Category Archives: Southern Fiction

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: I Love It When You Lie by Kristen Bird

Posted on March 1, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme that highlights books soon to be released, the ones we’re excited about but haven’t read yet. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings, and was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine. Y’all can check out all of this week’s … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke

Posted on February 22, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme that highlights books soon to be released, the ones we’re excited about but haven’t read yet. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings, and was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine. Y’all can check out all of this week’s … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour and Giveaway: Wined and Died in New Orleans (Vintage Cookbook Mystery #2) by Ellen Byron

Posted on February 20, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Wined and Died in New Orleans (A Vintage Cookbook) by Ellen Byron About Wined and Died in New Orleans Wined and Died in New Orleans (A Vintage Cookbook) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – Louisiana Berkley (February 7, 2023) … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber

Posted on January 25, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme that highlights books soon to be released, the ones we’re excited about but haven’t read yet. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings, and was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine. Y’all can check out all of this week’s … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My 2022-23 To Be Read List

Posted on December 13, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Check out upcoming Top Ten themes on Jana’s blog and go here to see what others have on their Top Ten Tuesday lists! We … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Letters from My Sister by Valerie Fraser Luesse

Posted on December 7, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme that highlights books soon to be released, the ones we’re excited about but haven’t read yet. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings, and was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine. Y’all can check out all of this week’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

Posted on September 10, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: An enchanting tale filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won’t let you go. Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fish out of Water by Marc Jedel

Posted on August 25, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: A small-town homicide. A community swamped in secrets. Can married amateur sleuths bait and capture the killer before the truth slips away? Elizabeth Trout had escaped her rural Arkansas hometown. Compelled to sort through her deceased grandmother’s belongings, she … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton by Susannah B. Lewis

Posted on May 24, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Sometimes what your life is missing is an eccentric group of older ladies to take you under their wing . . . When Raeley Ann Sutton’s mama passes away and leaves her the house where she grew up, Rae can’t imagine how … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Webber

Posted on November 10, 2021 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

From Goodreads: The Lights of Sugarberry Cove is a charming, delightful story of family, healing, love, and small town Southern charm by USA Today bestselling author Heather Webber. Sadie Way Scott has been avoiding her family and hometown of Sugarberry Cove, Alabama, since … Continue reading →

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