Nevermore October 6, 2026
The Women in White by Sarah
Pekkanen
Homeless after a divorce, Riley Bell takes a job as a live-in
caretaker for an elderly woman named Betty, who seems stuck in a 1960s time warp.
Betty is something of a recluse as well.
She asks Riley to find her three friends who were part of an experiment
decades earlier. The dual timeline story
leads Riley to discover a disturbing story involving a university and the women
who were test subjects.
“I’m interested in ESP, premonitions, etc. but this book was
poorly written, with awkward conversations, and stereotyped characters.” 3
Stars CW
The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash
Ella Mae Wiggins is a millworker and mother who simply can’t
make ends meet on the poor wages she’s paid.
In 1929 North Carolina, that’s the norm. Desperate for better pay and hours,
she attends a union rally and becomes one of the leaders for the movement. Her
gift for songwriting attracts attention and converts, but change is not going
to be easy—or painless. This is based on a true story.
“It told a story I hadn’t known.” 5 Stars—WCJ
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika
Sanchez
After the death of her older sister Olga, Julia is unable to
become the “perfect Mexican” daughter” that Olga seemed to be: polite,
interested in tradition, respectful.
Then Julia discovers that Olga had secrets of her own.
“I learned about the title in a previous program. The seemingly coming of age of this 15 year
old in Chicago, who is trying to find out more about her older sister who is run
over by a truck, is really more to raise awareness of Latina teens who have
attempted suicide. More realistic than Trampoline.”
5 Stars—AH
Other
Books Mentioned
The Good Good Pig by Sy
Montgomery
Here and Hereafter by Tyler
Henry
Tundra: Bottom of the Food Chain by Chad
Carpenter
Whistler by Ann Patchett
The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie
Hartnett
The Good Good Pig by Sy
Montgomery
Lost Souls Meet Under the Full Moon by Mizuki
Tsujimura
Some People by Parini Shroff
Daisy Chain Flower Shop by
Laurie Gilmore
New
Books
Are They Dead Yet?
The Art of the Obit by Sam Roberts
Brimstone Hollow by Archer Sullivan
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