City of Saints & Thieves | 
bailedI'm bailing on this one for now. It's heavy and I'm just not in the headspace for it at the moment. Instead I'm gonna pick up Mama Miti, the children's book, and read that.
#FoodandLit Buddy Read Kenya 🇰🇪
This Months #foodandlit is Kenya. The tagged book is the buddy read option hosted by @catsandbooks . Everyone is welcome- let @catsandbooks know if you want to be tagged for discussion.
Our #FoodandLit Buddy Read for Kenya is City of Saints and Thieves, a mystery thriller, by Natalie C. Anderson
This is a casual read-at-your-own-pace buddy read. Anyone is welcome to join! Please let me know if you would like to be tagged in the check-in posts.
Tina & her mom fled Congo as refugees & settle in Kenya where life seems to be too good, then Tina‘s mom is murdered. She runs away & joins a gang/trains as a thief to bring down the man she believes murdered her mom. but things are more complicated than she ever knew, like why her mom made them leave Congo at all. she goes back to Congo to figure it out &many secrets about the past &present come to light. this book is very intense, TW: SA (lots)
pickSeveral years after they fled #DRC as refugees, Tina‘s mother is murdered in her employer‘s home. After Tina develops a thieving skill set, she‘s ready to avenge her mother‘s death and breaks back into the home. Only things don‘t quite go the way she had expected. This book could be tightened up in places, but I enjoyed it.
#ReadingAfrica2022
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After the destruction last week and ongoing cleanup, I needed a pickmeup, so I opened my gifts early, one a day, and Soubhi, I‘m so delighted! I‘m excited for all of these and pumped by the representation in these books! Plus the dogs couldn‘t be cuter. (Oh, and Bindi is quite certain the gnome is for her; the photo op was touch and go. 😂) Thank you SO much!
so-soI don't read much YA and I didn't love this. Mostly, I feel like it shouldn't have been written by a white woman.
pickThis book is a great action/ thriller and was impossible to put down. I was up until 11 am reading this vacuum of a book.
pickI loved this! It‘s been awhile since I read a mystery that had me so engaged. I just recently got another book by the same author, so that‘s moving up to the top of my TBR
City of Saints and Thieves is a very suspenseful, action-packed thriller. One of my favorite parts in the books was when Tina broke into Mr Greyhill's mansion.
I started this while hiding out in my office yesterday and am about 1/4 through it. Really enjoying it so far!
pickA homeless orphan refugee. Tina's mom was murdered at the wealthy estate where she was a maid. Tina is sure the estate owner murdered her mother. They were lovers & her mom had his child, Tina's younger sister & the only person in the world she cares about. Tina wants revenge so devises a plan that involves going back to the Congo which is still war torn & unsafe, making for a nerve wracking, can't put down kind of story.
panDNF 60%
Maybe it's me, maybe it's the books I've been reading, but YA no longer holds my attention. This book has gotten a lot of high reviews and love for being fast paced and a thriller, but I didn't get any of that.
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#ya
I‘ve finished 2 books today and I hope to get through this one before Monday.
pickFinally completed this 1/4‘s #booked2018 with this YA with a #refugeeMC
Tiny is a great character -brave and resilient. She escapes to Kenya as a child, from the DRC and survives as a street thief after her mother is brutally murdered. What starts as a heist/revenge story, becomes a dangerous journey of discovery back to her birth place. It tackles tough themes for YA-rape, violence, war and corruption, but the story of friendship shines through.
Ahhhh a perfect bookish day:
I was browsing when a bookseller told me how good the tagged book is. We spoke about reading practices, how she wants to BookCon instead of BEA, how cool Anthony Horowitz is, and how we both wish to work in publishing. Not only did she give me good job advice, but she slipped me the Wildcard ARC because she didn‘t think she‘d get to it before the release, and asked me to send her my review. ☺️ #bookhaul for only $15!
#nextup is my final choice for this quarter for #booked2018 as my #refugeemc pick...
This will be my second YA novel in a row, which is not my usual thing... but I was attracted by this lovely cover, and the blurb of “ocean‘s eleven meets blood diamond” sounds intriguing!
I‘m also hoping it may work for #pop18 as a heist novel? 🤞
#JuneTBR
4 for #Booked2018
‘City of Saints and Thieves‘ (Refugee)
‘Central Park‘ (Outdoors)
‘The Death of Mrs Westaway‘ (Flowers on the Cover)
‘Etiquette & Espionage‘ (Steam Punk)
Currently reading ‘Women in Sunlight‘
‘An American Marriage‘ for bookclub
An #ARC of ‘His Favorites‘
pickI thoroughly enjoy this book! It was gripping, thrilling, had some wonderful twists and turns. The chapters were short, but definitely gave the vibrant story plenty of justice.
pickThis is billed as a YA book, but is definitely a book that crosses genres. The author‘s way of dealing with serious topics (refugees, violence, rape, etc.) through the lens of a mystery and first person narrative worked really well. I loved the narrator (Tiny), and eagerly followed Tiny on her journeys. The narrative held strong until the end, which was a bit too “YA,” but other than that, I really enjoyed and recommend the book.
