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A great duology and another great book.

Read for prompts for:

#PopSugarReadingChallenge2022

#summerween

#Summerween
#52BookClub2022Challenge2022
#ReadHarder2020
#TheNerdDaily2022ReadingChallenge2022

4.5/5

Tusitala-Marsh has loads of great stuff to say about diversity, acceptance, strength in uniqueness, and colonialism in these two excellent, accessible picture books. Winding up #readharder2020 with a win.

Just okay. There was a lot going on here and it didn‘t all hang together that well, but it passed the time. #readharder2020

Compelling, challenging short pieces on the animal kingdom. Through both fiction and non-fiction the authors in this collection explore the complexity of the relationship between humans and the animals we share this earth with. It is at times confronting, but always thoughtful reading. I was impressed. Slaughterhouse, The Taxidermy Museum, and Winterkill were standouts for me. #readharder2020

Question: How many #bookchallenges do you usually do? How many are you planning this year? This year I did #booked2020 and #readharder2020. For next year I'm doing #booked2021 and the #botm one from Facebook. But I'm also looking at the Popsugar and wondering what Read Harder will have this year. Is 3 too much? Is 4 insane??

Most of my December reads will be trying to finish up 3 challenges: #ReadingEurope, #USstates, and #CenturyReads. I have completed #Booked2020, #PopSugar2020, #ReadHarder2020, #mandmchallenge, #ReadwithMrBook, and #jennyis30. I've done well and I am alright with moving the rest to 21. So with that being explained, here's my tbr list for December. #BookSpinBingo #ReadNosedReindeer #WinterGames @TheAromaofBooks @StayCurious

This was such a cute little romance. I picked it up for #readharder2020, a book that takes place in a rural setting. Its set in the middle of nowhere Indiana where there is just one Chinese student....until a second one shows up. I may not be Chinese or familiar with the cultural differences, bit I am quite familiar with being the sole representative of a given minority. It's funny how experiences can be really different and similar. Love it! ♥️♥️

#ReadHarder2020 pt2
Romance single parent - How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Climate change - Polar Shift
Doorstopper by Woman - Queen of Air and Darkness
SciFi Novella - Binti Home
Picture Book Marginalized - Early Sunday Morning
Refugee - Little Bee
Disability - The Story of My Life
Horror published by Indie Press - Asheville's Ghosts and Legends

#ReadHarder2020
YA NF - Free Lunch
Retelling of Fairytale by AOC - Woman Warrior
Victim not woman - The Hypnotist
Graphic Memoir - They Called Us Enemy
Nat'l Disaster - Into Thin Ice
Play by AOC - A Raisin in the Sun
HF not WWII - The Magic of Saida
Audio of Poetry - Poet X
Last book in series - Joseph the Provider
Rural Setting - Euphoria
Religious Memoir - Auto of Malcolm X
Cuisine you've never tried - 10 Meals that Changed the Course of His

Thanks @Andrew65 for #NovelNovember

My goal is to finish #ReadHarder2020 (3 left)
Climate change - Polar Shift by Clive Cussler
Cuisine I have never tried - 10 Meals that Changed the Course of History by Struan Stevenson
SciFi/Fantasy Novella - Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor