tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34557504103496043182024-03-13T08:29:03.316-05:00Kelly Well Read ReviewsKelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-67884406346092728822022-08-03T23:39:00.004-05:002022-08-03T23:50:33.930-05:00The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7u9Lea9vTD_sw_9pULRmgOc0j-oMzFrDx2QQ6stBujdU1hiSf1NFTs9OOlc_K_B-g4nzJjIJmPWGcsJ-quL2zFfC4GHeXSPsq7VcBKdkuijnBnPEhiPbiaoKndc3vko5VGTNk_DD1My1XzVa3KDXPrw74vcc7fekSqLFgL_QkiSFoYGGhZtzsUs7h" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="1400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7u9Lea9vTD_sw_9pULRmgOc0j-oMzFrDx2QQ6stBujdU1hiSf1NFTs9OOlc_K_B-g4nzJjIJmPWGcsJ-quL2zFfC4GHeXSPsq7VcBKdkuijnBnPEhiPbiaoKndc3vko5VGTNk_DD1My1XzVa3KDXPrw74vcc7fekSqLFgL_QkiSFoYGGhZtzsUs7h=w263-h400" width="263" /></a></div><br />Miranda, Megan. <i>The Last To Vanish. </i>2022. Published by Scribner/Marysue Rucci/Simon & Schuster on July 26, 2022.</div><p></p><p>I've been a fan of Megan Miranda's novels since <i>All The Missing Girls</i>, cleverly written in reverse chronological order. Some I've liked better than others, but she has a winner with <i>The Last to Vanish.</i> Writing with a sense of dread and foreboding throughout, and ending chapters with page-turning prose, this one definitely kept me almost fully engaged. </p><p>Plus, that twist! Rarely do I not see one coming anymore, but it was a good one. And the who-done-it was a complete surprise, too. My only criticism is that the narrative bogged down a bit a few times. But I was invested in the main character, the mystery, and the hunt for answers to all who had vanished. Well done, and my thanks to the publisher for an early read. Keep them coming, Miranda!</p>Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-6652716763587864892020-11-09T21:31:00.000-06:002020-11-09T21:31:29.568-06:00Interview with Danielle Martin, author of Glimmer As You Can (Alcove Press)<p><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8VxaZKeL-DkAeFjymQ1SUUXDvvx8BAWSdQu_7bHRJQKFFqUH_XyXC7kAGOWDP0FN_DVt77lJs4sEuJbV7uvvQqittU7k7YUVPBO9ya6_24hen59zcaFLGQnp83MFUDyhMMxLn-nkuus/s1914/Glimmer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1631" data-original-width="1914" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8VxaZKeL-DkAeFjymQ1SUUXDvvx8BAWSdQu_7bHRJQKFFqUH_XyXC7kAGOWDP0FN_DVt77lJs4sEuJbV7uvvQqittU7k7YUVPBO9ya6_24hen59zcaFLGQnp83MFUDyhMMxLn-nkuus/w640-h546/Glimmer.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Martin, Danielle. 2020. <i>Glimmer As You Can. </i>New York, NY: Alcove Press, a division of Crooked Lane Books. ISBN: 978-1643855233. $26.99 USD</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;"><u>Book Description and Reviews</u></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome to the Starlite. Let your true self shine.</span></div><div><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1962. In the middle of Brooklyn Heights sits the Starlite: boutique dress shop by day, underground women's club by night. Started by the shop's proprietor after her marriage crumbled, Madeline's social club soon becomes a safe haven for women from all walks of life looking for a respite from their troubled relationships and professional frustrations. These after-hour soirées soon bring two very different women into Madeline's life--Elaine, a British ex-pat struggling to save her relationship, and Lisa, a young stewardess whose plans for the future are suddenly upended--irrevocably changing all three women's lives in ways no one could have predicted.
But when Madeline's ne'er-do-well ex-husband shows up again, the luster of Starlite quickly dampens. As the sisterhood rallies around Madeline, tension begins to eat at the club. When an unspeakable tragedy befalls their sorority, one woman must decide whether to hide the truth from the group or jeopardize her own hopes and dreams. <i>Glimmer As You Can</i> captures the heartbeat of an era and the ambitions of a generation of women living in a man's world--a world threatened by a wave of change.</span></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the glitz and glamour tradition of Beatriz Williams's <i>Tiny Little Thing</i> and Fiona Davis's <i>The Chelsea Girls</i>, Danielle Martin's debut is "a love letter to...women" (Greer Macallister, <i>The Magician's Lie</i>) that illustrates the courage of women and the strength of sisterhood.</span></pre><span style="font-family: georgia;">"A timely and beautiful story of female friendship and strength." ~ Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of <i>The Queen's Fortune</i>
"Martin deftly and exquisitely captures this historical moment." ~Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of <i>In Another Time</i><br /></span></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Author Interview</u></b></span></pre></pre><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm so pleased to have Danielle Martin, author of <i>Glimmer As You Can </i>on my blog today! Danielle is a debut author whose book is being published on November 10, 2020 by Alcove Press. Let's get started.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;">Danielle, h<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ow did you come up with the idea for your book?</span></span></b></div><div><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was a long journey and an indirect path. Around fifteen years ago, a family member told me about his visit to a late-night barbershop in Brooklyn. I don’t think he shared many details from his experience, but this idea of a late-night barbershop seemed delightfully unexpected and ripe with story possibilities. After our conversation, I scrawled down the idea as an entry in my “ideas portfolio” where I warehoused seeds for creative projects.
Flash forward to 2014—I was interested in writing a novel that focused on women’s experiences during the liminal period between the “Leave it to Beaver ‘50’s” and the “Woodstock wild ‘60’s.” But I needed a setting. For inspiration, I flipped through my “ideas portfolio,” pausing on the nugget about the late-night barbershop in Brooklyn. I had this image in mind of a late-night social setting, buzzing with activity in a commercial district that was otherwise stilled for the night. I decided to change the barbershop into a women’s social club, an “underground”
group that would gather during the night in a central character’s dress boutique. </span></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><b>Are your characters based on people you’ve known or are they entirely new creations?</b></span></pre></div><div><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They’re new creations; I was following my curiosity about women’s experiences in certain roles. I wanted to know more about the lives of flight attendants, especially during the early sixties when that role was glamorized on billboards.
I was also curious about what it felt like to be a woman with aspirations in the field of journalism during the early sixties. The newsroom of a major New York newspaper seemed like it would be a tough professional environment, and I wanted to write about a woman trying to gain a foothold in that arena.
</span></pre></div><div><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Where did the title <i>Gl</i></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><i>immer As You Can</i></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"> come from?</b></span></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I didn’t have the title immediately, but I had this imagery in mind of the Starlite (the social club in the book). I created the Starlite as a beacon—a gathering place where women could feel free to enjoy themselves and toss aside their many struggles. The title came to me after I wrote an early scene where Lisa (the flight attendant) was leaving the Starlite for the first time. She was treading with caution down the snowy sidewalk as streetlights glinted off the ice crystals, and I considered her feelings of freedom and fear, all alone in this neighborhood at night—her mixed feelings after such an eye-opening experience at the Starlite. </span></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><b>What was the most challenging part of writing the book?</b></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia;">Originally, the book was in first person POV. I believe that the book was originally also in present tense. I completed a number of drafts in 1st person present; but eventually, I switched it over to 3rd person past tense, in a painstaking process which entailed picking over thousands of words. That was definitely the most challenging part! Also, working through material in dozens of drafts is an immense challenge; sometimes, my best insights came from working out the material on paper. It’s a slow route that requires patience, but it can be helpful for those crucial scenes.
