My name is Dovey Coe, and I reckon it don’t matter if you like me or not. I’m here to lay the record straight, to let you know them folks saying I done a terrible thing are liars. I aim to prove it, too. I hated Parnell Caraway as much as the [...]
Year of No Rain by Alice Mead is a story of children and civil war. So right away you know it’s a sad book. But yet it’s one of hope, determination and optimism.
Eleven-year-old Stephen Majok lives in a small Sudanese village. When he is not playing with his friends he tends his family’s two cows. [...]
What happens when you have 27 owls, 10 cats, 11 dogs, 1 pygmy hippo, 8 frogs, 1 gerbil, 6 goldfish, 1 fox, 1 goat, 4 lions, 1 duck, 2 tigers, 1 penguin, 3 armadillos, 2 flamingos, 1 squirrel, 1 bear, 5 gophers, 2 llamas, 2 parents, 2 sisters and 1 brother? You get a very [...]
I was a HUGE fan of The Only True Genius in the Family and so had huge expectations for Jennie Nash’s new novel The Threadbare Heart. Oh my goodness. This woman has incredible talent. I LOVED this book. The Threadbare Heart is a story of family: of mothers, daughters, sons, wives, and husbands. It [...]
I bought the The Birth House by Ami McKay because I’m a sucker for pretty covers. Knowing nothing about the book, nor having heard of it, The Birth House made its way home on the merits of the cover alone. I just love the imagery in it. And then when prepping for this post, I [...]
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