JCLCherylMY
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Added Jan 02, 2025
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Added Jan 20, 2024
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A remarkable debut about race and color wars, relationships with family dynamics and sexual identity. A very relatable coming of age novel in a polarizing world.
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- "Forgiveness walked on the backs of memories until they turned into amnesia. Only then did forgiveness seem possible ..."
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Nov 25, 2023
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What if the land flooded,
electricity quit working,
no clean water source, coastal states gone,
the government dysfunctional and corrupt,
BUT
Somehow humanity survives
And PLASTIC
So much plastic, it becomes currency
Follow Coral, Mr. Fall, Trillium and Foxglove, Summer, Miami, Shanghai, and Tahiti as they carve out a family in the middle of a junkyard and discover the price of plastic.What if the land flooded,
electricity quit working,
no clean water source, coastal states gone,
the government dysfunctional and corrupt,
BUT
Somehow humanity survives
And PLASTIC
So much plastic, it becomes currency
Follow Coral, Mr. Fall,…
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added May 18, 2023
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Boy, oh boy! This novella, a retelling of The Crane Wife, packs a futuristic punch.
Demon CopperheadDemon Copperhead, BookA Novel
by Kingsolver, BarbaraBook, 2022Book, 2022
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JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added May 09, 2023
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023
Imagine you want to write about the opioid epidemic in Appalachia, a place you are from and have loved your whole life. Then imagine you are on a book tour in England and stay in Charles Dickens’s house, Bleak House, and you sit at his desk and lay your head down and ask the master writer, how? And you receive the answer, “let the orphan tell the story.”
And with that, Demon Copperhead, a retelling of David Copperfield, is born.
This is the origin story of Barbara Kingsolver's newest book, Demon Copperhead, who was born and raised in Appalachia.WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023
Imagine you want to write about the opioid epidemic in Appalachia, a place you are from and have loved your whole life. Then imagine you are on a book tour in England and stay in Charles Dickens’s…
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Apr 06, 2022
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A powerhouse of a debut. Read this book, discuss this book, think about this book long after the last page is turned.
Honey BusHoney Bus, BookA Memoir of Loss, Courage and A Girl Saved by Bees
by May, MeredithBook, 2019Book, 2019
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Apr 02, 2022
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Enjoy every word of this beautiful memoir. Allow the life lessons of the bees and those of her precious grandfather to enter your heart just like Meredith May did -- and then shared with all of us.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Sep 22, 2021
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The 17th in the Gamache series. Old friends! Does not disappoint!
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Sep 14, 2021
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Another enjoyable, introspective addition to the Longmire series.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Aug 25, 2021
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Action and angst reign as Walt races to Mexico to save Cady from Bidarte. Number 14 in this dynamic series does not disappoint! (Would recommend reading this series in order.)
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Aug 21, 2021
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A beautiful epic tale of family, sacrifice, and the dangers of envy and revenge. Told from many different points of view, the story centers itself around a magical foundling named Simonopio and his relationship with his bees and the family that adopts him. Most notably, his beloved brother, Francisco. Translated from Spanish.A beautiful epic tale of family, sacrifice, and the dangers of envy and revenge. Told from many different points of view, the story centers itself around a magical foundling named Simonopio and his relationship with his bees and the family that…
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Added Aug 21, 2021
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A stunning literary debut by Nathan Harris. The Sweetness of Water tells the story of two families around the close of the Civil War in the South. How does a fixed society change? One family at a time. An Oprah Winfrey Book Club pick.
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Added Aug 14, 2021
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A bookend to Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Klara and the Sun is the optimistic story of an Artificial Friend and her quest to protect her human friend, Josie. Ishiguro wrote this novel before the pandemic, but the corollaries are chilling, as are Klara's observations of human behavior.A bookend to Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Klara and the Sun is the optimistic story of an Artificial Friend and her quest to protect her human friend, Josie. Ishiguro wrote this novel before the pandemic, but the corollaries are chilling, as are…
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Added Aug 14, 2021
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The fourth installment in the Russell/Holmes mystery series. This one pays homage to Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hounds of the Baskervilles.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Aug 14, 2021
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The 13th mystery in the Longmire series takes place on a train and switches back and forth between Walt's past and present.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Aug 14, 2021
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Choices, crimes, and circumstances beyond one's control sum up the tragic story of Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Absorbed in Tess's plight as an 1800's woman, I was shocked by the similarities to women in the modern age.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Aug 05, 2021
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The third book in the Skeet Bannion mystery series.
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Added Aug 05, 2021
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The second book in the Skeet Bannion mystery series.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Jul 14, 2021
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A good standalone novel by the author of the Dublin Murder Squad mysteries. A bit long in parts, but French does a great job of circling back to all plot lines. The main character, Toby, is an unreliable narrator, so there were plenty of shoes dropping, not just the other one. Great narrator on the eaudiobook.A good standalone novel by the author of the Dublin Murder Squad mysteries. A bit long in parts, but French does a great job of circling back to all plot lines. The main character, Toby, is an unreliable narrator, so there were plenty of shoes…
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Added Jul 08, 2021
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Excellent "not a history" history book. Authors narrated it making it even more special to hear their words in their own voices. A must read book for all ages.
The InstituteThe Institute, BookA Novel
by King, StephenBook, 2019Book, 2019
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JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Jul 01, 2021
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Smart kids with special abilities, being used and abused by powerful adults. A specialty of King's is in how he'll use his storytelling ability to flip the scenario so that the kids have the upper hand and the adults lose power.
Light for the World to SeeLight for the World to See, Downloadable Audiobook
by Alexander, KwameDownloadable Audiobook, 2020Downloadable Audiobook, 2020
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Jun 26, 2021
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Stunning, simply stunning. Read/performed by the author.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Jun 26, 2021
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Stunning! Simply stunning.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Jun 24, 2021
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Held my interest all the way through. Loved trying to figure out the mystery of Trey's brother's disappearance, as well as the known and unknown underpinnings of village life.
JCLCherylMY's rating:
Added Jun 17, 2021
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A great first book in the Skeet Bannion triology. So fun to read a novel set in Kansas City and recognize so many landmarks!
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