</span></pre></div><div><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;">Did you always know you wanted to write a book or did it come gradually?</span></b>
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I always wanted to write a book—I can remember sitting on the floor behind the coffee table in my living room at age 8 or 9, writing a long story with chapters. </span></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><b>What was the first book or story you read that had an impact on you?</b></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe it was the Phantom Tollbooth. I loved the premise of escaping “the doldrums” through challenges of the imagination and intellect. </span></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><b>What’s the strangest thing you had to research for your book?</b></span></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There’s a scene where Elaine is making scalloped potatoes, and I was determined that this would be the recipe she would want to make for her fiancé. I tried to find a magazine from that time period, so I could say that “Elaine made a new scalloped potatoes recipe from ____ magazine,” but after spending hours trying to find this specific recipe in a magazine from early 1962, I decided to omit any references to a magazine title.</span>
</pre><div><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;">What are you working on now?</span></b></div></span></pre><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m developing an idea that takes place in the early 1920’s. For the foreseeable future, I want to continue writing books about women’s experiences in the twentieth century. It was a century of such rapid change—I feel the need to keep exploring these underpinnings to our current century.</span></pre></div><div><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;">I love that you are focusing on this era, and will look forward to reading your next book. Thanks for being on my blog today, Danielle, and good luck with <i>Glimmer As You Can!</i></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Find Danielle's debut at your favorite local book seller, or the links at the below online retailers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/glimmer-as-you-can-danielle-martin/1136466505">Barnes and Noble</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Glimmer-As-You-Can-Novel/dp/1643855239">Amazon</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Reading!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-56238286354854439162020-09-27T21:09:00.004-05:002020-09-27T21:12:49.382-05:00Book Review: Morrigan's Blood, Book One in the Crow's Curse Series by Laura Bickle <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-mx6d9pwww-v35VlRa28pVIzdo-tmmVqXzzySjIJ3uJI3hDhKSp-AqAFG11vnGAvtCtW5taMBfgdR6UFO51UzieOVh4MEJhX0nodiYXtsrmtTWC0mRuznil9yz1nkUzlnn0F_C9yrGs/s475/Morrigan%2527s+Blood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-mx6d9pwww-v35VlRa28pVIzdo-tmmVqXzzySjIJ3uJI3hDhKSp-AqAFG11vnGAvtCtW5taMBfgdR6UFO51UzieOVh4MEJhX0nodiYXtsrmtTWC0mRuznil9yz1nkUzlnn0F_C9yrGs/s320/Morrigan%2527s+Blood.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bickle, Laura. 2020. <i>Morrigan's Blood. </i>Syrenka Publishing, LLC. (eBook only) ASIN: B08B9TJ4V9. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Morrigans-Blood-Crows-Curse-Book-ebook/dp/B08B9TJ4V9/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=morrigan%27s+blood&qid=1601254215&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Link to Purchase</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been a fan of the books written by YA and Adult fantasy author <a href="https://www.authorlaurabickle.com/">Laura Bickle</a> since reading her Wildlands series, starting with <i>Dark Alchemy</i>, a few years ago (see my review<a href="https://kellywellread.blogspot.com/2016/02/dark-alchemy-laura-bickle.html" target="_blank"> here</a>). It's a very unique contemporary dark fantasy world, so I had high hopes when I found this new series mentioned last week on the author's Twitter account (@Laura_Bickle). The three books in the series are scheduled to be released once a month, in September, October, and November, and after reading the first one, I've pre-ordered Book Two. <i>Morrigan's Blood</i> opens the series, which is an interesting take on the the Irish Morrigan mythology, set alternately in ancient and contemporary times. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Morrigan is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death, or victory in battle, and in this role often appears as a crow (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan">Wikipedia</a>). The author seems to have done an excellent job of mining the mythology in writing the series. At the beginning of the story, set in ancient times, we meet The Morrigan and witness her power in battle. She has granted her favors to various kings over the centuries in return for blood. In this re-telling, the original Morrigan is also a vampire, known as Queen of the Night, and she relishes in blood (a quick caveat: there is a lot of blood in this book, so if that isn't your thing, just a content warning, though I think it worked well with the story line). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In contemporary times, we meet Garnet Conners, an assertive and talented trauma surgeon who has a birthmark that looks like a crow on her shoulder. We find out that crows have been leaving her little gifts since she was a child, though she never knew why. When the severely injured patient Garnet is operating on launches off the operating table and disappears into the night, Dr. Conners finds herself caught in a war between the vampires and witches in her city that she knew nothing about.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The book has a dual timeline, with scenes from The Morrigan's life centuries ago appearing as dreams to present-day Garnet, though she doesn't understand them at first. But she meets a man from the dreams one evening, and her whole life is upended: for she possesses the blood of The Morrigan, and both the witches and vampires want her on their side. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The characters are fully fleshed out, the dialogue is seamless, and the pace is unrelenting once the story takes off. I really loved the addition of the crows and the impact of their appearance in both timelines, and appreciated that echo back to the Wildlands series. The book ends with a satisfying climax for the original story, but also somewhat of a cliffhanger, leaving the reader wanting to know what happens next in this exciting and fresh dark fantasy take on Irish mythology. 4.5 Stars ⭐</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recommend <i>Morrigan's Blood</i> for those who enjoy urban and dark fantasy novels with strong female main characters, such as those by Faith Hunter, Ilona Andrews, Patrica Briggs and Seanan McGuire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next two eBooks in the series are <i>Morrigan's Bite</i>, coming October 23, 2020 and <i>Morrigan's Bond</i>, available November 19, 2020, which I have not read - but am looking forward to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(click on images for more info)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B9GVMZM?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_1&storeType=ebooks" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV8IKEUIT58hc7bx31KRnrssxtBSVj7x8mIY1ZzR13KwgsoR3F4ntXU5FPyh8HLW_iwywZYaKQ2SxlqubVAPzN2XzsvmSwRs-XCyFKUQv38cHvtk1Eo-GPF13MDA1FCe5V8Tp5VoGur4/" width="160" /></a></div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B9KRLKZ?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_2&storeType=ebooks"><img alt="" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguq8jtxwS9qDV8lP0pcIVXx1v6awvUeQKZI3XzIHhqHgNlxyj3Ycj-cX9nPZi3g8xa5HTOk7Rhu9YYrJco6I4d4fnbDhkJFVXu3zjDfVBU2LmxxZVCXyTcSO9KgO2_K3uPqArLDpgnEQk/" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="mT05K" jscontroller="BPOkb" jsname="COXYLd" jsshadow="" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div aria-controls="i9" aria-expanded="false" class="oX8Xbb Tj1T2" jsaction="click:ornU0b;focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; mouseup:GfWc1e; touchend:GfWc1e;" jsname="HSrbLb" role="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; align-items: center; cursor: pointer; display: flex; flex-direction: row-reverse; outline: none; padding: 16px 0px; transition: background 0.2s ease 0.1s;" tabindex="0"><span class="gjKCb joOfYc" jsslot="" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; flex-grow: 1; flex-shrink: 1;"><div class="To4v2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; align-items: center; display: flex;"></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p><br /><br /></p>Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-42189421600178503422020-07-15T04:38:00.001-05:002020-07-15T04:38:11.527-05:00Book Review: A Delightful Little Book on Aging by Stephanie Raffelock ~ Lone Star Literary Book Blog Tour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“Where are the elders? The wise women, the crones, the guardians of truth here to gently, lovingly, and playfully guide us towards the fulfillment of our collective destiny? It turns out that they are right here, in our midst, and Stephanie Raffelock is showcasing the reclamation of aging as a moment of becoming, no longer a dreaded withering into insignificance. <i>A Delightful Little Book on Aging</i> lays down new and beautiful tracks for the journey into our richest, deepest, and wildest years.” – <b>Kelly Brogan, MD, author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>A Mind of Your Own</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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At 56, I am headed downhill rather than uphill in life, but it doesn't mean that my life is any less significant or that I have less to offer the world. As a matter of fact, the wisdom that comes with aging is a positive in my life; as Stephanie Raffelock writes, "you gain things even as you lose youth."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Filled with pithy sayings, thought-provoking prose, and short autobiographical essays, <i>A Delightful Little Book on Aging </i>is quintessentially quotable and contains numerous ideas about "peering over the precipice of older age" and deciding to live life as fully engaged as one can.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The author contemplates aging through the lens of 4 areas: Grief, Reclamation, Vision, and Laughter, and the structure of the book follows these four sections in examining the aging process. It's hard not to quote the whole book, but here are a few thoughts that really resonated with me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Grief:</u></b> "...the threshold of loss is only the beginning of a remarkable journey. It is a journey that must be claimed for oneself, lest we get stuck in mourning what once was."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Reclamation: </u></b>"Saying no doesn't mean I don't care about others; it means I'm a human being with limitations, and I'm willing to take care of myself in order to live a life of balance."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Vision:</u></b> "The vision of the older years belongs to a wiser, deepened soul, steeped in wonder and delight for life."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Laughter:</u> "Aging is a strange new journey, a time of humbling and a time to laugh, a time to be wise and a time to remember childlike wonder."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reading this book caused me to frequently pause and ponder, relating the words to my own life of love and loss and longing. I'm left with a feeling of encouragement, and even anticipation, for what the future holds. I want to view the next part of my life the way the author does. She says, "I hold this season of life as a time when I am becoming everything that I was ever intended to be - more loving, lovable, creative, engaged, and joyful" and wanting to "live it to the very end, with feeling and gusto."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This book will be on a gift list for some of my friends and family. 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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephanie Raffelock is the author of <i>A Delightful Little Book on Aging</i> (She Writes Press, April 2020). A graduate of Naropa University’s program in Writing and Poetics, she has penned articles for numerous publications, including <em>the Aspen Times, the Rogue Valley Messenger, Nexus Magazine, Omaha Lifestyles, Care2.com, and</em> <i>SixtyandMe.com</i>. Stephanie is part of the positive-aging movement, which encourages viewing age as a beautiful and noble passage, the fruition of years that birth wisdom and deep gratitude for all of life. She’s a recent transplant to Austin, Texas, where she enjoys life with her husband, Dean, and their Labrador retriever, Jeter (yes, named after the great Yankee shortstop). </span></span></div>
