Scribe: A Novel | 
so-soI wanted to love this book, but I just didn't. It was a bit of a mess and felt very long for such a slim novel. The idea behind the story is amazing, but to me there were so much extra added that wasn't necessary. Also... it was kind of depressing, which is not what I need in 2020.
pickAn interesting little story I found at the library recently. A mix of dystopian themes and magical realism, sprinkled with tales that have been passed down from generations before. A solid 3 1/2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️‘s.
1. Scribe....never heard of it, but the cover caught my eye at my favorite Outer Banks bookstore this weekend
2. Kona coffee 🖤
3. Latte with oat milk, homemade vanilla syrup, and cinnamon. Love having so many amazing local coffee houses near my house!
#weekendreads
@rachelsbrittain
This cover definitely caught my eye at my favorite indie bookstore 🖤
bailedBailing due to bewilderment. Not everything in a book should be a mystery; a reader needs a place to set her feet.
Girl tries to eke out a living and protect herself in Appalachia after a war in this dystopian novel. Sounds like my 2001-2008 memoirs. Mixed reviews per “it‘s twisted.” Count me all in. #appalachia #dystopia #survival
This story is...different. I don‘t even remember where I saw it the first time and thought I‘d want it. I got it in a Christmas book exchange. It‘s interesting and I‘m over half finished but the writing style is different from any I‘ve read that I can remember. Mr. Meow does not care one way or the other. #catsoflitsy
so-soA good story about loyalties and liars and tensions rising in a world plagued by sickness and scarcity, but the characters and writing didn‘t pull me totally in.
Read November 18-23
Book 46/50
so-soBelletrist October Pick #1
This book is one I might have to reread again. I still got the premise and the plot of the story but for some reason I just didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Gonna try to reread it in the future and see if I have a different opinion.
pickA civil war followed by a fever pandemic has left a decimated and impoverished population. This post apocalyptic novel is narrated by the unnamed main character known as the Scribe. She survived by learning to make papers and her letter writing skills, but theses are no simple letter she writes, her letters "can write out a man's pain and ease it from his heart forever", though she is no kindhearted soul she is wonderful complex and complicated.
#currentlyreading
She‘s one of the authors having a panel at the Miami Book Fair next weekend. I hope I get to see her.
#happyreading #sundayfunday
I have NOT had any time to read lately. :( Luckily I‘ve got about an hour set aside now that I can spend digging into this book
My favorite books in September in no particular order!
pickSCRIBE burns with a quiet intensity, exploring the power of storytelling through the culture and folklore of Appalachia.
Read my full review on Roots & Reads: www.rootsandreads.wordpress.com/2018/09/29/review-scribe/
Thanks to Graywolf Press for sending me an ARC to review!
In another moment of book weakness, I subscribed to the Graywolf Press galley club and this was my first package! I like supporting indie presses with subscriptions... Plus I get to read books I may never heard of. Not a paid advertisement because I paid for this!
pickIn a future Appalachia ruined by civil war and contagion, a woman ekes out her living by writing letters for the migrants who pass by her homestead. This haunting fable about the redeeming power of story, of owning one‘s story, and of taking the time to tell another‘s story with bald-faced honesty and empathy will get under your skin. This is not a pleasant tale, but an important one in the time of “fake news” and “would” and “wouldn‘t.”
