Reviews by Sherry K. (Lufkin, TX)

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
The Wager (3/22/2023)
This novel is not an easy read. Not twisty, not romantic, not swashbuckling nor any of the reasons we usually expect or desire in our book selections. It is difficult to read. So many people with so many stories in a time in history when countries are trying to assertmore
Sisters of the Lost Nation
by Nick Medina
I Loved This Book (11/7/2022)
I loved this book. It made my heartbeat faster at times and clutch the book tighter.

The plot revolves around an indigenous American Indian tribe, the Takoda, living in the North American Gulf coast area. The native Takoda comes from the Sioux Nation, the name meaning 'more
Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic
by Alice Hoffman
not sci-fi, not a fairy tale, just an enchanting story by a great story-teller (9/16/2020)
Even the title was off-putting to me. I do not even believe in magic. It is too much like science fiction to be on my favorites’ list. I am so glad that I overruled my first opinion!!
Surprise! This book is beautifully written about women in the mid-1600’s in Massachusetts,more
Valentine
by Elizabeth Wetmore
not your average West Texas cowboy novel (7/15/2020)
I loved this book from the moment I read the first page. I couldn't put it down. The setting is in oil country, Texas, in the 1970s.The boom is over now but oilmen are expecting another one on its way. This is a story mostly of the women and girls living during this timemore
The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls: A Novel
by Ursula Hegi
The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls (5/13/2020)
In 1878 the remote German village of Nordstrand lies amid a thick yellow growth of rapeseed and the Nordsee with its grays and blues.
This story is about people who love and whose lives are laced together, who respect, no, venerate their elders. 'The old people' are reveredmore
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