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What are you reading this Thanksgiving? We’re getting excited about #OnlyKillersandThieves a debut novel by #PaulHowarth! #PauletteJiles calls it “a gripping novel about conflict in the Australian outback at the turn of the century; beautifully done.”

'News Of The World' starring Tom Hanks as Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd and Helena Zengal as Johanna in a tale of loss, remembrance and struggle for what makes us family. It's based on the novel of the same name from Paulette Jiles. It's a movie for me that stars one of the last movie stars Tom Hanks and is a throwback to a time when you would watch a movie purely based on who the marquee name was on the front of the theatre. It's a true star vehicle that showcases the inherent nobility of Hank's movie persona. The movie itself reminds me of a mix between The Searchers, True Grit and The Last Of The Mohicans all told as of you the viewer had been transported back to the 1860s. There are many allegories between what we experience now in these times. Where we have to rely on the kindness of strangers to survive. Helena Zengal is a truly exceptional actress and conveys the loss that hey character feels at having become an orphan not once but twice. The photography by Darius Wolski is truly a sight to be seen and the landscape of the American frontier is brought vividly to life. The music score by James Newton Howard is a perfect companion never overpowers what we see but enhances the emotional experience of the story. All in all Paul Greengrass has directed a movie that will reminds me why I love the Western movie genre. . . . . . #TomHanks #NewsOfTheWorld #HelenaZengal #PauletteJiles #PaulGreengrass #JamesNewtonHoward #Western #Movies #Blog #MovieReview (at Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK1TFLpBzPw/?igshid=1uen8okeoio52

The day is finally here! #OnlyKillersAndThieves by #PaulHowarth is now available everywhere! With praise pouring in across the industry the book is a February #IndieNext pick, a @barnesandnoble Discover Pick, an @amazon Best of the Month Pick, and an @ibooks Favorite! Today’s @washingtonpost review says, “Prose like that arrives direct from #CormacMcCarthy’s dusty Southwest: the rolling, Biblical run-on sentences, the evocations of violence, the suggestion that we clumsy humans are stupidly doomed to decline and death… Howarth is skilled at taking the old forms of the Western — the thrill of the chase, the Manichaean nonsense of “civilized” and “savage” — and reshaping them to address contemporary concerns… Like every Western, Howarth’s spotlights how arbitrary frontier justice can be. But he also asks: How much less arbitrary is a purportedly civilized society?” . . . #IGReads #bookstagram #Western #debutnovel #paulettejiles

Congratulations to #OnlyKillersandThieves by #PaulHowarth, our #LeadRead title which has been selected as a February #IndieNext pick! #PauletteJiles calls it “a gripping novel about conflict in the Australian outback at the turn of the century; beautifully done.” 📖

Our March 2017 Reads ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ 📚Book of the Month: HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ 📚Side Read: FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ 📚Buddy Read: NEWS OF THE WORLD by Paulette Jiles ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Read one or read them all. Kick Up Your Heels and join us on Goodreads (link in bio) _____________________ #kickupyourheels #kuyhbookclub #kuyh #kuyhbotm #botm #sideread #buddyread #booklovers #bookstsgram #bookish #hiddenfigures #margotshetterly #newsoftheworld #paulettejiles #fireflylane #kristinhannah #bookclub