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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

This is a great read combining magic and myth, family and romance.

#ReadingTheAmericas2023 #TrinidadAndTobago ??

Written in 1956, The Lonely Londoners is a contemporary account of the experience of the Windrush Generation, invited to the "Mother Country" to be despised, abused, feared and, for some, captivated by.
Yet again you can read how the, "Coming over here..." rhetoric continues to be deployed today to excuse low pay and to blame immigration, rather than fiscal and social policy, for problems.
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More book stacks after visiting the last 8 (phew!) stores for the #greatercharlottebookcrawl today 🎉
And we got a cute vinyl sticker for completing the crawl!

I will be posting some close ups of some gorgeous editions of favorites that I found soon but in the meantime I am officially on a book buying ban. (Except for preorders, they don't count right?) 😂

#bookhaul

In this book, we get to know two people from very different belief systems in #Trinidad. They eventually intersect in a love story. This took me a while to get into and there were aspects of it I thought could be more fleshed out, but ultimately I enjoyed it. Low pick for me.

#ReadingAmericas2023

This is lovely, Beautifully written
I didn't know that Rastafarian culture around death was utter avoidance. Darwin can only get a job as a grave digger and he must leave his mother and religion to take the job. Yejide shepherds souls to the afterlife. A total meet cute?
We spend so much time with Darwin I felt I didn't get the promised magical realism the description gave. I also felt that some scenes didn't transition well and I got a bit lost.

This audio keeping me company as I make a walking path. I am counting this as my exercise for the day and tomorrow I am going to be super upset with myself. Book 2 of 5 half done.

#20in4 #readathon @Andrew65

From the reviews I knew this was going to be a tough read, but it was VERY dark. Set in 1940s #trinidad, much of the story takes place in the ‘barrack‘; the remnants of slave housing, where the incredibly poor eke out their ‘lesser lives‘. Another storyline features the disappearance of a local reclusive landowner, but it‘s all inter-connected.

There‘s no light anywhere in this novel, hence why it‘s touted as a Booker nominee. It‘s one of ⬇️