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The Secret Keeper of Main Street by Trisha R. Thomas {Review}
Blurb: Acclaimed author Trisha R. Thomas delivers a masterful new tale of scandal and intuition. In 1950s oil-rich Oklahoma, Bailey Dowery, a dressmaker with the gift of “second sight,” reluctantly reveals the true loves and intentions of her socialite clients, making her a silent witness to a shocking crime. 1954: In the quaint town of…
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros {Review}
Blurb: Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is…
Memphis by Tara Stringfellow {Book Review}
Blurb: In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence, seeking refuge at her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass--only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in…
The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis {Suzy’s Approved Book Tour}
Blurb: Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It’s said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II…
Quick reviews from some recent thirst quenching reads
Recently I have found myself wanting more from different genres. I even found myself turning to a personal fav, historical fiction. These are just some quick thoughts on the last couple of books that I have finished. Angels of the Resistance by Noelle Salazar Blurb: Netherlands, 1940 As bombs fall across Europe, fourteen-year-old Lien Vinke…
3 Minute Book Reviews featuring: Raceless, The Rib King and Just As I Am
Raceless by Georgina Lawton I enjoyed listening to this memoir on audio. Georgina narrates it herself. I couldn’t imagine being one race and being raised by another race and my parents not tell me what race I am or even try to incorporate aspects of that race into our daily lives. Ignoring race doesn’t make…
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia {ARC Review}
Blurb: In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. Carmen, still wrestling with the trauma of displacement, must process her…
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans {Review}
Blurb: Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to…
Thrilling and Satisfying: Just some quick thoughts on some recent thrillers
I don't read thrillers very often but recently I came across three that blew my mind. Two of them were from authors whose work I have not read before and the other was from an author whose work I am familiar with. Here are those books and my thoughts! False Witness by Karin Slaughter Blurb:…
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson {Book and Movie reviews}
Blurb: An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time.Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to…
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams {ARC Review}
Blurb: Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together--excelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family. When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn--the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases--has slipped into…