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Book Round Up #117

I had to cut myself off after just 6 books because if I kept digging, I would have created a reading list miles long and would have gotten absolutely no sleep tonight. I just kept finding more and more books I wanted to talk about. That just means that there will be another Round Up coming again soon. There are a ton of great reads coming out in March that I am really excited about. (Check out the latest adds to my Goodreads shelf) Here's what you need to be reading:  The Past  Three sisters, a brother, and their children assemble at their country house...  they may be forced to sell their beloved house filled with memories. As they sort through the house and the memories, hidden passions, devastating secrets, and dangerous hostilities threaten to consume them.  This seems like there may be some underlying themes in this story that I normally don't read about but I am kind of in the mood to go off the tracks of my normal reads...  Beasts and Children  I

Book Review: The Sound of Gravel

I've been in a book hangover this week and so now I must share with you the book that did me in:  The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner  Memoirs like this just don't happen everyday. Can you imagine pointing pen to paper and sharing your most private worries, your most traumatic experiences and the scariest, saddest moments of your life? Or what about reliving moments where you were scared, lost and worried? All of these things happen to Ruth, all before she is a teenager.  The daughter of a polygamist, Ruth is lost among a sea of her family's life- she is one of over 40 siblings, most of whom she doesn't know exists until she is older. She learns at a very young age that without her help, her mother would not be able to handle her siblings, 2 of who are developmentally disabled.  They live in a dirt house with no electricity and have to navigate life with a "father" who divides his time among his multiple wives... Because they live the