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Joined June 2016

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The Good Muslim: A Novel by Tahmima Anam
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Erasure: A Novel by Percival Everett
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So Much Blue: A Novel by Percival Everett
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Igifu | Scholastique Mukasonga
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Two stories have stayed with me since reading this short book (although they are all memorable): the title story Igifu—Hunger and almost the opposite, The Glorious Cow, somewhat of an ode to the cow and the elixir that is milk. If you‘ve never felt starvation, Igifu describes it in agonizing detail from the perspective of a young girl praying her mother can find food each day, and sleeping, sleeping to deal with the stomach pangs. When life ⬇️

Texreader was good in #Rwanda, before Hutu soldiers shot and killed the Tsutsi‘s beloved cows, life revolved around milk and the fresh butter so sweetly and patiently made from that milk. And when the cows were gone, the refugees who had to flee their homes longed for their lost beautiful cows. These are auto-biographical stories by the author who lost 27 family members in the genocide. Ending with a story called Grief, this is a beautiful short book. It ⬇️ 11h
Texreader ought to be read to truly understand the impact of the genocide on ordinary people and their children. #foodandlit @catsandbooks 11h
TheBookHippie I so agree. I‘m still thinking about this book. 11h
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I started this book tonight. #Bangladesh #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Erasure: A Novel | Percival Everett
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I‘m starting this book tonight, my fourth for #authoramonth this month

@Soubhiville

willaful I loved James but haven't been able to get into I Am Not Sidney Potier or Dr. No. Can you recommend something for me I might like? He is so prolific and writes in so many styles! 2d
Vansa @willaful This tagged book is absolutely great! James is also a very good, but very harrowing re-telling of Huckleberry Finn 2d
Soubhiville If you‘re interested the movie based on this book is on Prime- American Fiction. 2d
CBee @willaful I always recommend The Trees! 2d
AmyG Wonderful book. I liked the movie, too. 2d
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A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam
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The birth of #Bangladesh was excruciating, as it tore itself away from East Pakistan. The book is told from the perspective of a mother, Rehana, whose son and daughter are old enough to take active parts in the war for independence. Even Rehana engages in acts of rebellion. This is an excellent book for learning about the war without graphic details of the violence that took place. Sadly the narration of the audiobook provided practically no ⬇️

Texreader nuance. At one point, when two main characters are asking a wife about the death of her husband, the narrator makes it sound like a vicious interrogation; so I guess there was nuance then but it was terrible! I should have abandoned the audiobook, which I cannot recommend, except for the author interview at the end that‘s not in the book. I do look forward to reading the second book of the trilogy, a prequel. #foodandlit 4d
Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇧🇩 4d
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The Trees: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Astounding! White men are showing up dead alongside long-deceased black men in Money, Mississippi and then around the country. Out west, the newly dead white men are accompanied by long-dead Asian men. A team of Black detectives start putting the pieces together in this deeply racist town where Emmett Till was murdered. And it seems extremely elderly Mama Z, who has recorded every lynching in the United States, may be connecting the dots, too. ⬇️

Texreader A murder mystery like no other, this is a book that gets twistier and more deadly as it progresses. Countless trigger warnings. This one isn‘t pretty but it is important. And it‘s told very well—in some parts it‘s downright hilarious. But it‘s a deeply serious book, too. I‘m surprised, but only a little bit given it‘s subject matter, that it didn‘t win the Pulitzer. #authoramonth 4d
Leniverse The Pulitzer that year went to The Netanyahus, which was a bad choice then and already hasn't aged well. I don't know what the jury or the board were thinking! At least Everett won this year for James. Barely. (He should have been a shoo-in, but wasn't even in the original three finalists 😱) 4d
Soubhiville Great review! 4d
Tamra I loved it too. It‘s haunting - so well done. 4d
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Igifu | Scholastique Mukasonga
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A terrible photo but isn‘t it nice to know the good ole USA isn‘t the only country banning books. Genocidal #Rwanda also banned books. 😡 #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

freeatlast1137 Not sure I want to heart this one 😞 4d
dabbe #boo! 😧 4d
Catsandbooks 🤬 4d
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Bangladesh | Mikey Leung, Belinda Meggitt
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My daughter created the artwork I previously posted for Vesak Day. And then my coloring app had this! So I‘ll post it again! Happy Vesak Day! #Bangladesh #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼💝. 5d
tpixie Lovely 5d
freeatlast1137 Beautiful! ❤️ 4d
Catsandbooks 👏🏼💚🇧🇩 4d
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So Much Blue: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Im reading (listening to) this book next for #authoramonth

