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I liked the mystery. The rest of it…oomph. The MC is an overweight homicide detective who has an overweight partner. Both are single men. The number of fat jokes and sexist remarks in this are not my thing. Comments about how a proper woman behaves irked me. There were other surprising elements to the narrative that did not sit well with me. I almost threw the book once…it was that bad!

Confession: I‘m not their model woman! 😂 #192025 #2006

Rounding up a so-so, this penultimate installment in the Cat Who series contains a year of surprises, which is capped off with a “bombshell.” In the plus column, reference is made to Jerome K Jerome and 3 Men in a Boat, which I loved and will have to reread soon. In the minus column, Braun rather summarily does away with long standing characters, inexplicably with very little ceremony.

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I picked this one up on a whim because the book I had chosen for #2006 for #19822022 challenge was actually published in 2005. I didn‘t realize this was part of a series and I probably would have liked it even more if I had read the other books. There‘s a little bit of mystery, romance, laughter and a whole lot of Christmas! Short, fast read! #winterreadathon

An essay collection that was published back in 2006 and in a Norwegian review that I read it said that it felt dated, but I didn‘t find it that at all.

Despentes writes about rape, prostitution and the porn film industry. She tell about her own rape at 17, working as a part time prostitute in her early 20s. She looks at the stigma surrounding this, how the society expects you to react and to behave.

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A remarkable book based on the true life story of Valentino Achak Deng, who left his home in Sudan at age 7 by force and walked hundreds of miles to find safety. Very sad, but written in a way that celebrates the tenacity and strength of a boy who becomes a man. Reading it reinforced my gratitude for all that I have. I alternated between reading the printed book and listening to the audio. The narrator on the audiobook, Dion Graham, was fantastic!

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5 ⭐ - emotional, inspiring, tense.

Phyllis wants to win the baking contest at the annual Peach Festival. Unfortunately, murder gets in the way. First in a cozy mystery series featuring a retired teacher as the amateur sleuth. I was not too crazy over the MC - Phyllis was a bit judgmental at times. Her son works for the police, and yet she seemed offended when he would not necessarily give her all of the info. Oh well…some cozies are better than others. #19822022 #2006

Another book about The Lost Boys, who came from #Sudan to the US after years of living in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. This is Achak‘s story, written down by Dave Eggers, who is so good in writing such biographies (Zeitoun, Monk of Mokha). The past and the present, a laugh and a tear: this book has it all.

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