Jeanette Rooks Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Jeanette Rooks

2nd book of 2023 - The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar - memorable quote: "The land was stained permanently with pools of blood...But the sea was unspoiled and eternal and seemingly beyond human claim. Its waters rose and swallowed up the scarlet shame of spilled blood."

Jeanette Rooks

First read of 2023 & favorite quote - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead: "Cora didn't know what optimistic meant. She asked the other girls...if they were familiar with the word. None of them had heard it. She decided that it meant trying." Keep trying, all.