How many years does a couple need to be married before throwing an anniversary party? In Wildcat by Amelia Morris, the story begins with Leanne going to her friend Regina’s 4th Wedding Anniversary party. It was so fun that Regina is the dramatic, privileged friend just like the character Regina George in the 2004 movie Mean Girls. The dramatics just move on from there in an uproarious conglomeration of events. These bougie women are fun to laugh at and shake your head at. Leanne is a new mother who also has her first published book hitting the shelves soon. She’s promoting her book and dealing with mundane middle-class issues. It’s a fast read and pokes fun at social media in a way that made me laugh without feeling guilty. I love social media, but it does have different effects on different people. My favorite parts involved an author, Maxine. Leanne admires her and it was so fun to see the connection between them of reader/writer and writer/writer. This is a fun, quick modern read.
If you are looking for an indigenous author to support in November, then This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger has a great historical fiction read for you. Krueger is a member of the Anishinaabe ( Ojibwe ) tribe. This dialogue between a bit so likable character Jack and the teen narrator Odie will give you a good idea of the story. “Ask me, God’s right here. In the dirt, the rain, the sky, the trees, the apples, the stars in the cottonwoods. In you and me, too. It’s all connected and it’s all God. Sure this is hard work, but it’s good work because it’s a part of what connects us to this land, Buck. This beautiful, tender land.” Jack in Chapter 20. Odie then replies with his theory about how “God is a tornado.” which refers back to when a tornado killed a loving teacher, Mrs. Frost. The book was originally published in 2019 and is great as an audiobook coming in at 14 hours and 19 minutes on regular speed versus 464 pages of hard copy. ...
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