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Love the taut, straightforward prose & unpredictable plot. 18-year-old Maud, living on an allotment parcel in Oklahoma in 1928, watching for snakes, baking biscuits, dreaming of electric lights & city life. Beautifully evoked, rich setting. But ugh the ending—tacked on, rushed & phony—strong, stubborn Maud “saved” by the city boy. Family, community, land, feuds, Creek & Cherokee nation. 2015

#bookmail came today from Amazon, BOTM, and Thriftbooks! A nice stack for a planned self readathon this Friday night. 📚 🕯 ☕️

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Some historical overlap that I first learned about while reading Killers Of The Moon Flower (David Grann) but with classic Lisa Wingate dual timelines perfection.

This book surprised the ✨️heck✨️ out of me.
Part 1 - But when is this gonna get good? (Please tell me that someone knows this meme)
Part 2 - OMG this is so good
Part 3 - Gasp! The tragedy never ends 😭

This was for May bookclub - I loved the conversation we had about this time in history. Many people even brought their own stories from their family members. So interesting. And also, incredibly sad. I hate it here.

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05.22.2025

This thriller was really powerful and so compulsively paced, I couldn‘t put it down. This was a new author for me, I believe a debut, but you‘d never know it with the seamless way she crafted this story. An archeologist working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs is drawn into a mystery from her childhood that she thought she left behind. Set in Oklahoma and Rhode Island, this story was inspired by true events.

A solid dual-timeline mystery set in the Winding Stair National Park in Oklahoma.