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📚 164 books read in 2025!
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🗳 Vote by Mail!
💙 Pro-Choice!
🎵 I keep my side of the street clean 🎵
💁♀️GenX
☕️ One day we will wake up to his obituary.
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "On A Woman's Madness" by Astrid Roemer set in #Suriname
Complex story told in fragments about a young woman and her path towards survival and freedom. A look at womanhood, family ties, societal pressures, racism, sexism, patriarchy...
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Complex story told in fragments about a young woman and her path towards survival and freedom. A look at womanhood, family ties, societal pressures, racism, sexism, patriarchy...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "On A Woman's Madness" by Astrid Roemer set in #Suriname
Complex story told in fragments about a young woman and her path towards survival and freedom. A look at womanhood, family ties, societal pressures, racism, sexism, patriarchy...
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Complex story told in fragments about a young woman and her path towards survival and freedom. A look at womanhood, family ties, societal pressures, racism, sexism, patriarchy...
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For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Celebration" by DAMIR KARAKAŠ set in #Croatia
Mijo, an Ustaša fighter, comes home from WWII. One review - physically light, psychologically heavy - so accurate. 4 moments in time described. Atmospheric, Unsettling. Recommend audio.
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Mijo, an Ustaša fighter, comes home from WWII. One review - physically light, psychologically heavy - so accurate. 4 moments in time described. Atmospheric, Unsettling. Recommend audio.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Celebration" by DAMIR KARAKAŠ set in #Croatia
Mijo, an Ustaša fighter, comes home from WWII. One review - physically light, psychologically heavy - so accurate. 4 moments in time described. Atmospheric, Unsettling. Recommend audio.
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Mijo, an Ustaša fighter, comes home from WWII. One review - physically light, psychologically heavy - so accurate. 4 moments in time described. Atmospheric, Unsettling. Recommend audio.
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For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "It Would Be Night in Caracas" by Karina Sainz Borgo set in #Venezuela
Survival. Set in a crumbling Caracas, the main character focuses on survival. Corruption, crime, loss ... personal, a way of life, a country's soul.
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Survival. Set in a crumbling Caracas, the main character focuses on survival. Corruption, crime, loss ... personal, a way of life, a country's soul.
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October 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "It Would Be Night in Caracas" by Karina Sainz Borgo set in #Venezuela
Survival. Set in a crumbling Caracas, the main character focuses on survival. Corruption, crime, loss ... personal, a way of life, a country's soul.
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Survival. Set in a crumbling Caracas, the main character focuses on survival. Corruption, crime, loss ... personal, a way of life, a country's soul.
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For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Eurotrash" by Christian Kracht set in #Switzerland
Circular road trip in a taxi, w/a man, his 80+ year old mom, her money, her colostomy bag & lots of dredging of past. Liked the core & point of the story, but many references beyond me.
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Circular road trip in a taxi, w/a man, his 80+ year old mom, her money, her colostomy bag & lots of dredging of past. Liked the core & point of the story, but many references beyond me.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Eurotrash" by Christian Kracht set in #Switzerland
Circular road trip in a taxi, w/a man, his 80+ year old mom, her money, her colostomy bag & lots of dredging of past. Liked the core & point of the story, but many references beyond me.
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Circular road trip in a taxi, w/a man, his 80+ year old mom, her money, her colostomy bag & lots of dredging of past. Liked the core & point of the story, but many references beyond me.
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For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Crooked Plow" by Itamar Vieira Junior set in the rural hinterlands of Bahia #Brazil
Magical realism narrated by 2 sisters linked by tragedy. Exploited black laborers work the land... racism, injustice. Spiritual faith keep them rooted.
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Magical realism narrated by 2 sisters linked by tragedy. Exploited black laborers work the land... racism, injustice. Spiritual faith keep them rooted.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Crooked Plow" by Itamar Vieira Junior set in the rural hinterlands of Bahia #Brazil
Magical realism narrated by 2 sisters linked by tragedy. Exploited black laborers work the land... racism, injustice. Spiritual faith keep them rooted.
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Magical realism narrated by 2 sisters linked by tragedy. Exploited black laborers work the land... racism, injustice. Spiritual faith keep them rooted.
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For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "The Museum Detective" by Maha Kahn Phillips set in #Pakistan
Mummies, mystery, missing persons. Dr Gul works with her found family to investigate a newly discovered mummy. Who can she trust?
Fun mystery with some twists and turns.
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Mummies, mystery, missing persons. Dr Gul works with her found family to investigate a newly discovered mummy. Who can she trust?
