@Rissreads Thank you sooo much for this generous #Missmydad package. The Australian goodies are so lovely and meaningful! The books are awesome- I can‘t wait to dive into both of them. You are too kind! I‘ll be sending you a proper thank you from New Jersey soon! ❤️ 🇦🇺
👏🏻🎉💛 Congratulations @Meshell1313 you were picked by the randomiser! Thank you for sharing the memory of your friend with me. Please send me your details so I can post you two books from your tbr.
#Missmydad
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It‘s been almost a year since my Dad passed away and to celebrate his memory I am doing a giveaway!
This was my Dads favourite book. Growing up I remember seeing this book on my parent‘s bookshelf. I loved being able to discuss it with him when I finally read it. To enter just share a book that reminds you of anyone in the world, and why. #MissmyDad ♥️
I will gift 2 books from someone‘s TBR list using a number randomizer. Picked March 22nd.
pickThe author tells his story of being convicted of a murder he didn‘t commit to serve a life sentence in the prison system in #FrenchGuiana. He describes his 8 escapes and punishments as well as friendships and his brief life with Indians. An excellent book. #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
This is so darned funny and timely as I‘m reading the tagged book. Papillon is the man digging his way out, the dude on the bench is everyone else whose gotten comfortable with prison life and don‘t want to escape. And it‘s for @dabbe even though it‘s not holiday-ish because we all needs #smilesonlitsy
My next audiobook. I‘ve had quite a few short ones in a row so it‘s time for a lengthier book—18-1/2 hours.
#FrenchGuiana #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickHenri Charriére was a safecracker convicted of a murder he didn‘t commit in 1931. He was sent by France to #FrenchGuiana to serve his life sentence. Here he details his horrifying experiences in prison as well as all his efforts to escape. A heavy read with the casual sexism/racism/homophobia unsurprising for the era, this is a clarion call for prison reform.
#ReadingAmericas2023
One activity I enjoy most about litsy challenges is finding new books to read. Tonight I filled in remaining holes in my #readingtheAmericas plan, specifically books I found for #FrenchGuiana (tagged), #Greenland, and #Guadaloupe. Even better, they are all “free” with my Kindle Unlimited subscription and they have good reviews. If you‘re wondering about my color coding, green means the country is completed, yellow means in progress
pick#readingtheamericas
This was a pick, but only just. Some parts were fascinating but I loved the shortest section, on #frenchguiana most, followed by #suriname and then #guyana, which was much more than half of the book.
The author wrote everything in the present tense, but jumped around chronologically so it was very difficult to follow.
Quadruple dipping again!
#52books23 #hasanepilogue
#pop23 #abookwithamap
#booked23 #setin2+timeperiods
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