Night at the Fiestas is Kirstin Valdez Quade’s masterpiece of a short story collection. Each chapter in the book visits a different family in the New Mexico desert and showcases their family ties and traditions. These stories are full of reckoning for sins of the past and hope for the future. This is a book … Continue reading Night at the Fiestas
I'm not sure if I was prepared for all the good books we read this month! Six 5-star books is a new record for one month! Each of these was a great choice for different reasons. What did you think about these? This month, I reviewed 13 books - 8 audiobooks and 5 physical copies. Let's … Continue reading July Recap & August Prompts
Rill’s family has lived on the Mississippi River for years, calling a shantyboat home. They’ve made friends in their nomadic life and always made the best with the very little they possess. But that all unravels when her mother is lost during a difficult labor and their father, in the middle of his grief, signs … Continue reading Before We Were Yours
Thank you NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. This was not the way Addie wanted to be spending her time. Back in her hometown of Starlight, Alabama, with her aunt and half-sister…and all the drama of secrets and lies left behind when she moved … Continue reading A Certain Kind of Starlight
Miri and her friends are coming into their own as teens in Elizabeth, New Jersey. There’s school, parties, sleep overs, and adult topics like buying their first lingerie and dealing with the sins of their parents’ pasts. But what marks this time for the girls is not the standard coming of age activities, but the … Continue reading In the Unlikely Event
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Arliss Cutter has a reputation for tracking fugitives in the Alaskan wilderness. He can tell the direction of travel, determine if there are any injuries, and more just by observing their footfall and the surroundings. But when … Continue reading RELEASING TODAY! Bad River
This is not the world Heather Wells thought she’d be in. As an assistant dorm director at a college in NYC, she deals with everything from emotional meltdowns of her residents to stopping their dangerous pranks to even protecting the dignity of the college president’s wife when she comes in drunk. A series of unfortunate … Continue reading Size 12 is Not Fat
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. It’s been years since all three Bishop sisters were at the Precipice, but the death of their father has brought them all together for the reading of the will. The sisters and their families arrive at the … Continue reading One Big Happy Family
This day started like any other – Matt picked Josie up to go to school. They sat with friends during study hall during third period. They were laughing and having a good time until the explosion. Then nothing made sense. Someone started screaming about a guy with a gun in the school. A friend said … Continue reading Nineteen Minutes
Some of you are doing the US States reading challenge with me this year, but I know several of you are reading around the world with a different book from a different country each week. I was amazed to find out that many authors and books from this country were censored by the government and … Continue reading South African Literature
