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Prompt: GLORY IN TITLE

From James Pyke to James Burton.

From the South to the North.

From a plantation to a home in Philadelphia.

James Pyke fled from the plantation to start a new life after he killed his abusive father.

A sequel to THE KITCHEN HOUSE.

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This book is a follow on from The Kitchen House, but can also be read as a stand alone book. I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed The Kitchen House. Both books give great insight into the plantation era, specially focused on the slave trade. Heartbreaking, thought provoking and very well written!

This book is a follow-on from The Kitchen House that I really enjoyed. Looking forward to reading and learning more about this time in history.

Finished this up while enjoying some fresh air. Definitely a pick. Took a lot it to get into it though.

Pool and a new book!

Book 144 Well-written, engaging, and with rich characters, Glory Over Everything is a very recommendable read by Grissom. This novel elucidates atrocious slavery practices of separating families and barring parents from caring for their own children. The overarching theme is hopeful, about family. This book, in comparison with The Kitchen House, contains no magical elements and is not purported to have been received as a vision.

This is the sequel to The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. I did another marathon (for me) reading session to finish it. It focuses on Jamie, Belle‘s son, after he leaves Tall Oaks. He can pass for white and does although he is always looking over his shoulder for his pursuers. He encounters people that help him, so he tries to help others even putting himself in danger. This is #12 on my #BookSpinBingo BINGO!! Yay!

7 months ago, I read The Kitchen House and had love/hate conflicting issues with it. I hesitated to read this book but my SIL easily convinced me to give it a try.

I recognized characters and how they fit into the first book, and I liked that aspect. I really liked this book in general. Jamie had an interesting story and presented a different POV of that time frame. If you've read kitchen house and didn't love it, you'll like this one more.

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Glory Over Everything is the sequel to The Kitchen House. It‘s just as good as the first book. This book follows Jamie Pyke as he escapes his southern plantation life and lives his life as a white man, though his mother is mulatto and he wants to keep this secret hidden. He heads south to the slave states to rescue the sold son of a close friend. They navigate the Underground Railroad trying to head back north. Such an interesting & sad story.

1. Started tagged book this morning, such a good book. Would love to stay home tonight and finish....
2. Nope, I like seeing my read books on my shelves!
3. A 10 year old shi-poo named Shiloh. She‘s in a lot of my book pics 😃 she‘s my daughter‘s dog but somehow still lives with me.... #weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Snuggling in on a Friday night to start the sequel to The Kitchen House, which was a great book!

Overall I liked this. The writing was fantastic and the story was really good. But Jamie/James was pretty unlikable until the last 10-15 pages when he started making good choices. And that was only because things got easier for him. For most of the book he was arrogant, selfish and racist. Loved Pan, Sukey and Robert though.

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Reading my #doublespin book while waiting at the dentist office.

Received 2 books in the mail today and a surprise gift from my sister. She thought it would be a nice addition to my Gramma‘s Library 😃

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A little bit of a wider angle of my “book fort” which in actuality is my plunder from the first friends of the library book sale of the year. I always make out great at this one, and this year is no different. Sure, I‘ll need a few lifetimes to read the books I already have on my shelves, but why should that stop me from getting more? 🤣

This historical fiction was extremely readable. The writing kept me interested and moving in the book. It was a story about race and family in the us before the civil war.

Reading this as my pre-#readathon book. Hadn‘t read anything for a few days so I needed to do some reading today to get myself going for tomorrow. #fridayreads

My book haul from the Half-Price Books warehouse sale today. To me they are all #prettybooks.

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The first book in this duology, The Kitchen House, was so good. This book felt very different from the first...the story slogged along trying to give interest to the main character who was of all things uninteresting and lukewarm. I had no heart for his romance, no care for his well-being and no concern for his loss of character. He was weak when strength was needed. He was flighty when courage was mandated. That's okay...who might not be less👇🏽

Up late at night after being tired all day long. Mind boggling. Feeling like a night owl, but not willingly or effectively. Trying to reconnect to this story, but something is amiss...it feels like swimming through mud. I‘m not sure if it‘s the book or me. I can definitely say that it is not as engaging as her first novel. It doesn‘t feel as if it was an intended sequel.👇🏽

My impulse buys from the library bookstore. I don‘t even have shelf space for my books right now and end up piling them in random places. 😬

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Day 1: I like both of Kathleen Grissom's novels equally. Glory Over Everything is a sequel to The Kitchen House. I can't find the author's favorite book but some authors who have inspired her include Susan Howatch, Beryl Markham, Joan Didion, and Alice Walker.