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Last week on Twitter I asked for some suggestions for older TV shows I may have missed. I tend to enjoy British and Australian shows, American crime, comedy, mystery, etc. I received some great responses, so I decided to put them in a blog post. Maybe you will find a new show, too! There are certainly a lot of good ones to choose from, based on titles others suggested. I tried to categorize them by the streaming service which offers them, but I may not have gotten it all correct! So, here goes.</div>
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<b>Amazon</b></div>
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Damages</div>
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Vikings</div>
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The Listener</div>
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Leverage</div>
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New Amsterdam</div>
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Carnival Row</div>
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Mad Men</div>
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Upload (TV-MA)</div>
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Doc Martin</div>
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Unforgotten</div>
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Scott & Bailey</div>
Bosch<br />
Vera<br />
Loch Ness<br />
The Durells in Corfu<br />
The Capture<br />
The Tunnel<br />
The Missing<br />
Silent Witness<br />
Fleabag<br />
The Marvels Miss Maisel<br />
The Man in the High Castle<br />
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Endeavor</div>
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Lie to Me</div>
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The Americans</div>
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Modern Love</div>
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Avatar: The Last Airbender</div>
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Good Omens</div>
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Our Girl</div>
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Sneaky Pete</div>
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Spirited (Australian)</div>
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Love My Way (Australian)</div>
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The Secret Life of Us (Australian)</div>
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The Expanse</div>
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Jack Ryan</div>
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The Tudors (TV-MA)</div>
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Hollywood (TV-MA)</div>
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Dead to Me (lots of votes for this one)</div>
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Sense8</div>
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Bordertown</div>
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The Woods</div>
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Mr. Selfridge (movie)</div>
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Self-Made (based on the life of C.J. Walker)</div>
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The English Game</div>
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Last Tango in Halifax</div>
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Broadchurch</div>
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Sherlock</div>
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Offspring (Australian)</div>
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The Five, Safe, The Stranger (based on books by Harlen Coben)</div>
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Kim's Convenience</div>
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Hinterland<br />Bosch</div>
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Vera</div>
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Loch Ness</div>
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Call the Midwife</div>
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Designated Survivor</div>
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Anne with and E</div>
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Never Have I Ever</div>
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Virgin River (based on the book series by Robyn Carr)</div>
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Pose</div>
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American Horror Story</div>
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Reign</div>
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Schitt$ Creek</div>
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Black Spot</div>
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Trapped</div>
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Sweet Magnolias</div>
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Space Force</div>
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Madame Secretary</div>
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Godless</div>
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Shtisel (Israeli)</div>
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When Heroes Fly (Israeli) </div>
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Fauda (Israeli)</div>
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Heart of Dixie</div>
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Wentworth</div>
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Manhunt: Unabomber</div>
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Narcos</div>
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Grand Designs</div>
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The World's Most Extraordinary Homes</div>
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<b>Hulu</b></div>
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11.22.63 (Stephen King)</div>
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His Dark Materials</div>
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Taboo (TV-MA - naked Tom Hardy, so I'm told lol)!</div>
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The Great (TV-MA)</div>
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<b>Acorn</b></div>
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Rake (legal drama)</div>
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Brokenwood Mysteries</div>
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Slings and Arrows </div>
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Murdock Mysteries</div>
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<b>Sundance</b></div>
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Liar</div>
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Rosemary & Thyme</div>
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<b>NBC </b>(Free to Stream with commercials)</div>
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Superstore</div>
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Life</div>
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Baptiste (7 day trial on Amazon)</div>
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World On Fire</div>
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Shetland</div>
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Yellowstone</div>
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68 Whiskey</div>
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Sue Jackson included a couple blog posts with more shows she has reviewed here: <a href="https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/p/tv-reviews.html">https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/p/tv-reviews.html</a> as well as a Summer 2020 Preview here: <a href="https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/summer-2020-tv-preview.html">https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/summer-2020-tv-preview.html</a></div>
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Hope you can find something new to watch, when you aren't reading a good book.</div>
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Happy Viewing!</div>
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Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-15356711252033335282020-07-03T13:34:00.000-05:002020-07-09T12:13:11.794-05:00Book Review: August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones<img height="400" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51FsqPavl5L._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="266" /><br />
Jones, Stephen Mack. 2017. <i>August Snow. </i>New York, NY: Soho Press.<br />
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2 stars*</div>
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I have a new book boyfriend: his name is August Snow. I met him in June, 2020, when he charmed me with his witty dialogue, snarky attitude, strong moral centeredness, and empathetic actions on behalf of underdogs, or anyone, really, he felt strongly needed help. Luckily he appears in two more books, <i>Lives Laid Away, </i>available now, and <i>Dead of Winter</i>, coming in May, 2021.<br />
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August Octavio Snow, half Black, half Mexican, grew up in the Mexicantown area of Detroit. He is a retired veteran and a former police officer with the Detroit Police Department. When he exposes high level corruption within the department and city council, he is fired from his job. A wrongful dissmissal settlement nets him $12 million dollars, and after spending some time traveling, drinking, and escaping his troubles, he settles back into his childhood home, working on updating not only his house, but the neighborhood itself.<br />
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When he is asked by a blue-blooded society woman to investigate some shennanigans at the bank she owns, he declines since he is no longer an officer of the law. But when the woman is killed the next day, August's moral center won't allow him to let it go. And as he investigates the killing we are introduced to a wide variety of unique characters and conversations that just make this book sing. In addition, the descriptions and history of Detroit make the setting a character itself in the novel.<br />