Starting a new book! Its a double whammy for both #LitzyAtoZ and #Popsugar2018! This counts as the letter "C" and "A book involving a heist". Its been on my TBR list for a while, so im excited to give it a go!
pickI listened to it on audio and i flew threw it. 4/5 stars i dont want to spoil it..so.. it takes place in kenya and goodreads says its gone girl meets the girl with the dragon tattoo. I dont like gone girl myself but i did like this. And the twist was unexpected. Lol
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@Suzze, I finally got to open the package and it was worth the wait! Excellent book choices! And the notebook made me laugh so hard 😁 I love the socks and the bookmark. And the chocolate will soon be in my belly. 😂 Thank you! #secretsantagoespostal @MrBook @BookBabe @Avanders
pickGuys, this was SO awesome! The voice actor was fabulous. Delves into some vile, real-life things that were hard to hear and think about but important. Tina was a badass!
Book with morning tea. Finished the book at lunch, hours after the tea was gone. #riotgrams
Barnes & Noble is making me very weak this morning. But I am strong. I am not succumb to buying more books I don't have time to read! 💪🏾#NoNewBooks
Going into this read knowing nothing which is a rare and exciting treat.
Exciting, gripping, fast-paced #audiobook!
Perfect for your #audiocleaning, #audiobaking, and all your #audio-whatever-ing!
I'm not done with this one yet, but its making me highly ambitious as I only listen to audiobooks while I'm busy doing boring adult stuff. 😁🤗☺
Library and Farmer's Market days are the BEST!
pickWhat a great YA tale of a young girl out to avenge her mother's murder in the streets of Sangui and the wilds of Congo in Africa!
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so-soSuch a fast paced thrill!
Full review at http://chronicbibliobibuli.blogspot.com/2017/06/city-of-saints-thieves-by-natali...
pickloooove this book! flew through it in two days - the twists and suspense were gripping, the characters were interesting, and there was little romance involved (which was refreshing). highly recommend it!
pickCity of Saints & Thieves is a riveting mystery novel that got me hooked from the very first page. Embark on this unimaginable journey across the countries of east African, a twisty- turny labyrinth of lies, murder and intrigue that will set your heart racing!
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I was kindly sent an e-arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
pickDay 19 of #junebookbugs: Thus was the first book I thought of with the #refugees prompt. It was an amazing experience to read this; it really opened my eyes to refugee experiences in countries other than my own (which made me rethink refugee experiences in the US as well). The author worked with the UN on refugee relief in the countries she writes about - even though this is a work of fiction, the characters' experiences resound with truth.
I'm very excited to read this book, although I haven't heard much about it everything I have heard has been great 😆.
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This is sooooooo good! Great story and I'm loving the audio version. READ THIS BOOK PEOPLE!!!! 😘
pickA murder mystery set in Kenya, with fast action and family angst. Every page revealed something else intriguing. Beautiful descriptions.
When you go to drop books off at the little free library and come back with books. Oops. I have had the Animators checked out for a while but haven't made progress with the move and whatnot, so was super happy to find a copy. 👍
pickA revenge-driven, action-packed story that manages to still contain great moments of friendship and pursuit of the truth. #LyricalApril #Africa #LitsyReadingChallenge
Laundry + reading. It's been a productive #LitsyPartyOfOne evening for me.
You know you have a reading problem when you bring along three books for brunch.
After finishing some necessary chores, the feeling of sitting down for lunch with a book is one of the best. #AmIWrong? #LyricalApril #LitsyPartyofOne
A brand new bookmark for today's reading. #LitsyReadingChallenge
I'm struggling to finish this one right now. I like the narrator and the story but it just isn't as good as some of my other recent reads. There are times when the pace is just really slow and I think with a little more editing then things may have been more suspenseful. I have an hour and a half left of audio...I will finish...but I'm ready to move on
pickcomplete review is available on my blog:
http://reviewsofbooksonmynightstand.b...
Young Adult fiction is usually not for me. I have read some YA books that I have really enjoyed (The Hunger Games trilogy comes to mind) but it is a genre that I don't usually connect with unless there is something else in the book that is interesting or meaningful to me. City of Saints & Thieves was one such book. It was both a mystery and a multicultural...
