pickThis book had layer upon layer of family secrets, community secrets, race relations, betrayal... It was a hard story set in a hard time.
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The Twelve-Mile Straight | 
pickThis book had layer upon layer of family secrets, community secrets, race relations, betrayal... It was a hard story set in a hard time.
#FriYAYintro @howjessreads That‘s my niece LuLu ( she was dressed for “the club” ) 😜Finished the tagged book today, a really good interwoven story. No weekend plans and I‘m fine with that!! It‘s been super hot here: high 80‘s but today it‘s windy. Dinner is grilled veggies, salad, bbq chicken, corn and quinoa😋
pickTotally worth the hours I spent reading this southern novel about family, race, loyalty, honesty responsibility and accountability. This book contained layers upon layers of secrets and betrayals. So well done. Highly recommended.
This book is requiring A LOT of time, concentration and patience BUT.....wowza!!!!! Part II just ended with a MAJOR PLOT TWIST!!! I‘m amazed at how tightly woven all the threads are, this novel is quite a piece of art.
I‘m loving this book but I hardly had time to pick it up in the last 2 days. I‘ve been knee deep in laundry, house cleaning and food shopping.
Not sure why this book didn‘t get much attention?!?!? So far it‘s brilliant!!! Twins born to a simple farm girl, one white one black in 1930‘s Georgia...a hoax or some deep dark secret that needs to remain buried?!? #AnglophileApril #InvisibleTouch ??? #MyCurrentRead
1. I met Sally Field! 😀
2. Staying home and having family come over
3. This long weekend!
4. Shirt and leggings
5. Twelve Mile Straight is hard to describe. It starts with an innocent man brutally murdered by a mob and then the secrets leading up to the killing untold.
#humpdaypost @mindea
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Just starting this one. I've been wanting to read it for a while.
pickA book about race and class and family names and honor in Georgia in the 1930s. Two babies are born, of different races, but into one family.
pickThis book was nothing short of amazing. It was well written the characters were all fullbodied and near historical. The way the individuals lives and stories wove together like tapestry. And an ending that I (who can usually figure a plot out rather quickly) was rather shocked about. This story is on my list of favorites. Definitely a recommended read. ❤❤❤
bailedI‘m trying to fight through this awful cold with reading. But this book is totally not doing it for me. I left it, came back to it, I gave it 150 pages. But it‘s just not keeping my attention. It seems well written but very detailed, unnecessarily so. Also- does anyone else struggle with #BookGuilt when you rate a book badly? I feel badly when I say all these negative things. . . but I also feel the need to be honest. 🤷🏻♀️
After finishing 2 books today and tons of cleaning for Passover, I‘m in a bit of #bookfunk. I can‘t decide what I‘m in the mood for but I‘m trying to make my way through my #TBRLibraryStack. This one sounds so intriguing. . . I hope it‘s good!! 😊🤓
I really liked the interplay of different Southern “castes” in this book.
Its a cuddle and read day. Two dogs and a cat sitting with me. My big Himalayan boy Falkor with Tink at my feet.
1. Taco Layer or Ham Pickle Dip, Deviled Eggs (a foodie cannot pick one!)
2. The Twelve Mile Straight-Eleanor Henderson
Anything Is Possible-Elizabeth Strout
Vacationland-Sarah Stonich
Pachinko-Min Jin Lee
3. Complete the numerous reading challenges I've committed to in 2018 and like @Cathythoughts improve my Litsy tech skills#.
4. Find a job. Although I have really enjoyed my employment break!
5. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
pickWOW! I finished this late last night. This story starts with the birth of two babies and a lynching and is filled with secrets, tragedy and heartbreak. This book is raw and feels like picking a scab...Often painful, but so satisfying all at the same time. My book group will be reading because I really want to discuss this one! One of the best of 2017 in my opinion, that unfortunately, isn't getting a lot of buzz.
Thank you, thank you @Robothugs!! I love my package: books, bath bombs, candle, blanket and candy. All the things I love! 🛀🍬🍫📚👍👍
Excited to read the books. Bumping Stay With Me to the top of the pile.
Love the Animal masks. May need to share with my daughter.
Adore the spiderweb throw. Will be using it today.
Everything is so thoughtful.
Robot hugs are the best. 🤖❤️🤖❤️
Thanks to you too @BookishMarginalia. 😘😘
#halloweengoespostal
bailedAm putting this aside for now......it has heavy subject matter that my senses can‘t handle at the moment. It is an interesting book that I look forward to getting into later....
......and my currently reading list keeps growing.....am in the second week of my 2 week staycation and have been reading quite a bit 😉. I know this book is going to devastate me but I feel the need to read it......
#whycantigetpaidtodrinkcoffeeandreadbooksallday?
pickStarted out great, dragged in the middle, with a strong finish. Overall recommended.
#TBRtemptation post 5! Just released. Cotton County, Georgia, 1930: 2 babies are born to white sharecropper's daughter Elma Jesup, one light- and one dark-skinned. Accused of raping her, field hand Genus Jackson is lynched and dragged down the Twelve-Mile Straight, the road leading to town. Elma raises her babies under her father's eyes with her black housekeeper's help. A web of lies unravels & the truth will out. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
so-so3/5⭐️. Opening was good. And dragged and dragged and dragged.........til almost the end. The end was unsatisfying. Meh.
Heard about this over on booktube last night. Out next week. There's no synopsis so here's the link to Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33385420-the-twelve-mile-straight
so-soI could of used 200 fewer pages and would have found it more appealing. The story is good it just gets a little boggy trying to squeeze all the southern slights into the mix. This was an ARC from Book Browse for an honest review.
Sorry you have to work today, Mr. UPS Man, but if it's any consolation, you made my freaking day. ❤ 📚🔥
