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I missed yesterday so chose the tagged to cover two prompts. Love this book.

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#ReadingOceania2024 #Fiji I‘ve been reading A.S. Byatt so almost any book would seem slight in comparison but this was a nice mystery with a very unhard boiled protagonist detective. The book is set in an island paradise where British colonials have decided to import indentured servants from India to slave in the sugar plantations rather than disrupt the natives way of life. Racial, gender and class struggles illuminated without a heavy hand.

Initially I was not sure of this book-put it down, then picked it ip again.I am glad I did.Cat is an overweight, overwrought Guernsey teen,who is desperately trying to fit in.A new student,Nic befriends her.They become inseparable, drinking together,shoplifting together,chasing boys together.Suddenly Nic turns on her.A life altering event sets Cat to writing her story & confession.Meanwhile she is still reeling from her father‘s death.In an 🔽

Can I take a moment to brag about how commendably cultured I felt when I realized, almost immediately, that this novel is a direct homage to Joyce‘s “The Dead”? Go me! 🥳😅

The parallel is gorgeously wrought, with white moths in the dead of a summer‘s night acting as the snow and The Troubles supplanting the political unrest of the early 1900‘s (“Fenian” taking the derogatory place of “West Briton”). 👇🏻

A library find that I started last night. From paragraph 2: “Killing myself wouldn‘t be too clever, but then neither was killing Nicolette.” I am intrigued. #libraryfind #porchlife #coffeeandbooks

Today‘s library visit. I return books, only to take out more! Also, 3 holds came in. #libraryhaul #libraryholds #love public libraries

This is like... really good so far. I can already tell the narrator is unreliable, and can't wait to see how unhinged this becomes. As a huge fan of Carrie, (Stephen King), I can definitely see the correlation the author noted in the introduction/author's note. I feel for this main character, but am also low-key afraid of what she's capable of doing.

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This is my second Lana Ferguson novel and I‘ve concluded that her books aren‘t for me. I love escaping into a romance, but I still need substance to the story and this was more about physical attraction than anything.

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Widowed Lily Adler is just trying to get back into society when a young blackmailer is found murdered at her friend‘s ball. And she is desperate to see justice done.

This was a really sweet cozy mystery. All of the characters felt fleshed out, the setting was well done, & the pacing was great. I did predict the culprit, but the mystery kept me guessing on motives. Definitely going to put a hold on the next one! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

*my daily excuse* 🦄

*almost always thinking sad and poetic thoughts*

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