“All The Colors of the Dark kept me frantically turning the pages and somehow made me cry at the end…Brava!”—Kristin Hannah

I’m ba-ack! While I’ve been verbally pining for a vacation, that is not the reason for my month-long silence. (Give it up for Sharee who’s kept the good books a comin’!) I could offer several excuses for being a sloth, but here’s my truth: I’ve been bewitched. My head and heart succumbed and I fell headlong into a wonder-induced, hypnotic state since I finished All The Glimmering Stars. A message for the ages. Florence Okori is my hero, my mentor, my inspiration. In the words of our girl Rae, if there were a required reading list for life, All The Glimmering Stars would definitely be on it. I can’t stop thinking about it. Mark Sullivan, you’re made up of countless tiny luminous stars. Thanks for lighting my universe.

Choosing what to read after experiencing book nirvana is tough. Naturally, I went with a different genre. A crime thriller sounded about right. In Jenna we trust, so I downloaded Chris Whitaker’s All the Colors of the Dark. I was hooked from the start. A one-eyed Missouri boy named “Patch” saves a girl who is attacked in the woods. The plot thickens quickly when the attacker kidnaps Patch—he locks him in a dark cellar for months on end. The boy’s only source of light comes from a girl, real or imagined, named Grace. Once Patch resurfaces, life still feels heavy and dim. More girls disappear. Patch is on a mission. Whitaker’s plot is well thought out and complex—plus he weaves in important ideas about hope and love. Because we’re fans of a real whodunnit and big believers in Grace, this book fits the 2@27 bill. Brava, C. Whit. Brava!

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