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I sat outside and finished this one. Here is the link to my gr review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/193110842?book_show_action=false&from_revi...

I really enjoyed and recommend this book. You follow the main character through heartbreaking and heartwarming moments and get a glimpse of history that many of us aren‘t aware of or think about. I definitely teared up at the end. 🥲

I spent a big part of today sitting under a crabapple tree reading this one.

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

This is another of my top five favorites. You get to learn the leprosy history in Moloka'i through a heartbreaking story. This book made me cry a few times and made me fall in love with the characters.

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Last week of summer 😭🍷

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🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 A young Hawaiian girl is taken from her family and sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka‘i. This is a wonderful story, one I won‘t soon forget. Finding the original sales receipt tucked inside the book was an added bonus. Purchased at S.F. International Airport on March 10, 2006. #historicalfiction 5/22

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🌺 I usually scribble notes in a book journal

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Thanks for the tag @Enchanted_Bibliophile 😊📚

1. Historical fiction
2. Tagged
3. Marie Benedict

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Here are the books for #Roll100 - April

I never finished The Magnificent Nine in January, so here‘s hoping!

The tagged is fitting, to prepare me for my Hawaii trip!
And then the 3rd book in a historical mystery series set in Scotland!

Currently in Hawaii, so read Molokai on the flight over. Good story and history of how leprosy patients were sentenced to live on the island of Molokai to prevent spread of disease. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finished up my #LMPBC book! @shellleigh33 it will be going out into the mail soon! Such a good book! Warning it's a tear jerker!

1. Yes. I try not to but I am a sucker for pretty covers.
2. I expect the cover to represent the theme or mood of the book, but I rely on the synopsis to get more of an idea of what the book is about.
3. Tagged
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Here are my August reads, in order of star rating. The top row is all 5 and 4.5. The middle two rows are all 4 stars, plus the first book on the last row. The last few are 3 stars.

Opal & Nev and My Lady Jane were 🥰 on audio.

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When I think of waterfalls, I think of Hawaii. I don't remember them being in this book, but the book is set I'm Hawaii and is one of the best I have read.

Reading for my book club. Read about 80% and it's a nice complement to Michener's Hawaii so far.

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Prompt: Flowers

A beautiful historical fiction book about Rachel. She contracts leprosy as a child an is exiled to Moloka‘i. Rachel finds friends and family along the way as she grows on this island. I knew nothing of Hawaii nor the leprosy colonies until reading this book. I am looking forward to reading the sequel.

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Reading a few pages at work when these beautiful flowers were delivered. Sadly they aren‘t for me but I enjoyed them all the same.

I know many of my Litsy friends have read & loved this book like I did. (I still have yet to read the follow up Daughter of Moloka‘i but I will!) so I thought I‘d share the online link (below in comments) to the prequel story featured this month in our local Honolulu Magazine in case any of you are interested in reading it! 🌺🍍🌴

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“‘Who can doubt the presence of God in the sight of men whom He has given wings?‘ I recall that so precisely because I‘ve had time to consider my error... God didn‘t give man wings; He gave him the brain and the spirit to give himself wings. Just as He gave us the capacity to laugh when we hurt, or to struggle on when we feel like giving up.”

Full GoodReads Review ⬇️
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3142571931

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

“‘It was a bright, clear day. The sky above us was blue and forever, and I looked up at it and thought: ‘Aouli.‘ Blue vault of heaven.‘”

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Loved this one! 💚 I read a nonfiction book last year about this same topic and I learned a lot about the leper's colony in Hawaii. However, I wanted a more personal aspect, and this beautifully written historical fiction was exactly what I wanted.

Vibrant characters bring this story alive and will leave you so engrossed in the journey you'll forget you're reading fiction because it feels so real.

#ThoughtfulThursday 🌸I won a case that I initiated.🙌🏽 🌸 Summertime by The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff @MoonWitch94 Thanks for the tag @Sace

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Ah, sibling rivalry

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Moloka‘i is the Hawaiian island home to the former leprosy settlement. The history of this place is as heartbreaking as the island is beautiful. I was completely surprised by how much I fell in love with these characters. This book utterly blew me away. The father-daughter relationship brought me to tears almost every time they interacted. Just wow. Highly recommend. All the stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I'm too lazy to put all the numbers on my grid. 😂 This is my updated #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo for July. I'm excited to see how many reads I can get through.

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Book 67 Moloka'i is historical fiction about the like-named Hawaiian island that citizens with leprosy were quarantined to from the late 1800s all the way until 1969. It's eye-opening and refreshing to read about an underrepresented tragedy of relatively-recent history, but it is also difficult to read about it during covid. It elucidates the worst of what we as people are capable of. Well-written and strong characters.

My #bookspin and #DoubleSpin for June. @TheAromaofBooks

A heartbreaking historical fiction of Hansen‘s disease (leprosy) in Hawai‘i. Heartbreaking, but well worth the tears to understand what those diagnosed with leprosy in the late 19th and early 20th century endured.

And a slow start to #24b4monday. I doubt I‘ll make it to 24 hrs, but I aim to get to double digits. And at least I am reading. 👍🏻

Also, this is my #doublespin for April. So I‘m 2/2 for April‘s #bookspin! 🎉

Picked up my books from the library curb drop off this afternoon! They had them all packed up and ready to go and labeled with your name. It was a very streamlined and safe way to still be able to access library materials. Love my small town library!! Glad I can jump right into Daughter of Moloka‘i after I finish the first book!

This book sat on my shelves unread for years which is a shame because I loved it. Seven year old Rachel is separated from her family and sent to Moloka‘i when she is diagnosed with Hansen‘s Disease. Being isolated from the rest of the world does not mean that Rachel‘s life is small. As she grows into adulthood on the island she builds relationships, endures deep losses, and never loses her inner strength or curiosity. Has anyone read the sequel?

Day 4
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Seven books that left a deep impression on me and changed me.

Here‘s to April being a better reading month. My April #bookspin (tagged), plus my #doublespin and #triplespin

And maybe I‘ll even finish my March #bookspin book 😂

I had a single 2-star read in 19, and hoping this grid contains my only 2-star of 20. My two lower rated books were new releases on library loan proving to me again... Good TBR books like the tagged await and publish date need not be my priority.

5* = Loved It, want non-reader IRL friends to read. I do/will own a physical copy. A+
4*= Liked it a lot, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Average C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

This was a book longer than its pages as I spent a few hours in google searches. From the 1860s to 1960s native Hawaiian‘s inflicted with Hansen‘s Disease (leprosy) were criminalized, ripped from families and exiled to a remote peninsula. Yet, inside of tragedy carved out beautiful lives. . What a difference science makes to disease. I didn‘t realize when I started how poignant this book would be right now.

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This was a very depressing book. Death after death, loss after loss, but this had to be told and I appreciate the author for the research and time spent giving this community the dignity and grace it deserves.

This is the type of book for which I yearn. A history that I know nothing is explained in depth.

I used to wonder, why did God give children leprosy? Now I believe: God doesn't give anyone leprosy. He gives us, if we choose to use it, the spirit to live with leprosy, and with the imminence of death. Because it is in our own mortality that we are most Divine.

Historical fiction about Leprosy colony in Hawaii

Leprosy colony

Woosah! I finished this one. It was a good read.

Embracing Hawaii as I listen to Moloka'i. I decided on an audiobook to get out of my slump. I chose this one and it instantly drew me in based on the setting. God's will, I will be in Honolulu for my 50th birthday in March. Trip already booked. #Hawaii5-0

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