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This was engrossing when Olson focused on Mount St. Helens to include the events leading up to its eruption, the actual eruption, and the damage and aftermath. I learned details I had never known. The book shows how the scientific community and government did poorly in preparing for a worst case scenario and informing and protecting the public.

This is a quiet, internal story, with abuse, abandonment, and unanswered questions at its heart. Julia—pregnant at 41—returns to her hometown after 23 years away. She‘s searching for answers & some measure of resolution about her past. I appreciated the nuance with which Hegi paints her characters—acknowledging both the repercussions of abuse & abandonment, and the unreliability of memory—as Julia struggles to reconcile the past & move forward.⤵️

As usual, I loved the latest novel from our hometown author. Jess knows this topic and country. He grew up near where he sets Kinnick‘s cabin. And he was one of the reporters on the ground who covered Randy Weaver and Ruby Ridge. He wrote a book called Every Knee Shall Bow. He worked at the Spokesman-Review, along with my ex-husband who was the North Idaho political reporter and had to cover the Aryan Nation craziness in the late 90s.

I laughed quite a bit but there is a lot in this that can‘t be laughed at. Journalist checks out, goes off grid, until his family needs him. The world is spinning out of control…

I will read everything Jess Walter writes.

Raise your hand 🙋🏻‍♀️ if you are a fan of Ballerini!! How and why this book title came first to mind when I checked my Audible credits, I may never know but seeing who narrates? SOLD! And then I see Ann Patchett blurbs it. 👏 👏 👏

This was equal parts hilarious, heartfelt, and a whole lot of unhinged in the BEST way!

I ended up loving this flawed hero, dark humor read!

A solid mystery/thriller discussed at tonight‘s book club meeting. Ellie Black has been missing for 2 years. She returns but gives detective Chelsey Calhoun little to go on about where she‘s been and who‘s responsible for her disappearance, but something is clearly amiss. This is one with several twists that totally surprised me but also featured well developed characters and meaningful relationships. Not for the faint of heart.

Any book where someone stays in a remote cabin in the woods is enough for me. Throw in the fact that she is a writer of detective stories, finds a body in her lake (sans head) and Bigfoot theories abound and I am there! Seriously good mystery!

One of the better cozies I‘ve read this year. A mom and daughter escape their messy life to a rural cabin in Washington state. Mom needs to write her next book and daughter needs to heal from the trauma of being abandoned by her Dad. Unfortunately there is murder. And Bigfoot. #ThematicCozies

“My mother always says that the sweetest sound in the world is a baby‘s borning cry.”

May Amelia‘s mom is a midwife. Her family lives in a small community in Washington state around the turn of the 19th century, where farming and logging are primary subsistence. Poignant

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