What I'm writing, What I'm reading
I received a digital advance copy of Siren Queen by Nghi Vo via NetGalley. Siren Queen is scheduled for release on May 10, 2022. Siren Queen is the magical story of a Chinese American girl on her path to stardom in the early days of Hollywood. “Luli” wants the immortality offered by Hollywood fame, but... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of I’ll Be You by Janelle Brown via NetGalley. I’ll Be You is scheduled for release on April 26, 2022. I’ll Be You follows identical twins Sam and Elli. When they were younger, Sam and Elli shared roles on film as child actors. They moved in and out of... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez via NetGalley. Take My Hand is scheduled for release on April 12, 2022. Take My Hand follows Civil, a black nurse in post-segregationist Alabama. Civil is working for the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, which requires her to make home visits to patients... Continue Reading →
Maritsa stood in her new living room, gazing at the sea of brown boxes. Sea wasn’t the right word. On her own, she didn’t own enough to fill a sea of boxes. A pond. This was her personal pond of boxes. Beyond the pond lay the rest of her house. Her house. Not theirs. Her... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Powers via NetGalley. In a Garden Burning Gold is scheduled for release on April 5, 2022. In a Garden Burning Gold follows Rhea and her twin brother Lexos. They live with their two younger siblings and their father as rulers of... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton via NetGalley. Ancestor Trouble is scheduled for release on March 29, 2022. Ancestor Trouble chronicles Maud’s deep dive into her family’s past. Maud’s fraught relationship with her parents (each for different reasons) and stories she has heard about... Continue Reading →
I receive a digital advance copy of The Resting Place by Camilla Sten (translated by Alexandra Fleming) via NetGalley. The Resting Place is scheduled for release on March 29, 2022. The Resting Place follows two timelines. In the present day, we are with Eleanor, a woman with prosopagnosia (face blindness) who walked in on her... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of The Night Shift by Alex Finlay via NetGalley. The Night Shift is scheduled for release on March 1, 2022. The Night Shift weaves together two murderous events: the killing of three employees at a Blockbuster in 1999 and the similar killing of three employees at an ice cream... Continue Reading →
I dream about Florida— dawn fog rolls with tideOver the still night chilled sand— sun attempts to burnDown to scorch skin left exposed— serial killersStalk through palmettos to hide— ‘til the next night falls NOTE: I may have been watching (and reading) waaaaaayyy too much true crime of late. Photo by mary stahl on Unsplash
I received a digital advance copy of Bone Deep by Charles Bosworth Jr. and Joel J. Schwartz. Bone Deep is scheduled for release on February 22, 2022. Bone Deep is the true story of the murder of Betsy Faria and the wrongful conviction of her husband, Russell, told by Russell’s defense attorney and an author.... Continue Reading →
Susan Monroe McGrath 