I needed the extra day to refer to my #192025 plans to set my list for June. I've decided to try playing catch up on #foodandlit later, so I'm hoping to jump into Greenland with two books. Let's see what I should prioritize this month!
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And this tropical vegetation is exactly what the characters are facing in my #authoramonth book The Kaiju Preservation Society in #Greenland! So weird having these two books in the same country. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks @Soubhiville
Tagore was the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was Bengali, with roots in what are now #India and #Bangladesh. Gitanjali is a collection of spiritual poems written in Bengali, and translated by the author himself into a style of English that takes some getting used to, but it is worth it.
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pickBook 2 of the trilogy: the civil war has ended in a brand new country #Bangladesh, but war wounds deeply affect siblings Maya and Sohail and their relationship with one another. Told in 2 timeframes, just after the war in the early 1970s, and in 1984, when Maya returns home after a decade fleeing home in anger at what her brother has become. Their stories unwind through time. Tying their stories together is Sohail‘s young son Zaid, and Maya‘s ⬇️
Isn‘t it the best when two of your Litsy challenges meet? #authoramonth #foodandlit #Greenland @Soubhiville @Catsandbooks
Today we made beef brochettes for a belated #FoodAndLit #Rwanda
They weren‘t really my thing (I should probably have cooked them for longer for my tastes) but the spicy sauce was very nice. Served with sweet potato fries ☺️
I‘ve also decided to start this audiobook between listening to Kristin Lavransdatter. #Greenland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
I just finished the tagged book and it was excellent (review to come)!! And it was an excellent reading month—14!!
2 books wrapping up last month‘s #authoramonth
4 Percival Everett books for #authoramonth
1 John Scalzi for #authoramonth
1 wrapping up #Rwanda for #foodandlit
3 for #Bangladesh #foodandlit
2 for #Italy #Jubilee #foodandlit
1 for #Greenland #foodandlit
I couldn‘t possibly pick a favorite! Half of them were 5-stars!
pickThis was my (belated) pick for #FoodAndLit #Rwanda
It is a multigenerational tale about a family trying to reconnect after the genocide against the Tutsis in the 90s.
It took me a little while to get into as it jumps around a little, but it was a powerful story that I enjoyed reading.
