• Salvage This World and Rivers by Michael Farris Smith

    Michael Farris Smith knows how to write Southern-gothic stories set in a dystopian future where climate change has ravaged the Gulf Coast. He delves into the harsh and unforgiving landscape that has shaped the characters and has a way of creating a vivid sense of place by painting a stark and bleak picture. He sets

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  • Spring Reading: Hello Beautiful By Ann Napolitano

    Well, Hello, Beautiful story. I have one excellent book hanger with some sadness over leaving the fictional world of William and the Padavano Sisters. I find myself staring off into space, thinking about them and their lives. Ann Napolitano has written something beautiful and created something special with this tender, emotionally layered, honest portrayal of

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  • Go as a River by Shelley

    Lindsay’s Two Cents 2023 Favourites List! Beautiful captivating words. Heartbreaking and heartwarming. Endearing, resilient, unforgettable characters. Vivid, palpable atmosphere. Thought provoking, life changing decisions. Victoria Nash becomes the homemaker after losing her mother at a young age. She takes on all domestic duties within the household of her father, brother and uncle on top of

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  • The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather

    Heather McGhee gives us an eye-opening, easy-to-read, compelling, fresh look and something different to consider besides the treatment and discrimination against people of color. She challenges the idea that racism is a zero-sum game by examining the hidden cost of racism to everyone. Drawing on her personal experiences and extensive research, she argues while giving

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  • The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

    What is going on between the covers Gabe and Pippa moved to a house backing onto a seaside cliff known as The Drop. Over the last year of living there, Gabe has talked several people out of jumping off the cliff and has become somewhat of a local celebrity for doing so. One morning Gabe

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  • Spring Reading: Weyward by Emilia Hart

    Spring is officially here, but there is still snow on the ground. The weather is warming up, and I am ready to spring into books that bring on a warmer connection to nature. What makes this one a great spring book is the atmospheric feel of nature and the characters’ powerful connection to it. What

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