Fun mystery with some twists and turns.
👍
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September 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "The Museum Detective" by Maha Kahn Phillips set in #Pakistan
Mummies, mystery, missing persons. Dr Gul works with her found family to investigate a newly discovered mummy. Who can she trust?
Fun mystery with some twists and turns.
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#booksky 💜📚
Mummies, mystery, missing persons. Dr Gul works with her found family to investigate a newly discovered mummy. Who can she trust?
Fun mystery with some twists and turns.
👍
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "The Blue Book of Nebo" by Manon Steffan Ros set in post-nuclear #Wales
A mother and her son somehow survive "The End" alone. Their perspectives are told, written passages in a book about their village. Made a statement, made one think.
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A mother and her son somehow survive "The End" alone. Their perspectives are told, written passages in a book about their village. Made a statement, made one think.
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September 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "The Blue Book of Nebo" by Manon Steffan Ros set in post-nuclear #Wales
A mother and her son somehow survive "The End" alone. Their perspectives are told, written passages in a book about their village. Made a statement, made one think.
#booksky 💜📚
A mother and her son somehow survive "The End" alone. Their perspectives are told, written passages in a book about their village. Made a statement, made one think.
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Fever Dream" by Samantha Schweblin set in rural #Argentina
Unsettling. Creepy AF. Short, packs a punch. Definitely a 'what did I just read?!' moment. Real? Hallucination? 🤷♀️ Not usually fan of psychological terror-y, but this was good.
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Unsettling. Creepy AF. Short, packs a punch. Definitely a 'what did I just read?!' moment. Real? Hallucination? 🤷♀️ Not usually fan of psychological terror-y, but this was good.
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August 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Fever Dream" by Samantha Schweblin set in rural #Argentina
Unsettling. Creepy AF. Short, packs a punch. Definitely a 'what did I just read?!' moment. Real? Hallucination? 🤷♀️ Not usually fan of psychological terror-y, but this was good.
#booksky 💜📚
Unsettling. Creepy AF. Short, packs a punch. Definitely a 'what did I just read?!' moment. Real? Hallucination? 🤷♀️ Not usually fan of psychological terror-y, but this was good.
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Sweethand" by N.G. Peltier set in Trinidad #TrinidadandTobago
Rivals to lovers contemporary fiction told against the backdrop of a wedding. The maid-of-honor and the best man cannot stand each other... or can they? Fun, spicy!
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Rivals to lovers contemporary fiction told against the backdrop of a wedding. The maid-of-honor and the best man cannot stand each other... or can they? Fun, spicy!
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August 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Sweethand" by N.G. Peltier set in Trinidad #TrinidadandTobago
Rivals to lovers contemporary fiction told against the backdrop of a wedding. The maid-of-honor and the best man cannot stand each other... or can they? Fun, spicy!
#booksky 💜📚
Rivals to lovers contemporary fiction told against the backdrop of a wedding. The maid-of-honor and the best man cannot stand each other... or can they? Fun, spicy!
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For my #readaroundtheworld challenge, I have completed 42 countries...
#TrinidadandTobago the most recent.
#TrinidadandTobago the most recent.
August 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld challenge, I have completed 42 countries...
#TrinidadandTobago the most recent.
#TrinidadandTobago the most recent.
August 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "The Café with no Name" by Robert Seethaler set in Vienna #Austria
Slice of life novel set in 1960s Vienna where the café and it's regulars were the gentle story. Conveyed the sense of change and passage of time subtly. Pleasant read.
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Slice of life novel set in 1960s Vienna where the café and it's regulars were the gentle story. Conveyed the sense of change and passage of time subtly. Pleasant read.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "The Café with no Name" by Robert Seethaler set in Vienna #Austria
Slice of life novel set in 1960s Vienna where the café and it's regulars were the gentle story. Conveyed the sense of change and passage of time subtly. Pleasant read.
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Slice of life novel set in 1960s Vienna where the café and it's regulars were the gentle story. Conveyed the sense of change and passage of time subtly. Pleasant read.
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For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "A Fort of Nine Towers" by Qais Akbar Omar mostly in Kabul #Afghhanistan
Personal memoir of young Afghan from 1992-2001 during Civil War & rise of Taliban. Horrific but humble. Love of country, family, god. Infuriating beyond words.
