“Her siblings were not… just the same as they had been ten years ago. They were worse. They had spent the decade of her absence growing around one another like roots in the same crowded patch of earth, contorting themselves so everyone could fit.”
pickI‘m a little late making a review for this jaw dropping book. Some parts of it were hard to get through, some parts were absolutely unbelievable, yet I did believe them. There were so many specific details that I couldn‘t see how they‘d possibly be made up. It‘s a truly heartbreaking read that made me gasp in horror a few times. Reading the life of Jeannette makes me so thankful for the life I‘ve lived.
pick15 year old Wren lives in the West Virginia mountains. She is cut off from the world by her snake handling preacher father. Her mother‘s true soul mate is her best friend who has pledged to always stay close and protect her. As a series of tragedies occur Wren starts to unravel all of the secrets of her family and emerge from her seclusion. I really liked this. Vivid characters and the story unwound in ways that surprised me. #14books14weeks book4
pickI still have mixed feelings about this book, I liked it, and then it fell flat for me towards the end. But I still liked it. It can be a tough read, but sometimes you need a book that just doesn‘t end the way you want it to. Just like how real life can be sometimes. Dark, unforgiving, unpredictable, and with a side of sometimes being painfully predictable. Most certainly not a comfort read.
One of my little pleasures, waking up early on a Sunday to make it to my favorite coffee/breakfast place to read before the crowds show up
pickThis slow-paced novel is set mostly in the Ohio Appalachian Mountains. Growing up literally dirt poor and basically abandoned by her parents, Jodi grows up with her grandmother on Bethlehem Mountain. Jodi gets involved with a woman & makes some tragic decisions. Life gives her another chance, but will Jodi fall back into old habits? 4/5⭐️
If we hold fast to grammar and the idea that grammar rules have never changed and therefore original intent and meaning can be deduced through written text, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Maine become unconstitutional and cease to exist in modern America. Just think about that for a minute.
#CeceliaWatson #Semicolon #law #grammar #punctuation #WestVirginia #Kentucky #Maine #WTF
pickThis carried me along much more than I expected based on the description. The civil@war setting was initially a turn off to me. But it‘s about the characters more than the war, though the war is more than a backdrop. The end was nicely satisfying.
pickThis novel did not go in any of the several directions I expected it to, which was actually kind of delightful. It's a bizarre story of family systems, mourning, and discovering new ways of upholding responsibilities when the old ones no longer work. In a way, it's kind of a coming-of-age story for the painful growing up one does when our parents no longer carry us (literally and metaphorically), for whatever reason and at whatever age.
We'll see if Silo and I can make some reading progress before this one is due back at the library. I have not had near as much reading time so far this week as I would prefer. Or as Silo would prefer.
