Charlotte

**Chefs kiss**

Revisado: 02-14-25

The story was great, unlike many other that flood the genre, but just as important for me was the authors note. This book was such a time capsule, in a way I didn’t think I could appreciate. As an essential worker, with a daughter considered high risk, we were lucky to never bring Covid home. It was, however, a constant worry, until easily until mid 2021. The way Covid was approached made me enjoy the story more. In 2025, it feels like it should be acknowledged more, just because it was such a significant period in our world that affected everything. I’m looking forward to checking out more of Karen Slaughter’s books!

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Wow

Revisado: 09-28-24

This is one I’m going to keep with me forever. Growing up Baptist, some parts of this book stung more than others. My life didn’t follow the same path, but not because I was strong enough to assert myself, just simply because I had more than just my “church family”, and I met someone outside the church.

I came upon this book by way of instagram, more specifically one post that one friend shared. That one share led me to download this book in the middle of the night, when I should have been sleeping. It brought up a lot of memories and emotions, but also gave me a much needed cry. It’s one of few books I’ll be buying a physical copy of as well, and I’m happy to contribute to Tia’s travel fund while doing so.

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Great short story

Revisado: 03-21-24

Rather predictable, but that doesn’t detract at all from the quality storytelling. I especially liked the format of the story, being told from different characters in this way.

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The school shooting section…yikes

Revisado: 07-23-22

Active shooter drills in schools are horrifying and traumatic for children. They’re also saving countless lives by preparing them for the worse case (and sadly, increasingly common) scenario. The author of a book DEVOTED to the topic of preparedness should, of all people, recognize that. I’d be willing to bet more people in the US will benefit from knowing the best active shooter practices than will need to know which booze makes hair shiniest. To listen to the author carry on about how unnecessarily traumatic active shooter drills are was painful, especially after so many stories of combat zones and dangerous parts of the world. The comparisons made to the “duck and cover” drills in the 50’s and 60’s was even more infuriating. Climbing under a desk isn’t going to save anyone from an atomic bomb, but learning to be perfectly silent when someone bangs on your classroom door keeps kids and teachers alive. To compare the two is dangerously out of touch with the threats our children experience each year,

I’m trying to give the benefit of the doubt that the author has had a change of opinion on active shooter drills in schools since this book was published. Unfortunately, it wasn’t published too horribly long ago, so I don’t have much hope.

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Revisado: 01-29-21

If you’re familiar with/like Bert, you’re going to love this audiobook. I truthfully don’t know if I ever would have picked up a paper copy of it, but hearing him stop in the middle of a paragraph to complain about his pants or cackle like an idiot was exactly why I knew I needed to listen to this as soon as I saw it existed. Was NOT disappointed, and I’ll probably listen again even.

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