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Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón
Lighting does indeed strike twice and so does Ava Limón’s poetry. This past summer I was very much taken by Limón’s latest collection, The Hurting Kind, so much so that I was keen to make my way through her backlist. In Bright Dead Things Limón showcases not only her skill for language, but her ability…
1st pov, Ada Limón, Adult, America, AMERICAN AUTHOR, atmospheric, beauty, belonging, Bright Dead Things, Contemporary, DEATH, environmental, female authors, female poet, GRIEF, Kentucky, language, latin american diaspora, latinx author, lgbtq+, Longing, lyrical prose, melancholy, MEMORY, nature, NEW YORK, Nonfiction, nostalgic reads, POETRY, published in 2015 -
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes – book review
“She wasn’t really one for big groups, but she quite liked this, the jokes and the merriment, and the way that you could see actual friendships springing up around the room, like green shoots.” The Giver of Stars is a sweeping romantic western that tells a fictionalised account of the Kentucky Pack Horse Librarians. It…
1930S, 1940s, 2.5 STARS, 3rd pov, Adult, America, American, books about books, British author, cheesy, drama, female authors, female friendships, feminism, friendships, Great Depression, HISTORICAL FICTION, hyped releases, Jojo Moyes, Kentucky, librarians, libraries/bookshops, light reads, MARRIAGE, MELODRAMA, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, road trip, ROMANCE, rural setting, Southern America, The Giver of Stars, trying and failing @ feminism, why the hype -
The More They Disappear by Jesse Donaldson
Perhaps I was expecting The More They Disappear to be more of a mystery. We know from the very start that Mary Jane is the one who shoots sheriff Lew Mattock. Mary Jane is a young drug-addict. She loathes both herself and her parents. Her boyfriend is the only one person she cares for, and…
2 STARS, addiction, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Contemporary, CRIME, DETECTIVE, grit lit, Jesse Donaldson, Kentucky, male authors, murder mystery, MYSTERY, Poverty, published in 2016, rural setting, SMALL TOWN, small town crime, social issues, Southern America, SUSPENSE, The More They Disappear, THRILLER
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