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BarbaraBB Loved this book! 4d
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Bangladesh | Mikey Leung, Belinda Meggitt
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Buddha Purnima, also known as Vaishakhi Purnima or Vesak Day, is the biggest religious festival for Buddhists and was celebrated across #Bangladesh, where it is observed as a public holiday, with dignity and solemnity. Happy Vesak Day!

#foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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To my beautiful wonderful mom @Doll8455 and all the moms out there!!

dabbe HMD! 💚💙💚 6d
mrp27 Happy Mother‘s Day! 6d
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I‘ve started this next book for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

Soubhiville Looking forward to your review! 6d
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The Trees: A Novel | Percival Everett
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The topic of this book is so serious and sad but sometimes it‘s just so darned funny! Case in point…

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

Bette 😂 6d
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A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam
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A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam
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“Rehana taught Silvi how to plunge the paratha in the hot oil, wait until it was almost crisp, then tip the egg into its centre. Mrs Imam was bringing the egg paratha in batches from the kitchen….

The egg-paratha finished, Rehana passed around a plate of wrapped betel.”

Looks so yummy!!

#Bangladesh #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Leftcoastzen Looks yummy ! 7d
mcctrish I am so hungry now 7d
Catsandbooks Yum! 6d
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I‘m still reading The Trees (so good) by this author but getting close to the end so I‘ve checked out two more of his books from Libby. I may like Trees better than James, which I read last year. What an author!! #authoramonth @Soubhiville

TheKidUpstairs Trees is my favourite of his (of the ones I've read). 1w
perfectsinner I just grabbed James from my library 😀 and idk what Trees is about, but I love them! So the title caught my eye. Hopefully i like James as much as others seem to and maybe I'll check out his other stuff, too. Happy reading 🤓 1w
AmyG I really enjoyed Erasure. 1w
Readerann I want to read everything this man has written! (Only read the 3 mentioned here so far.) 1w
Deblovestoread Trees is my favorite so far as well. 7d
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Igifu | Scholastique Mukasonga
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Imagine receiving this warning from your mother before heading off to school each day. #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

AnnCrystal 😢🤬🙏. 7d
Catsandbooks 😳😭 6d
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The Trees: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Excellent chapter in the book

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

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The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
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Aunt Pishi married an elderly man when she was 7, and she was widowed at 12. Our main character Somlata comes from a poor family and marries into the once-wealthy Mitra family. Somlata comes into possession of Pishi‘s box of gold jewelry when Pishi dies, gold that would help the family maintain its life of luxury but Pishi‘s ghost threatens Somlata with death if the gold is given away. So, Somlata must find another way to help this family ⬇️

Texreader having to convince (and teach) the family that the solution will have to break generations of classism and entitlement. Pishi dies in old age but her ghost is annoyingly childish, and Boshon‘s story is childish because she is a child. These issues—and an abrupt ending—make this a bumpy read. But Somlata‘s story makes this very short book worth reading. #Bangladesh #foodandlit @catsandbooks (edited) 1w
Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇧🇩 6d
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The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
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This is a hard book to process as I think on reviewing it. I suspect a large part has to do with cultural differences that the translator described in a note at the end of the book. I appreciated learning this. In addition, the people of #Bangladesh have such very different priorities than I‘m accustomed to. But that‘s the benefit of reading books from around the world-learning the vast differences in our people live their lives. #foodandlit

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Wartime spies were not always men. Women spies, while being highly effective during WWI, faced unique dangers. This dual timeline book tells English spy Eve‘s story from the Great War and American Charlie‘s story looking for her French cousin Rose who went missing during WWII. Scottish Finn, ex-soldier with his own grim past, is their driver through the French countryside piecing together the horrors Eve and Rose faced. The other female spies ⬇️

