Mr. Tall

by Tony Earley | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0316246123 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingSqueakyChuwing of Rockville, Maryland USA on 6/3/2019
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Journal Entry 1 by wingSqueakyChuwing from Rockville, Maryland USA on Monday, June 3, 2019
This hardcover was donated to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) as a leftover from the yard sale at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum - Baltimore County. Thank you!

Journal Entry 2 by wingSqueakyChuwing at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (6/18/2019 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA

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I'm releasing this book for...

***The 2019 June Bride Release Challenge hosted by NancyNova. This book's tile contains the word MR.

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Enjoy the book!

Journal Entry 3 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Sunday, June 30, 2019
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to release elsewhere.

Journal Entry 4 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, July 2, 2019
I was going to release this book, but I started glancing through it and decided I needed to read it! I just finished the first story which was about a married North Carolina couple who visited their daughter in Wilmington and then decided to travel up the North Carolina coast. I loved that story because of the setting and the humorous way the story of the couple was told. The story was called “Haunted Castles of the Barrier Islands”.

Journal Entry 5 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, July 9, 2019
This was a very enjoyable collection of short stories. I actually encountered this book by chance. I'd never heard of the author before, but I just started glancing at the title story out of curiosity. Before I knew it, I'd finished reading the whole book.

The real hook for me was that the first story, "Haunted Castles of the Barrier Islands", was set in familiar places along the shore of North Carolina. I related easily to the couple traveling from the southern shores of that state to the Outer Banks. I also remember quite a drive through heavy fog on the ocean-side highway. The memories this story brought me carried me through this story ..and then the entire book.

Every story was completely different, each with its own quirky characters. One character, Fieldin Kohler, in the story "The Cryptozoologist" was described like this..."an emaciated praying mantis of a man who stuffed the legs of his paint-spattered chinos into knee-high fringed moccasins." You want to learn more about this character, right? He was a music teacher.

There are lines throughout that will make you laugh out loud. The last story, sort of a fantasy novella was called "Jack and the Mad Dog". One of its characters was Tom Dooley. A line from this story was..."Tom Dooley hung down his head." Yeah. Right. Haha!

Another few lines that cracked me up were these..."The next morning, she took to town the credit card that her father had given her to use in case of emergency and purchased a chain saw (Later when her father received the bill, he canceled the card.)"

Descriptions of everything from the changing settings to the personalities of the characters were very detailed and colorful. This was quite a delightful reading experience. The stories were intertwined, sometimes with just the name of a place; at other times, with some of the same characters! It was interesting to me as well to to find Jewish characters popping up out of nowhere. This was rural North Carolina!

Oh, my! Do give me more books by this author to read!

Journal Entry 6 by wingSqueakyChuwing at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Friday, October 9, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (10/9/2020 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA

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Journal Entry 7 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to release elsewhere.

Journal Entry 8 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Alexandria, Virginia USA on Saturday, July 17, 2021

Released 2 yrs ago (7/17/2021 UTC) at Alexandria, Virginia USA

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I'm releasing this book at the home of ResQGeek for our first post-pandemic real life meetup.

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Journal Entry 9 by ResQgeek at Alexandria, Virginia USA on Saturday, July 17, 2021
This was one of the books left on the table after today's BC-in-DC gathering at my house. I'm putting it aside to release into the wild.

Journal Entry 10 by ResQgeek at LFL - Tassia Dr. #46533 in Alexandria, Virginia USA on Sunday, July 18, 2021

Released 2 yrs ago (7/18/2021 UTC) at LFL - Tassia Dr. #46533 in Alexandria, Virginia USA

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Journal Entry 11 by wingAnonymousFinderwing at Alexandria, Virginia USA on Saturday, July 15, 2023
Found this gem in Little Free Library in Island Creek area of Alexandria VA. Planning to take it on vacation next week in southwest Virginia.

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