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I was happy to recommend this new Jaqueline Woodson novel forAfoma Umesi'sTBR. Black preteen ZJ has always had a strong relationship with his father, a football star who's a living legend and fan favorite. But ZJ and his mom have been struggling lately, trying to make sense of his dad...
is found in a corner of this supposedly idyllic garden, injured and unconscious after a neighborhood party. Jewell flashes back in time to introduce us to all the neighbors, and we discover much to mistrust as we try to figure out what happened to Grace. (I need to warn you: nothing her...
If you’re a Patreon supporter, you can listen to the bonus One Great Book episode featuring Lisa Jewell that published a few weeks ago. Cady says: October 23, 2019 at 9:50 am Not a book I’d ever thought I’d pick up but the local library had an audiobook of David Tennant rea...
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Mark off the days you read (it’s up to you to decide how many minutes it takes to “count” a day) so you can see at a glance how many days you make reading a part of your life in 2020. The goal is ...
so similar that I would have enjoyedEducatedmore if I hadn't read Wariner's memoir first. Take note: the grim family situation is reminiscent of that inThe Great Alone, and the two books share a narrator: many readers have commented that they couldn't listen to both—it was too confusin...