In this episode of Taming the TBR, author Kerry Schafer gives you permission to DNF (did not finish) a book. Shocking, we know. She also presents We're All Damaged by Matthew Norman for your consideration. Will it make YOUR TBR list? 

Note: The fact that We're All Damaged happens to appear on this particular episode in no way indicates that you might not want to read or finish it.

Kerry presents The Sentence by Pulitzer Prize winning author Louise Erdrich.

A mysterious necklace is found in a dark tunnel underneath the offices of Bonjour Paris - a struggling ex-pat magazine. The find sparks a literary quest to discover its origins. Listen to back cover copy, first page, and a random page farther in -- then be prepared to decide. Will this book make YOUR TBR? 

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Today's book is a historical novel about Ukraine in the 1990s.

Title: Sunflowers Beneath the Snow

Author: Teri M. Brown

Genres: Women's Fiction, Political Fiction, Historical Fiction

A Ukrainian rebel. Three generations of women bearing the consequences. A journey that changes everything.

Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Sunflowers-Beneath-Snow-Teri-Brown-ebook/dp/B09PVNTM1T/ref=sr_1_1?crid=39PFIA0SLO4QZ&keywords=sunflowers+beneath+the+snow&qid=1648159017&sprefix=Sunflowers+beneath+%2Caps%2C1838&sr=8-1

Kerry presents selection criteria for The Lobotomist's Wife by Samantha Greene Woodruff.

Listen to the back cover copy, the first page, and part of another random page and then make your decision: yes or no?

Genre: Women's fiction, historical fiction

Pub Date: February 1, 2022

Publisher: Lake Union

Kerry Schafer presents Traveler, by Nola Nash -- reading the back cover copy, the first page, and a random page from somewhere near the beginning, and asks you to choose whether or not this book belongs on your TBR list.

Traveler releases on March 10, 2022. 

Genres: Time travel, mythology, historical fiction

Language: swears

Publisher: Black Rose Writing

Today's book is Song of Curses, book three in The Siren's Call series by Kris Faryn

Will this book make your TBR list? Yes or no?

Yes or no? On your TBR or not? 

Kerry Schafer presents The Next Ship Home by bestselling author Heather Webb.

Genres: Historical fiction, women's fiction

Publisher: Sourcebooks

Date of release: February 8, 2022

Find it on Amazon

More about the book and author here

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