A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher

I picked up A Sudden Country after reading about it on Shelf Talk. I need to get cracking on the Western Genre challenge. It certainly fit the challenge but wasn't my favorite read.
A Sudden Country focuses on Lucy, a married mother, and MacLaren, a trader, travelling on the Oregon Trail. Lucy is travelling with her children and her second husband. Life on the trail is hard. Lucy and her family are moving to Oregon to start a new life. MacLaren is running from his demons. Both are searching for something along the trail.
I loved the writing. So beautiful. It could really see the rugged countryside. But it was slow. Fisher took her time travelling the trail.
It was a great book about life on the Oregon Trail but a little slow for my taste. Others who shared their thoughts on A Sudden Country: Civil Thoughts, Reading, Writing, Working, Playing, and Sarahlynn's Writing Blog.
This is my first read for the Western Genre Reading Challenge.

2012 Western Genre Challenge

So 2011 was my first year of participating in single year challenges. I felt like I stuck pretty close to what I was familiar with. But for 2012, I want to experience some new and not so familiar genres. So I'm signing up for The Lost Entwife's Western Genre Challenge. I wouldn't consider myself a Western genre reader so I'm stepping into unfamiliar territory.
I'm going for the Lick and A Promise level (10 books). I didn't have to make a master list but I wanted to give myself a list in case I needed help remembering what to read :)

My Antonia-Willa Cathers

The Quick and The Dead-Louis L’Amour

Lonesome Dove-Larry McMurty

True Grit-Charles Portis

Cherish by Catherine Anderson

Texas Destiny-Lorraine Heath

The Enchantment-Kristin Hannah

All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Lawless by Ed Gorman

I only added one book on my Fill In The Gaps list (All The Pretty Horses). Plus I put a few Western romances in there. Any can't miss Westerns I should add to my list?