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Bam, I'm excited that this was your favorite new release of 2016. I'm reading it for Week 1 of 2017, a book from the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards. I'm planning to start it tomorrow. I can't wait!
Oh, I hope you like it as much as I did!
Starting this Jan 6 for Week 1 - Goodreads Choice Awards. I join you, Katie, in this effort!!
Celia wrote: "Starting this Jan 6 for Week 1 - Goodreads Choice Awards. I join you, Katie, in this effort!!"Enjoy!!
Is this an epistolary novel? I started listening to the audiobook, and it seems like it probably is. I might save it for that week.
Zaz wrote: "Yes, it's epistolary :)"Oh yes, definitely
Nice. I was having trouble deciding what to pick for that category, so this will be perfect.
I read this book for the 2018 ATY challenge Week 24: a book with a map.Sophie and Allen Forrester, joined together in their hearts and lives, endure hardship apart. He on a military assignment to explore and map an area of the newly opened territory of Alaska that has refused to be mapped and explored. Sophie at the military post in Vancouver, WA, while she awaits his return. They are both looking forward to the birth of their child and being reunited before the next winter. Both face hardships and loss during this time they are apart. And both seem to face mysterious spirits. It is a hard book to put down. Based on a historic exploration, it is a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat as Col. Forrester and his men face a harsh Alaskan winter, spring, and summer. It is impossible to even imagine those hardships.
Valerie wrote: "I read this book for the 2018 ATY challenge Week 24: a book with a map.Sophie and Allen Forrester, joined together in their hearts and lives, endure hardship apart. He on a military assignment to..."
Very nice review. I 5 starred this book too.
Superb!!! I was completely immersed in this novel from the first line to the last. Using it for #20 - A book featuring an indigenous people.
"With gorgeous descriptions of the Alaskan wilds and a vivid cast of characters -- including Forrester, his wife Sophie, a mysterious Eyak guide, and a Native American woman who joins the expedition - TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD is an epic tale of one of America's last frontiers, combining myth, history, romance, and adventure."
Excellent--highly recommend! My favorite new book for 2016.