Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication Date: 4/4/2023 Pages: 304 pgs. Nineteen-year-old Magnolia just lost her grandmother. Mama Brown was the only stability in her life. Magnolia’s mother, Cherry, became drug-addicted and abandoned her. Mama Brown raised Magnolia and taught her about life. Magnolia helped by working at the local gas station at night. Now that Mama […]
Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication Date: January 31, 2023 Length: 352 pages I received this book from the publisher. An outbreak of a deadly disease has ravaged the world. People have gone into hiding. If you need money, you can volunteer to help test cures developed by “The Professor”, the only scientist that seems close to […]
Publisher: Ballantine Publishing Publication Date: May 2, 2023 I received this book from the publisher. In the ocean, we find several islands grouped together. The main island, Prospera, houses most of the citizens. They live in harmony. There are two classes of people, citizens and support staff. The citizens have health monitors embedded in their […]
Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication Date: February 21, 2023 Length: 320 pages A well-loved member of the Wesleyan, Georgia community has died. After his funeral, an ice storm hits the town causing power outages. His widow, Marietta, shelters two friends and her sister-in-law from the storm’s aftereffects. As they awaken to their ice-covered town, one thing […]
Publisher: Independently Published Published Date: November 9, 2018 Length: 162 paperback I purchased this book to read for the Rockmart Cultural Arts Center bookclub. Miss Bessie is an elderly woman living alone outside of Albany, Georgia. Wise beyond her years, she guides the residents with wit, humor, and grumpy grace. The new pastor of the […]
Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: March 23, 2023 Length: 320 pages I received this book from the publisher. Katie True lacks ambition. She tried to be a professional tarot card reader. That didn’t work. She is floating through a series of entry-level jobs that lead nowhere. Life in the city was expensive so she moved back […]
Publication Date: October 25, 2022 Length: 369 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing I received this book from the publisher, Grand Central Publishing. Kay Scarpetta is the Chief Medical Examiner. She is testifying in a contentious, high profile trial when the judge’s sister is discovered dead. As Dr. Scarpetta examines the area where the judge’s sister […]
Publisher: CWW Publishing Date of Publication: October 12, 2022 Length: 388 pages, paperback I received this book from the publisher. Henry Smith is a widow. Dealing with three children who have lost their mother is difficult. He misses her too. Their son Benji suffers from asthma and his condition appears to be worsening. The only […]
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: December 8, 2022 Length: 368 pages, paperback I received this book directly from the author. A father unexpectedly dies leaving his family to work through all the details of his death. It is no easy matter to stop the minutiae of a person’s life. Bank, house, bills, funeral service, […]
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: November 15, 2022 I received this book from the publisher. There is a school on a Russian peninsula that trains children to be more than they are. Much, much more. Is this an elite preparatory school? No. Is it a state-funded school? No. This is a school started generations […]