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Their Eyes is a 1930s novel that is still entirely relevant today

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

June 19, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

I don’t know why it took me this long to read this book. It was lyrical beauty. Their Eyes Were Watching God follows Janie Crawford through her three marriages in the 1930s South all while she explores her own sense of self, her identity, and her relation to her community. The dichotomy of dialogue and prose narration and description is a marvel. The dialogue is written in a Southern dialect full of life and energy. While it might take some time getting used to (unless you’re […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: black author, black stories matter, Southern, Zora Neale Hurston

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: black author, black stories matter, Southern, Zora Neale Hurston ·
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If Big Little Lies Met To Kill A Mockingbird

The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White

May 11, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

I can’t claim the title of this review as my own. The cover of The Night the Lights Went Out features a pull quote from a review stating, “If Big Little Lies met To Kill a Mockingbird.” As much as I love Karen White’s books, I instantly thought, “Yeah, right.” I’m pleased to say I was wrong. This book is pure entertainment. I couldn’t put it down. I get the reticence to compare a beach-y read to a literary classic, but let’s roll with it this […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: divorce, female friendships, Georgia, Karen White, Matriarch, revenge, Small town, South, Southern, Villain

randirock's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: divorce, female friendships, Georgia, Karen White, Matriarch, revenge, Small town, South, Southern, Villain ·
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“The tricky thing about giving opinions is that sometimes they cost you more than you wanted to spend.”

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

April 14, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Jo Kuan and her father figure Old Jin have gotten by pretty well, considering they are Chinese Americans in the deep South of 1890.  Old Jin works as a horse caretaker for a local wealthy family, and Jo has a talent for millinery, so she is hopeful for an apprenticeship at the shop she works.  However, she is abruptly fired one day due to her supposed overly-frank attitude with customers (“You make the customers uncomfortable”).  Old Jin is able to get her a position as […]

Filed Under: History, Young Adult Tagged With: American History, Chinese American, Georgia, historical fiction, Jim Crow, Southern, Stacey Lee, Victorian era, YA, Young Adult

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:13 · Genres: History, Young Adult · Tags: American History, Chinese American, Georgia, historical fiction, Jim Crow, Southern, Stacey Lee, Victorian era, YA, Young Adult ·
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Sweet tea in book form

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

July 19, 2019 by Nyx Leave a Comment

With three days to go before vacation I had nothing lined up for my annual beach read. Thankfully, right before I left I received an ARC copy of Heather Webber’s new book Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe. Many of us are familiar with the source material of that is at the kernel of this novel. All you need to do is search the section of your brain that stores childhood nursery rhymes  and up will pop the following: “Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #summerread, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Heather Webber, magical realism, Pie!, Southern

Nyx's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #summerread, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Heather Webber, magical realism, Pie!, Southern ·
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A Southern Gothic fail

Lookaway, Lookaway by Wilton Barnhardt

July 31, 2017 by The Mama Leave a Comment

This was a weird book. I mean, a lot of so-called Southern literature is weird – that’s why I love it so – but even by those standards, this was a weird book. Jerene Jarivs Johnston is old money Charlotte. Jerene’s brother is the stereotypical boozy washed up novelist, found most afternoons at the bar at the club sipping his bourbon neat, her sister Dillard is a near shut-in, and her husband Duke is a failed politician, his career having been derailed by Jerene herself […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Southern, The Mama, Wilton Barnhardt

The Mama's CBR9 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Southern, The Mama, Wilton Barnhardt ·
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