POST #67

• ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ I pick for: Margaret. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• 1. Wild Orchid - Beverly Brenna
• 2. The Last Blossom on the Plum Tree
• ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Debbie picks for me: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• 1. Messenger of Magnolia Street - River Jordan
• 2. Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult

Messenger of Magnolia Street - River Jordan (06/20) ★★★★★

Written in a style reminiscent of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," this novel has a magical Southern charm. It is more than just a story. It is an old-fashioned "telling" -- the kind of telling that might be passed down from generation to generation by grandmas and grandpas, aunties and uncles... never quite finding its way to pen and paper. Luckily for us though, it did. The prose flows from the pages with a lyrical grace. Like a small stream might trickle down a pebbled creek bed in the Summer heat, the tale slowly meanders along only to pick up pace moments later like the creek might after a heavy rainfall. The dialect and cadence of the written words practically beg to be read aloud. "The Messenger of Magnolia Street" is a story of faith and hope, good versus evil, redemption and remembrance so poignant that it seems as if it truly was brought to us on the wings of angels. My only regret is that it sat unread on my bookshelf for so long.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2365822-june-2015-dusty-bookshelf-challenge?clear_facebook_session=true&page=2