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Personal memoir of young Afghan from 1992-2001 during Civil War & rise of Taliban. Horrific but humble. Love of country, family, god. Infuriating beyond words.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "A Fort of Nine Towers" by Qais Akbar Omar mostly in Kabul #Afghhanistan
Personal memoir of young Afghan from 1992-2001 during Civil War & rise of Taliban. Horrific but humble. Love of country, family, god. Infuriating beyond words.
#booksky 💜📚
Personal memoir of young Afghan from 1992-2001 during Civil War & rise of Taliban. Horrific but humble. Love of country, family, god. Infuriating beyond words.
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Revolution Sunday" by Wendy Guerra set in Havana #Cuba
Challenging read; mixes poetry w/story of a Cuban poet/author living under the authoritarian regime and learning her own history. Interesting but felt like I was missing something.
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Challenging read; mixes poetry w/story of a Cuban poet/author living under the authoritarian regime and learning her own history. Interesting but felt like I was missing something.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Revolution Sunday" by Wendy Guerra set in Havana #Cuba
Challenging read; mixes poetry w/story of a Cuban poet/author living under the authoritarian regime and learning her own history. Interesting but felt like I was missing something.
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Challenging read; mixes poetry w/story of a Cuban poet/author living under the authoritarian regime and learning her own history. Interesting but felt like I was missing something.
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For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Broughtupsy" by Christina Cooke set in Kingston #Jamaica
Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity.
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Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Broughtupsy" by Christina Cooke set in Kingston #Jamaica
Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity.
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Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity.
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "The Island of Forgetting" by Jasmine Sealy set mainly in #Barbados
Generational saga with family ties, mental illness, trauma, all without being too saga-y. My reaction was fairly mid. Worthwhile but not wow.
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Generational saga with family ties, mental illness, trauma, all without being too saga-y. My reaction was fairly mid. Worthwhile but not wow.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "The Island of Forgetting" by Jasmine Sealy set mainly in #Barbados
Generational saga with family ties, mental illness, trauma, all without being too saga-y. My reaction was fairly mid. Worthwhile but not wow.
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Generational saga with family ties, mental illness, trauma, all without being too saga-y. My reaction was fairly mid. Worthwhile but not wow.
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "You're Invited" by Amanda Jayatissa set in Columbo #SriLanka
Loved this delicious thriller set during a wealthy wedding with revenge, agendas, and a who done it of sorts. Delightful storytelling. Excellent Read.
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Loved this delicious thriller set during a wealthy wedding with revenge, agendas, and a who done it of sorts. Delightful storytelling. Excellent Read.
👍
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July 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "You're Invited" by Amanda Jayatissa set in Columbo #SriLanka
Loved this delicious thriller set during a wealthy wedding with revenge, agendas, and a who done it of sorts. Delightful storytelling. Excellent Read.
👍
#booksky 💜📚
Loved this delicious thriller set during a wealthy wedding with revenge, agendas, and a who done it of sorts. Delightful storytelling. Excellent Read.
👍
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "A General Theory of Oblivion" by José Eduardo Agualusa set in Luanda #Angola
Set during & post Angolan independence, Luda walls herself in her pent.apt & stays solitarily, for decades. Othr stories are intertwined & wrapped up w/a bow
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Set during & post Angolan independence, Luda walls herself in her pent.apt & stays solitarily, for decades. Othr stories are intertwined & wrapped up w/a bow
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July 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "A General Theory of Oblivion" by José Eduardo Agualusa set in Luanda #Angola
Set during & post Angolan independence, Luda walls herself in her pent.apt & stays solitarily, for decades. Othr stories are intertwined & wrapped up w/a bow
👍
#booksky 💜📚
Set during & post Angolan independence, Luda walls herself in her pent.apt & stays solitarily, for decades. Othr stories are intertwined & wrapped up w/a bow
👍
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Age of Vice" by Deepti Kapoor set mostly in New Dehli #India
Early 2000s. Ajai is a poor kid who grows to serve rich guy Sunny who gets involved with Neda. It's Dallas or Dynasty but in India. Entertaining but could have been shorter.
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Early 2000s. Ajai is a poor kid who grows to serve rich guy Sunny who gets involved with Neda. It's Dallas or Dynasty but in India. Entertaining but could have been shorter.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Age of Vice" by Deepti Kapoor set mostly in New Dehli #India
Early 2000s. Ajai is a poor kid who grows to serve rich guy Sunny who gets involved with Neda. It's Dallas or Dynasty but in India. Entertaining but could have been shorter.
#booksky 💜📚
Early 2000s. Ajai is a poor kid who grows to serve rich guy Sunny who gets involved with Neda. It's Dallas or Dynasty but in India. Entertaining but could have been shorter.
