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Rise To The Sun
by Leah Johnson

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Leah has a way of immediately bonding a reader to a character. I fell in love with Toni and Olivia’s love story, and the music festival backdrop was just an added bonus.

Walk The Wire
by David Baldacci

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I've binged on the Memory Man thriller series over the past couple of weeks. This is the latest, and it was as compelling and improbable as the first four. In Walk the Wire, Decker and his partner Jamieson are sent to a small fracking town in Montana to investigate the murder of a schoolteacher/hooker without being told why this case was of interest to the feds. From there, things just get crazy. As usual. I think I especially enjoy this series because I like the character of Amos Decker so much and enjoy seeing his growth from where he was in the first book (Memory Man) - working as a low-end private detective, obese, friendless, addicted to junk food, living-next-to-homeless, anti-social, rude, close to suicidal - to where he's gotten to over the course of these five books - still sometimes rude but living a healthier lifestyle, helping people, making friends, living in a condo with one of those friends, working with the FBI, and trying to be better at the social thing.

A History Of My Brief Body
by Billy-ray Belcourt

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This felt like I was reading Billy's beautifully written diary. His thoughts on his existence and the way he moves through the world is soft and strong, brown and quiet and his essays provide the reader a glimpse of this experience through the words of a pet and his wife list of references. This is astounding.

The Other Black Girl
by Zakiya Dalila Harris

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A true page Turner, I did not want to put this down!

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
by Jeanette Wall

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If you read The Glass Castle, you are going to love this. Wall's writing is impeccable and it was great to hear the background story of her parents growing up with their parents (Wall's grandparent). Page turner.

Black Girl Call Home
by Jasmine Mans

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Inhaled this in one sitting and can’t wait to go back and savor it.

Call Your Daughter Home
by Deb Spera

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I loved it. The three main characters Annie, Retta and Gertrude who I feel suffered the most. She had four daughters who she was raising in abusive shack. I was forgive me but happy she killed her husband Alvin. Retta loves her hubby Odell and is a good wife and fried to the other ladies she lost her only child. But she is very protective odf the girls. Annie is married to Edwi. Cole whom we found out is a child molester and get what's coming to him. They have five children one died hang himself sue to his father actions. Poor Lonnie has a struttering. The girl left home when they càme of age and never looked back. I hated the fact Annie tried to kill herself. After she realizes what her husband has done. I live that Gertrude was rewarded in the end for all she went thru. And I like that Annie make peace with her daughters even of her grandbabies call her aunt instead of grandma.

People We Meet On Vacation
by Emily Henry

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I lost track of how many times I laughed out loud reading this one. Emily is a dialogue/banter master!

Lisey's Story By Stephen King
by Stephen King

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I told a while to get thru but I enjoy the story. It was a little upsetting about what he did to her the crazy guy for the books. And I felt sorry for her husband what he went thru as a child. The book reminds me of another story I read but I can't remember the name. I enjoy Kings books and I can't wait for next one. I like how she was able go into his world

How Lucky
by Will Leitch

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I enjoyed the story and the message to be grateful and enjoy life. The writing style from time to time lost me. But overall enjoyed it.