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bjoanndawkins

bjoanndawkins

Joined January 2020

Book Lover - Island Girl (Barbados) - Coffee addict - bajan_reader (IG)
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wanderinglynn 💙💙💙 4y
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Beatrix Potter Treasury | Beatrix Potter
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Get out there, even if it's via Zoom. Enjoy this one precious life.

hannah-leeloo I love this ❤️🌟 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💛💛 4y
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” — Frederick Douglass

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Frankissstein: A Love Story | Jeanette Winterson
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Intrigued by the premise. Also Winterson is a damn fine author.

SamAnne Loved that one! It's a ride. 4y
bjoanndawkins @SamAnne You did not lie about it being a ride. Loved it! 4y
SamAnne @bjoanndawkins so glad you liked it. I want to read more of her books! 4y
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Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
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Pachinko had me hooked from beginning to end. Highly recommend.

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The Dutch House | Ann Patchett
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Part fairy tale, part house love Ann Patchett doesn't disappoint with her novel The Dutch House.

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Midnight Robber | Nalo Hopkinson
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Love fantasy with a dash of sci fi combined with West Indian folklore? This is the book for you. If you're not familiar with Caribbean vernacular it may take you a minute, but it's definitely worth it.

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Annie John: A Novel | Jamaica Kincaid
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A gorgeous, spare telling of a young girl's fraught relationship with her mother and growing up in Antigua. Definitely recommend.

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I love books and the readers who escape into them.

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Coraline | Neil Gaiman
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"I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted? Just like that, and it didn't mean anything. What then?"

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My books are my brain and my heart made visible.

Merilyn Simonds

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Basically my life.

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Was trying to decide which book to read and I guess Pesto the kitten made the decision for me.
Lovecraft Country is a dark fantasy horror novel by Matt Ruff, exploring the conjunction between the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft and racism in the United States during the era of Jim Crow laws, as experienced by black science-fiction fan Atticus Turner and his family. Also, adapted as television series, it is set to premiere on HBO.

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So many books, so little time.” ... Frank Zappa. Although, right now it feels like we have a little extra time.

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The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak is a gorgeous book. Lyrical language and characters who you become invested in, it may not be for everyone but I definitely enjoyed it.

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If It Bleeds | Stephen King
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One night only!! John Grisham and Stephen King (Simon & Schuster, Scribner Books) in conversation. Join us on Wed., 4/29 at 7pm EST.
The event is free. In lieu of admission, please consider donating to Binc, the Bookseller Industry Charitable Foundation: https://secure.donationpay.org/bincfoundation/. Register at grishamking.eventbrite.com or tune in at Stephen King‘s YouTube Channel.
Send us your questions by using #AskKingandGrisham!

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From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman Empire. In her novel, Turkey‘s preeminent female writer spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire.

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Meh!! It wasn't bad, just not that engaging. Familiar characters and tropes.

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One man's disappearance throws four women's lives into chaos--who will survive?
The Dead Ex by Jane Corry was on the World Book Night book list and my TBR shelf, serendipity!

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World Book Night is a national celebration of reading and books which takes place on 23 April every year. Books are given out across the UK with a focus on reaching those who don't regularly read, and are gifted through organisations including prisons, libraries, colleges, hospitals, care homes and homeless shelters, as well as by passionate individuals who give out their own books within their communities.
#worldbooknight

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World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day, or International Day of the Book, is an annual event organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. The first World Book Day was celebrated on 23 April in 1995, and continues to be recognized on that day. A related event in the United Kingdom and Ireland is observed in March.

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How to Stop Time | Matt Haig
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I loved How To Stop Time by Matt Haig. It really resonated with me, perhaps especially because quarantine has both slowed down and sped up time.

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How to Stop Time | Matt Haig
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"The first rule is that you don't fall in love" the second line in How To Stop Time by Matt Haig sets up the plot that revolves around Tom Hazard who has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life.

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I loved Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng so have high hopes for Little Fires Everywhere.
#tbrshelf
#POPSUGARReadingChallenge #abookwithagreatfirstline

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Book etiquette rule #1.

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Darkly funny, scathingly honest especially when it came to his own foibles, reading Kitchen Confidential just makes one achingly sad that a voice like Anthony Bourdain's has been extinguished.

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About to devour (hah) this one.

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Far from the Tree | Robin Benway
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Easy to see why Robin Benway's Far From The Tree is a National Book Award winner. Touching without being cloying with bursts of humor. A definite pick.

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Far from the Tree | Robin Benway
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Morning read

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Love and Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch
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In this time of quarantine Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch was a nice escape, even for someone who doesn't usually read YA.

CogsOfEncouragement My daughter and I like this series. Looking forward to the next book release. 5y
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Love and Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch
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Day 🤷🏾‍♀️

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MY DARK VANESSA. | KATE ELIZABETH. RUSSELL
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5/5 - Heartbreaking in its complexity.

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My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell
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#POPSUGARReadingChallenge #abookthatspublishedin2020
Exploring the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant, all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new writer.

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Hanging with Jane Hawk (Nancy Drew on steroids) on a overcast #Barbados Saturday with a shot of #rum. Life is grand!

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Koontz's The Silent Corner perhaps because of the title and main character suggests Nancy Drew on steroids, which in this case isn't a bad thing. Jane Hawk is a kickass heroine who has you rooting for her and the villains are all satisfyingly heinous. The atmosphere is delightfully paranoid and the action fast paced and because it's Koontz...dogs. Will I read the second in this series? Of course. Am I invested? That's a wait and see.

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Slow to start, significantly better as it goes on.

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It's Monday! Keep reading!

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My Valentine's Day library haul. 💕

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Solitude is Bliss! Also Warsan Shire is an awesome poet, check her out.

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My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite is an intriguing read, with a culture that appear different from what I know, but characters whose motivations are all too familiar...enjoying it so far.

Mandigolightly I loved this one 5y
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Working my way through this series thanks to #Audible. Really liking how Faith Hunter is character building and expanding the lore and the best part I have a lot more books in the series to go.

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I'm a woman phenomenally! Maya Angelou certainly was that...poet, author, philosopher...flawed but powerful as we all are.

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Turn of the Key | Ruth Ware
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I am getting a Turn Of The Screw by Henry James vibe.

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The Hunting Party | Lucy Foley
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Perfect beach read. An Agatha Christie assortment of characters for modern life and a vaguely claustrophobic atmosphere, it doesn't keep you guessing, but you're intrigued enough to keep going.

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Killing Commendatore | Haruki Murakami
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Well this is either going to be an incredible read or an unbelievable slog, so say the reviews. Into the breach I go...

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Alice in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll
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Sometimes we venture so far into the future making plans or stay too long caught in the mire of the past, that we forget that the present is a gift.

Live out loud...enjoy this one precious life we have been given.

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Simple and spare language, that still manages to evoke powerful emotions. Maya Angelou's classic coming of age novel remains a must read in my opinion.