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Not often do I read a crime novel that surprises me so much with unique characters, captivating prose, and an unexpected resolution to the story. The last time was probably Matthew Goldman's debut, <i>Gone to Dust. </i>I am also a fan of an Indie author, Jesse Miles, who created a wonderful main character in his Jack Salvo series, which begins with <i>Dead Drop. </i> Because I am always all about the characters in books I read (along with excellent writing), I tend to appreciate those like August Snow and others who are street-smart, quick-thinking, resolute, and feel morally obligated to do the right thing, even though it's often challenging to do so.<br />
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You don't have to accept my opinion and review of the book; <i>August Snow </i>also has the honors listed below:<br />
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Starred reviews from Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus and others<br />
Winner of the Hammett Prize for Crime Fiction<br />
Winner of the 2018 Nero Award<br />
Nominated for the 2018 Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel<br />
Strand Magazine Critics Award Best First Novel Nominee<br />
A 2018 Michigan Notable Book.<br />
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* This is a 5 star read for me, but one-half star is removed for excessive profanity, which not everyone enjoys. I give 5 stars to books I can recommend without any reservaton whatsover, but do know that some people prefer not to read so much cussin' in their books!<br />
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Hope you find something good to read, and if this debut sounds like something you'd enjoy, I hope you will check it out.<br />
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Happy Reading and wear a mask!Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-79782245090315084982020-04-30T07:00:00.000-05:002020-05-01T10:57:11.299-05:00Book Review and Giveaway: Full Circle, a Memoir by Pamela Lombana ~ Lone Star Literary Book Blog Tour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 45.3333px;"><i>FULL CIRCLE: A MEMOIR</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Genre: Memoir</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">/ Domestic Abuse / Forgiveness </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Date of Publication: December 5, 2019</span></div>
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Although I mainly read only fiction these days, when I saw the description of this memoir by Pamela Lombana I knew I wanted the opportunity to learn more about it. I have known a number of people who have lived through similar experiences, but were never able to talk about them in such a way. When I read the introduction, written by the author's adult daughter, Christina, it reminded me of something that I've come to believe myself: our experiences, both good and bad, can define who we become, but they can also help us make decisions about who we <i>want </i>to be.</div>
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In the introduction, Christina writes: "Life is not just black and white; humans are not simply good or evil. In every person, there is the capacity for good and the capacity for evil. <i>Our lives are defined by the choices we make </i>[emphasis mine]<i>.</i> Some decisions are more harmless...but other choices can start you down the path toward self destruction."</div>
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Pamela Lombana's husband, Fernando, had many demons chasing him, resulting from an abusive childhood and later, alcohol addiction. The way that the author writes her story, with tenderness and grace, swept me into the lives of her family and the joys and struggles they experienced. For there were good times in her early marriage and she experienced many delights as a mother to her children.</div>
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For someone who is not an addict herself, the author has so much wisdom about the disease of alcoholism, and gives it a stunning anthropomorphic description in the chapter called Alcohol: "Alcohol comes into your life slowly. When you are young, he knocks at the door politely. Once you let him in and he feels comfortable, he wants to stay. He brings laughter and tears, you think he brings courage, but in reality, he brings chaos, unless you can stop him. He can become the unwanted guest in your house."</div>
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Fernando was also verbally and emotionally abusive, the seeds of this behavior beginning in his own childhood. At times, some of the descriptions were hard for me to read. <i>Full Circle </i>is an incredible story of the way generational abuse is passed down, and how important it is to break that cycle. Pamela writes poignantly, "Slowly, my marriage had become a quartet: Alcohol, Fear, Fernando, and me. While Alcohol was Fernando's companion, Fear had become mine." My heart breaks for the children who live in such homes, and the scars they carry forever because of it.</div>
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Ultimately, Pamela finds the emotional resources to leave her husband, taking her children with her, and starting over. The struggles she endured as a single mother are not unique - this happens so many times to so many women. But the way the author continued to encourage her children, to have hope, to bring wisdom to their lives, is one of the best parts of her story. This memoir came about from journal entries the author made over the course of her marriage, and one that resonated with me was this: "In life, everyone has their own struggles to fight and their own battles to win. I hope I can give my children the tools to do this." I also remember having these same thoughts as I was raising my own two sons, realizing I needed different tools to be a better mom.</div>
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Most surprising to me, and so powerfully written, are the parts of the story where the author helps her ex-husband as he nears the end of his life, dying from chronic alcoholism. She works hard at forgiveness, both for herself and her children, and they each manage to find peace with Fernando, who finally, at the end, realizes the damage he has done to his family. It moved me to tears.</div>
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Reading about one woman's journey through such difficulties, who came out stronger, wiser, and more empathetic as a result, was an encouraging and powerful experience. I'll never regret having read it. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pamela Lombana grew up in Colombia, South America, and emigrated to the United States to attend university. In 1999, Pamela became a pediatric nurse practitioner and went on to run a pediatric clinic in Spring Branch, Texas. Pamela loves working with families and children and focuses on educating her patients and their families. Pamela values strong family ties and friendships. She has three children and four stepchildren. Writing is a passion that started in Pamela's teenage years. She enjoys being amongst nature and loves to go hiking with her husband, Mark.
Pamela is passionate about empowering women and providing them with tools to navigate life through her book, <i>Full Circle: A Memoir</i>, her blog, and Wordfall Publishing. Pamela wrote her memoir to offer hope and courage to women experiencing alcoholic and abusive situations.</span>
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Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-35111545040791090222020-04-19T22:07:00.003-05:002020-04-19T23:59:20.723-05:00Book Review: Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs<img alt="Storm Cursed (A Mercy Thompson Novel Book 11) by [Patricia Briggs]" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51fUb1AqhML.jpg" /><br />
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*Trigger warning - animal abuse.<br />
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I stopped reading this book some time last year, but didn't remember why. When I saw the next book in the series was coming out, I though, "ooh, I need to catch up before starting <i>Smoke Bitten</i> (which came out last month). I got the book at a neighboring library and settled back into the Urban Fantasy world of coyote walker/mechanic Mercy Thompson, and all the characters I've gotten to know over the years I've been reading the series.<br />
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Not too far into the book, I remembered why I stopped. There is a very graphic scene of animal abuse (puppies and kittens) which is done by some evil/bad witches to increase their powers.<br />
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Authors: if you decide to add animal torture to a book in a series, you are going to risk losing new fans and alienating old ones. I realize that it must be hard to come up with new plot points and conflict/tensions in a long-running series. But this is not the way to do it.<br />
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I skimmed that part of the book, and will say that, for the most part I enjoyed the rest of it. I have read this series since the first book came out, and if you are an Urban Fantasy fan, you will love it. I have recommended it to men and women both at the library, and never heard a negative comment about it. If you want to know more about the series, please see my review of <i>Moon Called</i> here: <a href="https://kellywellread.blogspot.com/search?q=mercy">https://kellywellread.blogspot.com/search?q=mercy</a><br />
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<img alt="Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1) by [Patricia Briggs]" height="200" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51v-obmnuOL.jpg" width="150" /><br />
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In this latest book, Mercy and her pack discover that someone has been raising zombie animals, and proceed to investigate this unusual state of affairs. Which is when we get to the evil bad witches and their black magic with baby animals. After moving on from that part of the book, it proceeds fairly smoothly in the same manner of the rest in the series. Great dialogue, action scenes, and family dynamics among the pack.<br />
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I have the next book in the series, and do look forward to reading it. I don't give up on an author or series just because I'm disappointed with both, one or two times in 10 years. But, as I said, this is not the best way to add shock value to your story. I don't really know of anyone who would enjoy reading such extreme animal abuse - if they did, I'd run in the opposite direction, for sure.<br />
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Hoping the next book will be better.Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-81779259213261463122020-04-19T19:07:00.001-05:002021-05-21T20:27:22.847-05:00Book Review: The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni<img alt="The Ancestor: A Novel by [Danielle Trussoni]" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ZAQOXHeVL.jpg" /><br />
Trussoni, Danielle. 2020. <i>The Ancestor. </i>New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, an imprint of HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062912756. $27.99 USD.<br />
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Brief annotation: After taking a DNA test, a woman unexpectedly learns she has inherited an Italian title and estate. Travelling to a remote area in the Alps, she finds out more than she bargained for about her family history. The clever foreshadowing, fantastical elements, and sense of dread invoked in <i>The Ancestor </i>make it a page turner.<br />
