JLula's 12+4 Challenge

[Jodi]

1. The Only Good Indians
2. Invisible Girl
3. A Spark of Light
4. The Sentence
5. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
6. Going There
7. book:The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl|40961608]
8. Carrie Soto Is Back
9. In Pieces
10. The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
11. Under the Whispering Door
12. Mad Honey

+ 4:
1. Veil of Lies
2. The Winners
3. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
4. The Dream Daughter

Ready to go!

[Bill, Moderator]

I haven't read any of your selections. The Dave Grohl book sounds interesting. Good luck in 2023.

[Lea]

I've read Under the Whispering Door, which I really enjoyed. I'm also hoping to read The Winners and Carrie Soto Is Back this coming year. Happy reading!

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

I definitely have The Only Good Indians on my Around the USA list and hope to read it next year. I've heard good things about it, so I hope you enjoy it.

Good luck and happy reading

[Jackie]

I have 3 of your books on my tbr. Good luck!

[Denise]

I have a few of these on my TBR. Wish you the best of luck with your challenge.

[Jodi]

Fast start to the year! Needs to happen since by June I slow way down and then panic in the fall with how far behind I am.
The Worst Hard Time... - This book was fascinating, and I enjoyed learning the history of this time in America. When I'm having a bad day, it's this book I think back on and am grateful I wasn't in that time! 3 of 5 stars.
Going There - I really enjoyed this book, surprisingly. It's big at 500 pages (for me) but the chapters were short, and Katie is a very good storyteller. News network scuttle was fun and juicy. 4 of 5 stars.
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook - This was a "didn't see that coming" almost at the very end. Good suspense and a bit claustrophobic in how the main character was going to manage. Don't want to give it away. Some scenes disturbing in connection with the institution. Based on an existing institution made me look it up for more history behind it. 3.5 of 5 stars.

[Ann at the Beach]

I found the Worst Hard Time fascinating also. I thought that the Big Burn was also very interesting, Enjoy your reading.

[Jodi]

Ann at the Beach wrote: "I found the Worst Hard Time fascinating also. I thought that the Big Burn was also very interesting, Enjoy your reading."

I'll have to check out the Big Burn. Thanks for the mention.

[Jodi]

Just cracked open The Sentence from my list. Got sidetracked by a few other non-list books. :)

[Alissa]

Jodi wrote: "Just cracked open The Sentence from my list. Got sidetracked by a few other non-list books. :)"

Interested in hearing your thoughts!

[Karol]

Jodi, I read The Worst Hard Time a few years ago. It was a tough read, and really stuck with me.

[Jodi]

Just finished The Sentence. I enjoy this author and can easily connect with her characters. As a resident of the greater Minneapolis area and this book being centered there, I was hooked into the locations and have visited this author's bookstore. The native american references and writing are comforting (for lack of a better word) as I continue to learn of my Ojibwe heritage. I loved her book, The Round House. I'll seek out more of her books.

[Jodi]

I finished The Only Good Indians Wasn't quite my cup of tea. I enjoy native american stories but I think this one a bit too dark for my liking. 2.5 of 5 stars.

[Jodi]

I also finished Veil of Lies. I've enjoyed Nicky Charles' books around the paranormal creatures. I haven't read them for quite some time but could still place the characters mentioned within. Fun books! 3.5 out of 5 stars.

[Jodi]

My strikeouts above are not correct. I did a strikeout of one book and they all appear as strikeout in published mode. I'll figure out later.

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

Jodi wrote: "My strikeouts above are not correct. I did a strikeout of one book and they all appear as strikeout in published mode. I'll figure out later."

You probably didn't put the slash after the S - ex: < / s >

[Jodi]

Alondra wrote: "Jodi wrote: "My strikeouts above are not correct. I did a strikeout of one book and they all appear as strikeout in published mode. I'll figure out later."

You probably didn't put the slash after ..."

THANK YOU! I did mess up the ending of one entry. fixed it!

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

Congratulations on officially finishing this challenge, Jodi!!

Woot-woot! 👏🏽👏🏽📚