Texreader from the Alice Network are key to Eve‘s story. This is a tragic book with a sweet love story intertwined. Recommended but with a number of trigger warnings: rape, torture, suicide, execution, and murder (and maybe a few more). #authoramonth 1w
CoverToCoverGirl My elementary school was named after Edith Cavell. She was an amazing woman. 5d
Texreader @CoverToCoverGirl oh wow. Yes she was!! 5d
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A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam
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Im going to have to look up these dishes from #Bangladesh made by the main character

#foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks ❤️🇧🇩 1w
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The Trees: A Novel | Percival Everett
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This is such a good book

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

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peaKnit I really enjoyed the book, I still think about it. Thank you for the article link. 1w
MemoirsForMe Cool! Thx for sharing! 1w
nanuska_153 I bought this book recently after loving so much The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 1w
Texreader @nanuska_153 It‘s such a good book!!! 1w
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Too cute not to share

Bklover ❤️ 1w
Ruthiella 😻 1w
AnnCrystal 😻📚💖💖💖. 1w
GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣🧡🧡🧡 this is so accurate 1w
dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 1w
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The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas
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#tlt #threelistThursday

Faves: tagged
Pride and Prejudice
Frankenstein

I‘ve read and really liked David Copperfield. I expect to read Dickens‘ other books this year for #whattheDickens and I‘ll probably read Mansfield Park someday

I recently bought The Three Musketeers so I‘m looking forward to that one

Not a huge fan of the books I read in high school and college: The Scarlet Letter and Candide

ChaoticMissAdventures I really really struggled years ago when I read with 1w
dabbe I was surprised GREAT EX wasn't on the list, but I adored BLEAK HOUSE. I'm still working through NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1w
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A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam
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I‘ve picked my next #foodandlit book for #Bangladesh

@Catsandbooks

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The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
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All about food in this exchange between a ghost and the main character. #Bangladesh #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
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AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼💝. (edited) 1w
Catsandbooks 💖🧙🏼‍♀️ 1w
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The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
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Thanks to a review by @Bookworm54 I‘m reading this book for my next audiobook. #Bangladesh #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Bookworm54 Hope you enjoy it! 1w
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James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Way to win it Mr Everett! #authoramonth @Soubhiville

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The Trees: A Novel | Percival Everett
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I‘m starting this book tonight for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

Blueberry I loved one of his books and bailed on another. 2w
Sapphire It‘s my favorite of his works. 2w
Tamra So good! 1w
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The Rose Code | Kate Quinn
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Three women worked at Bletchley Park breaking Nazi enigma codes during WWII, where they became friends and even started a book club! But the friendship is torn asunder because being were sworn to secrecy, they couldn‘t reveal what they learned in their jobs to prevent unspeakable tragedy. Worse yet, a traitor may have been in their midst jeopardizing one of their lives. The remaining disenchanted friends had to decide whether they should ⬇️

Texreader believe the third former friend and try to identify the traitor. Beautiful back stories based on true events, this book reveals an extraordinary time and place. BP, as it was called, was amazingly tolerant—women were nearly equal to men in all but pay (of course) and “weirdos” were welcome! And one of the 3 friends was on the autism spectrum (although not explicitly expressed), playing a major part of the story. An excellent book! #authoramonth 2w
CatLass007 I loved this book! I‘ve loved everything I‘ve read by her so far and I plan to continue reading her books. 2w
Texreader @CatLass007 Have you read A Year of Ravens? So good!!! 2w
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CatLass007 Not yet. 2w
CoverToCoverGirl My favorite Kate Quinn book! 📖 2w
AlliBarilone Sounds like a great book 2w
Soubhiville I think this is my favorite by her as well. 2w
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The Rose Code | Kate Quinn
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I loved this reference to Manderley!! Anyone else pick up on that? #authoramonth @Soubhiville

willaful I actually checked to make sure it fit the time period. 😂 2w
tpixie Fun! 1w
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Treating myself and daughter to pedicures while we read our books. Busy weeks ahead of us as she finishes her undergraduate classes before graduation and work is going crazy for me. Son is still sound asleep from the long trek home from his university in northern Arizona for the summer.