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It's a challenge to review this unique new novel from Danielle Trussoni without giving away too much. There's quite an unexpected twist that I never saw coming, and I would not want to spoil it for any potential readers! But I can say a few things that will give readers an idea of what's in store if they choose to read it.<br />
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Alberta "Bert" Monte is having a tough time after a series of miscarriages, and is separated from her husband in a marriage that's on its last legs. She even took a DNA test to try to determine if there was a genetic reason why she could not bring a child to term, but the results never arrived, and she forgot about it.<br />
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When she receives an official letter written in Italian addressed to "Alberta Isabelle Eleanor Vittoria Montebianco, she opens a door to a strange family history she knew nothing about. That history includes a mysterious ghost town in the Italian alps, a Gothic castle and compound with enigmatic caretakers, something, or someone, hidden away in a tower on the estate, and a secret so incredible that it's only whispered on the cold wind.<br />
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The author has done a fantastic job with foreshadowing, and I remember being in the staff lounge at the library on my dinner break one evening and kind of singing, "Uh, oh: someone's gonna DIE." My colleague looked at me funny. There is also a very real sense of dread and foreboding throughout the book which kept me turning the pages.<br />
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<i>The Ancestor</i> is a novel that's hard to classify, genre-wise. It's a gothic thriller and mystery, with elements of horror and the fantastical. I'm not sure where to shelve it at my library, but I bought copies, and will look forward to recommending this one to readers looking for something a bit different.<br />
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Happy Reading!<br />
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<br />Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-43183546945322850912020-04-16T21:29:00.000-05:002020-04-16T21:36:46.910-05:00Book Review: Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center<img height="400" 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Center, Katherine. 2019. <i>Things You Save in a Fire. </i>New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 987-1250047328. $26.99 USD<br />
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I was fortunate to hear Katherine Center speak at a librarian conference last year and get a signed copy of this title. She is delightful, and so enthusiastic about reading and books. I've had it on my TBR for a while, and having had trouble focusing on fiction during the COVID19 pandemic, this seemed like a good choice to help me get my reading groove back!<br />
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It had both more depth and more melodrama than I expected, but overall I enjoyed this fast-paced, absorbing read about a tough-as-nails female fire-fighter who experienced, and eventually overcame, some major losses in her life.<br />
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Cassie Hanwell is an fearless, ambitious fire-fighter in Austin, Texas, who has worked hard to develop a place for herself and gain the respect of the male-dominated fire station company she works for. She's being presented an award for bravery at a formal dinner with a number of fire-fighters and city employees when she unexpectedly loses her cool and bashed a city councilman on the head with her award when he tries to cop a feel. We find out fairly quickly that there is some history between them, but the facts about that are not revealed until much later. The trauma we slowly learn that Cassie experienced as a teenager is a driving force in the book.<br />
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When her estranged mother contacts her needing help for a year in Maine due to an injury, Cassie initially refuses. She doesn't owe this woman who abandoned her as a teenager anything. But when Cassie's captain tells her she needs to remove herself from Austin for a while due to the repercussions of the assault on the councilman, and a fire-station is found in Maine who will take her on, Cassie reluctantly agrees to move in with her mother and help out, but grudgingly.<br />
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The rest of the novel is an fascinating look at what a female fire-fighter goes through to prove herself in an all-male station. Cassie is a strong character, who doesn't allow herself to feel much. She basically has to come across as one of the guys, and she does this very, very well by, among other things, beating the men at pull-ups and later a challenging obstacle course.<br />
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Cassie is consummate professional throughout the book, which makes some things that happen toward the end of story surprising. When Cassie finally allows herself to "feel" her emotions, she does a LOT of feeling. It didn't quite match up with the first 3/4th of the book. Additionally, some of the sudden changes in the antagonist's character I felt were wrapped up a bit too neatly. But these minor issues didn't detract from my overall enjoyment of the story and the slow-burn romance Cassie develops with another fire-fighter.<br />
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Ultimately, Cassie must face her past, both her teenage trauma and her anger toward her mother, to heal and gain a chance at a life and a love she never thought she'd have.<br />
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I was fortunate to recently receive a galley of the author's next book from the publisher (<i>What You Wish For</i>, coming in July) and will look forward to reading it, too. Especially since the main character in the new book is a Librarian! Katherine Center is a great writer, and I enjoyed spending time with the characters she crafted and the world she created in <i>Things You Save in a Fire.</i><br />
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<img alt="What You Wish For: A Novel by [Katherine Center]" height="320" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51GgNlcChsL.jpg" width="210" /><br />
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Happy Reading!<br />
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<br />Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-27586210377449047682020-04-16T07:05:00.000-05:002020-04-16T08:08:08.610-05:00Book Review: Edison Jones and the Anti-Grav Elevator by Michael Scott Clifton ~ Lone Star Literary Book Blog Tour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Genre: MG-YA / Action & Adventure / Men's & Boys'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Publication Date: February 11, 2020</span></div>
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I don't read a lot of YA novels anymore, as I select all the adult fiction at my library and have to stay knowledgeable with what's being published in that category. But I was intrigued by Michael Scott Clifton's new middle grade/young adult novel, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to read it. The opening scene is one of the best I've read in quite some time, with the gripping descriptions and creative use of onomatopoeia. </div>
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Being somewhat plugged into the publishing industry, I know that there has been a positive trend lately to try to offer more novels featuring characters with disabilities, and the author has created a wonderful main character in Edison, who was left paralyzed after a car accident when he was very young. </div>
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It is clear from the very beginning of the book that 12 year old Edison is extremely intelligent - a genius actually. He has been home schooled by his grandfather, Stanton, since his parents were killed in the accident, and has had access to many advanced technologies and laboratories at Stanton's company. But the decision is made that sheltering Edison from the "real world" is harming him more than helping him, so as the novel opens, Edison is starting 7th grade at the local public school. It's intriguing the way Edison plans to get around though: he has modified his wheelchair into a hover craft of sorts, and the descriptions of all the advanced things the chair can do are fascinating. </div>
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As nervous as Edison is to start school with kids his own age, he luckily meets some fellow students who become his friends throughout the book. And in these interactions with other 7th graders, Edison learns a lot about himself: he has much to be grateful for, in spite of his disability; he has something to offer to the world with his intelligence and creative thinking; and he has more of an ability to help others than he ever thought he could. At times, I felt that the author needed to "show me, don't tell me" better with his writing; but overall, the characters were well-developed and the pace was such that I wanted to keep turning the pages, especially at the exciting end of this well-written book.</div>
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There is a lot of science and technology explored in this novel, and I admit I didn't understand all of it! But it would be a great book to put into the hands of mature middle grade and teen readers who are interested in STEM. Budding scientists and those fascinated by space flight and advanced robotics should enjoy this one and look forward to more adventures with Edison and his friends.</div>
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I only have a few criticisms, and those are minor. The first page of each chapter is printed on gray shaded paper with images, and that made it a bit of challenge to read in print. And although the writing is excellent, I felt that some of the vocabulary was well above the intended audience. The characters are all fully fleshed out, but do fall into stereotypes: the jock, the brainy girl, the cheerleader, and the bully, for example. The story really shines, however, when it shows Edison overcoming some of the limitations he has put on himself. Overall, this was a unique, action-packed story, with exciting twists and turns, and I will be happy to recommend it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Multi award-winning author Michael Scott Clifton, a public educator for over 38 years as a teacher, coach, and administrator, currently lives in Mount Pleasant, Texas, with his wife, Melanie, and family cat. An avid gardener, reader, and movie junkie, he enjoys all kinds of book and movie genres. His books contain aspects of all the genres he enjoys: action, adventure, magic, fantasy, and romance. His fantasy novels, </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Janus Witch</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Open Portal</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, received 5-Star reviews from the prestigious Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, and he has been a finalist in a number of short story contests, with </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Edges of Gray</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> winning First Place in the Texas Authors Contest. Professional credits include articles published in the </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Texas Study of Secondary Education Magazine</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Clifton’s latest book, </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Open Portal</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, won a Feathered Quill Book Finalist Award, and launched the fantasy book series, Conquest of the Veil. </span>
