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sundays are for starting new books and favorite snacks 😋🥨
sundays are for starting new books and favorite snacks 😋🥨
#JuneSpecials Day 7: My backdrop looks like a #Prairie of sorts - at the foot of Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain - sunflowers in the middle of the desert. My review of Maria Ressa‘s outstanding book here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-pdf
#12booksof2024 #june @Andrew65
Honourable mentions for the first half of the year:
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Dissolution by CJ Sansom
pickThemes: Interwoven Short Stories, Quirky Charcters, Journalism
This was a quirky, quick read - just what the doctor ordered. I enjoyed some of the characters‘ stories more than others, there was one I skipped after 3 pages because I knew my blood pressure was rising from the stress the character was facing 😵💫😵💫😵💫 Overall though, a pick with an astrisk that it will not be everyone‘s cup of tea ☕️🧋🫖
pickJournalist Kostyuchenko is also a lesbian, apparently giving her government multiple reasons to target her. Yet here she is unafraid to show what truly happens on the ground in Russia while showing a deep love for her country and its people. This is searing and tough to read but excellent.
