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ChasingOm
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The heat is finally breaking and I can sit on my porch!

Nebklvr Ohhh….I have been wanting to read this one 2w
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Robotswithpersonality
The Arrival | Shaun Tan
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Pickpick

Exquisite. Enchanting. The most beautiful immigrant story I've encountered, bursting with Tan's fantastical creations. Feels sort of sacrilegious to sing the praises in words, of a story told entirely in images to such powerful effect, but it's what I got! I'm now going to reread it.
If you somehow haven't picked up Creature by this artist/author, highly recommend.

⚠️Images of forced child labour, war, death, major injury

TheBookHippie I love this book. 2w
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Hooked_on_books
Good Girl: A Novel | Aria Aber
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Panpan

I am beyond frustrated by this book. It has such rich material—fish out of water, racism, stranger in your own land—and it‘s just kind of a mess. Plus, there‘s an explosive event near the end that was so gripping, I really wish the book had been set around it, but instead it‘s squandered. What is this doing on the #WP25 short (or long) list?

squirrelbrain I thought that event was a bit deus ex machina - an excuse to bring her home. It would have been much better to have been suggested or signposted earlier in the book. 3mo
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain If that event had been about a third of the way in after the stage was set about her struggles and the rest of the book explored the aftermath and how it upended her, her community, and her sense of identity, I would have loved that. Instead it was plopped in without really exploring it. I don‘t get it. 3mo
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BookishTrish
Good Girl: A Novel | Aria Aber
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Mehso-so

Read because of the #womensprizeforfiction shortlist, but this one was really not for me. Strong, evocative writing but utter aimless characters and plot.

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Graciouswarriorprincess
The Arrival | Shaun Tan
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Books 45-51 read for the year.

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GatheringBooks
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Cupcake12 I love the Groot plant holder, so cute x 3mo
Eggs Great photo👏🏻 3mo
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vlwelser
Good Girl: A Novel | Aria Aber
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Pickpick

I kind of want this to win the Women's Prize. I do think The Safekeep is better and still have no idea why it didn't win the Booker.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 3mo
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Tamra
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Pickpick

Policy of preventative deterrence = death by Sonoran desert.

Funneling migrants through the desert is intentional and cruel. Common sense suggests until the root causes of the migration are addressed it will not end. When migrants say they would rather die on the trail than remain in their home countries it speaks volumes.

Jason‘s second book focusing on human smugglers is even better because it really lays bare the complexities of the issue.