Booknotes: Believe the Hype

Here are three books that have been getting quite a bit of hype over the past year... deservedly so in my opinion!

Most of my reading this year has been towards the heavier side of nonfiction, but sometimes the truth is best told in a story. Here are #somebooknotes

Where the Crawdads Sing

By Delia Owens

Where The Crawdads Sing was great as a genre defying, expectation juking tome. Characters were richly developed, and I loved the love the novel had for its setting and its ecology in particular.

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Such a Fun Age

By Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age was really effective at showing how good intentions don’t always have good impact.

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The Vanishing Half

By Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half was a strong second novel for Brit Bennett, and introduced the topics of colorist, identity, and generational trauma through a family epic.

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