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Dilara
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Another fantastic book by Scholastique Mukasonga. It's a good “in“ to Rwandan culture pre-genocide, as each story comes with “notes for the curious reader“. She's also one of the few writers to acknowledge - and even center a story on - twas (or pygmies as they used to be known although it is considered a slur).
#Rwanda #FoodandLit
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pic of mutwa boy by Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Three Weeks in December | Audrey Schulman
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This ibook s fascinating. The female main character is a scientist in the 2000s with Asperger‘s, so her parts of the story describe how she approaches the world so differently. For example, when she entered a room she only looked at the people‘s feet because faces are too chaotic for her to handle. I find her story so compelling. I‘m not quite into the 1899 part of the story yet but I‘m thinking the male MC may have a mild form of “aspies.” ⬇️

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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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I‘m way behind reading this book for #Ireland #foodandlit. But geez when I started this chapter, I decided NOT to try this allegedly Irish meal: “a fish-finger sandwich soggy with melted butter and malt vinegar”

No thanks.

ChaoticMissAdventures 😂😂😂 I hope you are liking the book at least? 7h
Deblovestoread Soggy anything blech! 🤢 7h
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Kibogo | Scholastique Mukasonga
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I bought these two translations from the nyrb booksale (thanks to @TheBookHippie for letting us know about the sale) for #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!! 1d
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Rwanda: mijn verhaal | Johan Swinnen
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Modeled after the United Nations memorial installed in September 2024. The “Kwibuka Flame of Hope” remembers (“Kwibuka means “to remember” in the Kinyarwanda language”) the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi where one million people were killed due to ethnic tensions. The flame, being a statue, additionally represents the permanence and immortality of the tribute. (by my daughter Ariel)

#foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

BooksandCoffee4Me Thank you for sharing this. I remember when this happened but we don‘t think about these horrors years later. 2d
AnnCrystal 😢. 1d
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Dilara
Cockroaches | Scholastique Mukasonga
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31 years ago on this day (April, 7), the genocide against the Tutsi started in #Rwanda.
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Pic of the memorial in Geneva by MHM55, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Leniverse Oh wow, it's been that long?! I remember it as a more recent thing. Or, I guess it just made that much of an impact. 2d
Dilara @Leniverse I know! I feel like 1994 was yesterday... 2d
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DebinHawaii
March | Geraldine Brooks
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Here‘s my March recap. It was a great reading month & I finished 23 books! (Including 5 audiobooks, 19 fiction, 4 NF, many genres, several children‘s & classics)

I read for #SundayBuddyRead #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025 #SheSaid #RiseUpReads #JaneAustenThenAndNow #BookedInTime #FoodAndLit #Roll100 #ThematicCozies #FictionalTraveler #MonthlyNonFiction #SeriesLove2025 & #AuldLangSpine #SeriesLove2025 ⬇️

DebinHawaii …My favorites of the month were The Frozen River, Nettle and Bone, Kills Well With Others, Not That Bad, All Systems Read & Pride and Prejudice (reread for the zillionth time) & The Great Gatsby (hadn‘t read since high school) was a surprise winner. Lots of series books too—including both the 1940 & 1976 versions of our monthly Nancy Drew title. (edited) 2d
Librarybelle Great job! 2d
TheSpineView Well done! 2d
Ruthiella Awesome job! 👍 2d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 2d
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Bookwormjillk
The Brothers K | David James Duncan
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Settling in for some #hygge time. For some reason the only snack that sounded good to me tonight was raisins and water. One of those days when I‘m hungry but I‘m tired of food. Reading tonight is the tagged and a chapter of Extraordinary Insects. I might look through some cookbooks I got for #FoodAndLit too. Enjoy the hour everyone.

TheBookHippie ♥️ we were just talking about raisins here! Well… oatmeal raisin cookies … 2d
Leftcoastzen I get it about hungry but tired of food . I even restocked today , look in fridge, nothing looks good . 2d
Chrissyreadit @Bookwormjillk I totally get tired of food…. 2d
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Angel is in Rwanda after the genocide while her husband works at the university. She raises her grandchildren and bakes cakes for events in order to make money. The tough topics of genocide and AIDS are not glossed over in this book, but it is full of hope and the power people have when they work together. A book I would have never read if it weren‘t for #FoodAndLit #Rwanda

Texreader Sounds sad but good 3d
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