Island Queen | 
pickBorn enslaved on #Montserrat, Dorothy works her way to freedom and eventually a business empire stretching across multiple nations. Based on a real person, this novel looks across Dorothy‘s entire life. It‘s long but worth the time. I enjoyed this.
#ReadingAmericas2023 Also works for #Dominica #Greneda #Guyana
I'm planning to read this for #ReadingTheAmericas2023 #MayMontage #Queen @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickIt took me a while to get into this book, but by the end I was so glad I stuck with it. Sad to say I knew next to nothing about the history of slavery in the Caribbean, and this book brought it to life. Thanks @Texreader for bringing this book to my attention.
#TitlesandTunes #IslandVibe
#ReadingTheAmericas2023 #Dominica #Grenada #Barbados #Jamaica
My May choices for #TitlesAndTunes
I picked Island Queen- kind of a literal choice. My song is Royals by Lourde. Queen—>Royals and it‘s a good song to listen to with the windows down when you‘re near the water.
pickBased on the true life of Dorothy (Doll) Kirwan Thomas, born a slave in #Montserrat, she worked countless years to buy her (& her family‘s) freedom to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in the Caribbean. Repeatedly raped by her white brother, surviving multiple rebellions, saving a sister from auction, her beginnings were so harsh. She is written as a very real person, with her past very much shaping how she approached life. ⬇️
From the author‘s notes.
I also just learned the author is from #Trinidad, so this book can work for that country. There are also smaller parts of the book that work for #Barbados and #Jamaica
#Dominica
#Grenada
#Guayana
#Montserrat
#readingtheAmericas
@Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Catsandbooks
This week‘s business trip with evenings in the hotel with nothing to do when I finish working has been good for my reading—I finished both these books! Reviews to come. #foodandlit #Syria
#Dominica
#Grenada
#Guayana
#Montserrat
#readingtheAmericas
@Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Catsandbooks
The lawyer in me loved this quote, when the MC insisted on a marriage contract despite her daughter‘s insistence they were truly in love.
In my practice, a contract is always preferable to the handshake.
#Dominica
#Grenada
#Guayana
#Montserrat
#readingtheAmericas
@Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
The map from the accompanying pdf to the tagged audiobook
#Dominica
#Grenada
#Guayana
#Montserrat
#readingtheAmericas
@Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
Dorothy is the subject of this book. This brief description is from the accompanying PDF to the audiobook.
#Dominica
#Grenada
#Guayana
#Montserrat
#readingtheAmericas
@Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
I‘ve picked my next audiobook and I‘m very excited about it. It will work for several countries for #readingtheAmericas:
#Dominica
#Grenada
#Guayana
#Montserrat
pickFor reading #ReadingTheAmericas2023 for #Dominica I selected this #chunkster. This sweeping saga was a mind blow for me. I was so swept up into the story based on a Dorothy Dolly Kirwan Thomas. Truly a read that everyone should pick up #bookspin @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @TheAromaofBooks
pickReading this big one while visiting some islands kept me absorbed in the story. It isn't a light-hearted read, but I read it quick enough anyway. I learned plenty of things that I didn't know about a woman I was not aware of before. This story about strength, resiliency, and womanhood is a must read.
Deal alert for #ReadingAmericas2023 readers! This is the audiobook on Libro (which is available in multiple countries), and hopefully at a special price outside the US as well. It works for multiple countries in the challenge, including Montserrat and Dominica.
This is the only book I recorded in September. A 600 page chunkster, it was interesting as historical fiction about Dorothy "Doll' Thomas, the wealthiest free black woman in the Caribbean during colonial times.
pick21 + hours but worth my time!! A great fully fledged #HF novel about Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a slave girl from #Montserrat who grows an empire throughout the West Indies including #Guyana #Dominica & #Grenada #Hoopla Loved the narration 🎧#ReadingAmericas23
Really enjoying this massive #HF about real life business magnate Dorothy Kirwan Thomas. A once slave girl who became one of the wealthiest women in the West Indies. #ReadingAmericas23 #Monserrat #Guyana #Dominica
#ReadingTheAmericas23 #Montserrat #Guyana
I believe it might cover other countries too 😜 🤞🏼🤞🏼
#Hoopla
pickThis was a fascinating story about true story of a black woman that raised herself up from slave to one of the wealthiest & powerful landowners/business women in the colonial West Indies. This is a very difficult story to read and there are many disturbing moments (see comments for content warnings). Though I didn‘t 100% love it, as it is not that kind of story, I am glad I read it. 4⭐️
#Roll100 read done
#bookspinbingo bingo!
pickDorothy Kirwan Thomas managed great achievements in spite of her tough beginnings. I love how Riley pieced together accounts of her life and created this historical fiction novel that gets inside Dorothy‘s head. We get to see her thoughts, feel her repugnance for the system she was born into, and also see her reasons when she‘s forced to do things she finds personally reprehensible. Though a fictional account, she‘s a woman worth learning about.
pickLiving in the late 18th/early 19th century in the West Indies, Dorothy Kirwan (later Dorothy Kirwan Thomas) freed herself, her mother, sister, and children from slavery and went on to become one of the wealthiest landowners in the islands. Riley used mainly secondhand accounts to piece together her story: her life, loves, triumphs and stumbles, the light, the dark, and the grey. She is a formidable woman, well worth getting to know.
I don‘t remember how this book got on my radar (I‘m assuming Litsy). The ebook is on sale today for $2.99!
I‘m hoping to read this one this month. It‘s my #Roll100 book, so I picked it up!
pick"...I'll tell these young women my story. They'll hear me, take my words, and work them into their souls. They'll know all my truth, that we weren't just lucky, but beauties and dreamers and survivors, most of all." - (1810, London) page 502.
A historical novel based on the true-life of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a free woman of color who rose from slavery to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners in the colonial West Indies.
pickThis is one of the best books I have ever read. I loved Dolly so much that I bought it on audible after I read it and listened to the story read by Adjoa Andoh. Her accent made the story feel like I was listening to Dorothy tell me her story over coffee. Truly a captivating book. You really have to meet Dolly.
pickGreat book!!! Almost 600 pages and I didn‘t want it to end. One of my favorites for the year! Highly recommend!!! 💜💜💜
Went to the store to buy ant traps.... got distracted by pretty colours 😍😍😍
At least I remembered to also get the ant traps!
I came back to work from my vacation to 4 boxes of new books. The fiction actually wraps around to the other side. So my day will be filled with cataloging. I'll post the other side too.
I was lucky enough to get an early audio copy from Libro as a Librarian so taking a break from middle grades for an adult historical
