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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Being Henry: The Fonz... and Beyond
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Henry Winkler
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, January 28, 2024
Winkler talks of coming up, head to head with some of the greats- Sylvester Stallone (before Rocky) and Richard Gere, who he actually replaced in a film. Starting with commercials which were seen as a betrayal of his Yale education, Winkler got himself out there into the heads and hearts of those that would help him become a star. And, despite the “shame” in commercial acting, money is money and though fellow students seemed dismayed when he shared this, their second question was always something along the lines of “How do I do it too?” And though Winkler had success in New York, began to have small parts in films when it was suggested that if he wanted to be “known to the world” to “go to California” that is where he went- where it all began for Henry Winkler, who would later be cast in the iconic role he is most remembered for- as ‘the Fonz” in the sitcom Happy Days. Detailing the highs and lows, Being Henry talks about what life was like as one of the most known actors in the world on television and then what life was like after the party ended. Happy Reading!(excerpt from full review)
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Mercury
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Amy Jo Burns
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, January 21, 2024
Amy Jo Burns does it again- creating wonderfully memorable characters- who are so down to earth, like one of our own- who could be our next-door neighbor- in her new release- Mercury. As we dig deeper down into the lives of the Joseph family- in a small Pennsylvanian town called Mercury- we see them through the eyes of Marley, who appears one day, having just moved to town with her mother- and basically on her own each day- finds a place in the Joseph home.If you are looking for a book full of extraordinarily normal, down-to-earth characters- striving to remain happy- or find their happiness in their small-town, simple life- with people who seem bound to others and this small-town life- in steel or stone (however they are bound)- without realizing that they have this deep, abiding love for those in their lives- get a copy of Mercury by Amy Jo Burns. Unforgettable characters with a seemingly simple life- the biggest mystery is that these lives are so complex- that they thoroughly entertain those who join them in their discovery.
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Gorgeous Gruesome Faces
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Linda Cheng
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, October 29, 2023
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces is a mystical, mystery story- set around the pop world and three young girls. Entertaining, filled with a great main character, and the best kind of villain- Candie, a little like a wolf in sheep's clothing, for all the young readers (and even older ones) it teaches us lessons- that mystical powers meant to protect can corrupt the user- until they no longer deserve them (if they ever deserved them in the first place). That those the public often think of as perfect people, like Candie, who has a pretty face, loads of talent, and a super personality- wear these characteristics like a mask, and underneath, there lies a real monster. A story that switches back and forth- from then and now- as the story of Sweet Cadence unfolds you learn of how everything dissolved between the girls as you get to the end of the mystery of what happened to Mina as Candie and Sunny audition for a place in a new group, Mina gone (at least in her physical form). It's a book you can't go wrong with when you pick up- exciting until the last page, you won't want to put it down until the whole story comes together about what happened to Sweet Cadence, Mina, and the truth of Candie, who she really is- Happy Reading!
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Bittersweet in the Hollow
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Kate Pearsall
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, October 01, 2023
Kate Pearsall, with her new release, Bittersweet in the Hollow, entertains readers, bringing a cast of unforgettable characters that makes it impossible to put this book down once started. Within these pages, readers are introduced to the James family and the youngest ones- four sisters- Rowan, Sorrel, Juniper, and Linden, the last, our main character. And while the Jones women fall in love, every relationship they have is either doomed or unrequited- the girl's father, Sheriff Chapman, having left their mother and his girls long ago. And while Linden and Cole Spencer, the son of the mayor, were getting close at one point, him having given her a necklace, the night she went missing a year ago, it was gone and the only thing left, a scar that she doesn't remember getting.What will happen if this magic is released? What will happen if the James women learn the magic they are capable of- what can they do with it? And what will they do with it? Would Linden be able to find out what happened the night she went missing? And can it protect the James women and the town from whatever is going on- why Dahlia was murdered? And, what if it is the Moth- Winged Man? What then?
