Reported by
Kristin
Our first
Nevermore reader reported on the joys of using Tennessee R.E.A.D.S. for ebooks.
From the historical sage of A Secret History of Witches by Louisa
Morgan, a multigenerational store of the Orchire family, to a story collection
entitled Strange Trades by Paul Di Filippo, a look at humanity through
their daily work, the world of ebooks has opened up many more reading
possibilities as many readers stay safe at home. Our reader effused the joy of
jumping back and forth between different genres, and especially noted as
“absolutely fabulous” the Virginia mountain tale of Ivy Rowe in Fair and
Tender Ladies by Lee Smith.
Another reader
continued with her enjoyment of Sarah Addison Allen novels, this time with First
Frost. The Waverley sisters were first seen in Garden Spells, and
the tale of the family with a mischievous and moody apple tree has captivated
several readers in the group. Set in Bascom, North Carolina, Claire Waverley
has begun a new business, creating candies with herbs and a hint of magic. Our
reader said that this entertaining tale was exactly what she needed.
Never Have I
Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
took our next reader a little further south to Florida. When Angelica Roux
arrives at a suburban book club, she quickly turns Amy Whey's world upside
down. Amy has created a normal life which some might even call boring and
blasé, but she loves it—raising her baby son and her stepdaughter, being a
loving wife to her husband. But Roux knows something about Amy's past, and she
has her own agenda of destruction. Our reader said that it kept her on the edge
of her chair waiting to see what would happen next.
Next up was The
Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins, featuring Sarah, a librarian in a small southern
town called Dove Pond. With her particular gift, Sarah is able to hear the
books whispering to her as she matches stories to readers. This quirky little
book was touted as a happy, nice story.
Another highly
recommended novel was Anne Tyler's newest release, Redhead by the Side of
the Road. Micah Mortimer is the very organized manager of his Baltimore
apartment building and is rather set in his ways, some might even call him
rigid. His life is thrown into more confusion than he likes when his “woman
friend” may be getting evicted and needs a place to stay and a teenage boy
shows up on the doorstep claiming to be his son. Our reader found this to be
full of beautiful writing, and well worth reading.
This day full of
fiction also included a title which sounds like it should be non-fiction, but
isn't. Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld is a speculative novel which asks the
simple question: What if Hillary hadn't married Bill? Taking Hillary Rodham's
potential as a law student, activist, and proponent of women's rights, this
novel imagines what could have been if she had diverged from her real life
path. Our reader enjoyed the novel and recommended it to others.
Finally, My
Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing is a debut thriller told from the point of
a husband who really loves his wife and their nearly perfect life. Millicent
feeds her family healthy food and maintains their high social standing in their
upper middle class community. Their fifteen year marriage seems perfect, except
that to spice it up, Millicent has begun to murder people. Our reader said that
she really wasn't sure how to feel about this book because of this extremely
unusual premise, but that it was amusing and unique.
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