Weekly Reading Wrap Up September 7, 2025: Crime, California, and Book Criticism @LiterateTexan

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The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
Promised Land by Robert B. Parker
Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Rereader by Vivian Gornick
The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri JM Nouwen

Deadpan by Richard Walter
Low Town by Daniel Polansky

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Weekly Reading Wrap Up September 7, 2025: Crime, California, and Book Criticism

$The Quiet Western Masterpiece Everyone Missed In this video, I’m announcing our April selection for the Lone Star Book Club—News of the World by Paulette Jiles. This is a quiet, reflective Western set in the aftermath of the Civil War—one that raises an interesting question: is this a quiet masterpiece? If you’ve been thinking about joining the book club, this is a great place to start. It’s short, accessible, and packed with meaning beneath the surface. 📬 Contact & Collaboration Voxer: rlray1584 Email: randyray@gmail.com 📚 April Reading Schedule (Fridays) Week 1 (April 1–10): Chapters 1–3 Week 2 (April 11–17): Chapters 4–6 Week 3 (April 18–24): Chapters 7–9 Week 4 (April 25–30): Chapters 10–end 🤠 How to Participate Read along each week at your own pace Share your thoughts in the comments Join the discussion and be part of the Lone Star Book Club 🎥 BookTubers Mentioned in This Video @BookChatWithPat8668 @JamesRuchala @saintdonoghue 📖 About the Book News of the World follows Captain Jefferson Kidd, a traveling news reader in post-Civil War Texas, who agrees to escort a young girl across the frontier back to her family. What unfolds is a journey about language, belonging, and human connection in a fractured world. 💬 Let’s Talk Have you read News of the World? Do you think it’s a quiet masterpiece—or something else? 🔖 Hashtags #BookClub #BookTube #NewsOfTheWorld #PauletteJiles #ReadingCommunity #WesternBooks #HistoricalFiction #LoneStarBookClub #BooksToRead #ReadingLife #LiteraryFiction #BookDiscussion #ClassicBooks #ModernClassics$

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Weekly Reading Wrap Up September 7, 2025: Crime, California, and Book Criticism