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Wrath Becomes Her
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Aden Polydoros
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, September 25, 2023
Aden Polydoros gives readers a look at World War II and the destruction the Nazis wrought on the Jews through different eyes- mystical ones. Showing readers what could happen when people are pushed past the limit of what they can handle, can take no more pain- what can happen when they turn away from reality to the mystical. Because if there was any period so horrific as to give birth to something otherworldly- if a mokkurkalfi walked the European soil to aid the Nazis in Jewish destruction- and golems were birthed out of Jewish pain- none of this would surprise me. One of the most unbelievably cruel periods in world and human history, Aden Ploydoros gives readers a different take, a darker and more real, in a sense, look at the world during that time. And though it is fictional, the way the book permeates the sadness of it all, the waste and the horror, nothing I have read has ever been more real. Because, if anything, Polydoros managed to get the madness, the meaningless hate, and the utter helplessness of the Jewish community across with this book- a period which we must always remember so that it can never happen again! A Must Read For Young and Old- a hands down 5-star book!
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I Loved You in Another Life
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David Arnold
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, September 10, 2023
David Arnold writes the beauty of lovers, not just star-crossed but ones who travel through lives and time, always drawn to seek and find, always with the same words swirling, "I see blue," which was such a beautiful sentence to carry. And even if this is one stop in the endless search to find one another, it is a beautiful story, it is a meaningful story and it makes readers wonder, is there some deeper meaning to my life too? Should I pay more attention? Is there something I need to find too? And, like these two lovers, maybe they won't find it in this life, in the next, or ever, but the journey, the loving, and everything in between- all of it is worth it. Because life is so precious, after all.
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I Feed Her to the Beast & the Beast Is Me
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Jamison Shea
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, August 30, 2023
Laurence, but to her friends Laure, has been a part of the world of ballet since she was barely a child. However, when it comes to who is there for her at the many performances, there is no one- That leaves Laure with one person- her best friend Coralie and ballerina. And the girls couldn't be more different- Coralie blonde and beautiful, Laure dark and exotic (as the board members label her). Laure is introduced to her “helpmate” Acheron (the dark power), by one of the other dancers, Josephine, after a long day of doubts, Laure almost having to give up on her dreams of dancing because classical ballet will not accept the wonderful girl. To change this, Josephine takes her deep into the Paris Catacombs where Laure finds a pulsing blood river. Josephine tells her Acheron will give her what she wishes, if she binds herself to him with some of her blood. And since Laures only desire is to be powerful in the ballet, strong, able to control what others think and do, wanting death if not dancing ballet, she gives in to her the sacrifice she needs to make for Acheron to grant her this wish, her own blood. She then finds herself with what she wants- power over all others and the ability to dance so well others are in awe and wonder of her. But, when the star dancer and Laures new friend Jospehine quickly ends up dead, Laure finding the body, she needs to find out who the killer is and fast- because she may be the next target of the killer.
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Suddenly a Murder
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Lauren Munoz
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, August 06, 2023
In life sometimes there are situations that are so bad, people do things, actions, make such terrible decisions, others are pushed to their edge and over it- doing something they might not have otherwise done, that is totally out of their character. Suddenly A Murder teaches readers a lesson that, before we choose our friends and forge our relationships, maybe we should think about the kind of person they are. In the end we may be so disgusted with what others do, to us and others, that it can push a person over the edge- even into committing murder. And as I sealed the end of this book with tears, I felt that was what happened here. Sadly lives were destroyed over actions from the past that, had they not happened, none of the events might have followed. Lauren Munoz has written a wonderfully fun book of who done it, both for young and older adults alike, with harsh life lessons shared we all need to learn and remember. Happy Reading! (except from full review)
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Suddenly a Murder
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Lauren Munoz
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, August 06, 2023
In life sometimes there are situations that are so bad, people do things, actions, make such terrible decisions, others are pushed to their edge and over it- doing something they might not have otherwise done, that is totally out of their character. Suddenly A Murder teaches readers a lesson that, before we choose our friends and forge our relationships, maybe we should think about the kind of person they are. In the end we may be so disgusted with what others do, to us and others, that it can push a person over the edge- even into committing murder. And as I sealed the end of this book with tears, I felt that was what happened here. Sadly lives were destroyed over actions from the past that, had they not happened, none of the events might have followed. Lauren Munoz has written a wonderfully fun book of who done it, both for young and older adults alike, with harsh life lessons shared we all need to learn and remember. Happy Reading! (except from full review)
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Suddenly a Murder
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Lauren Munoz
