pick6-5-25: My 38th finished book of 2025! Charlotte and Viva. Mother and daughter flitting around the country in a VW van that‘s seen better days. Living moment to moment without knowing the future. Except Viva has an ability to dance. When they finally settle down Viva can study in earnest and it is what gets her away from her mother, but Viva will always go back to help. Moving debut. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣3️⃣8️⃣
pickA novel about mothers and daughters, their complex relationship and about disappointment and love and all the layers of a life shared closely. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/12/review-burst-by-mary-otis.html
Thank you to @bthegood for tagging me; I have been trying all day to think of a book I read that had a car!
1. Yes, I drive a manual transmission Jeep Wrangler.
2. Going through my recent reads, THIS book starts off with a mother and daughter hitting the road…. I love the cover and the story is good, too.
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
pickWe are almost to our vacation destination! In the Uber car rolling down 295S. I enjoyed this story and it featured indirect pie (meringue, quiche, tarts). My reviewing skills have deteriorated! This was sad, packed with great sentences, characters to cry with and for/thru some tragic happenings and choices. I would read more by this author. #debut #PieinLit #NewEngland
Starting one of my #CampLitsy choices that didn‘t get selected. Purchased mostly because #LovetheCover (and seem to be reading lots of #MotherDaughter books) #WesternKS #TravelReading #foggy
pickOtis‘s prose is intensely evocative; it‘s rich and lush and makes you feel as though you‘re right there in the ‘70s (and then the ‘80s, then the ‘90s). That‘s also what makes Burst such an uncomfortable read, though. Otis paints such a picture with words that the story of inherited trauma and patterns of self-abuse will feel very real. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/burst-mary-otis/
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