Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: You see it all the time on television. There’s a knock at the front door. And, on the other side, someone is waiting to tell you the news that changes everything. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 I go back into the house just long enough to grab Owen’s […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: I ran a hand over my stomach. I was going to be sick. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 He closed the file. “Well, I can tell you, at this rate you won’t make it three years. In case it’s not obvious, dear, if you don’t do any work, […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: The worst part was that I felt stupid. Well, that’s not entirely true. The real worst part was that I was tied up in the back of a van with a hood over my head, and based on recent news reports, something truly horrific was about to happen. Hosted […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: No one talked about what happened in the summer of 1997 in the house where Ruth Tuttle had grown up. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 She would go home and confront Mama. She would get answers about her son. The Book: Save
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: Sally Campbell’s shoes are fashionable but extremely flimsy. She ordered them from Curtis Fairchild’s specifically for Richmond’s winter season, but now she feels like a fool for thinking she could get away with wearing them on the half-mile walk to her brother-in-law’s house to the theater. Hosted by Freda’s […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: Whenever I think of my mother I picture a queen-size bed with her lying in it, a practiced stillness filling the room. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 There’s a picture of my family at his funeral. We are standing near the casket. Nana looks like he is both […]
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we’re excited about. Why I’m Waiting I typically don’t read a lot of non-fiction but Madame Restell intrigued me. The subject of abortion is relevant and without getting political, important which is in part why the book caught […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: The emergency room is an assult. There are too many people, and the din of their voices is too loud. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 Jane returned the watch to Ate when she was fired, her head hanging low so Ate could not see her tears. Ate did […]
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we’re excited about. I’m Waiting For Why I’m Waiting I love retellings, fairy tales, classic literature, or, historical figures, I devour them. Therefore, despite not having read The Scarlet Letter (something I plan to remedy) I was excited […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: To the public eye, the spouse of well-known authors are all but invisible, and no one knew it better than Lisey Landon. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 Not in my dream, of course not, she tells herself, and this seems reasonable. Up ahead is room 319, which is […]