God Spare the Girls

 

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

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

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

 

Stacking the Shelves: 8/15-8/21

 

Got at a yardsale:

The Murder Room by P. D. James

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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