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Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-92232508115839821012020-04-12T22:19:00.002-05:002020-04-12T22:36:13.596-05:00Book Review: The Last Summer of Ada Bloom by Martine Murray<img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/519CKaQCMnL._SX321_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" /><br />
Murray, Martine. 2020. <i>The Last Summer of Ada Bloom. </i>Portland, OR: Tin House Books, distributed by W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-1947793613. $15.95 USD.<br />
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I will tell you right off the bat that any review I write of this book will not do it justice. I am particularly fond of coming-of-age novels, and have been since reading <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> all those years ago; so you can imagine that when I discovered that the main character, Ada, has hints of Scout Finch about her, that this book would be a surprise to me and something I enjoyed.<br />
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Set over one long, hot, dry summer in a small Australian town, it centers on the Bloom family, Martha and Mike, the parents, and Tilly, Ben, and Ada, their three children. The novel is book-ended by scenes at an old windmill that Ada finds at the beginning of the novel, and the symbolism of that is an example of the careful and thoughtful way the author has crafted her writing. Secrets are slowly revealed, and the innocence of each character is lost in some way by the end of the story. Though not always an easy read, nevertheless, this book is one I closed with a satisfied sigh, grateful to have been immersed in its pages for a little while.<br />
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The novel is light on plot, but is instead a deep examination of a family on the verge of falling apart, the slimmest strands holding them together. Ada is around 10 years old, and her life is set "just so." She roams the area around her house, with their three-legged dog, PJ, poking things with sticks and conversing with the trees she has named William Blake and Emily Dickinson. But things are changing in the family, and one act of betrayal will set in motion a narrative where cracks are revealed in all of their lives.<br />
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I loved the character of Ada Bloom. Her thoughts are beautifully rendered, and she's the best part of the book, other than the outstanding writing. Her older sister, Tilly, is also fully-developed, and reading the ups and downs of their relationship is something else I really enjoyed. Ben is less developed, but the fact that he's his mother's favorite plays an important role in one of the unexpected twists in the novel.<br />
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Speaking of mothers, Martha was my least favorite character, and I wasn't much of a fan of the dad, Mike, either. They are deeply flawed characters, selfish and self-absorbed, and sometimes it was hard to read their stories. But each of the characters has a chance to examine deep crevices inside themselves, and they process the events of the book in a way that was understandable, if not completely satisfying.<br />
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I mentioned the writing, and here is where I will fall short in my review. I cannot write like this author does. I haven't read many that I would say can. My advanced reader copy (courtesy of the library marketing department of W.W. Norton) is highlighted, underlined, and dog-eared. I will just give one example from Ada's voice and I think it will explain the appeal, for me, at least:<br />
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<i>She drifted into a tender, sad mood because of the way the light and dust slowed time to a halt and opened up a soft hole of memory. And she had a sense that something had happened and would never happen again...It was the dying light that made her sad, because time died over and over again. Each day threw out its last lone note of beauty like a plaintive howl, and then it was finished.</i><br />
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There are pages and pages of this kind of writing that just wrapped itself around me, making me so appreciate the written word. I had been unable to read for weeks after the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, too distracted and anxious and scared to focus on reading fiction. But when I finished <i>The Last Summer of Ada Bloom</i>, and turned the last page, I let out a sigh I didn't realize I had been holding.<br />
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I highly recommend this book for those who love literary fiction and exemplary writing. It may not appeal to everyone, because as I mentioned, some of the characters are fairly unlikable. But that's the way reality is: we are not always given the best parents; betrayals and tragedies occur and we have to process them; there is no stopping childhood - we have to grow up. But Martine Murray has a way with language, and I feel that I was carefully tended to by her as I was reading. "This," I thought, as I closed the book "this is why I read."<br />
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I've read a number of remarkable books published by Tin House over the last few years. I can also recommend <i>A Key to Treehouse Living</i> by Elliot Reed, another coming-of-age novel, but written in glossary form; <i>Costalegre </i>by Courtney Maum, loosely based on the lives of Peggy Guggenheim and her daughter Pegeen; and <i>Biloxi </i>by Mary U. Miller, in which you will meet curmudgeonly Louis and his rescue dog Layla, and be glad you did.<br />
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Happy Reading. And wash your hands.Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-37491251744169467782020-03-24T07:00:00.000-05:002020-03-24T07:00:00.849-05:00Notable Quotable from Execution in E by Alexia Gordon ~ Lone Star Literary Book Blog Tour <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Publisher: <a href="http://www.henerypress.com/" target="_blank">Henery Press</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Date of Publication: March 24, 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When an influencer-turned-bridezilla shows up at the lighthouse to capture Insta-perfect wedding photos designed to entice sponsors to fund her lavish wedding, Gethsemane has her hands full trying to keep Eamon from blasting the entire wedding party over the edge of the cliff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wedding bells become funeral bells when members of the bride’s entourage start turning up dead. Frankie’s girlfriend, Verna, is pegged as maid-of-honor on the suspect list when the Garda discover the not-so-dearly departed groom was her ex and Gethsemane catches her standing over a body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gethsemane uncovers devilish dealings as she fights to clear Verna, for Frankie’s sake. Will she find the killer in time to save Frankie from another heartbreak? Or will the photos in her social media feed be post-mortem?</span>
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Krivak, Andrew. 2020. <i>The Bear. </i>New York, NY: Bellevue Literary Press. ISBN: 978-1942658702. $16.99 USD. 244 pages.</div>
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Set in an unknown future where only two people still exist, this slim gem of a book, marketed as a fable for adults, is yet reminiscent of humanity's early beginnings in the distant past, and describes the skills and behaviors that would have been necessary to survive and thrive in a harsh and often unforgiving environment. </div>
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Some graphic hunting images may not be to everyone's taste, but I underlined passages in my advanced copy as a reminder to revisit the poignant prose that resonated with me, such as:</div>
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Be hungry for what you have yet to do while you're awake."</div>
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<i>The Bear</i> is a short novel, but leaves the impact of a much longer story, and touches on themes of family, the environment, the struggle for survival, and the need for harmony with nature. I enjoyed meeting the Bear, the Puma, and the fierce unnamed female narrator who was stronger than I could ever imagine.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Houston, 1961: comedy meets mystery and history. </b>It's hard to be hard-boiled when your biggest fan and worst critic is your twelve-year-old daughter, especially when she's cracking your case for you and defending you from the bad guys, along with sidekicks human and feline.</span>
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Houston is still a cowboy backwater, but Texas politicians dream big. P.I. Harry Lark is out to save the city for President Kennedy's moon mission. Dizzy Lark is out to save Harry.</span>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Jani Brooks of <i>Romance Reviews Today</i></b> calls <i>Bayou City Burning</i> “a terrific mystery loaded with humor, lots of excitement, and fascinating, well written characters” and rates it “a Perfect 10 book.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>D. B. Borton </b>is the author of two mystery series—the Cat Caliban series (Berkley, Hilliard and Harris) and the Gilda Liberty series (Fawcett)—as well as the recent novels <i>Second Coming, Smoke</i>, and <i>Bayou City Burning</i> (all from Boomerang Books). She is Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio Wesleyan University.
A native Texan, Borton became an ardent admirer of Nancy Drew at a young age. At the age of fourteen, she acquired her own blue roadster, trained on the freeways of Houston and the broad stretches of oil-endowed Texas highway, and began her travels. She also began a lifetime of political activism, working only for political candidates who lost. She left Texas at about the time everyone else arrived.
In graduate school, Borton converted a lifetime of passionate reading and late-night movie-watching into a doctorate in English. She discovered that people would pay her to discuss literature and writing, although not much. But because she found young people interesting and entertaining and challenging, she became a college teacher, and survived many generations of college students. Later, during a career crisis, she discovered that people would pay her to tell stories, although even less than they would pay her to discuss stories written by someone else.
Borton has lived in the Southwest and Midwest, and on the West Coast, where she has planted roses and collected three degrees in English without relinquishing her affection for the ways in which actual speakers constantly reinvent the language to meet their needs. In her spare time, she gardens, practices aikido, studies languages other than English, and, of course, watches movies and reads.</span><br />
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But as Talia and her elite team of thieves con their way into the heart of the Jungle, inching ever closer to syndicate boss the White Lion, she'll run right up against the ragged edge of her family's dark past. In this game of cat and mouse, it's win . . . or die. And in times like that, it's always good to have someone watching your back.
