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Book Reviews: May 2018

June 1, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

Book Reviews May 2018

Book Reviews May 2018

This may be the most compelling group of books I’ve read in one month. I listened to The Woman in the Window and Educated via Hoopla (audio books through the library). I rushed out and purchased hardbacks of both The Great Alone and Varina because the authors of these new releases wrote two of my all-time favorite books—The Nightingale and Cold Mountain. Talking to the Trees was an unexpected gem by a local Arkansas author.

Sometimes stories align like constellations in the night sky.

May turned out to be one of those star-studded months.

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Book Reviews: August 2017

August 31, 2017 By Talya Tate Boerner

August Book Reviews

And with this post of August Book Reviews, I’m saying goodbye to summer reading 2017. (Can you believe today is the last day of August?) I enjoyed six books during operation broken wrist. Really, these books provided sanity and escape. And while they are wildly different, they all involve relationship and/or family. From fantasy to possibly the greatest American play of all time, which will you add to your September stack?

The Widows’ Adventures
by Charles Dickinson

My sister-in-law told me about this book and loaned me her copy. Thank you, Paula! If Thelma & Louise met The Bucket List you’d have this witty tale. Imagine two elderly sisters driving from Chicago to Los Angeles. One is blind. The other has never driven in her life. The blind sister drives while the other navigates. They take the back roads during the wee hours. Yes, it’s absurd and hilarious. Would make an entertaining movie.
This book made me: think about all the fabulous books written years and years ago still waiting to be discovered. (This book was published in 1989.)
Favorite line: “If I’m driving and you’re drunk, does that make me a drunken driver?”Continue Reading

Guess what? Gracie Lee is now on Audible!

August 15, 2017 By Talya Tate Boerner

Gracie Lee on Audible

Announcement:

It’s official! You can now listen to Gracie Lee’s story.

TODAY is the official release date of The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee in audiobook format! Order online from Amazon, and the book will download via Audible in that magic way downloads happen.

About the narrator: 

Award-winning narrator and voice over talent Em Eldridge (Tantor Media) brings Gracie Lee’s story to life with her beautiful, clear voice. I had no say in narrator selection, but I am pleased with the results.

 

Em Eldridge

About the audio book:

Unabridged running time is 11 hours 21 minutes. Might I point out this is the perfect audio length for an end-of-summer, Labor Day road trip? Continue Reading

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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