Weekly Reading Thread: Sept 23-29

I had a good reading week - finishing two books that were both 5 stars for me.

The first was Sadie by Courtney Summers. Sadie has never really had a lot of support in her life. Her mother was addict that never connected with her daughter. Her father was not ever in the picture. But then her mom has a new baby and for all intents and purposes, Sadie takes over as mom to that little girl, even after their real mom leaves them alone. Then, Sadie is devastated when her little sister Maddie is killed. The only thing that makes sense to Sadie is to go after the killer.

The book is written in alternating viewpoints. You follow Sadie as she is trying to find the man who killed her sister. You also follow along with a "Serial-type" of podcast as West McCray tries to find Sadie and find out what happened. It is a hard story to read and you just really want life to cut Sadie some breaks. And it is also one of those books that the author writes the book as it should be written even if it is hard to read.

The second book was Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. This was a great book! A great storyline of a young girl whose family leaves her to survive in the marsh alone. She learns to survive with virtually no help from the outside world. She does befriend a boy who teaches her to read. The book follows her as she grows and makes a life in the marsh. There is a secondary storyline of a local man who is found murdered and the question of who did it. This is a quick read that you can emerge yourself in fully. I highly recommended it!