Lately, I seem to be interested in stories of the messiness, and complex lives of the characters, and this one does that and does it well. Messy is what our troubled 23-year-old main character Edie is. After losing her job, she moves in with her white older lover, his wife and their adopted black daughter. …
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré is one not to missed!! I loved everything about this story and character!! The Girl with the Louding Voice is a powerfully unforgettable story about an extraordinary 14-year-old Nigerian girl’s journey in finding her louding voice to use it to do better, do more. To fight for …
Brenda’s review In Five Years is a stunningly beautiful, brilliant, unforgettable and insightful love story that gave me so much to think about! The story starts with a hook that had me asking myself a few questions and anticipating the answers. I do have to admit I was a bit worried about the direction this …
I feel the need to spread some love and joy right now and Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin is a perfect one to share some love for! It’s a fun, great distraction to bring some joy and laughter to your day! Hurray! I am happy, and I want to show it!! Happy & …
YaHoo!! Hot Diggity Dang! This is one brilliantly done story!!! So how does what seems like a stereotyped, mocking sexism story about southern woman in a book club turn into a skin-crawling, blood soaking story? Then turn into a refreshing, powering, brilliantly humorous story with meaningful character development. Well, Grady Hendrix does some mighty fine …
Mercy me! Well, Brian Panowich shows no mercy with his stories, ok maybe not entirely true. He pulls out the big guns here in more ways than one with Hard Cash Valley. It’s another winner for me and Brian Panowich is setting the bar for me with my new favourite genre. He has been called …
