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3.5⭐️ Felt that some sections were way too long and could have been easily made into another chapter; wish that there was a character list that I could refer to as I wasn‘t too sure of all the relationships that the characters had with each other. I can see why it was shortlisted for the #bookerprize & won the #gillerprize and the #governorgeneral in 2016

#2025 #fiction #china #historicalfiction #bookclub

#weekendreads

#weekendreads
Do Not Say - didn‘t finish last weekend, but got most of it done, so I‘m just going to read a few chapters over the weekend

Secret Keeper - hope to read a bunch more

Maya & Natasha - finished the book Saturday afternoon

Fellowship and Rust & Stardust - hope to start @ least 1 of them on Sunday

#2024Book14

A vivid portrayal of China from 1976-81:

"...Informative, disturbing, poignant and absorbing...personal encounters with individual Chinese that (were) almost unprecedented for any American journalist (at this time this book was written)." - NYT Book Review

Fascinating. I learned that I know less than I ever could have imagined.

Good morning! I‘m looking forward to listening to lots of audio and reading some print today as I participate in the 24 hour Dewey‘s readathon. I‘m starting my day by listening to Wild Swans while I have breakfast and read some early posts.

#DeweysReadathon #DeweysOctober2023 #Readathon #BookAndBreakfast #audiobook

https://youtu.be/qNC0kAqAPj0?si=taHq8-VbdoF-0UbF

Mikiko‘s reading project was to read six of my favorite books. Here‘s what happened.

Books

Happening by Annie Ernaux
Tanya Leslie (Translator)

Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

Indelicacy by Amina Cain

The Peacock by Isabel Bogdan
Annie Rutherford (Translator)

Since I am reading Pearl S. Buck novels I am more open to Chines literature. I saw this one on one of my Litsy friend's profile so THANK YOU if you recognise yourself because it was amazing!

This is a true story of a young girl who lived through the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s when Chairman Mao was in power🇨🇳. It was brutal. “This is the most frightening lesson of the Cultural Revolution: Without a sound legal system, a small group or even a single person can take control of an entire country. This is as true now as it was then.

#Pantone2023
#MagnificentMay Readathon Day 1

Wow what a story.