Today is UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in remembrance of the Sharpeville massacre. There are demos planned all over the world tomorrow (March, 22) https://worldagainstracism.org/2025-waraf/map-of-actions-2025/ to protest against the rise of far-right, racist governments and fascism.
pickI agree with the Litsy reviews - I adored this little book! So clever and funny! It was best that I didn‘t know anything about the story going in so I‘ll leave it at that, other than to say I want to read more of DeWitt.
pickSet in a small town in the Mojave desert, Driss, is found dead at the side of the road. Was it a hate crime? Told from alternating perspectives the story winds back and forth, touching on Driss‘ life, but also his family and neighbours, whilst also trying to discover the cause of his death. For me, this was about grief, combined with small town tensions. The whodunnit element I felt was less successful for me. Overall though, I enjoyed it.
pickI finished another book in this series. It was likable but wasn't my favorite out of the series. I rated this book a 3 out of 5 stars.
pickWell this short read was surprisingly delightful!. Glad I just went in with little knowledge because, in all of 69 pages, any assumptions I had made in the beginning were turned upside down in the best way
“The present could never be untethered from the past, you couldn't understand one without the other.”
#LiteraryLadiesBookClub
bailedThis book gets high praise in the Netherlands but I didn‘t like it at all. A parade of northern African people travel between Amsterdam and Paris where all of them live and meet and tell stories. Because there are so many of them it all feels kind of disconnected . So after 50%, I bailed.
pickI went into this story completely blind and it turned out to be such a clever little book!
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I forgot to do this yesterday so I‘ll have two. 😊
SO GOOD!!
Thanks, @ChaoticMissAdventures
“20 Day Cover Challenge - As we start a new year and think about what we want in a book.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.” 2/20
#20covers
