pickFirst read of 2020
Covers Trinidad and Tobago for #AroundtheWorld19
Full of what ifs and should have beens. All he ever wanted was a place of his own. Since he was a child, he'd been moved around by people who were stronger, especially by his awful in-laws. My heart broke for him. Naipal's subtle humor was delightful.
#Booked20 head cover
#Classicschallenge2020 @Reviewsbylola
Just finished an awesome week of reading.
#PopSugar19 - 37/50 K?K! (question) / R (game) /
THOSP (same title)
#Booked19 - 17/24 R (social media) / LWFC (food) / TWR (middle grade) @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen
#ReadHarder19 - 14/24 LWFC (Mexico voices) / TWR (Oceania voices) / TOAOI (animal POV)
#AroundtheWorld19 - 5/52 K?K! (Haiti)
so-soI enjoyed it. I need to read the actual classic in order to truly compare. The Jaguar's Smile was so so. You could tell the author did not like America and blamed Reagan for the war in Nicaragua. I'm not doubting that at all. I'm glad I read this book. I didn't know that we had gone against the Hague International Law.
#PopSugar19 34/50 (retelling of classic)
#AtoZLitsy19 22/26 @BookishMarginalia (J)
#AroundtheWorld19 3/52 (Nicaragua)
Didn't personally enjoy it, but I can relate to the multiple ironies of life.
#PopSugar19 19/50 (multiple POVs)
#AtoZLitsy19 21/26 (U) @BookishMarginalia
#AroundtheWorld19 2/52
(Czech Republic)
Since I was reading a bio of Katherine Swynford, why not also read Seton's Dragonwyck. Seton is who introduced this person to me.
#PopSugar19 28/50 (1 mil ratings - TGWTDT / plant on cover - MOTM)
#AtoZLitsy19 20/26 (I)
#ReadHarder19 10/24 (neurodiverse - TGWTDT)
@BookishMarginalia
#AroundtheWorld19 1/52 (Norway)
