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I didn't have high hopes for this book because it didn't seem like my cup of tea and I was...
First of all, I absolutely adore the cover for Gillespie County Fair. It's striking and evocative...
Carel sees a neighbor's building on fire, a big fire that threatens his livelihood. He senses...
Oh the fair as the background has me already won over! But i love the stories that show new...
It was hard to read Carel's section since he is so insufferable and the writing didn't redeem it....
This sounds like an intriguing story. A look at a family feud through the generations. Starting...
THE GILLESPIE COUNTY FAIR sounds like it will be an entertaining, small town type of book with...
It's clear that this small town is losing hold of its way of life from the opening sequence, with...
This reminds me of the epic, Giant, by Edna Ferber, of a family saga. Two families fighting over...
When I read the description of this book it didn't sound like something that would interest me....
The cover art does not convey the story at the beginning, but I would assume that the county fair...
I don't believe we were given enough details to make a good decision on if this sounds decent or...
Family dramas are hands-down one of my favorite type of stories, simply because you see yourself...
From the blurb and the first look this sounds like a really interesting story and one I'd...
Oh what a fascinating story! Being german I am particularly interested in this book. The Pioneer...
The Gillespie County Fair intrigued me from the start since I saw that the setting was in Texas...
The cover is a bit nostalgic. A bit apropos as the main story seems to revolve around an old...
This focuses on the gentrification of a town, but zones into a family that gets torn apart...
I actually really like the writing style for this book just found it very hard to get interested....
I loved the first look but it was too short and made me very sad when I reached the end. The...
Who doesn't love these little small-town snapshot stories? This gives off vibes of Meet Me in...
This sounds like a good contemporary novel, with a little bit of town history and the family...
This is an interesting first impression. I am not sure where this novel will go, but I already...
I often wonder who chooses the excerpt for us to read in Bookish First.At first glance at the...
This seems like an interesting family that will be in this story. I look forward to seeing how...
There is just so much to enjoy in this one! I don't even know where to start! This author is a...
It looks like an interesting book about a family's struggle to adapt from a farming homestead to...
This book seems like it's not my cup of tea. The cover is beautiful and eye-catching but the...
The book starts out with fraud with a fire for getting insurance money. Then because if this...
I immediately felt drawn into the setting of this story and wanted to find out more about Carel....
There's few aspects of this book that I can relate to, like the small town atmosphere where you...
The Gillespie County Fair sounds like a great book! It tells of two pioneer families and their...
This book starts with a fire and an interesting deal to out smart the insurance company. At...
I really do like the atmosphere that the cover creates for this story! The title is pretty...
Carel Geische is a dishonest man who takes advantages of his neighorbors and shirkes his duties...
I love it when a writer's work is a reflection of their own observations and life history. It...
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