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[Carol]

LeAnne wrote: "If I had not been real world friends with this fantastic woman for a few years now, there is no way I would've bought this book. In fact, I have been talking myself into purchasing it for years! Ab..."

I'm glad I knew the backstory before I spied in my updates feed that you were reading this, else I might have spewn coffee across my breakfast table in the morning in surprise.I hope it turns out to be a blast.

[Kim]

Well, LeAnne, that's a change of pace.

[Kim]

to all my goodreads friends please keep me and family in your prayers for the next few days. my cousins lost their mom this evening @ 6:55 pm it will be rough for them and on us all thanks in advance this was yesterday evening

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Have any of you read anything by Billy Coffey?

[Tina]

Laura, I read his book When Mockingbirds Sing and really enjoyed it.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Thanks Tina, the book I'm reading comes after that one but is stand alone. I've got that one on my list as well. He's southern and his stories are set in Virginia.

[John]

Kim wrote: "to all my goodreads friends please keep me and family in your prayers for the next few days. my cousins lost their mom this evening @ 6:55 pm it will be rough for them and on us all thanks in advan..."

I don't pray, but my thoughts are with you.

[Carol]

Kim wrote: "to all my goodreads friends please keep me and family in your prayers for the next few days. my cousins lost their mom this evening @ 6:55 pm it will be rough for them and on us all thanks in advan..."

I'm sorry for your and your family's loss, Kim. Take care.

[Sara]

Kim, so sorry to read of your loss. I will remember you in my prayers and thoughts.

[Brina]

Reading A Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea. He is a great author.

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Brina wrote: "Reading A Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea. He is a great author."

Loved The Hummingbird's Daughter.

[Kim]

Sara wrote: "Kim, so sorry to read of your loss. I will remember you in my prayers and thoughts."

thanks

[Kim]

Carol wrote: "Kim wrote: "to all my goodreads friends please keep me and family in your prayers for the next few days. my cousins lost their mom this evening @ 6:55 pm it will be rough for them and on us all tha..."

thanks

[Kim]

Carol wrote: "Kim wrote: "to all my goodreads friends please keep me and family in your prayers for the next few days. my cousins lost their mom this evening @ 6:55 pm it will be rough for them and on us all tha..."

thanks

[Kim]

John wrote: "Kim wrote: "to all my goodreads friends please keep me and family in your prayers for the next few days. my cousins lost their mom this evening @ 6:55 pm it will be rough for them and on us all tha..."

thanks

[Kim]

Tom wrote: "Brina wrote: "Reading A Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea. He is a great author."

Loved The Hummingbird's Daughter."

is this a good book I don't think I have heard of it I know I haven't read it

[Brina]

Kim I'm only about 10% done. I read another of Urrea's novels Into the Beautiful North which was excellent. He writes about Mexico both fiction and nonfiction. I also plan on reading his nonfiction account The Devil's Highway. Just curious for this group's purposes if we include the southwest as southern literature or if it's own category?

[Kim]

oh ok. I haven't heard of the author or books. I was just wondering. I'm still not thinking real clear right now. still in a little bit of shock over losing my aunt

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Brina, the Southwest is another category entirely. We do consider Texas based books though.

[Brina]

I was wondering why I never see books nominated about New Mexico, Arizona, etc. In the short time I've been in this group I've learned so much about southern literature. Southwestern I've studied for years which for me it's just as well its not in this group or I'd never branch out.

[Kim]

Hope you and your family are doing as well as you can under the sad circumstances.

Hummingbird's Daughter was a selection of the Historical Fictionistas group in May. It was a selected best book of the year by several newspapers, if you "search" for it on Goodreads, you will get a descriptive summary and some reviews. And once he finishes it, I am sure Tom will post something. It's a fairly long book, clocking in close to 500 pages, and involves the history of Mexico.

[Kim]

Kim wrote: "Hope you and your family are doing as well as you can under the sad circumstances.

Hummingbird's Daughter was a selection of the Historical Fictionistas group in May. It was a selected best book ..."
thanks Kim. I think I may have added to want to read. it sounds like a good book

[Connie]

I just finished a good book set in Belarus which received much of the nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl reactor incident. The book is The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Book Concierge]

Tom wrote: "Brina wrote: "Reading A Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea. He is a great author."

Loved The Hummingbird's Daughter."

Me too (or three!) ... 4-star read for me.

[Angela M]

Finished Commonwealth. 4 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

http://bittersoutherner.com/bitter-so...