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, August 06, 2023
In life sometimes there are situations that are so bad, people do things, actions, make such terrible decisions, others are pushed to their edge and over it- doing something they might not have otherwise done, that is totally out of their character. Suddenly A Murder teaches readers a lesson that, before we choose our friends and forge our relationships, maybe we should think about the kind of person they are. In the end we may be so disgusted with what others do, to us and others, that it can push a person over the edge- even into committing murder. And as I sealed the end of this book with tears, I felt that was what happened here. Sadly lives were destroyed over actions from the past that, had they not happened, none of the events might have followed. Lauren Munoz has written a wonderfully fun book of who done it, both for young and older adults alike, with harsh life lessons shared we all need to learn and remember. Happy Reading! (except from full review)
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Suddenly a Murder
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Lauren Munoz
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, August 06, 2023
In life sometimes there are situations that are so bad, people do things, actions, make such terrible decisions, others are pushed to their edge and over it- doing something they might not have otherwise done, that is totally out of their character. Suddenly A Murder teaches readers a lesson that, before we choose our friends and forge our relationships, maybe we should think about the kind of person they are. In the end we may be so disgusted with what others do, to us and others, that it can push a person over the edge- even into committing murder. And as I sealed the end of this book with tears, I felt that was what happened here. Sadly lives were destroyed over actions from the past that, had they not happened, none of the events might have followed. Lauren Munoz has written a wonderfully fun book of who done it, both for young and older adults alike, with harsh life lessons shared we all need to learn and remember. Happy Reading! (except from full review)
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Totally Psychic
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Brigid Martin
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, July 23, 2023
One thing that I always LOVE, LOVE, LOVE about a book is when it becomes a teaching tool- just by reading the story. And since the intended audience for this book is middle school aged children, along with those in their early teens (but, really, it's a great story for all ages)- when different students go to Paloma for their readings, they all react to grief in a different way. For instance, when Paloma does her second reading with a peer named Lisa, the girl is bubbly, energetic and Paloma makes the comment to herself that she didn't understand why Lisa was in such a good mood, was even unsettled by it because "Wasn't she supposed to be grieving someone?" However, by the end of the reading (in which an animal comes through, a cat, a first for Paloma), it teaches her that all people grieve differently and that she never would have guessed that the girl was mourning the loss of her cat who died only a month prior (whom she really seemed to love).
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Hidden Cargo
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Robin Lloyd
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, July 16, 2023
Hidden Cargo is a book about one such person and his story, a Lieutenant Everett Townsend, who fought in the Civil War, in the Navy- all so that slavery would be ended, something he had witnessed firsthand, in his own family (albeit not one he was a part of), on his grandmothers sugar plantation in the Cuban countryside. He had visited once, as a boy and what he had witnessed, these atrocities that he saw, changed his life forever. His mother also left Cuba, and the plantation, not just because of slavery, but for the mother who wanted to take her daughter's future for her own (a horrific story readers will be amazed by). Before Townsend finds his way back to the sugar plantation in Cuba, a place he never thought to return to, he meets a black man named Jacob who, despite being freed now that the war is over, is looking for his sons, who have disappeared. Townsend suspects that they, like many other African Americans after the Civil War, have been kidnapped and re-sold into slavery- now in Cuba. Hidden Cargo is a book I hated to finish as I wanted to keep reading about Townsend and his adventures as long as I could. I only hope that Robin Lloyd finds another debacle for him to unravel as I loved the heart and soul of this character- the fight he puts up for those who can’t fight, necessarily, as well as he can, for themselves. Happy Reading!
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Garden of the Cursed
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Katy Rose Pool
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, July 02, 2023
If you are looking for the next great young adult fantasy series look no further than Katy Rose Pool’s Garden of the Cursed series. From the moment the adventure began, with all the action I couldn’t put it down, stop the pages from turning. Honestly, when you get the book make sure you have all the time you will need until you get to the end, if not, you’ll be missing out on whatever you had planned, staying to finish Garden of the Cursed instead. Marlow Briggs has been on her own for sometime now, after her mother disappeared without a word or a trace. While there were things that Marlow didn’t know about the woman, by the end of the first book in the series, much will be revealed to the young “curse breaker”- what she has begun to be known as after she solves several mysteries surrounding individuals who have been afflicted by another (through the use of a curse, whatever that may be). Garden of the Cursed is a rollercoaster of emotions and adventure for the characters, the readers and, I am sure, for the author to conjure this magical tale for all, not just the young (but it is a young adult book). There has never been a more inventive author when it comes to the world of magic and youth than Katy Rose Pool who brings you into a world that you will happily get lost in! Happy Reading!
