Westerns are among my least read books. "Lucky Red" by Claudia Cravens and "The Canyon of Bones" by Richard Wheeler are the only two I have on the tbr. (A small message from the other side) "Traditional family values" is a far too small box to try to fit everyone in, and tends to shove women down as homemakers and baby cannons. Much like the aforementioned disease, unpredictable weather, and vigilante justice doing far more harm than good trying to make everyone fit an empowered minoritys standards fails everyone, those who want traditional families can have them and leave the rest of us alone.
@zachreads I just saw that Lucky Red was available on Libby and got it! I’ll let you know how it goes. To your comment on traditional values, my point was that I think that a reader is more likely to find those types of values (even as you described) portrayed in the American western genre than in other genres outside of maybe religious fiction. As far as the setting of the book, it would make sense that strong family values are critical to writing family vs. family feuds and plot lines like that. Though, admittedly, marital betrayal for money or land would surely be consistent with the setting and context in any western plot.
@@DrL_Reads I'll buddy read Lucky Red if you pick when and want to. I don't like the self censorship in avoiding media with different views, it's sad to block out things bc they are afraid of themselves Just as an example I'm currently reading Break the Beast by Alison Tebo which is a Christian retelling of Beowulf (very religious) The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton which is a pulitzer prize winner in 1921 and Caught in the Basilisk's Gaze by Malory Dunlin which is monster erotica. I just want everyone to feel free to explore in a safe and informed way without guilt or shame (im aware my boundaries are on the extreme end of openness).
Westerns are among my least read books. "Lucky Red" by Claudia Cravens and "The Canyon of Bones" by Richard Wheeler are the only two I have on the tbr.
(A small message from the other side)
"Traditional family values" is a far too small box to try to fit everyone in, and tends to shove women down as homemakers and baby cannons. Much like the aforementioned disease, unpredictable weather, and vigilante justice doing far more harm than good trying to make everyone fit an empowered minoritys standards fails everyone, those who want traditional families can have them and leave the rest of us alone.
@zachreads I just saw that Lucky Red was available on Libby and got it! I’ll let you know how it goes.
To your comment on traditional values, my point was that I think that a reader is more likely to find those types of values (even as you described) portrayed in the American western genre than in other genres outside of maybe religious fiction. As far as the setting of the book, it would make sense that strong family values are critical to writing family vs. family feuds and plot lines like that. Though, admittedly, marital betrayal for money or land would surely be consistent with the setting and context in any western plot.
@@DrL_Reads
I'll buddy read Lucky Red if you pick when and want to.
I don't like the self censorship in avoiding media with different views, it's sad to block out things bc they are afraid of themselves
Just as an example I'm currently reading
Break the Beast by Alison Tebo which is a Christian retelling of Beowulf (very religious)
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton which is a pulitzer prize winner in 1921
and Caught in the Basilisk's Gaze by Malory Dunlin which is monster erotica.
I just want everyone to feel free to explore in a safe and informed way without guilt or shame (im aware my boundaries are on the extreme end of openness).
@@zachreads Right on!
Send me an email to drlreadsbooks at gmail and let’s set up that buddy read!