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This book has really blown my mind and I know this review is going to be a struggle to really sum up how much this has made me think.

I didn't think id given much thought to hair texture but now reading this book, I realise how indoctrinated I am into 'hair just be sleek and straight to be acceptable' system.

I love this book and as a white woman with type 2A hair, I have a lot of soul searching to do in terms of how information view my hair.

#HauntsandHexes BlackCvr I'm not a Black Sabbath fan. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Stolen from the Little Free Library on my walk up the hill yesterday afternoon. I read 1 of the mags on my travels to work today. It made going back to work after the holidays much more tolerable. Yesterday was a perfect last day of school holidays. A sleep in, crepes for breaky, dunk at the beach (still a little too cold for my liking. Thank god for the sun), watermelon punch and Gardening Australia TV show, salmon for dinner and early to bed.

An impactful and emotionally raw depiction of institutional indifference, readers prone to misinterpreting their contributions to reactive rage, and others doubtful of the impact of racism on personal identity will not find an embedded social justice message in this work.

Not the kind of book I'd usually pick, only read it for a book club I was hoping to join. But I'm glad I did because I ended up enjoying it. Quick paced YA read dealing with race and romance in the Jim Crow days. This one had lots of suspenseful moments as well as sad and heartbreaking, especially considering the concept of "passing" was a reality so many people had to deal with, and I'm sure some still do ?

And also for Day 18 #cinnamon

#leaves
#falling
@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#guest
#charmedcharacter
A young woman is a guest at her boyfriend's family country estate.
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Set in a fictional Nursing Home in Sydney, this novel follows Sri Lankan immigrants Maya and Zakhir, who transformed the home into a sanctuary where “people will be valued.” Decades later, Maya is a resident, while Zakhir‘s disappearance remains unresolved. The flashbacks to war-torn Sri Lanka do complete the book.

Thanks for sending me this Carolyn🤍

#ReadTheWorld2025 #24 #SriLanka
#fictionaltraveler #someplacehot

I finished this yesterday, but I needed some time to process before I could write down my thoughts.

This book is intense. It‘s a quick read, but there is so much to take in. Racism, antisemitism, sexism, eugenics, high control religious groups - the roots of our obsession with thinness are multifaceted, but none of them are good.
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#WeeklyForecast 33/25

I‘m about to start my first (well I read Audition of course) #Bookerlonglist book, which is Seascraper. Afterwards I‘ll read the tagged one.
And I hope to start another Keigo Higashino.