In My Mailbox 7

I won these from The Epic Rat. Yayyy! Head on there for awesome giveaways! There are two going on right now.

Sarah Walters, the narrator of GIRLS IN TRUCKS, is a reluctant Camellia Society debutante. She has always felt ill-fitted to the rococo ways of Southern womanhood and family, and is anxious to shake the bonds of her youth. Still, she follows the traditional path laid out for her. This is Charleston, and in this beautiful, dark, segregated town, established rules and manners mean everything. But as Sarah grows older, she finds that her Camellia lessons fail her, particularly as she goes to college, moves North, and navigates love and life in New York. There, Sarah and her group of displaced deb sisters try to define themselves within the realities of modern life. Heartbreak, addiction, disappointing jobs and death fail to live up to the hazy, happy future promised to them by their Camellia mothers and sisters. When some unexpected bumps in the road--an unplanned birth, a family death--lead Sarah back home, she's forced to take another long look at the fading empire of her youth. It takes a strange turn of events to finally ground Sarah enough to make some serious choices. And only then does she realize that as much as she tried to deny it, where she comes from will always affect where she ends up. The motto of her girlhood cotillion society, "Once a Camellia, always a Camellia," may turn out to have more wisdom and pull to it than she ever could have guessed.

In the gritty fantasy underworld of Tortoll we meet 16-year-old Beka, a rookie cop in the Provost's Guard, who trains to sniff out criminals and make a name for herself, despite her debilitating shyness. Narrator Susan Denaker has an elegant, smooth voice that transforms into the guttural snarl of a rat and the homesick voice of a child's lost soul. She never shrinks from depicting the rough humor of the lower city. Denaker excels at distinguishing Pierce's many characters, including Beka's mentors, streetwise Goodwin and charming Tunstall. Best of all is the voice she creates for Beka, sometimes mutinous, often pained as Beka learns how to be brave without being foolish and how to give voice to her special knowledge about the world.

Note: I can finally read this and move on to Bloodhound! YES, I'm so stoked! *pumps fist in air*

All reviews from Amazon unless stated.

Anyway, what did you guys think of the winner of Britain's Got Talent? Frankly, I thought it/he/she/they was/were amazing! I fell in love from the very first time I saw the performance on Youtube. And what about last year's winner, George Sampson? Totally adorable. Seems he has a rare condition? That's really sad, he's so young!

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