![]() Nearly one hundred years earlier, a misguided violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family’s property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past… and the present. Genre/category: YA Historical Fiction, Prejudice and Racism Highly recommended for hockey enthusiasts, men (my husband enjoyed it) and women. Thoughtful and challenging on multiple levels, this will make a terrific book club selection. Hockey fans will find this story particularly enjoyable! Filled with fascinating characters and infused with complex and important themes of family, parenting, competition, loyalty, courage, community, belonging, friendship, small town struggles and values, hope, and a girl’s “no,” I’m predicting that this powerful story will be one of the year’s best reads for me. The action is a bit slow in the beginning but once it picks up the tension is sustained as the story plays out. Amazon Rating (July): 4.6 starsĪs the author develops characters and establishes the setting in his unique style, tension builds like the distant rumbling of an approaching severe thunderstorm. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected.īeartown explores the hopes that bring a small community together, the secrets that tear it apart, and the courage it takes for an individual to go against the grain. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys.īeing responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semi-final match is the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semi-finals, and they actually have a shot at winning. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. Genre/category: Fiction, Small Town and Rural, Sports Visit him online at his blog:, on twitter or on Instagram Fredrik Backman (same author as “And Every Morning…”) In Backman’s own words: “It’s a love letter and a slow farewell between a man and his grandson, and between a dad and his boy.” Highly recommended for older teens, men, women, anyone touched by Alzheimer’s, and can be devoured in one sitting.įredrik Backman, blogger, columnist, and New York Times bestselling author, lives in Stockholm, Sweden with his wife and two children. ![]() ![]() Amazon Rating (July): 4.5 starsĪn amazing, creative, beautifully written short story with a huge impact and filled with love and tenderness. ![]() This is a tiny gem with a message you’ll treasure for a lifetime. With all the same charm of his bestselling full-length novels, here Fredrik Backman once again reveals his unrivaled understanding of human nature and deep compassion for people in difficult circumstances. Genre/category: Literary Fiction, Family Life, Alzheimer’sįrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family’s efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer ***This post contains Amazon affiliate links. As always, you can find all the books I’ve read and rated here on Goodreads.įollowing is a collection of the eleven books that I’ve enjoyed the most (in alphabetical order) at this point in the year. I include only 3, 4, and 5-star reviews on the blog. In the height of the summer reading season, I’m excited to share eleven (I tried for ten!) of my favorite reads with you in case your TBR (to be read) list is depleted or you’re in a reading slump and need some inspiration!
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