Title: God Spare the Girls
Author: Kelsey McKinney
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780063020252
Thoughts: A wonderfully written coming-of-age story where you can feel the humidity.
Rating: 4/5
Monday, August 30, 2021
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Tuck Everlasting
Title: Tuck Everlasting
Author: Natalie Babbitt
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: I am very on the fence about this - creative fantasy, but the story could have gone so many different ways that might have been fuller.
Rating: 3/5
Stacking the Shelves: 8/22-8/28
Found at a Little Library:
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Thursday, August 26, 2021
While Justice Sleeps
Title: While Justice Sleeps
Author: Stacey Abrams
Publisher: Random House Audio
ISBN: 9780593413715
Thoughts: I am not a big fan of political legal thrillers, but this was rather riveting.
Rating: 4/5
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Favorite Father Brown Mysteries
Title: Favorite Father Brown Mysteries
Author: G.K. Chesterton
Publisher: Dover
ISBN: 9780486275451
Thoughts: Good collection for those who like thinking detectives.
Rating: 4/5
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Title: Role of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Author: Mildred D. Taylor
Publisher: Books on Tape
ISBN: 9780739345016
Thoughts: Realistic look at 1930s Mississippi that everyone should read at some point in their life.
Rating: 5/5
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Stacking the Shelves: 8/1-8/14
Bought at The Fantasy Shop:
Small Volcanoes by Sarah Kinney, Stefan Petrucha, & Stan Goldberg
Of Bark and Sap by Karim Friha
The Demon of River Heights/Writ in Stone by Stefan Petrucha & Sho Murase
Glitter Kisses by Adrianne Ambrose & Monica Gallagher
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen & Faith Erin Hicks
Thursday, August 12, 2021
The New Neighbors
Title: The New Neighbors
Author: Simon Lelic
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780451490452
Thoughts: Taut, fast-faced psychological thriller, but I wish there was just a tad more.
Rating: 4/5
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Deep State
Title: Deep State
Author: Chris Hauty
Publisher: Emily Bestler
ISBN: 9781982126582
Thoughts: So much head-hopping and randomly going into the future of side-characters, which all took away from the story, which required a large suspension of disbelief to begin with.
Rating: 1/5
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Beheld
Title: Beheld
Author: TaraShea Nesbit
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 9781635573220
Thoughts: Rather dry historical fiction that tries to add some intrigued, but fails.
Rating: 2/5
Monday, August 9, 2021
The Golden Cage
Title: The Golden Cage
Author: Camilla
Publisher: Random House Audio
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Faye was a very difficult character, and while there is a good twist, the pace was very uneven and some plot points seemed to come from no where.
Rating: 2/5
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
What You Wish For
Title: What You Wish For
Author: Katherine Center
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
ISBN: 9781250752475
Thoughts: Some of the topics were a tad heavy for what wanted to be a light rom-com.
Rating: 3/5
A Rising Man
Title: A Rising Man
Author: Abir Mukherjee
Publisher: Pegasus
ISBN: 9781681774169
Thoughts: Amazing police procedural that has the feel of a mystery written when this novel was set.
Rating: 5/5
Mythic Journeys
Title: Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends
Author: Paula Guran, ed
Publisher: Night Shade
ISBN: 9781597809580
Thoughts: Great collection of short stories based on myths from around the world.
Rating: 3/5
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