Friday Reads

Dear Henry, Love Edith and A Serial Killer's Daughter book covers side by side on blue floral background

Update: So, I have thoughts on these picks. In retrospect, I should have done more research, but I figured that reading a sample and getting a recommendation from a friend would both help. (Surprise: It didn't and I ventured too far.)

This week, I'm venturing out to some new territory and trying a few books thanks to Kara from the Well Read Collective and her Well Read Challenge. It's so fun that I get to try all these new book challenges and layer them with each other, especially after my two reads for the Clearly Christian Readathon.

The first one fits the debut category and is a book that I saw at my public library a while back where I only had the opportunity to read the first chapter. I now have an e-book version of it, so I look forward to getting back into it.

The second is a recommendation from a friend in real life, which is pretty rare for me as I don't often talk about books with people 😄 It's an interesting memoir that she recently read, so I hope I'll get to check off two boxes shortly!

📘 Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer
📗 A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming by Kerri Rawson

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