Books from the Backlog #122

 

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This meme is hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books!

Make a wish…

Lennie always thought her uncles’ “important family legacy” was good old-fashioned bootlegging. Then she takes some of her uncles’ moonshine to Michaela Gordon’s annual house party, and finds out just how wrong she was.

At the party, Lennie has everyone make a wish before drinking the shine—it’s tradition. She toasts to wishes for bat wings, for balls of steel, for the party to go on forever. Lennie even makes a wish of her own: to bring back her best friend, Dylan, who was murdered six months ago.

The next morning gives Lennie a whole new understanding of the phrase be careful what you wish for—or in her case, be careful what wishes you grant. Because all those wishes Lennie raised a jar of shine to last night? They came true. Most of them came out bad. And once granted, a wish can’t be unmade…

I added Kate Karyus Quinn's Down With the Shine to my TBR pile in April of 2016 and I am trying to remember if this was a book I bought because I was going to meet the author or if I didn't meet her until later and had this one already. I'd have to check my photo albums, which are sadly in storage! Lol. But I remember seeing great reviews on this and I thought it sounded like fun! There's always that bad luck that come with wishes and the story sounded rather good. I'd still like to read it at some point. If only I didn't need to sleep! That would solve all of my TBR problems within a year or two! Lol.