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Good Day Bookstagram. We are back with another Sunday Spotlight and it’s a wonderful read. Two Lives Of Sara! I wrote ✍🏿 Oooh. So good. Some flat moments, but this one is a winner. Apparently, there was a book before this one that perhaps has the answer to my most burning question. What happened in that house, Sara? Catherine Adel West does an absolute excellent job of showing, not telling! That is supposed to be the number one calling card of great fiction. In fact, the allusions are so strong as to what went on, but I want certainty. Sara has left Chicago for Memphis in an attempt to forget the old Sara and start anew. She is somewhat surly, and unlikeable but grows on you, as you move through the story and her mental state. Catherine Adel West crafts some beautiful sentences and when she writes of grieving I may have dropped a tear or it could have been allergies. Sara is a complicated character but she found a place in my heart and is one of those fictional characters you tend to think about long after the book is closed. She is the definition of perseverance and resilience and although I disagreed with some of her choices, I found understanding without having to dig deep for it. Sara has seemingly turned a difficult corner and she met a young man, through whom she sees the possibility of finding her way back to love. Love of not only others, but love of herself. Tragedy strikes. “Loss no matter how it’s experienced takes something from us. Opens something aching and jagged. And why is this sensation, this mournful dance, something I almost welcome? Because it’s expected. I know pain and hurt. We are comfortable enemies. And I think maybe Momma always told me to watch where I was, take note of my position, because knowing where I am and who I am no matter how ugly, is better than wondering who I could’ve been.” I thank Park Row and Edelweiss for an ARC and the book will be published Sept. 6, 2022. #ownvoicesreviews #twolivesofsara #catherineadelwest #goodblackreads #blackbooksmatter #bookpusher #pushingbooksainteasy #parkrowbooks #makebookslitagain #blackbibliophile #sundayspotlight #bibliophile #houstonreads (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdlQP_rrIJu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT is here! In the mood for a fast paced “crime” drama? Well you can’t do any better than Blacktop Wasteland. Once you start, you won’t stop until the end. A one sitting novel! I wrote ✍🏿 Ohh man. Buckle up.S. A. Cosby takes the reader on a ride that’s fast-paced and thrilling. Bug is a good man, good husband and striving to be the best father, better than his own. He is a solid mechanic but a superb wheelman. The kind of guy you can use to drive the getaway car in a robbery. He makes moves behind the wheel that make your jaw drop. And S.A. Cosby makes the reader feel the angst and anguish that Bug is dealing with. He writes in such a way that the reader must grapple with race, raising Black boys in an environment that doesn’t always see them as being worthy. What happens when the financial pressure is bearing down on you and you are offered a chance to be the getaway driver for a nice chunk of change? Does Bug make the right choice? Mr. Cosby does a superb job of exposing this dilemma with great writing always sprinkled with timely humor and a cast of characters that add to an exhilarating joyride. I’m hooked now, and will be reading his other works. He knows how to spin a good crime tale, but centered in human choices and emotions. Crime adjacent, if you will. Onto the next one. #ownvoicesreviews #bookstagram #bookpusher #blacktopwasteland #flatironbooks #sacosby #pushingbooksainteasy #sundayspotlight #r4 #goodblackreads #goodreads #blackbibliophile #bibliophile #houstonreads #booksarelife #blackbooksmatter #bookreview #bookrecommendation #makebookslitagain (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccc-A7SrWQe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=