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Reasons For Reading This Book: I have liked a Jodi Picoult book in the past  Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult , and was looking for another book by her when I came across Small Great Things under her book list. I read the description and was intrigued. I happened to read this during Black History Month in 2024, but that was not intentional. Midway through reading it I mentioned to my mom that I was reading it and she told me she stopped reading it before she finished. I was liking it so far and personally had no reason to stop so I did not. Content of This Book: Ruth Jefferson has been labor and delivery nurse at the same hospital for twenty years. She is a widow and mother to a gifted teenage son. Her life is flipped upside down when she becomes the center of a criminal case relating to the death of a baby who was a patient at the hospital she works at. Per the parents request Ruth is removed from the care of baby Davis because of her race. Due to the lack or lack thereof of her re

Reasons For Reading This Book: I was in a bit of a situation where I could not get the next book for my book club from the library so I started looking at different book Instagram accounts for recommendations. This was my first time taking a recommendation from @jkslibrary  but her page had so many books I had never heard of I started adding them to my life. In a stack of books the title of Notes of an Execution by Danya Kukafka stood out to me. I looked up and read the description of the book and instantly checked it out from my library. I have read one other book about someone of death row and that was The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton which was a five star read for me in 2023. I was excited to read a fictional account of death row as The Sun Does Shine is an autobiography.  Content of This Book: Ansel Parker had been on death row for murdering those girls and is not twelve hours from execution. He knows what he's done but he is seeking to be understood and celebrated.  T

Reasons For Reading This Book: I first saw the cover of The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh on a book reviewers account on Instagram. Sadly I did not save the post so I can not remember who posted it but it was one of their top reads of 2023. I saw that the reviewer gave it 5 stars, so I figured it was a enjoyable read. I checked it out from the library after reading the description and thinking it was interesting because it was a mix of a romantic love story with secrets and a mystery element to it. I have never read a Rosie Walsh book before and have never taken a recommendation from this book review either. Content of This Book: Emma is a young mom, cancer survivor, loving wife, and well-known marine biologist. Shortly after getting the all clear on her cancer, the secrets that she has tried so hard to hide from her husband are starting to come out. For years Leo and Emma have had a loving and fulfilling marriage. He is an obituary writer and Emma is a marine biologist professor, re