Long Song | 
pick#Caribathon This was an intense, immersive story. The writing, the story, the characters....all were fantastic. An atmosphere of oppressive heat and claustrophobia. I especially appreciated the Author sharing her sources on Jamaican history.
I am using the tagged book for May's prompt for this challenge.
@SitsWithaBook
I am using the tagged book for this prompt for my #52booksin52weekschallenge as it has sugar cane plants on the cover.
@Schnoebs
I am using the tagged book for this prompt for my #popsugarchallenge as it has sugar cane plants on the cover.
pickGood. Even though at times it was difficult to read as sometimes the paragraphs didn't feel connected to the story. Also it was supposed to be that the storyteller was writing her memories of her time as a slave but my confusion was due to her when talking about these times using her own name so it was in the third person. Overall the story did give a insight to a horrible period of history.
Trigger warning due to the language used sometimes.
Currently reading the tagged book for a challenge and I have read other Andrea Levy books and absolutely loved them especially Small Island but something about this is just 'off' . She is using the main character as the narrator as the main character is recounting her life.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-12-12/long-song-cas...
On Tues 18th Dec at 9pm on BBC 1
Loved the narration of July, the young slave girl during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed 🎼 #emojinov
Finally had some time to join #litsypartyofone this evening!
Yesterday, I picked these up from the Book Sale Room at the library. I was thrilled to find "On Beauty" because I'm assembling my Zadie Smith collection. But I'll read "Swingtime" before I get to that one. Since my current read is set in Jamaica, I'll probably continue in that vein with "The Long Song." Plus I'm hoping its characters make a more favorable impression on me than the crude characters in "The Book of Night Women."
Bookshelf tourism. If you leave me alone in your house I photograph all your books!
