Welcome to Litsy!

A feel good coming of age novel set in #Eswatini (former Swaziland). Two teenage girls with completely different backgrounds are brought together on boarding school. There is a lot of racism and prejudices but once they get to know each other, they have much more in common than they thought.

#ReadingAfrica2022 🇸🇿

A mixed race girl, Adele, who was always been in the popular group, has been nudged out of the group & must share her dorm room and school year with a poor girl who‘s always the butt of everyone‘s gossip and ill will. Through good times (reading Jane Eyre together) & bad (enduring the popular girls‘ bullying), they become best friends. As frustrating as Adele is at the beginning of the book, I think she is described perfectly—what I think her ⬇️

I just finished this book and this is one of those books that must be heard and not read. There is a gorgeous, beautiful surprise in the last chapter. It was an awesome surprise so I won‘t give it away. Drop that ebook or IRL copy you‘re reading and go grab the audiobook! It‘s worth it. Review to come. #Swaziland #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I‘m almost finished with both of these books, and I find the similarities intriguing. They are both told from the perspective of children, who are learning to understand the “rules” of race and privilege in their respective countries. In #Swaziland, racism is directed against black and mixed race folks and in #Colombia (tagged book), it‘s directed at native Indians. Racism is a painful worldwide phenomenon. #readingafrica2022 #foodandlit

#WeeklyForecast 24/22

I started True Biz today for #CampLitsy. Next will be When the Ground is Hard for #ReadingAfrica2022 and I hope to get to The Swimmers this week too.

Status of the #readingafrica2022 challenge. I‘m trying to finish the following for #20in4readathon:

1) When the Ground is Hard (audio), #Swaziland #Eritrea
2) Dark Inheritance (ebook), #EquatorialGuinea
3) A Fish Caught in Time (IRL), #Comoros

Since I‘m down for the count with my right arm almost immobile until at least next Tuesday, the timing of this readathon is impeccable. Plan: finish all 3 books I‘m reading now for #readingafrica2022:

1) When the Ground is Hard (audio), #Swaziland #Eritrea
2) Dark Inheritance (ebook), #EquatorialGuinea
3) A Fish Caught in Time (IRL), #Comoros

I may try to start my next book for #foodandlit #Colombia, The Fruit of the Drunken Tree

@Andrew65

The #readingafrica2022 challenge is keeping me busy, and I‘m loving it! I‘ve discovered some really amazing books, especially the tagged book. So here‘s where I stand for books read. I‘m currently listening to When the Ground is Hard for #Swaziland. I‘ll start Dark Inheritance for #EquatorialGuinea and A Fish Caught in Time for #Comoros tomorrow. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Update on the status of the #readingafrica2022 challenge. Current reads are for the smaller countries of #swaziland #tunisia (for the tagged book) and #Benin—which I‘ve colored with stripes. @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

Starting this one as my next audiobook. It‘s set in #Eswatini aka #Swaziland. #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB