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Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk | 2020 Reading Challenge
“Can any telling ever be so thorough that there is no more story left to tell? ”
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Book Review: Sarah’s Cross
Sarah’s Cross: A Ghost Story Dean M. King Sarah’s Cross: A Ghost Story was published on February 28th, 2020 by Austin Macauley Publishers. I received a a copy from the publisher, but as always, all thoughts are my own. There are no spoilers in my review beyond what is told in the synopsis.Â
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Blog Tour: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
Today’s stop on the blog tour for Cherry Radford’s The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter is – you guessed it – right here. Check out previous posts about this work of fiction from this very blog tour by browsing the bloggers on the poster below, and be sure to visit The Secret World of a Book Blog, another host for today. I want to thank Love Books Group for sending me the ebook copy of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter, and as always, the thoughts I put down in this post are all my own. With that said, let’s get into it.
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Nothing Gold Can Stay | 2016 Reading Challenge
These stories by Ron Rash are hard-hitting, inquisitive, and conclude with abrupt endings that frustrate, satisfy, and sometimes only led me to wonder if I understood any part of the story that came before. From a story about a couple short on luck to one about runaway slaves during the Civil War, to a girl befriending a pair of hippies and a rural town draining a pond, the range and depth of the book’s contents stretches into a plethora of corners of the imagination and societal affairs in the southern Appalachians.
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In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
When tragedy strikes, it is often hard to remember what life was like before. In an instant, your perspective on the world changes: new frustrations arise, out of not understanding or denial; comfort is disrupted by fear; a piece of your life can be ripped from you with no chance of returning. Tragedy can come with growing older, changing family structures, world events that may challenge our way of living; all things we can at least make a good attempt at trying to grapple with maturely.
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