library I have seen. It's just plain fantastic.
An experience. Not to be missed.

Journal Entry 2 by wingSqNutZipswing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Thursday, October 4, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (10/4/2018 UTC) at Rockville, Maryland USA

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Journal Entry 3 by wingMelydiawing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Friday, October 5, 2018
This was left in my Little Free Library. I was inclined to let it be until someone else picked it up but there was a "for melydia" note rubberbanded to it so I figured that was a hint for me to journal it before sending it on its way. :)

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.

Journal Entry 4 by wingMelydiawing at LFL - Manorfield Rd (5311) #77591 in Rockville, Maryland USA on Saturday, October 6, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (10/6/2018 UTC) at LFL - Manorfield Rd (5311) #77591 in Rockville, Maryland USA

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Journal Entry 5 by byrneg at Rockville, Maryland USA on Thursday, March 14, 2019
Picked this up out of Little Free Library #77591 on my walk back home from Safeway. Don't know when I'll read it, but when I'm done I'll release it into another neighborhood LFL

Journal Entry 6 by byrneg at Rockville, Maryland USA on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Loved the book and wanted to release it back into the wild, but it fell apart as I was reading it. RIP, little book, you gave me pleasure!

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