The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith – Audio ARC from PRH Audio and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Unsinkable Greta James: Greta James’s meteoric rise to indie stardom was hard-won. Before she graced magazine covers and sold out...
When We Let Go by Rochelle Weinstein – 316 pages ARC from Amazon Publishing, Getred PR and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: When We Let Go by Rochelle Weinstein: When Avery Beckett is proposed to by Jude Masters, a widowed father and the man she loves, it...
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez – 384 pages ARC from Berkley Publishing and Netgalley an honest review Book Blurb: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez: Montgomery, Alabama 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference,...
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka – 192 pages ARC from Knopf Publishing for an honest review Book Blurb: The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka: The Swimmers are unknown to each other except through their private routines (slow lane, fast lane), and the solace each takes in...
The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson – 320 pages ARC from Sourcebook Landmark and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson: In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has...
Liar’s Bench by Kim Michele Richardson – Audio Book Blurb: Liar’s Bench: In 1972, on Mudas Summers’ seventeenth birthday, her beloved Mama, Ella, is found hanging from the rafters of their home. Most people in Peckinpaw, Kentucky, assume that Ella’s...
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters is a novel not to be missed. I went into the book completely blind, and it served me well. I still can’t believe this is a debut.When Ruthie, the youngest in a large Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia goes missing, her family is wrought with grief. Joe, one of the protagonists suffers the most as he was the last person with Ruthie. His life is shattered in many ways, both physically and emotionally. Not a day goes by where he doesn’t feel guilt and/or shame for his behavior. We learn early on that Ruthie was taken by a woman unable to hold a pregnancy. She is overprotective to a fault for fears of Ruthie (now Norma) getting hurt or recognized. Norma has dreams that relate to her family, but she was too young at four years old to have any real memories of her earlier family. Norma’s parents completely ignore her dreams by shushing them away.There is a lot of grief in this book, but there is also many lessons about forgiveness and hope. Peters also touches on alcoholism, discrimination, and terminal illness. At its heart, this book centers around the meaning of family, the hope of reunion and the ties that bond one person to another.I will be first in line to pick up Peters next book. The writing was exquisite.@amandapetersauthor #Catapult 📘 Have you ever been berry 🫐🍓 picking? #newbookreview#bookreview#bookreader#TBR #addtoTBR #booklover#bookstagram#goodbookfairy#goodbookfairybookreview ... See MoreSee Less