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I was able to attend a lecture and book signing with authors Timothy Egan last week. It was excellent! It focused on the painful topic of the KKK and racism in Indiana, he handled the topic beautifully. Later that weekend I visited a new mural in our city dedicated to Madge, the brave woman who brought DC Stephenson down with her testimony before she died.

Vibing on cozy mysteries. This one‘s pretty good but, jeesh some of them are SO BAD! Who are some of your favorite cozy authors?

Let the reading begin! This is my haul of publisher freebies for the Young Hoosier Book Award committee! 📚

“Everything she spoke of seemed informed by beauty. Death had nothing to do with it. Not even for those who were dead. Life was everything.”

#FaveBk‘24 #25Alive!

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

So much love for this book during #12Booksof2024 that I had to find out for myself!

It‘s the quiet story of Zorrie, a woman living in Indiana in the 20th century. Her life is a bittersweet one but she makes the most of it in her own way.

I kept waiting for something to happen during the first half, then surrendered to the gorgeous writing style and rhythm during the second half. That turned out to be a good idea! A pick for sure.

📸 Shiatsu

Looks like everybody in the world loved this book but I thought it was just ok. Not much dialogue, but a well drawn picture of rural life in Indiana in the 1900s. Our narrator Zorrie has a tough life farming, but she thrives, handling life‘s disappointments so well and moving through her life in a thoughtful way. Only 161 pages but I found myself wishing something, anything, interesting would happen to her.

#bookbracket #2024

2024 Book of the Year: Zorrie💚💚

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

#12BooksOf2024 May

@Andrew65

My pick for April‘s #12BooksOf2024 seems to be a popular one. 😉 Zorrie was an unexpected pleasure, a quiet story of resilience & a book I wouldn‘t have found without #SundayBuddyRead. It got a rare ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me.

Honorable Mentions were: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, The Second, Escaping Mr. Rochester & A First Time For Everything.