Former tactical deception officer and stealth pilot James Hannibal takes you deep undercover into the criminal underworld where everyone has an angle, and no one escapes unscathed.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author James R. Hannibal discusses his new book <i>Chasing the White Lion</i>, filled with cons and thieves, and his hopes for its real-world impact. <i>Chasing the White Lion</i> stars Compassion International, an organization fighting child poverty. By bringing dignity and identity to children in poverty, Compassion helps slam the door on human traffickers.</span></div>
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<span style=" color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">MacFarlane, Robert and Jackie Morris. 2017. <i>The Lost Words. </i>House of Anansi Press, Inc. ISBN 978-1487005382. $35.00 USD.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Not too long ago I read about a book written by Robert MacFarlane that sounded interesting, and because I am a fan of his writing, I ordered it. I didn't realize that it would be a 16" x 12" coffee-table style book or that it was also a children's book. It quite took me by surprise when I opened the larger-than-anticipated box. But oh, how I've come to love this book!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style=" font-size: 18px;">In 2015, when the Oxford Children's Dictionary dropped around 50 words relating to the natural world, a number of prominent authors wrote an open letter of protest, including nature writer, Robert MacFarlane, who was dismayed at the loss of words such as <i>fern, willow, </i>and <i>starling </i>and what it might mean to impoverish children's vocabulary in this way.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style=" font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Maria Popova </span><span style="font-family: , "avenir next" , "avenir" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/06/17/the-lost-words-macfarlane-morris/">https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/06/17/the-lost-words-macfarlane-morris/</a>)<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style=" font-size: 18px;">He teamed up with artist Jackie Morris to create an encyclopedia of sorts, but also a "spell book" for conjuring the lost words back, written for readers of all ages, resulting in a "hymn of praise to the wild around us."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The book opens with the traditional "once upon a time" of a children's story, telling us that some words have begun to vanish, "so quietly at first that almost no one noticed." But the spells (poems) in the book might just "by the old, strong magic of being spoken aloud" conjure them back into existence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style=" font-size: 18px;">Each word has a 3 page spread. On the first, in usually a large amount of white space, we see random letters dancing across the page with line drawings surrounding them. Within these letters is the word, in gold paint, so you can pick it out if you try hard enough. (In the image below you will find the word "kingfisher" for example).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style=" font-size: 18px;">On the other two pages are a beautiful watercolor image by the artist, Jackie Morris, and a spell/poem in the form of an acrostic, so that the first letter of each verse in the poem will vertically spell the word being referenced. The creativity and skill to come up with this entire endeavor is simply astounding to me, really. </span></span><br />
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Rader-Day, Lori. <i>The Lucky One. </i>2019. New York, NY: William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062938060. $27.99 USD.<br />
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<i>The Lucky One</i>, the newest mystery by Lori Rader-Day, started at a somewhat slower pace than I was used to, so I did not finish it as quickly as I have in reading other novels by this talented author. But I'm glad I did because, as one librarian colleague told me, it has a "boffo" ending!<br />
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The main character, Alice, was taken out of her yard as a toddler, but rescued by her policeman father very quickly. Alice remembers very little about it. Raised in a "cotton wool" environment by her protective parents, she has not had an opportunity to achieve much as an adult in terms of relationships or a career.<br />
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As the book begins, Alice is working in construction for her father, who retired from the force shortly after the kidnapping. She has a keen interest in an online community who attempts to locate missing persons in order to provide closure for their families, even if the news is tragic. One day, she sees a familiar face in a missing person listing - that of her kidnapper.<br />
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The book picks up pace after that, and the slow burn turns into a page-turner that I'm glad I raced through to finish. There are layers of different story-lines that are revealed in a well-crafted way, as well as realistic dialogue that flows seamlessly. It had an ending I didn't see coming - always the best kind for mysteries and thrillers! You will want to read this one to find out who really is "the lucky one."Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-6109982175368164572020-01-30T17:02:00.001-06:002020-01-30T17:25:35.054-06:00Book Review: Deep State by Chris Hauty<img alt="Deep State: A Thriller by [Hauty, Chris]" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41FT-1WoYEL.jpg" /><br />
Hauty, Chris. <i>Deep State. </i>2020. New York, NY: Emily Bestler Books (Atria), a division of Simon & Schuster<br />
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My customers love political and espionage thrillers. Like LOVE them. I have several who read them faster than I can find them to recommend. So, I am always on the lookout for new ones. I had seen <i>Deep State </i>mentioned on the Twitter account "Atria Mystery Bus" (which is a lot of fun to follow, btw, with all his "live mystery unboxing" shenanigans). When I was at Bouchercon in Dallas in November, I was lucky to come across an ARC of this title and snatched it up.<br />
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<i>Deep State</i> is a debut from Chris Hauty, a screenwriter who has worked at all the major movie studios in nearly every genre of film. You would expect someone like that to be able to set a scene and keep the pace moving, and boy, does he. This is a very good debut, with few narrative issues you sometimes encounter with first time authors.<br />
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The main character, Hayley Chill ("cool" name!) escaped a tough upbringing in West Virginia by joining the army. When she leaves the military, she winds up as an intern at the White House, working for the Chief of Staff of the current administration. Older, and more mature, than the other interns, she quickly makes a good impression on those in power around her, including the president.<br />
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When Hayley discovers the Chief of Staff dead, apparently of a heart attack, only she suspects foul play. Not used to trusting anyone, she keeps the information to herself for a while. And she is proven correct in her reticence when she comes under attack for nosing around the case. With multiple twists that made me say "what?" and enough pace to keep me turning the pages, I ended the book hoping I would see more of Hayley Chill in the future.<br />
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If you squint, you will certainly see similarities to the current political realm of the U.S., but the author does a good job of changing characters enough to keep it interesting and not beating the reader over the head with his own ideology, whatever that may be. This is one thing I have to watch out for, because I do not usually know the political inclinations of my customers. The best political thrillers, in my opinion, manage to tell an exciting, page-turning story without preaching. And I believe Chris Hauty has accomplished this.<br />
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<i>Deep State</i> is the first book I finished this year, and I have already recommended it to several of my customers. Which makes them happy. And that makes me happy. More like this, please!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Pink Carnation series - Lauren Willig</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Harry Dresden - Jim Butcher</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Amelia Peabody - Elizabeth Peters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Parasol Protectorate - Gail Carriger</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Sun Does Shine - Anthony Ray Hinton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>A woman’s empty pursuit of happiness leads to a crisis before finding redemption in the Lord in this challenging and gritty Christian novel.</b>
Twenty-nine-year-old novelist and blackjack dealer Cami Taylor seems to have it all—but just underneath her confident exterior and newfound celebrity is a young woman in trouble. Cami’s boyfriend, Joel, wants to get married, buy a house on Long Island, and raise a family—a life that’s a million miles from Cami’s idea of happiness. Her therapist suggests compromise and trust, but Cami would rather bolt like a deer.
Breaking things off with Joel, Cami launches herself on a new quest for happiness. But her pursuit of pleasure only takes her further from herself—and toward a harrowing new reality unlike anything she’s faced before. What follows for Cami is a fight to the death that can only be waged with God’s love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>All In</i> by L.K. Simonds is classified as Christian Fiction, but it does not fall within the expectations of the genre. As long as readers know that going into this well-written and engaging novel, there shouldn't be too much of a shock to the system. The author's beliefs about the way God lives and moves in our world today are different in some ways from my own; so other than an ending that was not quite what I was expecting, I enjoyed watching a character struggle with life in this often inexplicable world and find some hope and redemption in the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cami Taylor is an author living in New York City who has recently published a very successful debut novel. She is living the dream: has a nice apartment, a loving boyfriend, and is close to finishing a second book. All that starts to fall apart when her boyfriend pushes her for a commitment, and she realizes she doesn't want the same life he has imagined for them together. He accuses her of being closed off and removed in their relationship and encourages her to see a therapist to try to figure out some of her "issues." She doesn't appreciate that (who would?) but goes anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The scenes with the therapist are very realistic based on my own experiences, and we get to know a little more about Cami through them. She was an afterthought in her parent's life, wasn't nurtured by them, and spent a lot of time alone as a child. She learned early on not to depend on anyone and to seek satisfaction in her life on her own terms. She has had many lovers, casual one night stands, and her moral compass is far from what one usually sees in this genre. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The unexpected sex scenes are tastefully written; but more importantly we begin to see the negative effects Cami's lifestyle is having on her, both physically and mentally. When she receives a shocking diagnosis, she escapes to Texas to stay with a recently discovered distant relative who is a evangelical Christian. Through her interactions with multiple characters in the second half of the book, Cami begins to evaluate some of the mistakes of her past and decides she wants a different life for herself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are a few places in the book that I did find unrealistic, but I cannot go into details without spoiling the story for future readers. And, as a Christian myself, I do have some different beliefs about how God interacts with his creation in our contemporary world. Because of that, the ending was not as satisfying to me as the first part of the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What kept resonating with me, though, is this: life is messy; we can be very selfish; we make mistakes, daily, and are not always sorry for them. Yet, God loves us in spite of ourselves and created a way of redemption for us all. Cami Taylor personifies this messy life her behavior and thoughts, and I cared for her as a character because she is very human, as we all are. Some CF readers might not enjoy this book for the reasons I mentioned at the beginning of this review. But I am glad I got to witness Cami's journey as, in the end, she went <i>All In</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>L. K. Simonds </b>is a Fort Worth local. She has worked as a waitress, KFC hostess, telephone marketer, assembly-line worker, nanny, hospital lab technician, and air traffic controller. She's an instrument-rated pilot and an alumna of Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas. <i>All In</i> is her first novel.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
