Book Reviews

Coming in July! Pick this up. A book of survival while hiding in the forest during WWII. If you’ve read and liked Harmel before you won’t be disappointed.  Interesting story about a young lady who is raised in the forest and finds herself assisting people trying to evade the German soldiers. She teaches them survival skills and they teach her about love and family.  Thanks to #netgalley #kristinharmel for the advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review. 

This was ok/good. Lots of descriptive detail and a few times things were repeated. Creepy hotel & a bunch of snow makes me think of “The Shining” right off the bat. This book is not on the Stephen King level, but most definitely has some creepy/thriller moments for sure. I think it could’ve earned more stars if it were faster/shorter. But still worth the read if you like this genre. 

A story that investigates race relations among families as a segregated school becomes unsegregated.  Every time a person can read a book about human relations it’s another opportunity to exercise your knowledge of what’s right, what’s wrong, and learning what equality truly is or should be. 

 If you’ve read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett go ahead and give this novel a look. Commonalities: family secrets and exploring the how/why family members become estranged and how that vibrates through the generations. In this novel An old and sick Granny B struggles with her granddaughter Evelyn when she starts asking questions regarding her past, the history of the family, and if it can be shared, can it be mended?

If you’ve read A Long Time Comin’ by R Pearson, I believe you will love this book. Common in subject matter: family secrets of how/why family members become estranged and how that vibrates through the generations. I really enjoyed this novel.  Contains several interesting, likable characters.  I noticed that I was quite far into the book before the word “cousin” was used. I could be wrong, but it seemed a clever way to draw you further into the lives of the characters — to start thinking of them as family though they know very little of each other.

  This was hard to get through, I didn’t like any of the characters. The audiobook emphasizes the whiny, pompous, and power hungry characters. I was grinding my teeth all the way through.