Check out this month’s FIVE ON THE FIFTH favorites from The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers, the team of reviewers for RAWSISTAZ Literary Group. The featured books have received our TRR FAVORITES stamp of approval, and have a rating of 4.5 or 5.0 on a 5.0 scale.
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Where The Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward
WHERE THE LINE BLEEDS captures the very essence of the Deep South. Jesmyn Ward clearly demonstrates how the never-ending land, hot and humid air and murky bayou form a unique southern culture that shapes its inhabitants. Within her descriptive world lies the touching story of two young men whose illusive, haunting past finally comes to a clear resolution. 
Too Much of A Good Thing by J.J. Murray
Shawna Mitchell was widowed eight years ago. She has kept her family together, has provided basic necessities for her three children, and has established a forum online to assist other people dealing with loss. She provides compassion, advice and spiritual guidance; she could not have made it this far without God.
In Love With A Younger Man by Cheryl Robinson
Eighteen-year-old Oleana Day is on the campus of Howard University. She needed to distance herself from Detroit and the memories of her boyfriend’s suicide, when they were fifteen. Oleana had no friends in high school and hopes college will be better. Her roommate and cousin warns Oleana to try to make friends, concentrate on her studies and not seek male companionship. That advice is ignored; after only a few weeks on campus Oleana has made enemies and she moves in with Andrew, a popular upperclassman. Oleana becomes pregnant, Andrew pays for her to abort the fetus and then dumps her. Months later Andrew marries his fiancée, and a heartbroken Oleana returns to Detroit.
Cop Out by Robert Davis
Robert Davis was born in New Orleans and lived with his eight siblings and his grandmother. His father disappeared before any of the children could even remember him and his mother was also missing in action. His grandmother always told him, ‘do the right thing.’ Instead, Robert began supplementing her income by working for chop shops, which buy stolen auto parts. He did a few other things that were not legal before joining the New Orleans Police Department and becoming an officer. He was quite young and when paired with older, corrupt officers and he began to follow their lead, only he got caught because a girl he was pressuring told on him. He and his wife fled to Canada so he could avoid prosecution. Apparently, it was too much for her because she packed up and left. That’s when he knew he’d have to live in the forest. He bought books on survival, camping gear, guns and knives and began to carve out his life in the woods.
Until There Was You by Francis Ray
Seeking solitude from his matchmaking mother, Luke Grayson, a successful private investigator, retreats to his cabin in the mountains of Mexico. Unbeknownst to him, a beautiful gun-toting woman awaits on the other side of the cabin door.
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