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BarbaraBB
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Bailedbailed

There‘s too much going on in this book and I have no clue what it is.

Aims42 Aww bummer! Great looking cover though 😕 11mo
BarbaraBB @Aims42 absolutely! 11mo
LeahBergen Leave it on the train! 😆 11mo
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen Great idea! I wish I‘d thought of that! 11mo
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Bookworm54
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Pickpick

A semi-autobiographical coming of age story set in #Thailand.

The main character “Justin” lives with his aunts and servants, and refuses to speak his native tongue. After his pet chameleon dies he decides to become a chameleon himself, learning his language, eating Thai food, and making friends.

Overall I enjoyed this, but there is a lot about discovering sex, and the MCs are 12/13 which made it a bit uncomfortable at times…

#FoodAndLit

Catsandbooks Nice review! 🇵🇾 1y
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Texreader
Cockroaches | Jo Nesbo
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Pickpick

This is my first Jo (pronounced kind of like You) Nesbø (pronounced Nesbur without the r), thanks to husband‘s Norwegian pronunciation guide. I point this out because the infamous Harry Hole isn‘t pronounced like Americans would. The book was very good & kept me interested. The ending was very good (quite complex) albeit very gory. However, I was confused by what happened with the “wacker” at the end, & no idea who the epilogue was about. ?

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Texreader
Cockroaches | Jo Nesbo
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Well, that would be difficult to find someone‘s abode!

#Thailand #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Texreader
Cockroaches | Jo Nesbo
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Up next for #foodandlit #Thailand

Thai food on tap this weekend!

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Dilara
Bangkok Wakes to Rain | Pitchaya Sudbanthad
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Bangkok Wakes to Rain is my pick for #FoodandLit this month. This is my first time listening to an audiobook. The narrator is overly dramatic, which is distracting.

#Thailand @Catsandbooks @Texreader

Texreader I‘ve learned to always listen to a sample audio clip first. The narrator can ruin an excellent book and put me in a very bad mood. I love audiobooks with good narrators 2y
Graywacke Cool that you‘re trying an audiobook. It might take a couple tries to find something that fits you on audio. 2y
Ruthiella The wrong narrator can totally ruin an audio book. Personally I find plot heavy narratives easiest to listen to. 2y
Dilara @Texreader @Graywacke @Ruthiella The narrator's a bit annoying, but he hasn't put me off the book. I roll my eyes a lot at the start of every listening session, but then I get used to him and I'm fine again 😂 I'll check things more carefully for my next audiobook! 2y
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charl08
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I loved her NF (on Orwell and Burma) and loved this new novel too.
The books opens with the state opening an empty shopping container, and denying any bodies have been found. This is a narrative with multiple viewpoints, from across Bangkok society including an expat bored housewife, a slum landlord and a foodstall-owning senior. The subsequent discovery of a mass grave in a patch of "jungle" in urban Bangkok has everyone on the move.

Cinfhen Oofff ! Sounds like a disturbing but powerful read 2y
charl08 @Cinfhen yes: but what I missed mentioning is the humour too: one of the characters writes for a soap opera and the overblown plots grip half the book's cast. 2y
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charl08
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.....Gazing wearily at the nation, he appeared to ad lib as he took off his spectacles and said in a more casual, almost avuncular tone, 'So it's best that you all go about your own business now and forget this incident. There's no more to be known and nothing else to see. Nothing, nothing at all.'

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Kitta
Vulture Peak | John Burdett
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Mehso-so

I think I‘m the first on litsy to review this book and unfortunately I wasn‘t sold on it.

This is book 5 in John Burdett‘s series about a Thai detective in Bangkok and this time he‘s investigating illegal organ transplants. It‘s a fast read and I don‘t think I would have bothered if I hadn‘t read the other 4. I starting reading them while I was living in Thailand.

Photo of my parents backyard because it‘s beautiful and I read this on kindle.

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ChrisBohjalian
The Glass Kingdom: A Novel | Lawrence Osborne
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Bedtime reading.

Soubhiville Jesse looks sleepy 😴 🐶. 2y
Julsmarshall Sweet pup! 2y
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