Fall Reads...So Far

I am behind on my reading goal!  There.  

Why?  Shall we lay the blame on my new job?   A busy fall schedule?  Yes!  All good reasons...but...

Then The Strep arrived and sat me down to rest, sleep, recover...which all coordinated with papers all graded also...so the curse became a blessing, as I finished three novels (on my fourth now!)...yay!

Here are my brief thoughts on the above three and  two more read this fall for another book club (Yes, book clubs do seem to dominate my choice of book titles right now!):

Buried Lives by Carla McClafferty (ALA Book Club)

Set on Mt. Vernon during the time George Washington lived there (or not, as he was off fighting for and helping create this nation), this book focuses on the lives of the slaves of Mt. Vernon.  An interesting fact:  slaves belonged to a person, not a household; thus, some belonged to George, while others belonged to Martha.  The ownership of the slaves were part of inheritance passed down each side of the family.  I learned much as this one is well-researched by Arkansas author Carla McClafferty.

Weary Road by James Babb (ALA Book Club)

Initially,  the setting begins in Salem, AR, and tells the life of a dog named for this town during the Civil War.  Salem becomes the mascot for Company that main character Travis joins when he sets out to find Salem, also finding along the way a family he has never had. Captured, Travis spends time in a prisoner camp and experiences all the atrocities of that life and is later released to board the doomed ship the Sultana.

1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owen (WRLC Bk Club/Oct and Paperchase/Oct)
2. The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas (SCHS Student Book Club)
3. The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs (WRLC Bk Club/Sept)