pickThree desperate people fleeing from tragedy, trauma, & betrayal find themselves in a small town in China hiding from the authorities while dreaming of South Korea. Two are fleeing North Korea, one is rediscovering his Korean heritage—their lives collide in a harrowing story about survival, hope, & the belief in impossible dreams. The depiction of life on the China-North Korea border & what it entails for refugees makes for powerful reading.
Excited about today‘s book mail. Tagged book continues my exploration of South Korean literature. Super excited to dive into the latest installment of Spy x Family to see what kind of mischief Anya is up to. Forgotten sisters is a book set in Chicago with a story about ghosts and sisters and other awesomeness. Rules for Rule Breaking is a YA college visit road trip RomCom. Mixed bag, lots of good reading (hopefully).
pickBased on the trend for Russia to poison its enemies, Untraceable follows a scientist who developed an untraceable poison as he flees the country he used to serve. It's a novel but feels like non-fiction.
pickLoved this read! I find most books about North Korea to be interesting, but this book in particular was really good.
so-soI really enjoy a good spy story especially the ones during the Cold War era. And I expected more out of this book...Not enough strong & complex characters conflicts or tensions or unexpected twists for me.
I‘m not really feeling any of the books I have on hand for #24B4Monday so I went out to my car to retrieve this one which is next month‘s mystery #bookclub selection. How handy that he will be at #NationalBookFestival next week. I might try to catch the panel before I go on usher duty in the afternoon. (Yes I need to charge my phone. 😮)
#TBRtemptation post 5! An espionage thriller in the vein of John le Carre and Philip Kerr. It focuses on 3 weeks in the lives of American defectors in 1961 Moscow. The most notorious among them, Frank Weeks, former CIA, who sent waves through D.C. The Soviets approach Simon, Frank's old roommate & a NYC publisher, about publishing his memoirs. Which could prove highly dangerous, but irresistible. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
pickI read this. It is horrifying how people treat other people. Just when you think you've seen prejudice, someone takes it to a whole other level of ugly. I'm wondering how/why this kind of abuse is allowed to continue.