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World"
by Elif Shafakset in Istanbul #Turkey
Tequila Leila is dead in a dumpster in 1990. Over the next 10+ minutes she reflects on events/friends of her 40 year life. Excellent read.
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by Elif Shafakset in Istanbul #Turkey
Tequila Leila is dead in a dumpster in 1990. Over the next 10+ minutes she reflects on events/friends of her 40 year life. Excellent read.
👍
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June 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World"
by Elif Shafakset in Istanbul #Turkey
Tequila Leila is dead in a dumpster in 1990. Over the next 10+ minutes she reflects on events/friends of her 40 year life. Excellent read.
👍
#booksky 💜📚
by Elif Shafakset in Istanbul #Turkey
Tequila Leila is dead in a dumpster in 1990. Over the next 10+ minutes she reflects on events/friends of her 40 year life. Excellent read.
👍
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "A Girl is a Body of Water" by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi set in #Uganda
Feminism, female relationships, and family thru young Kirabo's life during the '70s. Excellent read.
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Feminism, female relationships, and family thru young Kirabo's life during the '70s. Excellent read.
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June 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "A Girl is a Body of Water" by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi set in #Uganda
Feminism, female relationships, and family thru young Kirabo's life during the '70s. Excellent read.
👍
#booksky 💜📚
Feminism, female relationships, and family thru young Kirabo's life during the '70s. Excellent read.
👍
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Jawbone" by Monica Ojeda set in Guayaquil #Ecuador
Disturbing. Psychologically Traumatic & Dramatic. Bit Psycho, bit Cruel Intentions but amped way up. Private school girls in cult-ish of their own making, teacher w/mom issues. Creepy.
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Disturbing. Psychologically Traumatic & Dramatic. Bit Psycho, bit Cruel Intentions but amped way up. Private school girls in cult-ish of their own making, teacher w/mom issues. Creepy.
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June 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Jawbone" by Monica Ojeda set in Guayaquil #Ecuador
Disturbing. Psychologically Traumatic & Dramatic. Bit Psycho, bit Cruel Intentions but amped way up. Private school girls in cult-ish of their own making, teacher w/mom issues. Creepy.
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Disturbing. Psychologically Traumatic & Dramatic. Bit Psycho, bit Cruel Intentions but amped way up. Private school girls in cult-ish of their own making, teacher w/mom issues. Creepy.
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Bullet Train" by Kotaro Isaka set in a Shinkansen travelling from Tokyo to Morioka #Japan
Fun, intertwined assassin stories confined mostly to a high speed train.
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Fun, intertwined assassin stories confined mostly to a high speed train.
👍
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June 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Bullet Train" by Kotaro Isaka set in a Shinkansen travelling from Tokyo to Morioka #Japan
Fun, intertwined assassin stories confined mostly to a high speed train.
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#booksky 💜📚
Fun, intertwined assassin stories confined mostly to a high speed train.
👍
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Greta & Valdin" by Rebecca K Reilly set in Auckland #NewZealand
Title siblings are 20somethings in a large, chaotic family where love means many things & they are navigating the world & themselves to figure it out. Really enjoyed!
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Title siblings are 20somethings in a large, chaotic family where love means many things & they are navigating the world & themselves to figure it out. Really enjoyed!
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May 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Greta & Valdin" by Rebecca K Reilly set in Auckland #NewZealand
Title siblings are 20somethings in a large, chaotic family where love means many things & they are navigating the world & themselves to figure it out. Really enjoyed!
👍
#booksky 💜📚
Title siblings are 20somethings in a large, chaotic family where love means many things & they are navigating the world & themselves to figure it out. Really enjoyed!
👍
#booksky 💜📚
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Afterlives" by Abdulrazak Gurnah set in what's now #Tanzania
A generational opus set during colonization era. I'd have liked to dwell more on each time frame instead of such a sweeping saga. Just as I got into a tale, we were off.
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A generational opus set during colonization era. I'd have liked to dwell more on each time frame instead of such a sweeping saga. Just as I got into a tale, we were off.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Afterlives" by Abdulrazak Gurnah set in what's now #Tanzania
A generational opus set during colonization era. I'd have liked to dwell more on each time frame instead of such a sweeping saga. Just as I got into a tale, we were off.
#booksky 💜📚
A generational opus set during colonization era. I'd have liked to dwell more on each time frame instead of such a sweeping saga. Just as I got into a tale, we were off.
#booksky 💜📚