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Salt and Sugar
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Rebecca Carvalho
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, December 19, 2022
Two families at war, one with a daughter “at the right age”, the other with a son “of an adequate age to make the match work” have been at one another’s throat since two bakeries were built generations ago. The bakeries, right across the street from one another, one, owned by the Molina’s and the other, the Ramires family, battle daily, each claiming to be better than the other, each trying to outdo the other. And, because of these claims, both families, all the members, are at one another’s throat and have been, for a very, very, long time. When a large supermarket chain moves into their Brazilian town of Olina, the two families worry that neither will survive as these larger stores always force out the little businesses in the area, once they move into a town. After all, in the end, it might be only one bakery that survives, what if, when working with Pedro, he makes sure that it is only Sugar, that stands in the end? Will the Molina’s and the Ramires be the perfect mixture of sugar and salt together, or will they end up like oil and water, in the race to survive a big business trying to push a small one out of a town, forever? Salt & Sugar, by Rebecca Carvalho, is definitely a great, new, interpretation of a story that combines a tale that includes both love & family feud, just like Romeo & Juliet, in the end, after all, their ending was not a happy one. Will Salt & Sugar end just as badly?
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Davenports
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Krystal Marquis
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, December 19, 2022
In the 1900’s the United States was a very different place. Krystal Marquis in her book, The Davenports, brings insight into what it was like to live having had success as a black individual in society at that time, from the viewpoint of a young woman. Readers are introduced to four young women, all with their own personalities, characteristics and expectations out of life. While life was better for these women, because of the money their family had, it was still hard and for only one reason: because they had a different color to their skin. Having made their wealth from the hard work and determination of their parents who created a luxurious horse drawn carriage that became the most sought after in the world, The Davenport girls now live in a world where most of the faces are unlike their own. How will they survive? Can they achieve their dreams in a world where they do not feel fully part of?A book that revolves around the minds and hearts of four black girls, on their way to being women, as they face the world around them, a world where, while they may feel and be very out of place, they are very much a part of. Readers won’t want to miss this tremendously entertaining historical portrayal of young women vying for their place in the world and the pressures on them to attain it.
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We Deserve Monuments
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Jas Hammonds
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, December 19, 2022
Matters aren't helped by the fact that Avery has been uprooted from her life in D.C and been forced to move there because of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. To aggravate matters further, the family is mixed, Avery's dad is white and her mother black, and Barbell is in the south, where there is animosity between the races, problems, issues and, possibly, extreme danger for Avery and her family. Just for being different. Avery’s grandmother is not an easy person to live with (and this is stating the problem the woman has with everyone and everything lightly). If only Avery’s grandmother didn’t complain about everything her mother has ever done (and does) and insult’s her father about his color. Will Avery’s new friends and a budding romance help her overcome the history of Barbell and the stains it left behind? Or, will she be able to overcome the town and be able to blossom into a woman in her new home? We Deserve Monuments, by Jas Hammonds, is a coming of age tale in a town you want to miss (but, not the book), if only to see what the past has done to the future of the South. Especially from the eyes of a young northern girl who never understood what the South was like. The book left me with the question, “Would ignorance of this knowledge be better than having to know it?” After reading the book, you will be able to answer that question for yourself.
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The Poison Season
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Mara Rutherford
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, December 19, 2022
Mara Rutherford, in The Poison Season, introduces us to an enchanted community full of individuals with powers who live apart from the world on their own island. The society they have developed is insulated and they don’t want any outsiders coming in to destroy what they have built, all they know of the world, their home. Especially the Wandering Forest which those on Endla protect and outsiders believe evil, wanting to burn or chop it down. Although an enchanted world, Mara Rutherford creates a story which underlines the wickedness which comes with misunderstandings, when rules are made having no exceptions. When people are accepted with conditions, rather than being loved because of who they are, because they are family, community, because they are a person and they are here! Readers will find an insulated community, one that, rather than explain things to others, teach them, rather than listen to reason, act without communication and understanding, act on rules alone that they have created, and be taken into this story, if only to find out how the characters survive.
