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DebinHawaii
Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys
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#ItTakesAllKinds

This book came to mind for #InsaneProtag 🤷🏻‍♀️One day I will actually read it, although I did see the movie.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty cover though! 4d
Eggs Beautiful 🌿 3d
rretzler I just finally purchased this. I‘ve been meaning to read it for ages. 3d
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Jas16
Augustown | Kei Miller
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Pickpick

Set in Jamaica, a young Rastafarian boy comes home from school crying after his teacher cut off his dreads. His grandmother may be blind but she can see that this event will have serious repercussions. The story goes back and forth in time, giving us a deeper understanding of this town and the divides that bind but also separate its inhabitants. Miller manages a lot in less than 300 pages. #24in2024

BarbaraBB Great review. I‘ve been meaning to read this one for years 2w
squirrelbrain Sounds great - stacking. 2w
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JillR
Patsy | Nicole Dennis-Benn
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Patsy is desperate to leave Jamaica. Leaving her daughter behind, she heads to New York. It isn‘t the utopia she hopes and she enters an undocumented life barely scraping by doing menial work. As the story progresses you learn more of Patsy‘s motivations and demons. The story explores race, sex, class, gender, immigration and the life of an undocumented migrant in a hostile country. A great, thoughtful and thought-provoking read 👇

JillR I should say however I found this incredibly hard to get into, more or less for the first 200 pages, and very mainly bailed before something clicked. It also took most of the book to not actively dislike Patsy. 4w
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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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SabGinesi
Frying Plantain | Zalika Reid-Benta
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Interesting book I'm starting, about the GTA, can't wait to get into it!

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Rachiiebookdragon
Pickpick

I enjoyed this one, and the twist 😊

Read for reading challenges.

Library book 📖

4/5

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Singout
A Million Aunties | Alecia McKenzie
Bailedbailed

I just couldn‘t get through this in time for the #Jamaica ReadingtheAmericas2023 challenge, and it didn‘t capture me. Some of the writing was really eloquent with intriguing characters, but it just seemed to wander around too much for me to fully engage with it. Maybe I‘ll come back to it another time.

Librarybelle If it doesn‘t grab your attention, I‘m a firm believer in bailing or setting to the side for later 3mo
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TheSpineView
Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys
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#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Movie: Rebecca

Klou ❤️📚❤️ 4mo
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Andrew65
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Read for #Jamaica for #ReadingTheAmericas2023 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

This was a very intriguing, thought provoking but overall sad story. At times I feel it moved a little too slowly and was quite clunky. Overall because of this it was a soft pick, but pleased I read it.

6th book finished for #NovelNovember
21st book finished in November. #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo
Librarybelle On my to read list! 4mo
Andrew65 @Librarybelle Will be interested to see what you think. 4mo
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Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 😁 4mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 😍 4mo
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