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I told you guys about my one & only reading friend outside of my book club acquaintances and social network connections. She is my co-worker who reads occasionally. I have established us as a two-member book club, because when the stars align perfectly, I buy two of the same book for us to read and discuss. This is the current selection...an author that I introduced her to several years ago & now we both enjoy. Can‘t wait to read this...TOGETHER!

Sequel, but it stands alone. Gripping!

I just needed to follow the people I fell in love with in the Kitchen House, so therefore when your library only has large print, you get the large print. Hello old friends.

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4.5 stars of 5. This sequel to The Kitchen House had me not wanting to stop reading. Somethings were a little too obviously coincidental but it didn't effect my enjoyment of this book.

To help with #MtTBR I check out audiobooks from the library of ones I am physically reading at home so I can listen at work. This has a cast audio but all narrators this far are very good. Santino Fontana is the main voice so far (Prince Hans from Frozen).
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Side note: googly eyes make me happy and my document clip looks happy too, don‘t you think? 👀

I‘ll read anything by Kathleen Grissom! She‘s a master storyteller who gets her readers to emotionally connect with every character. GOE was just as good as her first book, The Kitchen House. The only thing bad about this book is that it had to end...

This is a great follow up to The Kitchen House. It was interesting, distressing and hopeful. I found the characters engaging and I was invested in their story.

I loved The Kitchen House. I cannot explain why it took me so long to get my hands on this book. I'm looking forward to reading it, but I might need a little break from this subject matter after reading The Underground Railroad.

I'm going to mention how much I love this book one last time since it's now out in paperback 😀I'm sorry that this book got lost in the shuffle last year because it's amazing! Spend the $12 💕

My attempt at a #rainbowbookstack. #riotgrams But now that I look at it, I mixed up orange and yellow. 🌈

A follow-up to the excellent The Kitchen House. I'd heard it wasn't quite as good but I ended up thinking it was also really good! It takes a while to get going but it's worth it. And boy, talk about a character arc! Also, the #audiobook narrator for James's POV is the guy who does the voice of Hans in Frozen...fun fact ☺

When you live in Minnesota and it's 58 degrees in February, you take your #audiobook outside for a run around the lake! #Minneapolis

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. This was a follow up book to The Kitchen House (which I read long enough ago to *almost* remember most of the characters). The main character was hard to like and I found myself oft becoming annoyed with his lack of strength. That being said, the story was enjoyable for fans of historical fiction.

My thrift books haul. #theiftbooks #stackobooks #bookobsession

After the last two duds, I'm hoping this book brings smiles rather than eye rolls. (Five chapters in and so far it's a very engaging story). Fingers crossed 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Another amazing read from Kathleen Grissom. Glory Over Everything is the follow up novel to The Kitchen House, which as incredible as it sounds is the authors first novel. She's a phenomenal writer littens. Happy Friday *cheers*🍷#tgif #KathleenGrissom

I listened to this sequel to the Kitchen House & enjoyed it!! It made me want to keep driving & an audio book that does that is a winner!! It is the story of what happened to Jamie after he fled the plantation and as expected it is full of danger.

Wow- loved this one so much more than the first one. How is that even possible. Loved the character development and so many new people- both that I loved and hated. Hoping for a third book from Addy's perspective- she was such a little spitfire and I loved her for it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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I loved the Kitchen House, and was delighted to see this in the library shelf. Totally compelling story, with characters from The Kitchen House. The main characters were interesting, and human in their weaknesses. Set in Philadelphia, as well as the south, the local interest elements appealed to me.

This has been one of my favorites so far this year. I loved the writing, the characters and the story. I felt like I was living inside the book while reading it. It also made me think a lot about the differences between the circumstances in life that are forced upon us and the circumstances that we put ourselves in based on our own choices.

"I bin through enough to know you can't carry nobody's hurt. Hard enough to carry your own."
This quote is very meaningful - a reminder I really needed to hear today.

And vacation starts....... NOW!! So looking forward to spending the weekend with this book. (And of course my wine)