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Wrong Kind of Weird
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James Ramos
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, December 19, 2022
Things have been different for Cameron Carson in high school this year after his summer and the day Karla Ortega became his co-worker at the coffee shop he works at. First, they become friends and then, began "hooking-up" (which had not included sex, yet). While the relationship was never meant to last, when school begins, the pair find themselves continuing their affair and continuing to keep it a secret from everyone in their lives. Why? Because, anything the two have in common, far outweighs how much they don't. Karla is the student council president, cheerleader, theater enthusiast, all around queen of the school. Most importantly, she is a member of the Caravan, a group made up of the upper echelon students, all the popular kids. Cameron is surprised when Karla's ex, Lucas, wants to be friends saying he wants to "turn over a new leaf." When Cameron goes to hang out with his "new friend" he begins to spend more time with Mackenzie, a girl he thought ever really liked him. However that just turns out to be the way Mackenzie is. A girl that says anything on her mind no matter what it is, doesn't seem to hide anything about herself and isn't embarrassed about it. Mackenzie is just Mackenzie. And Cameron likes that. Things aren’t helped by the fact that Mackenzie is Lucas’s sister. After all, Cameron is dating his ex, so if he falls for Mackenzie, he betrays Lucas twice over. Read this exciting coming of age tale to find out more!!
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Nightbirds
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Kate J Armstrong
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, December 19, 2022
How can you not become engrossed with a book about a bright, mystical underworld where young girls with inherited magic, power that comes from a sheldar, witches who, long ago, "shot does with magic-kissed arrows" and "rode bears with antlers" (among other things) assemble together to be called Nightbirds? A page turner that once started, can't be put down as we meet this group and are led into a majestic, vibrant, and closed society due to the illegality of their abilities (their magic). As the girls struggle to deal with all they must endure that comes from the different abilities they wield, I have never found a book that makes the statement "Great power comes with great expectations", more true. While the Nightbirds have an inherited strength, power, all anyone could desire, their powers are not their own to use as they will. Will the price others pay to use them, destroy the girls before they can be overtaken into marriage, by a husband who wants this power, for himself? And, what will happen if the paters, the followers of the Four Gods, find that women still work the holy power? Instead of having clients and husband's use the girls, will the paters hunt them down and take their lives? Or, will the Nightbirds be taken by the royal family, a close relation to a member, usurped for political purposes? Who will bring ruin to the girls while so many want to clip their wings and own them for themself? Happy reading!
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Unseelie (Unseelie Duology #1)
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Ivelisse Housman
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, December 19, 2022
Ivelisse Housman, in Unseelie, teaches readers that even in a dystopian society motivations remain the same, as does discriminatory actions of those who are scared of anything different or unknown. And, while these were not the actions of the girl's parents, those who they lived amongst, seemed shameful as they did not support raising a changeling as a child, that it was undesirable, unwanted. All issues that readers can relate to, just like so many others that are present here, in this enlightened tale. Another issue dealt with in the book, on top of many others, is one we don't see many writers focus on when choosing a mental illness for a character in a story. Usually when a psychological problem is chosen, inflicted on the character, all the negativity is instilled with it. Readers rarely, if ever, find a writer pointing out the positive aspects, or, better said, the strengths that can be found in having a diagnosable mental health issue. Seelie is autistic, as well as having all her characteristics, and the way in which she deals with the aspects of her diagnosis in the story, gives all those with this problem hope. If Seelie can overcome her many hurdles and battles, so can others, with the same affliction. And, you don't have to be autistic to learn something from the book. Anyone overcoming something burdensome in their life can learn something here, in a timeless story you can't miss out on. Happy Reading!
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Locust Lane
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Stephen Amidon
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, December 19, 2022
Stephen Amidon, in Locust Lane, introduces readers to what we know of the world as it is now. Where the truth is not always the truth, reality is now the best story that the media, the Internet, and the police puzzle together (from real evidence or “circumstantial”), the truth now what those in power agree it is. Where parents think they know their children, who they are, what they are capable of and when they commit atrocious acts, cover up for them rather than have them ruin their image, no matter who they make the victim, who is now considered, “the criminal”. There are so many things I could give readers to think about when reading Locust Lane. Stephen Amidon is now an author, to me, that will rival books by Wally Lamb and Jodi Picoult for the way in which he has been able to produce an emotive story through the use of characters that makes us think and feel. And, as this is my first book read by Stephen Amidon, I will forever wait for his new tales. This is a book readers don't want to miss and one you will want on your shelf, definitely a great gift for the holidays if you have one to buy for a book lover as this book would be loved by any type of reader. I just hope readers can learn better lessons from the book than the characters who, unfortunately, are so realistic of society today.
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