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2024 Bookish Books Reading Challenge (Hosted by Yours Truly)

My Progress:


29 / 30 books. 97% done!

2024 Literary Escapes Challenge

- Alabama (1)
- Alaska (1)
- Arizona (1)
- Arkansas (1)
- California (7)
- Colorado (1)
- Connecticut (1)
- Delaware (1)
- Florida (1)
- Georgia (2)
- Hawaii (1)
- Idaho (2)
- Illinois (3)
- Indiana (4)
- Iowa (1)
- Kansas (1)
- Kentucky (1)
- Louisiana (1)
- Maine (1)
- Maryland (1)
- Massachusetts (2)
- Michigan (1)
- Minnesota (1)
- Mississippi (1)
- Missouri (1)
- Montana (1)
- Nebraska (1)
- Nevada (2)
- New Hampshire (1)
- New Jersey (1)
- New Mexico (1)
- New York (7)
- North Carolina (4)
- North Dakota
- Ohio (2)
- Oklahoma (1)
- Oregon (2)
- Pennsylvania (2)
- Rhode Island (1)
- South Carolina (1)
- South Dakota (1)
- Tennessee (1)
- Texas (4)
- Utah (2)
- Vermont (2)
- Virginia (2)
- Washington (2)
- West Virginia (1)
- Wisconsin (1)
- Wyoming
- Washington, D.C.* (2)

International:
- Australia (2)
- Bolivia (1)
- Canada (3)
- China (1)
- England (19)
- France (1)
- Ghana (1)
- Indonesia (1)
- Ireland (4)
- Italy (1)
- Poland (1)
- Russia (1)
- Scotland (3)
- The Netherlands (1)

My Progress:


51 / 51 states. 100% done!

2024 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

My Progress:


41 / 50 books. 82% done!

2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge


35 / 50 books. 70% done!

Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge

My Progress:


52 / 52 books. 100% done!

2024 52 Club Reading Challenge

My Progress:


50 / 52 books. 96% done!

2024 Build Your Library Reading Challenge

My Progress:


35 / 40 books. 88% done!

2024 Pioneer Book Reading Challenge


16 / 40 books. 40% done!

2024 Craving for Cozies Reading Challenge

My Progress:


21 / 25 books. 84% done!

2024 Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge

2024 Mystery Marathon Reading Challenge

My Progress


16 / 26.2 miles (3rd lap). 61% done!

Mount TBR Reading Challenge

My Progress


35 / 100 books. 35% done!

2024 Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge

My Progress:


90 / 104 books. 87% done!

Around the Year in 52 Books Reading Challenge

My Progress


52 / 52 books. 100% done!

Disney Animated Movies Reading Challenge

My Progress


123 / 165 books. 75% done!

The 100 Most Common Last Names in the U.S. Reading Challenge

My Progress:


73 / 100 names. 73% done!
Friday, February 22, 2019

Sisters + Family Secrets + Coming Home = Always-Appealing Trifecta

(Image from Barnes & Noble)

After the trauma of losing their mother and youngest sister in a sudden storm, none of the remaining Hemingway sisters had any reason to stay in their tiny hometown in the Ozarks.  As soon as they were old enough to leave Cold River, Missouri, they did.  The only thing that could bring the three sisters back is the death of the aunt who raised them.  As the women return to the dilapidated ancestral farmhouse where they grew up, they're filled with grief, anxiety, and fear.  All of them are harboring secrets they haven't shared with the others.  When Aunt Bea posthumously lets out a few of her own skeletons, the Hemingway sisters are thrown for a dizzying, unexpected loop.     

As Hadley, Pfeiffer, and Martha try to puzzle out a family mystery, they must come together in a way they haven't since they were children.  With the help of friends old and new, including an affectionate basset hound who adopts them despite their protests, they will discover that the happiness and fulfillment which has been so elusive to all of them might just be waiting in the exact place they never expected to find it—home.

I love books about sisters, family secrets, and coming home, so a story that combines all three is always going to appeal to me.  The Sisters Hemingway by Annie England Noblin offers this bewitching trifecta in an engaging novel that is compelling, upbeat, and enjoyable.  I would have liked a stronger mystery plot, but really it's the relationship between the sisters that is at the heart of this novel.  And while none of the women are all that original or exciting, they're all sympathetic and likable.  I cared about what happened to them.  There were a few holes in the novel's plot that had me scratching my head and I got a good laugh out of Noblin's description of driving a new Tesla with "keys" and an engine that "purred" (we use an app on our phones to drive ours [with a slim key card as a back-up] and the engine is eerily silent, an oddity that a first-time electric car driver would definitely notice).  Overall, though, I found The Sisters Hemingway to be an easy, entertaining read that I liked but didn't love.

(Readalikes:  Reminded me of Joshilyn Jackson's Southern family sagas, especially Almost Sisters)

Grade:


If this were a movie, it would be rated:


for language (one F-bomb plus milder expletives) and mild sexual content

To the FTC, with love:  I received an ARC of The Sisters Hemingway from the generous folks at William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins) via those at TLC Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you!

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Interested in more opinions on The Sisters Hemingway?  Follow along on the book's blog tour by clicking the links below:

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Wednesday, February 13th: Instagram: @megabunnyreads
Friday, February 15th: Instagram: @somekindofalibrary
Saturday, February 16th: Instagram: @marissa_writes
Monday, February 18th: Instagram: @books.tea.quotes
Tuesday, February 19th: Instagram: @storiesandcoffee
TBD, Sunday, February 17th: Instagram: @writersdream

Review Stops

Tuesday, February 12th: A Bookish Affair
Wednesday, February 13th: Peppermint PhD
Thursday, February 14th: Bibliotica
Friday, February 15th: Lindsay’s Book Reviews
Monday, February 18th: Iwriteinbooks’s blog
Tuesday, February 19th: BookNAround
Wednesday, February 20th: Ms. Nose in a Book
Friday, February 22nd: Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books
Friday, February 22nd: Literary Quicksand
Monday, February 25th: Instagram: @giuliland
Tuesday, February 26th: Laura’s Reviews
Wednesday, February 27th: Into the Hall of Books
Thursday, February 28th: What Is That Book About
Thursday, February 28th: From the TBR Pile

5 comments:

  1. I just noticed that you are listing how many books you've read for each state (on the right of your blog). What a great idea. I'm just listing the first one I read for a state, but I like the idea of counting as well.

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  2. Sisters...Family secrets...yep! Sounds like one I would enjoy. Thanks. I’ll put it on my list.

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  3. I sometimes find when your book is around 3 (or more) characters it's really hard for them to all be likable, so I'm really glad that's the case here. It's hard for me to get into a book if I don't really like who I'm reading about. Thanks for being on this tour!

    Sara @ TLC Book Tours

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  4. For me to like a book like this it has to be written really, really well. But I'm glad you enjoyed this one. And that whole thing about driving a Tesla totally made me laugh. :D

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  5. Oh too funny about the Tesla stuff. I've never driven one so I didn't notice but I can definitely see why you got a laugh out of it! I just finished this one and felt much the same way about it. Good read though not perfect.

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