“Remember, you may not be of my body, but you are of my heart.”
“Remember, you may not be of my body, but you are of my heart.”
So I apparently never posted this last month lol Sunflower Sisters took place in Maryland as well as New York. Maryland is checked off of my #RoadTripUSA2022 challenge!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Final book in the Woolsey/Ferriday family trilogy. Excellent trilogy about really strong women. I liked this one about the Civil War just as much as the first two books. Definitely recommend Kelly‘s books! This was my February #bookspin book 😅 a little behind over here lol This also fits the #almostachunksterchallenge at 499 pages lol
So does anyone have this mistake in their copy of Sunflower Sisters? Jemma ends up in Hagerstown, Maryland a few chapters earlier, but Chapter 26 labels the location as in the wrong state. Did anyone else notice this typo? 🧐
#RoadTripUSA2022, Where have you traveled so far in 2022? I hit NY, WV, AZ, & MD. I think Maryland was my favorite so far but it was hard to choose as I really enjoyed all 4 of these.
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I enjoy a historical novel that you know wasn't slapped together, but truly researched and organized. I read The Lilac Girls and some scenes still haunt me and this is just as well written. I'm glad I got to know the Woolsey family and their fight for freedom of all people and their fight for equality in the nursing career. A very esteemed family. #OverbookedClub @sblbooks @megnews
I really loved the story of Jemma and Georgiana Woolsey during the Civil War. There was just one part of the ending I didn‘t care for. Can‘t wait for Saturday discussion. #overbookedclub
Oops! I found a misprint in my book. Ch 23 Jemma is with the Swift family in Hagerstown MD. Ch 26: same family, Hagerstown PA. She ends up in PA next and Georgy is on her way to PA. But I do believe this is supposed to be MD. I don‘t think the family moved and I don‘t see a Hagerstown PA on the map.
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When Lilac Girls was published I heard this author speak at this same library- her story was fascinating of researching & writing her book was incredible. I hope this in person event can still happen. #overbookedclub
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A compelling story set in Civil War era Maryland and New York. This page-turner with three perspectives should make for a great discussion on the 29th.
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#OverbookedClub Friendly reminder this month's discussion is Saturday, January 29th at 4 pm EST. Anyone is welcome to join us. Let me know if you want to be tagged. @megnews @melissajayne @CoffeeNBooks @Chrissyreadit @Crazeedi @Kdgordon88 @rubyslippersreads @SamanthaMarie @TheBookHippie @kspenmoll @Butterfinger @catebutler @katy4peas @Readswithcoffee @shellleigh33 @Aims42 Sorry, if I missed anyone.
I‘ll be posting questions for In the Midst of Winter Friday, but don‘t forget to grab Sunflower Sisters for January‘s discussion. February and March line up is above as well. #OverBookedClub
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Library picks.Mixed up my dentist appointment(it‘s tomorrow,not today!) so what‘s woman to do with some free time in town?! Visit the library,of course.
Feel very blessed-I found some buddy reads and challenges books and was able to order others through coop with other towns!The only book I may not get in time is the 1619 project because I am hold # 2. #overbookedclub -tagged book. #19822022 -Sue Grafton‘s A is for Alibi(1982) #book1 #celebrate40
3rd book in The Lilac Girls series. Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid look at the Civil War experience of three characters. Georgeanna Woolsey is an ancestor of Caroline Ferriday from Lilac Girls. She is a Union nurse whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists.
I read this book because I became acquainted with the author through my book club. I enjoyed her style of writing so much I read several of her others. I was caught up immediately in this book and devoured it in a little over 24 hours. It took me through so many emotions. A very hard topic to read about as it makes you emotionally tackle events that go against your whole belief system but MUST be acknowledged and read.
Review is up on my blog. Check it out
https://reecaspieces.com/2021/04/17/sunflower-sisters-by-martha-hall-kelly-suzya...
This was my favorite of the trilogy. I am sorry to see the end of the series. I would have loved to follow this family further back in history, maybe an American Revolution or Mayflower book. I cried a few times reading this one. I was afraid the author was going to leave the fate of some of the runaway slaves unknown, but glad we got a conclusion.
“Hey, Mommy. Can we make a camp fire and read books by it?” We absolutely can! Proud mommy moment. #raisingreaders
I loved Lilac Girls-& while I didn‘t feel the same way about Lost Roses, I still had high hopes for this third volume involving Caroline‘s family-this time set during the Civil War. Told in 3 perspectives, Georgy Woolsey, an unmarried woman eager to help through nursing, & in Maryland, a slave named Jemma & her new owner, Anne-May. Jemma‘s storyline is the most intriguing while neither other woman fully comes to life... it wasn‘t what I hoped for!
This is Martha Hall Kelly‘s third book in the Lilac Girls series that follow the same family starting in WWII, then WWI and lastly this one during the civil war. Kelly has found the perfect trio of women who were heroes in each of their times.
My first ARC!! I'm so excited!! 🤗
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More book mail today. Thank you to @penguinrandomhouse for this ARC!
I won an ARC of this book! I loved Lilac Girls and Lost Roses. I am looking forward to reading this book. Thank you to Penguin Random House!