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Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-69109179096430318672019-12-31T22:37:00.001-06:002019-12-31T23:41:12.683-06:00Favorite Reads of 2019. Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I did not get as much read as I'd hoped in 2019 for a number of reasons, but wanted to mention at least 10 books I enjoyed this year. My reviews for most of these novels can be found by searching a key word on my home page. </span><br />
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<span pre-wrap="" white-space:=""><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Costalegre</i> by Courtney Maum (Tin House/W.W. Norton). Loosely based on the lives of Peggy Guggenheim and her daughter Pegeen, this slim novel introduces us to a unique adolescent narrator, and getting to know her was beautiful and sad and worthy. It's a short novel with an emotional impact that lingers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Blood Relations </i>by Jonathan Moore (Mariner/HMH). <span a="" baseline="" pre-wrap="" vertical-align:="" white-space:="">Although I don't read a lot of</span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Noir?src=hashtag_click" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span a="" baseline="" pre-wrap="" vertical-align:="" white-space:=""> </span></a><span a="" baseline="" pre-wrap="" vertical-align:="" white-space:="">noir I will read anything Jon Moore writes. It's a hard-boiled PI novel updated for the 21st century, with some unexpected surprises you won't see coming. Check out <i>The Poison Artist </i>and the other novels in his San Francisco triptych, too.</span></span></div>
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<span a="" pre-wrap="" white-space:=""><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Biloxi </i>by Mary Miller (Liveright/W.W. Norton). You've met men like curmudgeonly Louis who falls in love with a "rescued" mutt named Layla. I loved all their quirks; the small details of a life lived; mistakes, joys. I won't soon forget these two imperfect, yet memorable, characters.</span></span><br />
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<i>The Current </i>by Tim Johnston (Algonquin/Workman). <span a="" pre-wrap="" white-space:=""><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This atmospheric mystery defines the term "propulsive" in its narrative structure, and once I adjusted to the pace and writing, I couldn't read it fast enough. It gets a "Well Done" from me.</span></span></div>
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<span style= color: #14171a; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I read two dozen more books this year, and many were very, very good. But I guess if I had to pick 10 that stood out and were memorable it would be those listed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span pre-wrap="">My wish for everyone this year, which I also posted on Twitter: </span></span><span style= color: #14171a; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Make 2020 a good one by narrowing your focus to a few things you can accomplish, a few people you can love well, some good you can do to make a difference in the lives of others, and by ending with few regrets.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Genre: Murder Mystery / Social Thriller / Amateur Sleuth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Publication Date: September 1, 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Number of Pages: 209 pages</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amateur detectives, Covey Jencks and JayJay Qualls, are drawn into a triple murder on the campus of Baker College in West Waverly in the Texas Hill Country. Both end up taking positions at the college: Covey as an adjunct instructor and JayJay as a visiting actor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Initially they believe that money is the motive for the murders, but over time they learn that the college is a cauldron of political and social intrigue. The college's new president and his beautiful wife, various staff members, a prominent trustee, and parties not associated with the college have the motives, opportunities, and wacky agendas that might implicate them in the murders. It turns out that a white nationalist group may be using a college house for its nefarious activities, but are they more talk than action? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The West Waverly police are little to no help in the investigation, and Covey himself has to depart the college to deal with his father's death. JayJay takes over and makes a critical breakthrough. Upon Covey's return, the couple must rely on deception, a bit of luck, and martial arts skills to solve the crimes and to try to prevent a high-profile assassination. </span>
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When an influencer-turned-bridezilla shows up at the lighthouse to capture Insta-perfect wedding photos designed to entice sponsors to fund her lavish wedding, Gethsemane has her hands full trying to keep Eamon from blasting the entire wedding party over the edge of the cliff.
Wedding bells become funeral bells when members of the bride’s entourage start turning up dead. Frankie’s girlfriend, Verna, is pegged as maid-of-honor on the suspect list when the Garda discover the not-so-dearly departed groom was her ex and Gethsemane catches her standing over a body.
Gethsemane uncovers devilish dealings as she fights to clear Verna, for Frankie’s sake. Will she find the killer in time to save Frankie from another heartbreak? Or will the photos in her social media feed be post-mortem?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR: </b>A writer since childhood, <b>Alexia Gordon</b> won her first writing prize in the 6th grade. She continued writing through college but put literary endeavors on hold to finish medical school and Family Medicine residency training. She established her medical career then returned to writing fiction. Raised in the southeast, schooled in the northeast, she relocated to the west where she completed Southern Methodist University’s Writer’s Path program. She admits Texas brisket is as good as Carolina pulled pork. She practices medicine in North Chicago, IL. She enjoys the symphony, art collecting, embroidery, and ghost stories.</span></div>
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Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455750410349604318.post-80174539083688844352019-11-24T23:50:00.001-06:002019-11-25T09:05:58.503-06:00Sarah Jane by James Sallis <img alt="Sarah Jane by [Sallis, James]" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41e3wbeH5VL.jpg" width="213" /><br />
Sallis, James. 2019. <i>Sarah Jane</i>. New York, NY: Soho Press. ISBN 978-1641290807. $23.95 USD.<br />
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I read another librarian's review of this short novel and was intrigued, especially when I learned it was around 200 pages and I knew I could finish it without too much effort. What started as a "let's see what it's all about," led to a deep dive into an incisive and profound character study the likes of which I rarely encounter.<br />
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Sarah Jane is a mysterious character, and the reader knows they are in for some surprises when she says, "...I didn't do all those things they say I did. Well, not all of them anyway." Sarah Jane grew up with her father and a mother who kept disappearing; so it's not too much of a surprise that she has trouble staying in one place herself for long. She floats around in her youth, gets in some trouble, and ends up in the military rather than jail, those being the only options granted her at the time.<br />
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After her military tour, Sarah Jane supports herself as a cook, and ends up a bit on the run later in life after realizing someone she's married to is not who she thought he was. She changes locations and names like changing clothes, just keeps moving forward, almost instinctively. Ultimately, she finds herself working in law enforcement and filling in for a sheriff in a small town when he goes missing. This is where the mystery story begins. Because it IS classified as a mystery, and there are mysteries that do get solved. Some more definitively than others.<br />
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What surprised me, kept me intrigued, and also challenged me so much about this novel was the author's construction of his chapters. He starts a paragraph almost in the middle of the story, and the reader doesn't really understand what's happening right away. But, by sticking with it, we gradually fall into the narrative: the characters and action and clues - it all starts to make sense. Well, most of it, anyway. There is plenty of ambiguity here, but it works in this story. The novel also is not straight forward chronologically, but slips back and forth in time in a way that can be a bit jarring, but it all comes together eventually. Well, most of it anyway :/<br />
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It's really incredible what the author has done here in a little more than 200 pages. We are given a snapshot of various stages of the main character's life: click, Sarah's a child keeping a journal and scratching her arm open because she heard the phrase, "beauty is only skin deep," and went looking; click, Sarah is in a far away country in an unnamed war, lying in hot sand after an explosion, having killed an enemy so young, she has to imagine something different to live with it. And she does; click. And on the story goes, through interactions, connections, incomplete beginnings and leavings. We get a glimpse of some of the things Sarah<i> did </i>do, and wonder what she did not.<br />
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The writing is really something, and I found myself taking screenshots of sentences and paragraphs I wanted to re-read. Since I had checked this book out from the library, I couldn't write in it or turn down pages. But I wanted to. And will buy my own copy to re-read someday. Because it deserves to be read more than once.<br />
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I saw on Amazon some one star reviews, and a five star review that said, "people who slam this book just didn't get it." Reading is subjective, of course, but I think I understand what the author was attempting to accomplish: an unusual character study in which we learn many things about the main character, but in such a removed way, that we barely get a chance to know her before it's over. And she's worth knowing. There are glimpses of violence, but also touches of redemption that provide the payoff I needed to be satisfied as a reader.<br />
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I don't think this book is probably for everyone. The narrative is bit chaotic, and the confusing way the chapters begin could be off-putting. But it worked for me. I tend to be drawn to books with unusual structure for some reason - maybe I just like the challenge. But this book reminded me why I love reading, fiction especially. Other books that I ended up loving due to an interesting narrative structure were <i>Goodbye, Vitamin</i> by Rachel Khong,<i> The Current </i>by Tim Johnston, <i>A Key to Treehouse Living </i>by Elliot Reed, and <i>Costalegre</i> by Courtney Maum.<br />
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The critical reviews of the book, from sources such as The Wall Street Journal, The Toronto Star, Bookpage, Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, and Booklist, among others, are incredibly good. And I don't always agree with critical reviews. This time around, I concur. And I'm just sitting here, right now, imagining whom I will recommend it to next at the library.<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. I hope you enjoy some down time, and perhaps a good book. Like this one.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Kelly Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878475509179494150noreply@blogger.com1