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

TheBookHippie ♥️ 2w
AnnCrystal 🎓💝💝💝🎓. 2w
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#5joysFriday

1-2) We spent 3 days getting son (on left) & his friend home from first year at university for the summer & getting to eat amazing BBQ on top of a NM mountain at Mad Jacks
3) Safe drive home from northern Arizona, thru New Mexico, back to San Antonio
4) Sister gave me a cat coloring book
5) I made a welcome card for my new paralegal who loves pink, and graduation cards for my daughter (college) and grand-niece (high school)

DebinHawaii Wonderful joys! 💛💛💛 I always love seeing your cards! 2w
AnnCrystal 🎓🥳🎓💝💝💝💝💝. 2w
tpixie Beautiful cards!!! Great week! 2w
dabbe 💙🩵💙 2w
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Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood | Anthony Mascarenhas
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Who‘s excited for our #foodandlit country #Bangladesh for May? I‘ve got so many books to read for it! And don‘t you just love this artwork by @Catsandbooks ? Here‘s to another great reading Month!!

Butterfinger I always love @Catsandbooks designs. 2w
Catsandbooks @Butterfinger @Texreader thanks y'all! ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
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Happy May the Fourth!

Mollyanna 😂😆 2w
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Not book related…we were driving son home from his university in northern Arizona when this happened:

A freak snowstorm at high altitude tonight driving toward home through New Mexico. A woman had swerved into a ditch. We had to stop until good samaritans pulled her out. They were so nice. And it was a bit scary driving in snow at night in May. One more full day on the road.

Trashcanman Safe travels. 2w
TheBookHippie Oy. Safe travels to you! 2w
willaful Yikes! Hope nothing else scary happens! 2w
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AnnCrystal How scary! May the remainder of your drive be safe 🙏🏼💝💝💝. 2w
LiseWorks Wow! 2w
Librarybelle Oh my! 2w
Ruthiella Glad everyone is now safe. ❤️ 2w
dabbe 😱 Glad everyone is okay! 2w
Texreader @Trashcanman @TheBookHippie @willaful @AnnCrystal @LiseWorks @Librarybelle @Ruthiella @dabbe You all are the best friends! We made it home safe and sound tonight and I have my son home for the summer!! He hugged me three times before he went to bed warming my big mom heart. That snow was scary. Husband kept telling me how it‘s still snowy in some places and certainly when we‘ve been in Norway during summer. But this TX southerner still was 😬 !! 2w
Texreader @Trashcanman And I‘m so happy to see you back!! You‘ve been so missed. 2w
AnnCrystal @Texreader so happy you and yours made it safely home 🫂👌🏼🙏🏼💝💝💝. 2w
TheBookHippie @Texreader yup -we get snow here sometimes in May 😵‍💫🫣🤦🏻‍♀️ it‘s no joke to drive in. I‘m so happy you‘re home safe and sound!!!! Yay for summer with your son! 2w
dabbe And all Arizonans are HORRIBLE at driving in the snow! 🤣😍🤣 2w
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Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion | Ruth Downie, Eliza Knight, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear
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April wrap-up: I finished two books for March #foodandlit #Ireland, then read four books for April #Rwanda (still working on my fifth). I read one book for #authoramonth Kate Quinn (still reading two more), and one book I finished from last month‘s author Leigh Bardugo. And I read Keeping House as an impulse read.

I tagged my favorite book of the month, but it was a close call.

Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🎉 👏🏼 2w
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Sister Deborah | Scholastique Mukasonga
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Deborah is a mystic who helps a young girl heal her weak body. Grown up, the girl, now a professor in the USA, goes back to #Rwanda to learn Deborah‘s fate. I struggled to follow this story. There is so much more to it, but I couldn‘t follow who was who, when things were happening, etc. I blame it almost entirely on the fact that I listened to it. I sometimes wish narrators would tell us when a new section is started, even just a longer pause. ⬇️

Texreader Or maybe it was written to be hard to follow, or it‘s the fault of the translator. Now I‘m reading the author‘s short stories, which are so good. So I don‘t think the author intentionally set out to confuse readers. So, warning to the wise: read the ebook or physical book. Take a pass on the audio. #foodandlit 2w
TheBookHippie I loved it -but I can‘t do audio - so I read it in book form. I loved the short stories too. 2w
Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇷🇼 2w
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This is #Rwanda President Paul Kagame‘s story through 2008 (he‘s still president today). A young Tutsi refugee from the violence by the Hutus even back in the 1950s, he fought in Uganda, secretly training to become a rebel soldier to try to return to Rwanda. As he built a secret army, the genocide in 1994 occurred. He was able to dismantle the Hutu government and would eventually be elected president. He assembled a Hutu/Tutsi government, and ⬇️

