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NOW AVAILABLE!!! HEYYY YOU GUYS!!!! IT'S AVAILABLE!!! i enjoyed The Summer that Melted Everything a bunch, but Betty ; a standalone with spillover into TSTME, has so much more weight. i remember bits and pieces from The Summer that Melted Everything —i remember the language being striking, i remember t Leggi tutto

More than five-star worthy, my favorite book of summer 2020. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ I read and loved The Summer That Melted Everything when it published four years ago. Incidentally, I won a copy of that book from a blog giveaway, and since it was autographed, I was put in contact with the author and quick Leggi tutto

4+ strong stars for this unforgettable story! This is a story about family. Betty is the daughter of a white mother and Cherokee father. Of all her siblings, Betty develops the most physical traits of her Cherokee heritage. Betty’s father takes pride in teaching his children the stories of his ancest Leggi tutto

My heart is shattered in a million pieces.

This book wasn't perfect. It annoyed me, for example, the way Betty and her siblings seemed to communicate in complex metaphors from the moment they found their tongues. I was also frustrated by a few of the chapters, which were so fantastically over-the-top that the book started to feel more like a Leggi tutto

On the Savage Side shook me. It was raw. I’m now circling back to Betty , an earlier work by McDaniel, to see if this has similar sharp edges. It does. Betty is one of 8 children. Her father is Cherokee and her mother white. They experience discrimination, mental illness, abuse and grief. The struggle Leggi tutto

For 6 days this book filled up my heart and then drained it. Filled it up. Drained it. The last 75 pages absolutely killed me. One of the most tragic, beautifully written books I’ve ever read in my life. I don't know what to say about this story that isn't more eloquently stated somewhere else. Even Leggi tutto