Book Thoughts for the Soul

This episode is quite different because I lost someone who was extremely important to me and to my community. Sandy Staggs was the founder and Artistic Director of Proud Mary Theatre Company in Spartanburg, SC, South Carolina's first and only LGBTQIA+ theatre. He found me right after I graduated college and I began working with him as stage manager. This show, Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche, I am stage managing and assistant directing. Our show will close this weekend, but we are still performing for Sandy. He would have wanted us all to go on. The future is uncertain, but Sandy's love for theatre, the arts, and the LGBTQIA+ theatre were not. If you'd do me a favor and just think of Sandy today and if you're feeling generous and would like to donate in his honor, the community thanks you. Proud Mary's Facebook and website is linked. Love to you all.

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This book is one that you will think about even after you've finished. It's introspective and beautiful in the first half, and thought provoking in the second. Each half of this book delivers something that must be said.

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Want to snot cry? Want to go through every human emotion possible? Want to root for the underdog? Want to fall in love with an octopus? Then you have to read this!

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DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!! 

This month's book for our Worms is Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth MacNeal. I cannot wait to read this with you guys and I hope you love circus/carnival stories as much as I do! Follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for all updates and join the Worms Book Club! 

Do you want a mystery of a woman who went silent after murdering her husband in the dead of night? Do you want to uncover family and friend secrets that may point you in a completely new direction? You'll feel like a true crime detective as you read this amazing psychological thriller as Alex Michaelides' debut novel. You don't want to miss this for yourself!

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If you thought Colleen Hoover was just a romance writer... this is a twisty tale you aren't ready for. This book will have you debating: manuscript or letter? Is Verity really that person? What is HAPPENING? Read this book for yourself even if you listen to this podcast and hear the spoilers. You've got to experience it for yourself.

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A dark and twisted story of a girl with a large family of secrets. A large inheritance to be given... what would people do in order to make it theirs? Murder their entire family? Just maybe.

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This thriller is one that kept me reading because I had no idea what would happen next. As a person that guesses mystery or thriller plots easily, I was SHOCKED at the ending. If you listen or read the blog post and partake in spoilers, I would still say read this book! It's worth it. 

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This book was one that I couldn't put down. I had to stay up until 6 am to finish this and have all secrets revealed! Evelyn and the cast of characters in this book will make you forget this is a work of fiction. Love, 7 husbands, and a great secret seem to make a perfect match for one hell of a life story.

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