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Maggie4483
April Showers | Holly Jacobs
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This month I‘m catching up on #Roll100 #Bookspin and #FoodAndLit (although I added two books for April‘s Food & Lit country because I couldn‘t decide). And one of the books on my list was picked as a nod to the birthday I‘ll be celebrating in a couple of days. Any guesses which book and how old I‘ll be?

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Texreader
Cashelmara | Susan Howatch
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60-year-old Englishman Edward DeSalis marries 18-yo Marguerite, an American girl he meets during a trip to the states just prior to the civil war. He owns several homes but the one she likes the least is Cashelmara, a great estate in Ireland. The story begins with Edward then Marguerite and continues to be told by their descendants and their significant others. This is an epic story (700+ pages) of the DeSalis family that suffers some tragic ⬇️

Texreader acts, including murders of both good and evil characters. At the same time the early English generation treats the Irish in much the way one would expect—as lesser people, mere peasants—although that viewpoint changes significantly over time. There‘s also some Scottish characters and how they are seen by the English and the Irish is very interesting. This is quite the saga. Very long but certainly kept my interest throughout. #foodandlit #Ireland 1d
BethM The cover is beautiful! 23h
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kspenmoll
Dark Fires | Rosemary Rogers
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dabbe Wowza! You are awesome! 🤩 1d
Librarybelle Incredible! Congratulations on a great reading month! 1d
Bookwormjillk Looks like a good reading month! 24h
TheBookHippie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 20h
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Dilara
Harvest of Skulls | Abdourahman A. Waberi
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This essay collection was written as part of the “Rwanda: Writing as a Duty to Memory“ 1998 initiative involving writers from various African countries (so, not Rwandan, but not Western). They were invited to Rwanda for 2 months to produce literary texts “outside of Western narratives“. These essays feel quickly thrown together. They require a decent amount of knowledge re the genocide to fill in the blanks (not a criticism, just an observation).

Dilara Pic is a montage of covers of 5 of the books written thanks to this initiative, found on https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20190407-rwanda-genocide-romans-hutus-tutsis-bouba... , an article on books about the Rwandan genocide (in French). I have read and can recommend (as long as you don't mind clunky writing) Murambi, The Book of Bones (Murambi, le livre des ossements).
#FoodandLit #Rwanda
@Catsandbooks @Texreader
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DebinHawaii
The Star Of The Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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Finished this weekend for #BookedInTime & #FoodAndLit #Ireland This book is set in 1847 against the backdrop of the Irish famine where a ship of many souls (over 450 with steerage, First Class & crew) sets out from Ireland to New York trying to escape the Great Famine & survive. There are lots of secrets revealed & a murder that take place on the month-long voyage. This was tough to read due to the subject matter & many characters ⬇️

DebinHawaii …to keep track of as well as the sometimes convoluted writing & back & forth in time, but it‘s a good book & well worth the effort.

(I‘ll do a separate #FoodAndLit post with the Irish food I ate.)
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Texreader Great review. 2d
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Bookwormjillk Love your review. I think this is one I‘ll need to read again to understand it fully. 2d
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DebinHawaii
The Star Of The Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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#Read2025

Finished this weekend for #BookedInTime & #FoodAndLit #Ireland This book is set in 1847 against the backdrop of the Irish famine where a ship of many souls (over 450 with steerage, First Class & crew) sets out from Ireland to New York trying to escape the Great Famine & survive. There are lots of secrets revealed & a murder that take place on the month-long voyage. This was tough to read due to the subject matter & many characters ⬇️

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#foodandlit I love Keegan‘s writing. Her stories are short and quiet but pack a lot of punch. This one is about a man named Furlong who grapples with his identity not knowing who his biological father is. It also weaves a storyline about the Magdalen laundries. Food wise I‘ve enjoyed a lot of Guinness and Jamison throughout the month and celebrated St Paddy‘s on vacay at the local pub in Estes Park with a reuben burger and chips. @Catsandbooks

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