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This is the most complicated case of radicalization, groupthink and a cultish following I‘ve ever heard of. The social psychology involved to create a community of over 1,000 and have them all die for the cause is beyond evil. The Jonestown Massacre may go down in history as the most atrocious murder-suicide this world has ever seen.

Read this book for #Guyana for #ReadingTheAmericas2023 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBb

An excellent book that tells the story of Rachel that following being freed as a slave set about travelling across Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad to find her lost children with very different outcomes. This is based on many true events for freed slaves and feels like must reading. Great humanity came across in this book.

Final book for #readingtheamericas23!

I borrowed the book from my Mum, which includes Zoo Quests in Indonesia and #guyana too, but #paraguay is also available in a stand-alone book, tagged.

I loved this book, which is David mostly looking for armadillos in 1958.

In fact I‘ve loved this whole challenge - thank you Barbara and Jess for hosting! I cheated a little bit this year, and two books did a lot of the heavy lifting, covering a number ⬇️

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Born 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

An excellent debut! The story of a slave who treks across three countries to find all the children taken from her. The writing and settings are beautiful and you are transported to this time and place. You can't help but love the many characters you meet throughout the book. I simply cannot imagine having all your children ripped away from you and having to fight to find them again. Only knock was there are some parts that are a bit too lucky.

Starting the tagged book with an iced coffee and a view of the water while the little guy is with his tutor. I've only just started and I can already tell that I'm going to enjoy this book. I believe this is her debut when it comes to writing books - so I'm excited that it's started off so well.

Now just to decide if I want to tag it to #Barbados #Guyana or #TrinidadAndTobago for #ReadingTheAmericas2023 @librarybelle @barbarabb

I learned a lot here about enslavement in the Caribbean: when slavery ended, people were still forced to be “apprentices.” The main character escapes, looking throughout Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad for her six children and meeting various people, including an Indigenous boy isolated from his people. However, the writing is a bit wooden and there are too many extraordinary events.
#Booked2023 #2023
#ReadingTheAmericas2023 #Guyana

This should probably be a DNF, but it gets #guyana done for #readingtheamericas2023 done. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB .

Changing books for #14books14weeks23 @TheHeartlandBookFairy - this is book #1

My last read of May was simply wonderful! The #ReadAroundTheWorldChallenge country was #Guyana (though there are sections on #Indonesia and #Paraguay) and in the 1950s, Attenborough traveled to the remote parts of the globe to film and collect animals for his BBC program, Zoo Quest. You can hear Attenborough‘s distinctive voice & sheer joy & wonder leap off the page! This provides a window into the past in a fascinating manner! Includes photos!