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My favorite 12 fiction books of 2024. The tagged book was my favorite of the year (I slacked off on completing most of my book reviews for the last few months, I need to try to fill them in)

First book finished at Gladstone‘s reading retreat!

I loved this look at Ranita‘s life as she leaves prison, tries to get her life back on track, and tries to get her kids back.

Beautiful prose and more hopeful than I thought it might be.

Thank you for sending it to me! @Megabooks

I‘m absolutely loving this so far (at about 25% in) but I‘m also scared to keep reading it, as I get the feeling it‘s going to break my heart. 💔

@Megabooks

Definitely one of my top picks for the year so far. Ranita has been released from prison after serving time for drug possession. The story navigates her experiences of reintegrating into society. Trying to find work, reconnecting with her kids/family, trying to steer clear of the people that landed her in jail. The story is about inter generational trauma, mental health, how we imprison people for drug abuse & the lasting impact that it has on so

My January wrap up. The best of the month for me was Pomegranate. But there wasn‘t anything I didn‘t like.

Wow! I think I chose this based on @Megabooks and @Cinfhen ‘s reviews. I picked it up on Libro.FM months ago. And it‘s definitely the best of January for me!

We see Ranita in the present as she is released from prison and starts to try to pick up the pieces of her life and reclaim her relationship to her children, and also see her as a child, teen, and young woman in Boston dealing with trauma, abuse, and addiction.

So beautiful, sad, hopeful.

This was FANTASTIC @Megabooks 💕💕💕 I devoured the audio🎧 I loved Ranita, her family and all the supporting players in her life. Here‘s a book where the shifting timeline works SO WELL as we watch Ranita fall & rise as she attempts to regain her life that has unraveled. Beautiful prose, heartfelt characters and strong storytelling. Definitely a favorite of the year ♥️

LOVING this one @Megabooks
Great recommendation 😍
Audio is fantastic 🎧
The story of Ranita before and after her prison incarceration.. Hopeful and heartbreaking 💔

This is a sad but hopeful story of a woman moving forward from addiction and prison time. The language was beautiful. It‘s a novel you feel in your bones.

Ranita was mixed up with a bad crowd and started using heroin. She lost custody of her kids and was sent to prison. After finding love there, she starts to turn her life around, but can she survive all the pitfalls once she‘s released? I loved the flashbacks of her life before prison.