When Louis tried to stop a man from beating his dog, Louis‘s response to the man justifying himself was priceless: “He‘s not your dog. He‘s God‘s dog.“
#LitsyAtoZ #letterU #readingOceania #Samoa @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickThis is the low end of the pick scale for me. I liked it better than his book about China, a place he actively seemed to hate. Headhunters is different than his usual travel books, however; here Troost is following Robert Louis Stevenson‘s trip through the South Seas while also dealing with his own alcoholism, so this book is less fun than some of his others.
pickThis one was a little more serious than Troost‘s other books. Having faced his alcoholism and completed rehab Troost takes on another adventure- this time following the steps of Robert Louis Stevenson in Oceania. I actually appreciated his introspection and enjoyed this one more than Sex Lives of Cannibals. (He seems to pick his titles at random. They have nothing to do with the books.) #ReadingOceania24 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle
pickThis is a collection of over 50 short stories and poems, by women from various #readingoceania24 countries, including #newzealand, #fiji, #tonga, #papuanewguinea and, the one I‘m going for, #samoa.
Thank you so much for sending this to me Holly @Hooked_on_books - I really enjoyed it and also felt like I‘d learned a lot about the different cultures. I did prefer the more ‘modern‘ storytelling rather than the fables but there was a great mix.
#motivationalmonday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!
1) crafting this weekend with girlfriends ❤️🩷💙
2) my little love
3) I love cats and bees (an animal?) but I think I‘d either want to be a songbird or a clumsy panda (because I have “clumsy” down already)
4) tagged
The opening quote of the tagged book
The book is a fictional take on Stevenson and Fannie and their crazy travels. I‘m looking forward to it!
#Samoa #readingOceania @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickI read this one for #ReadingOceania2024 for #Samoa. This is a coming of age love story and it's both lyrical and challenging to read and understand. Still, you will get so much culture and understanding of the people through their language. #bookspin @librarybelle @BarbaraBB @thearomaofbooks
pickThis book follows the life of Tauilopepe in his Samoan village as he strives to build a great plantation. We see the lives of his son and grandson as well. It‘s terrific and gives an interesting look at Samoan village life. The end is searing.
(That‘s a banyan tree in the background of my pic. 😬)
#ReadingOceania2024 #Samoa
Albert Wendt is a Samoan author and considered to be a giant of Oceania literature. Really interesting info about him here:
https://www.anzliterature.com/member/albert-wendt/
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