Texreader has managed to keep internal peace albeit sometimes with an iron fist. The astonishing history is that France helped the Hutus, providing weapons to them DURING the genocide. The United Nations and the USA had been warned emphatically about what was coming and then knew when it happened. AND DID NOTHING to stop what they called an internal tribal dispute. The author lays down the blame thickly, by name, to everyone who turned a blind eye. He ⬇️ 2w
Texreader Identifies how many opportunities the world had, even with minor assistance, to prevent the million+ dying agonizing brutal deaths and rapes. Kagame is a hero in a sense—Rwanda in 2008 became an Asian Tiger economy-wise. But I wonder how his government has managed since. Given his stern personality and years in office, I can‘t fathom that he hasn‘t turned dictatorial. Highly recommended but it needs an update. #foodandlit (edited) 2w
Catsandbooks 🇷🇼❤️ 2w
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Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion | Ruth Downie, Eliza Knight, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear
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#two4Tuesday

1) When hubs and I married we had about 500 books each. He had to ship his books to America via boat when he married me. He couldn‘t leave them behind in Norway! Between us, now about 37 years later, I‘d say we have between 5,000-6,000 physical books. We‘ve got eternity covered!

2) Tagged! So artfully written by 7 authors to be read as a novel or 7 short stories. It was for #authoramonth

@TheSpineView @Soubhiville

nanuska_153 My mom also had to send all my books from Spain to Ireland when I decided I was staying here for good. Couldn't leave them behind! So I fully understand your husband 2w
Gissy 6,000😳😍Wow!!! 37 years of marriage, inspirational!❤️❤️❤️ 2w
TheSpineView That is a lot of books! 2w
Texreader @nanuska_153 I ♥️♥️ this!! Of course you had to have them! 😊 2w
Texreader @Gissy @TheSpineView Thanks! I was doing the math though. If we each had 500 each when we married 37 years ago, shouldn‘t we have many more than 6,000? I guess that what happens when you buy a house and have kids. Book buying took a long hiatus but thank heavens we are back at it!! 2w
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#wondrouswednesday

1) It happened to me today!! My secretary made a homemade chocolate cake. It was yummy but different from any cake I‘ve eaten in years. When I went into our break room later the smell hit me! It was my grandmother‘s chocolate cake! The memories just flooded in!
2) One summer carrying my rag doll cat, Mama Yeller, over my shoulder while pulling my little red wagon with milk jugs of water to water my tomato plants, which thrived!

Eggs Oh what sweet memories 🍅 2w
Texreader @Eggs I loved these questions. So nice bringing back special memories! 2w
Eggs @Texreader Agreed 🥰 2w
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I‘m always learning new things from books too sweet kitty.

dabbe 🤩🐾🤩 2w
Anna40 🤣 2w
TNbookworm 😹 2w
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Igifu | Scholastique Mukasonga
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So appropriate this last day of April reading about how precious milk is in #Rwanda for #foodandlit. For example, from the BBC: “Unique to Rwanda, milk bars reflect a little-known truth about how intrinsic cows and milk are to Rwandan culture.” I‘ve truly discovered that in this month‘s books. @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie Me too. 2w
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Igifu | Scholastique Mukasonga
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I‘m squeezing in one more book for April for #foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie I‘ve enjoyed her books so very much! 3w
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This book strives to reset our mindsets. Society teaches us that to be a “good” person/parent/spouse we should have a neat, clean house. The author suggests that a neat, clean house is not an issue of goodness or badness; it‘s a functional issue. We aren‘t meant to be the servant to house. It is supposed to serve us. With that change in mindset, the goal is no longer perfection but function. On days when parenting, chronic pain, work, etc keeps ⬇️

Texreader us from completing a chore list or just picking or cleaning up, then do just what you need to do to make your house function for you. If you are up to doing more, great! But let go of the moral self-talk that you are not a good person if the stove isn‘t wiped down, or you skip a load of laundry. The author provides numerous suggestions on how to tackle tasks. This is a good book that anyone who keeps home should read for their own wellbeing. 3w
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