There’s nowhere to pull over,” I mumbled, wishing I’d gone to the library with Tish instead of “putting myself out there” tonight. As much as I loved Tish, it was impossible to deny that she was Tony’s polar opposite: quiet, shy, and maybe a little boring if I was being mean. Run on Red is a heartfelt novel written with compassion and hope, reconciling the past to pave a road to happiness and second chances.

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Laura’s breathing was ragged in my ears, but the closer we got to the riverbank, the more difficult it would be to hear any noise we made over the rush of the water.In the darkness beyond the narrow beam of light cast by the Volvo’s one surviving headlight, a bird shrieked in the night.

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I looked through the back windshield just in time to see the truck nose into the left lane, then swerve toward us, hitting the Volvo’s back left bumper with a grating squeal and a dull thunk. I would make one more pass of the car, and if I couldn’t find it, I’d take my chances with the one-percent battery. And then there was Laura—who I wasn’t even totally sure should be walking or sitting upright, let alone running for her life. He fell back to a safe following distance and turned off the truck’s brights, looking like just any other vehicle on the road.I immediately like the main character, Olivia, after she drops a true crime reference and an X-Files comparison in the first couple pages.

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It is important to encourage children to read at a young age to promote literacy and cognitive development, but it is also never too late to start reading novels as an adult. She froze again as the voices suddenly rose in volume, becoming just audible over the sound of the river. The characters are sensitively portrayed, as is their recovery, and the hopeful ending is realistic. This is happening in the space of I think perhaps 48hours start to finish… real time, real drama, really full on!

The fingernail on my pointer finger must have come off at some point during the chaos earlier, but I barely felt it anymore. The synopsis will lead you to believe that this is a road rage incident, but here’s the-most-minor-spoil Plenty of debris had flown into the open window as we careened down the hillside in a horrifying roller coaster ride.