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This was my pick for my book club. We are meeting out in the Missouri countryside, so this book‘s setting is perfect. I enjoyed the family‘s adventures and am looking forward to discussing the book this weekend.

Missouri‘s your chance to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a classic I love. I haven‘t read A Good American yet, but it‘s on my TBR and I‘ve heard amazing things. I‘ve only visited St Louis 3-4x. The zoo and science center and some other museums are free there and it was a lot of fun to take the kiddos.
#TravelTuesday

3.75⭐️ For the most part, it was a pretty decent book, but felt that at times it lagged a bit and felt a bit of a slog. I really liked the story of Frederick and Jette. #fiction #bookreview #bookstagram #2022 #historicalfiction #wwii #wwi #greatdepression #ebook

Finished my #doublespin for July with 10 minutes to go before midnight! 😂

Read this for one of my book clubs, and even got to chat with the author on Thursday of this week. I enjoyed the story overall, although there was a section about 2/3rds of the way through that just didn‘t feel like it fit with the rest of the narrative. It was fun to travel through the 20th century with this family!
@TheAromaofBooks

#bookspin is How Lucky
#doublespin is A Good American

I love when one of my spin books is one of my book club books!!!

@TheAromaofBooks

I love the feeling when a book surprises me in a good way. This book has been sitting on my shelf for years and I never gave it a second glance. Half way finished and I'm enjoying myself and regretful that I hadn't read it sooner.

#currentlyreading

This has been on my physical #TBR for a long time. The copy that I own is a ARC I brought from a library book sale. Decided to pick up a non-proof copy from the library because I realized that I am completely out of space to store books. And I need to start reading my own.

I know nothing about this book but my fingers are crossed that I'm starting September off on the right page.

#currentlyreading.

I'm visiting my hometown for a few days and was super excited to come across this at a local bookstore!

When I think of #family books, here are some that come to mind. All really good and focusing on the theme of family. (Though I will probsbly never re-read Joy Luck Club. It hit way too close to home.)
#jubilantjuly

It's totally the best place to read ... and who the heck cares about dinner, for heaven's sake!

Forgive me for posting this here, but someone *might* possibly be interested in knowing that the e-book of A GOOD AMERICAN is presently on sale for $1.99 across the board at all online retailers. (Slinks away)

Got to meet the charming & talented Alex George at #Heartland16! If you loved A Good American, be on the lookout for his new one in February.

So back a few weeks ago there was love going around for A Good American and it twigged me into finding out when in the world Alex George would release another book because I just loved A Good American so much?!? February 2017 y'all!!!

This book has been on my TBR list forever. Time to check it out.

A Good American was my book group pick for July - everyone loved it. The story follows the Meisenheimers, a German immigrant family from 1904-2010. Wonderfully developed characters that I grew to care about and a nice blend of love, family, heartbreak and tragedy. Though it all music, blues and jazz, keeps the family strong and close. A well done debut that will stick with me for a long while. The audio version is excellent.

"The heavens were filled with a million dazzling celestial bodies, each one casually brushing up to infinity."
"Each note…sang was a small starburst of beauty, too perfect for the world into which it emerged."