Take a look at this list. Definitely increased my TBR list count. Highly recommend Over the Plain Houses. I think you will find one we read a few months back, as well as others members have mentioned.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Laura wrote: "http://bittersoutherner.com/bitter-so...

Take a look at this list. Definitely increased my TBR list count. Highly recommend [book:Over the Plain House..."

So after checking this list of fiction authors against the lineup at The Southern Festival of Books in October, many are there and I am excited. Thanks buddy (Tina) for making me dig a little deeper.

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Thanks for posting, Laura. I want to read most of them.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

I think Angela M and Diane S are well on their way to having read them all. I began a mass request to my library just a few minutes ago. I am sure they think, "oh no, this lady is back with a million requests at once"

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Laura wrote: "Take a look at this list. Definitely increased my TBR list count. Highly recommend Over the Plain Houses"

I'm definitely interested in that one but I'm also fascinated by Darktown: A Novel. That could be a very timely book, considering all that is going on now. Did you notice that Jamie Foxx is looking to make a TV series out of it?

[Brina]

What a great festival. John Hart and Ron Rash are worth going for. Unfortunately it is nowhere near my neck of the woods. Laura I got your recommendation of Over the Plain Houses and hope to read it. Enjoy whoever gets to go to this.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

I added that one too, Tom. Our library has 2 of his other books. What, California to Tennessee, too far?

[Brina]

It's not "too far" for me but smack in the middle of my holidays and I'm my synagogue's cook. Luckily I get plenty of time to read during the holidays but obviously not the same as going a festival.

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Laura wrote: "I added that one too, Tom. Our library has 2 of his other books. What, California to Tennessee, too far?"

I'm confused. Is the Bitter Southerner thing a festival? I thought it was just a roundup of good books coming out this summer.

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

I just finished A Serigamy of Stories by professional storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham. It's a great book to sit down with if the modern world is driving you crazy. Here is my review.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Yes, it's a book site. The Southern Festival of books is the festival. I was comparing the summer recommendation list by the bitter southerner to who would be at the book festival.

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Laura wrote: "Yes, it's a book site. The Southern Festival of books is the festival. I was comparing the summer recommendation list by the bitter southerner to who would be at the book festival."

Ah. I missed that post.

[Sue]

Well--more book ideas added!!

[Kim]

what happened to the hgb group?

[LA]

Anybody going to the Mississippi Book Fest on Aug 20? Jackson, MS - the hub & I are going and spending the night on Sat.

[Jane]

Lucky you !

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

LeAnne wrote: "Anybody going to the Mississippi Book Fest on Aug 20? Jackson, MS - the hub & I are going and spending the night on Sat."

We seriously considered it but too close to another trip. It looks like a great one. We expect a full report.

[Faith]

I just finished listening to The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. My review is here:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brina]

Finished Homegoing- wow!, review later. Starting Book of Harlan. Hope to also read Freeman by Leonard Pitts on this vacation. Review of Homegoing done!

[Angela M]

Read The Ballroom. 5 stars . My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

[Book Concierge]

A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams – 3***
This is a pretty interesting cozy mystery, featuring a group of aspiring authors who together try to solve the murder of one of their group. I like Olivia Limoges, and especially like that her faithful dog – a standard poodle named Captain Haviland – is a DOG, not a character who helps solve the crime. I thought Adams did a good job of setting the scene; I really got the sense of a small sea-side community. It held my attention, it had a good pace and I enjoyed trying to figure out who-done-it. I’ll definitely read another in the series.
Full Review HERE

[Book Concierge]

Faith wrote: "I just finished listening to The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. My review is here:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I also listened to the audio - great book

[Brina]

Per recommendations from this group, I'm starting Ron Rash's Serena today.

[Kim]

I am reading THE WIDOWS' CLUB by Joyce Livingston. I has been good so far I started it last and am almost done with it

[LA]

My thanks go to Doug for recommending this fantastic 1953 noir story and to Kirk for being the first to discover it, then pass the recommendation along. Black Wings Has My Angel is narrated by a guy from the Mississippi Gulf Coast who rehashes the when, where, and how he met a woman - either the love of his life or perhaps the death of him - and lost her along the way.

She can be utterly cold, devoid of expression and then full of giggles, cute little dance steps that just kill him. But no - he is alive telling the story, so it's not like that. I'd say that if you enjoyed the married Pembertons in Serena, then what these two get up to will keep you rapt.

I love it when a five star read comes not just out of nowhere, but the 1950s! Yay, Kirk and Doug!