New to me author, thanks to @Billypar ! B&N didn‘t have the two you recommended, but the blurb for this one is intriguing. 😄
And it‘s an Indie Publisher 👏🏾👏🏾
A little disappointed in this….I thought it was a mystery about a young persons death. The novel is less about the mystery, more about how our actions impact one another. I read this book on the Libby app, it would‘ve probably been better reading in book form as it‘s told by 10 different characters. It was a little confusing remembering who‘s who and flipping through the book would have been easier.
#whereareyoumonday
While still visiting Norway and England in other books, today I am concentrating on Costal Maine, the setting of this collection of stories/vignettes by Sarah Orne Jewett, who was a writer much admired by Willa Cather.
#weekendreads
I have a lot going on this weekend, but I hope to at least have enough time to finish the #ohcanada pick and #EBBR and #NancyDrewBR . Those are quick ones.
I‘m reading the Sarah Orne Jewett b/c of the podcast “One Bright Book” and it takes time to digest.
The bottom two are also slower for me #hashtagbrigade and #DoorstopKristen #KLBR .
pickHow awesome to have another Charmaine Wilkerson! I did get confused a few times about the timeline but overall, really enjoyed this. Wilkerson writes beautiful characters and moving stories.
My February #BookSpin
pickI really enjoyed the way this story is told, something a little different with a lot of layers. It‘s about a major family tragedy and life afterwards. It‘s also historical fiction as we learn the story behind a piece of pottery that has been with a family for generations, from slave days to the present. I liked how everything was interwoven and how the reader gets different perspectives from various characters.
pickI sat on this review for a while,mainly because there were many voices in this book,some I wasn‘t sure were necessary.In this evocative book the past informs the present. When Ebby was 10, she witnessed her brother‘s murder, & the shattering of a several hundred years old clay jar, representing legacy & family connections.A decade or so later Ebby is stood up at the altar & she fleas to France, where she heals from her trauma.
…We came from the sea, we eat from the sea, we travel across the seas. We seek out salt water to soothe our bodies and worries. The sea is part of us…(188).
#preorderbookclubchallenge #Riverbendbookshop
I am challenging myself this summer to begin reading my pre-order bookclub books from my local indie bookstore. Pictured are 4 of the books (I did read February‘s choice, Memorial Days).
January: Good Dirt
March: The Story She Left Behind
April: Last Twilight in Paris
May: Austen at Sea.
My June choice will be Amy Bloom‘s I‘ll Be Right Here
#preorderbookclubchallenge
