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MaggieCarr
A Promise Is Forever | Robin Jones Gunn
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Pickpick

Sigh. 😍😍😍

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Catsandbooks
The Old Drift | Namwali Serpell
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1. The tagged was boring and way too long. Normal people was terrible characters and writing. Hated the writing style too.

2. Anything by Grady Hendrix or Riley Sager. Really any book that is mainly thriller or horror I'm just not a fan of. I read southern book club's guide to slaying vampires and ugh, I was just mad and disgusted the whole time.

#ihavequestions

TheBookHippie I‘m with you on both points !!! 🤣 2y
IndoorDame Right there with you!!! 2y
RaeLovesToRead Agree about Normal People! I do love a good thriller though 😄 2y
Sharpeipup Agree on Grady Hendrix. 2y
Laughterhp Oh yes! I read a few Riley Sager books and just hated them. So now I refuse to read them! 2y
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amberpeltz
Beautiful Blackbird | Ashley Bryan

“Oh Blackbird, can we have some of that blackening too? We all need what your black can do.”

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amberpeltz
Beautiful Blackbird | Ashley Bryan

The illustrations in this book are stunning. The message is a good one, but could be perceived incorrectly. I think children would benefit from a story like this, if they had guidance on the lesson being presented.

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amberpeltz
Beautiful Blackbird | Ashley Bryan
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Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest. The other birds, who were colored, were so envious that they begged Blackbird to paint their feathers with black so they could be beautiful too. Blackbird warns them that true beauty comes from within, but the other birds persist. Soon, each is given a ring of black around their neck or a dot of black on their wings.

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Eggs
Off and Running | Gary Soto
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Day 5:

Finished 2 more audiobooks
The Third Mushroom…4⭐️
Off and Running…4⭐️
11 books so far

#SuperSeptemberReadathon @Andrew65

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Texreader
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Pickpick

The author, a retired elite British soldier, canoed the Congo River almost entirely by himself and lived to tell about it! He started close to the river‘s source (the actual source being too small for his canoe) in northern #Zambia and traveled through the #DemocraticRepublicofCongo to the Atlantic Ocean. I learned so much about both countries. Almost everyone told him he‘d die, especially given the violence in the DR Congo. Sometimes it felt ⬇️

Texreader like he‘d finally be done in—almost always by corrupt government officials (or who claimed to be official)—or at least robbed of what little he had. But as a retired soldier he had methods to deal with the bullies. He must be pretty intimidating. This was an exciting and educational read and I enjoyed it so much I listened to it almost constantly and I wasn‘t listening to it I was giving the family an update on the status of his trip. ⬇️ 2y
Texreader I couldn‘t help but compare this book to the trilogy by the author who walked the Silk Road. This was a far easier read. In both, the authors were confronted on numerous occasions that threatened their life. But here we had an intimidating elite soldier who also could escape down the river in his canoe. The trek on the Silk Road gave the author (not a soldier) little escape, and he almost died from food poisoning. It was far more harrowing and ⬇️ 2y
Texreader while I liked the Silk Road books, they made me depressed at the sheer awfulness of some people. The tagged book also confirmed the reading continent challenges have opened up a new genre to me that I really enjoy and love: travel. I thought they‘d be boring, but dang they are often like thrillers! But I also love learning how people live in places I‘ll never visit. Chalk up a big win to Litsy for introducing me to a genre I never would‘ve read. 2y
BarbaraBB Fab review and so glad you discovered the travel genre! 🤍 2y
Librarybelle Great review!! 2y
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Texreader
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I‘ve chosen my next audiobook. I‘m reading it for #Zambia but since the author traverses 21 countries I may count it for more. #readingAfrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
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Excellent book every one should read about the street children in Lusaka, Zambia. This book shows that even in dire situations, some people "walk the bowl," spreading a little bit of hope. The subject matter is obviously very sad, describing the terrible living conditions of these children, but I feel like it's a necessary read.

Simona I just started listening to it today … 2y
Adventures_of_a_French_Reader @Simona I hope you will find it as interesting as I did. And I hope the audiobook is of quality. Some parts are quite rough to read, so I cannot really tell you to enjoy your reading... Finishing this book, I just felt like wanting to "walk the bowl." 2y
Simona Yes it is a good audiobook and heartbreaking stories. I‘m participating in challenge #ReadingAfrica2022 and I love the concept of community and principle of good deeds through all African countries, no matter how poor or bad their circumstances are. In this book is ‘walk the bowl‘, in my recent read … it was Ubuntu - ‘I am because we are‘. 2y
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