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NONFICTION MINI REVIEWS THE BURNING by Tim Madigan: On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America’s most prosperous. 34 square blocks of Tulsa’s Greenwood community, known then … Continue reading Nonfiction Mini Review: The Burning & Last Call
BETTY | Tiffany McDaniel 08.18.2020 | Knopf Rating: 4.5/5 stars Betty Carpenter was born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and a white mother. Betty is the sixth of eight children. The world the Carpenter family inhabits is one of poverty and violence - both from outside the family and from within. … Continue reading Book Review: Betty
FACETS OF DEATH | Michael Stanley 04.29.2021 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars David “Kubu” Bengu has skipped over the usual path of detective and instead has been recruited straight from university, which leaves his new colleagues suspicious about his abilities. Kubu has a lot to prove and when the richest diamond mine in the … Continue reading Blog Tour: Facets of Death
ALEX SIX | Vince Taplin 03.21.2020 | Self Published Rating: 4/5 stars Alexa and Francis were wealthy executives who had everything, except for kids. When Francis tragically passes away, Alexa is left pining for a child. Things change for her the day she meets Vick, who’s the perfect doppleganger for her late husband. Alexa convinces … Continue reading Book Review: Alex Six
THE PROPHETS | Robert Jones, Jr. 01.05.2021 | G.P. Putnam’s Sons Rating: 4/5 stars Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended animals, but they also found refuge from the world around … Continue reading Book Review: The Prophets
LATER | Stephen King 03.02.2021 | Hard Case Crime Rating: 5/5 stars The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood, but Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn … Continue reading Book Review: Later
THE SHUDDERING | Ania Ahlborn 06.18.2013 | 47North Rating: 4.5/5 stars Ryan Adler and his twin sister, Jane, spent their happiest childhood days at their parent’s mountain Colorado cabin, until divorce tore their family apart. Now, with the house about to be sold, the Adler twins have arranged a gathering with their closest friends for … Continue reading Book Review: The Shuddering
THE SOURCE | Sarah Sultoon 04.15.2021 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars 1996, Essex: Thirteen-year-old schoolgirl, Carly lives in a disenfranchised town dominated by a military base. She’s struggling to take care of her baby sister while her mother turns to the bottle, day after day. When her enlisted brother shows up at the door … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Source
MOTHER MAY I | Joshilyn Jackson 04.06.2021 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Growing up poor in rural Georgia, Bree Cabbat was warned by her single mother that the world was a dark and scary place. Bree rejected her mother’s fearful outlook. Having married into a family with wealth, power, and connections, Bree now has … Continue reading Book Review: Mother May I
April is my birthday month, so when I was planning my TBR I was also plotting what new books to buy myself! Please feel free to laugh uncontrollably at my mountain of maybe reads because I know I sure did when I was taking this photo! With my increased listening to audiobooks I'm thinking I … Continue reading April TBR!
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