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Working my way through my library haul. #catsoflitsy
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pickA wonderful story of hope, family, loyalty & second chances set in the early days of post Apartheid #SouthAfrica. Three women each dealing with their own grief are drawn together and must reconcile with past decisions. Excellent multicast narration and beautiful writing makes this a strong 4 star read. Highly recommend #ReadingAfrica22
So far this book is really good. Three women living in #SouthAfrica two white, one black. Each woman has a unique voice and interesting backstory. Multicast narration is adding to enjoyment #ReadingAfrica22
Hoping my next book & audiobook will be good springboards for @Clwojick #ThingsInCommon April challenge 🤓The connection is both books are set in Africa! From there we will see…
pickBook 11: I love this book and author! Set in South Africa, the novel deals with racism, rape, AIDS, fertility, mothering, religion. Intelligent, quality-writing. Dynamic, strong female characters. Compelling storylines. I'm crossing my fingers and toes that Marais will write many more novels, and fast!! I highly recommend!!
pickFabulous and sad, a pleasure to read and learn from. I‘m for sure a forever fan of Bianca Marais. I‘d highly recommend to fans of her last book and of historical fiction.
Can‘t review properly without more space so I‘ll leave you with a quote: “I know better than anyone how the heart can play the most terrible tricks on the mind. It's a traitorous beast that can't be trusted at the best of times, but even less so when it's so utterly broken.”
Wow:
“How strange that a person can look back on her life & see all the tiny decisions/actions— even moments of inertia in which nothing appeared to be happening— all the trailing comets of them hurtling forward like fireworks, not into nothingness/insignificance, but toward a future moment, a split second in which everything came together in an explosion of certainty & unity so that you could only gasp: Oh! So that‘s where it was all leading to.”
Three women‘s lives intersect in post-apartheid South Africa. The plot moves quickly and keeps propelling me forward!
This book is due back to the library on Friday a d I debated whether I wanted to start it with such a tight deadline. So glad I did though. What a fantastic book and I'm just flying through it!
pickA family story of two sisters in South Africa as they struggle with their personal lives, while their country struggles with the new political reality of Mandela as President. 👍
pickA slow building book that turns into an excellent and heart-wrenching story! Delilah, Ruth and Zodwa will capture your heart. Bianca Marais is an author I will automatically read.
pickNovel depicts three intertwining characters in post apartheid Africa. I loved that the character development drove this novel rather and the political events of South Africa as a backdrop. I really liked each character which is remarkable as they were so very different. Well written and engaging,
Feeling more comfortable with this one. 😊
Lucky me I got to do a bit of traveling this weekend to meet and hang out with Bianca Marais! It was an extraordinary pleasure as she is one of kindest people you‘ll ever come across. ☺️ I hope you put these both on your TBR if you haven‘t already read them. Or do! I‘ve read Hum twice and adored it even more the second time. 💚
I‘ve been in a bit of a life funk all week that spawned a bit of a reading funk. Glad I was able to start this one and get into it today. Not being in the middle of a good, distracting book makes those life funks that much worse. I‘m enjoying this so far, very curious how the three threads of the story are going to meet up...
🎉IT‘S NEW BOOK DAY!🎉 I only have physical copies of a few of today‘s new releases to show you, but they are AMAZING. And there are several more out today that I am excited about, including The Nickel Boys, Stubborn Archivist, Storm Blown, Turbulence, The Wedding Party, Beirut Hellfire Society, The Oddmire, Tell Me Everything, The Border Keeper, and This is How You Lose the Time War. What are you excited to read? 📚❤️📚
pickAbsolutely loved this beautifully heartbreaking read set in South Africa. A definite recommend! #NetGalley
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Full review at: https://erinkonrad.com/2019/06/29/if-you-want-to-make-god-laugh-book-review/
pickMarais has done it again!! I have been waiting anxiously to see what she would follow her impressive debut novel up with, and thanks to #NetGalley, I have gotten an early view of this AMAZING second novel! The book opens in South Africa, just before Mandela is elected as president. The book covers three women‘s lives, two estranged sisters, Ruth and Delilah, and Zodwa. Their lives become intertwined in this emotional and engaging story! #BestBooks
These are some of my most anticipated upcoming releases. What are yours?
Bianca Marais is marvelous in person and in writing. This book revolves around 3 people whose lives intertwine, two sisters who seemingly don't agree on much of anything and a young black girl who live in apartheid South Africa. Th character development is precise. The story is riveting. Don't miss it.
Thanks #Edelweiss and #penguinrandomhouse for allowing me access to this review copy.
I could barely contain myself when I got approved for this ARC! I loved @BiancaMarais debut Hum if you Don‘t Know the Words. I know a lot of you all loved it too.
This is so good already and I‘m only about a quarter through.
It‘s set in South Africa in the early 90s. I love reading how world changing events were experienced by regular people. But the story...
