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#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
📚 I finished two great books this week & an audiobook I didn‘t enjoy nearly as much.

#CurrentlyReading several for readalongs and #ReadingEurope2020 #1001books
🎧 #ShakespeareReadalong
🎧 The Odyssey #ReadingEnvyReadalong
🎧 Germinal - France
📖 #FellowshipofTolkien
📖 Magician of Lublin - Poland
📖 Smilla‘s Sense of Snow - Denmark

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads & maybe next #MGBuddyRead

This book was a tough read at some points, but it was powerful. I have historical knowledge about apartheid, but this delved into aspects I was less familiar with in a very personal way. Ben is a white teacher who sponsors a black student and then gets pulled into the family‘s life when the boy is arrested. His own life becomes continually more impacted as he tries to help find and reveal the truth.

#1001books #Reading1001 #TBRTakedown

This is set in apartheid South Africa and was depressing and sometimes hard to read. It begins by revealing the ending so you know what fate befalls main character Ben Du Toit. Ben uncovers injustices carried out by the white police force in Johannesburg and decides to investigate which doesn't sit well with those in power. His quest for justice results in stresses in his life and the book grows increasingly darker as his investigation presses on.

Reading this #bannedbook at the moment, and it is really good! The foreword made me think will I like this or not, but once the book actually took off I was hooked! Let us never forget what apartheid did to too many people.

"Printed in the open spaces between the book cases: Munch's three girls on the bridge." I would like this picture on my wall! #reading1001, #1001, #FebruaryBOTM.

Is it too early in the year (Feb '18) to declare that this is going to be one of my favorite books this year?

Set in 1970s in Johannisburg, this book will rip your guts out. It describes the political and social climate at the time and did it so well, that it was banned. There is a lot of sadness, but some wonderful moments of clarity in the story. All if it is wonderfully supported by the writing.

Set in South Africa in 70s. This is a rough read, but really good!

Another #1001books #libraryhaul

It's an excellent book. Published in 1979, it was forbidden in the author's country, South Africa. It denounces the racist, and violent system of the Apartheid. It also offers some thoughts on justice, and on what it can take to achieve it. A must read! I've read it for my #WorldTour challenge. The country featured in January is South Africa ;)

Tonight's reading program for my #WorldTour challenge! The country featured this month is South Africa. Any other author from South Africa to recommend?

My #readingequipment consists of a comfortable chair, a cover, books (I spend enough time facing screens, so I read only old-fashioned books), the pouch contains all my bookmarks, and last but not least my glasses ;) and a mug (mainly for tea)
#readjanuary @RealLifeReading

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Here are some books I just received, all for my #worldtour challenge ;)
A Dry White Season for South Africa in January
Girls of Riyad for Saudi Arabia in August
The Vivisector for Australia in November
(yes, some are to be read in a long time... I like planning things in advance)

One of my favorite assigned reading book.