tribute.

Title: tribute.

Author: g. c. mckay

Publisher:  Splattered Pretty

 
ISBN:  n/a

 

Thoughts: Raw coming-of-age tale, with a lot of slang I did not quite understand either because I am not British or no a teenage boy, but the message behind the story was powerful.

 

Rating: 3/5

Life, I Swear

 Title: Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust

Author: Chloe Dulce Louvouezo, ed

Publisher:  Harper

ISBN:  9780063072237

 

Thoughts: Empowering collection of short essays from Black women about their lives.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Night Flowers

Title: The Night Flowers

Author: Sara Herchenroether

Publisher:  Tin House Books

 
ISBN:  9781953534866

 

Thoughts: Good mix of mystery and ghost story, and I understand why Herchenroether made her main character a breast cancer survivor, but at times her struggles detracted from the rest of the story.

 

Rating: 3/5

Roller Coaster Romance

 Title: Roller Coaster Romance

Author: Kate Moseman

Publisher:  Fortunella Press

 
ISBN:  9781957320274

 

Thoughts: Fun, sweet romance with a solid plot set in an amusement park.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Hunter

Title: The Hunter

Author: Tana French

Publisher:  Penguin Audio

 
ISBN:  9780593827246

 

Thoughts: French spends so much time building characters and settings, that sometimes the mystery gets a little buried.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Forerunner

Title: The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America

Author: Cori Bush

Publisher:  Knopf

 
ISBN:  9780593320587

 

Thoughts: I may not agree with all of her politics, but Rep. Bush is one strong woman and I learned a lot about a different St Louis than the one I grew up in.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Husbands

Title: The Husbands

Author: Holly Gramazio

Publisher:  Random House Audio

 
ISBN:  9780593865507

 

Thoughts: Fun alternate-reality novel about a woman learning what she wants in a husband with the help of her magic attic.

 

Rating: 4/5