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Vivid, evocative, scary & character-driven tale of 4 teenage girls stuck in a home for unwed mothers in 1970 who stumble upon witchcraft. Boyfriends, abusers & angry parents have stolen their choices & dumped them in a system that takes their names & bullies them into relinquishing their babies. Witchcraft offers power & choices, but at what cost? Starts & ends focussed on characters, but full of frightening scenes. Excellent narration. #5stars

Support & coping strategies that help. Classic for a reason. A resource to visit & revisit. #5stars #support #coping #resilience

Stephen‘s daughter dies & gets caught in a bizarre, well-crafted nightmare world. Can he get her back from a Hellish ice cream man? Fans of “It” will enjoy this. Trigger warning: suicide of secondary character. #horror #5stars

Inventive, character driven, classic soft sci-fi. A woman loses her family & most of humanity to war and is forced to start again amongst a strange race of alien "traders." #5stars #scifi #blackauthors

Classic for a reason. Survival & impossible hope. Stayed in my heart & mind for 20 years. #readthisnow #5stars #blackauthors

Fun who-done-it with strong AAPI characters. Vera Wong‘s An “auntie” Miss Marple with attitude, & she will solve the case of the dead man found in her tea house-even if the cops don‘t want her to do it. Her band of suspects all all hiding something, yet pull together to help Vera. Very funny audiobook narration. #5stars #mystery

Determined and talented, this Native-American prima ballerina, rarely discussed in mainstream pop culture, was a force in the dance world of the 1940s-1960s. She tried to honor her Osage heritage & live her dreams. For it‘s frank discussion of her father‘s alcoholism, I would recommend this for 9 years and up. #5stars #dance #indigenousculture

I adore this book! This is somehow nothing and everything like the first one. I love this whole family so much. I‘m thinking there could still be one more Guncle story in there. Oh my heart! I even cried at one point. So beautiful and wonderful and perfect.
#TheGuncle #TheGuncleAbroad #StevenRowley #PrideMonth #5stars #adore

Hilarious! I don‘t usually read essays/memoir and I loved this! Laughed out loud. Aging parents, Social issues, sexuality, long-term relationships & the possible abuse of his sister are all written about with frankness. And often humor. Trigger warning: sister‘s suicide is discussed briefly in one essay. Highly recommend! #essays #memoir #humor #5stars

The final line-wow! Can I give this 6 stars? Giving voice to the victims & survivors of a serial killer character inspired by Ted Bundy, this novel is a twisty thriller, a look at how media depicts crime, and a moving look at resilience. No wonder it is up for the Edgar Award for best novel! And that final line!! #crimenovel #5stars