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20.24 - N44 - Author has 2 sets of double letters in nameThe House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths
Third in a series that is best read in order for the relationships between the characters. I was enjoying this until the ending, which I thought was a real let-down. (view spoiler)
+20 Task
+ 5 Review
Task Total = 25
Season Total = 710
10.10 - B2 - Title has 2 "B's"Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
+10 task
+50 Bingo bonus - B6, B14, B9, B1, B2
Task total: 60
Grand total: 200
15.11 - I16 - Author's name has no "T"Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer
+15 task
Task total: 15
Task total: 215
30.33 N42 published 2021 or 2022The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker
I saw this on another best-horror list that has no idea what horror is. This is a very good book of literary fiction, that is in no way horror. Horrible topics does not mean it’s a genre book. On the one hand I’m glad, because the mislabeling led me to this book, but on the other I’m annoyed. Might as well call this sci-fi or romance.
Anyway, this was a surprisingly well crafted character study of a terribly neglected child that murders another child (not a spoiler, it’s on page one and in the blurbs). It’s not misery-porn, it’s actually very sensitive. It reminded me a bit of Room, in way that it deals with a really horrible subject and it’s aftermath.
+30 task
+5 review
Task total= 35
Season total = 1015
B12
I22
N42
G
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15.6 N32 - Neighbors Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century edited by Alice Wong
This was a great read and made me think about disability as a topic I don't read enough about. It introduced me to a number of disabled authors/thinkers/activists I had not encountered and gave me a ton to think about. Each piece was different - authors had free rein to contribute what they wanted to - so some pieces were personal memoirs, some were more policy-statement-like, some were reflective essays. The last piece in the collection described attending a dance performance and ends with the line "At the BART station around the corner, the elevators are, as usual, out of order." That seemed like an oddly powerful ending to a collection that really highlighted the beautiful & powerful vision of a truly accessible world, but also the constant barriers thrown up by the world we live in now.
+15 task (on the shelf of the group Diversity in All Forms)
+5 review
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 420
20.27- B4-Historical FuctionThe Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor
As a child, I remember reading and re-reading an old almanac owned by my grandparents. I think it had been published in the late 1800s. That almanac had a section about the Seven Wonders of the World....and it fascinated me. I've been lucky enough to visit some of the sites myself...the Pyramids, the Alexandria lighthouse, and the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. I'm surprised it took me so long to find and read this book. Saylor takes many liberties but the general idea is that a young Roman accompanies his elderly teacher in a tour to all seven wonders. Of course, even at that time....some of the wonders were already in ruins. (Today, only the pyramids remain.) As the pair travel the ancient world in 90 BC, they also encounter some curious events including murders and potential spies. I enjoyed this very much and will read the rest of the series for sure.
Task=20
Review=5
Task Total= 25
Grand Total=690
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30.36 B8 - Author first name BarbaraThe Scent of Eucalyptus by Barbara Hanrahan
+30 Task
+5 Oldies published 1973
Task total = 35
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1035
30.37 O75 75 Years: Author is AgedAchebe died at age 82 following a brief illness.
Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe
Takes place in pre and post colonial Benin Empire, now called Nigeria, in the Igbo heartland. The protagonist, Okonkwo, has three wives and several children. He isn't kind to his family, but is considered a powerful man in his tribe. The book describes the customs and culture of tribal life in the late 1800s, and how colonialism and Christian missionaries changed it. This is one of the most widely read novels in modern African literature.
+30 - task
+5 - review
+5 (published in 1958)
Post total: 40
Season total: 1190
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30.34 G51 retellingOne Trick Pony by Nathan Hale
This was cute. As an adult reading it, it was really only a 3 star, but this is really for older kids. And as a children’s book, it’s a solid 4. This is somewhat of a retelling of The Pied Piper - humans have been saved from the plague of deadly technology (bombs and such) by invading aliens (called Pipers because of their vocalizations),but they don’t stop at the bad stuff. Soon all technology is being sucked up in bubbles.
What remains of society is broken, but one caravan tries to fly under the alien radar and save as much tech as possible. One of the children discovers a robotic pony on a scavenging mission, and that begins an adventure.
The plot is simple (with just enough extra texture and depth to keep it from being childish), and the ending was very fairy tale. The art is pleasant - mostly black and white line drawings with splashes of yellow for the robots and aliens, and some muted flesh tones for the people. It created an effective post-apocalyptic feel without being depressing...just sparse. The aliens were great - loved how weirdly they were rendered.
+ 30 task
+ 5 review
Task total = 35
Season total = 1050
B12
I22
N42
G51
O
30.45 - I17 Title word ends in -ingThe Whispering by Veronica Lando
Review
I've had an absolute ball reading this with others via The Tandem Collective. Thank you, Tandem, for organising & publisher for the copy of the book.
The novel opens with our protagonist, Callum Haffenden, returning (somewhat reluctantly) to Granite Creek. Despite his hesitation, he is implacably drawn to the latest missing person case in Granite Creek. Despite his dread of his past, of the whispering, he must, once and for all, discover the truth.
Gorgeous description of setting though somewhat creepy and uncomfortable but very atmospheric. It's a very clear picture of a grey world with unremitting drizzle (sometimes drenching!) combined with humidity-related sweat which lend the mystery ever more intriguing.
As Callum continued to dig in the current mystery, his mind is also slowly clearing up his murky memory of the past. Hand in hand along with secrets the townspeople carried and hid, Veronica Lando wove an intricate mystery replete with smokescreens and suspense. A powerful and thrilling read!
+30 Task
+5 Review
+50 BINGO (B4 - post #480; I17 - this post; N33 - post #479; G46 - post #478; O63 - post #482)
Post Total: 85
Season Total: 1,440
15.14: I29: MPE 200-299The Rules of Supervillainy by C.T. Phipps
MPE: 242
Task: 15
Post: 15
Seasonal total: 260
B 4,7,6
I 24,21,29
N 34,44,39
G56,52
O 65,66,71
15.15: G59- First letter found in GYPSUM Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium by Caitlin Doughty
Task 15
BINGO - 50 (B6, I29, G59, O71)
Post total : 65
Season total: 325
B4,7,6
I24,21,29
N 34,44,39
G56,52,59
O 65,66,71
20.26 B3 Booker Prize, winners and nomineesThe Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
+20 Task
+. 5 Pre- 1997
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 660
10.10 N 31 New to me authorCovered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace
Nicole Eustace follows the historic record of the Albany Treaty of 1722. The treaty came about as the result of the English colonists of Philadelphia and the Natives of the Susquehanna Valley trying to reconcile the killing of a Native man by two white brothers. The meetings and negotiations demonstrate the difference in cultures and values of the two groups.
The book is well written and provides much food for thought.
+10 task
+5 review
Task total: 15
Season total: 205
30.46 - I26 InternationalThe Year of Secret Assignments (Ashbury/Brookfield #2) by Jaclyn Moriarty
international (2x)
+30 Task
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1,470
30.38 I22 Title has 2 wordsSomething Wilder. Christina Lauren
This falls under the category of summer reads, one that is light, quick, full of adventure, love, and a mystery, to boot. If those are the criteria you are looking for, this cute book that will not disappoint.
+30 - task
+5 - review
Post total: 35
Season total: 1225
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10.8 G50 - Author born in the 50sAn Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten
Not quite as entertaining as the first installment of these stories, but I was still pleased to hear more of Maude's stories. I still love the idea of an octogenarian serial killer who solves "problems" with a little dash of murder. You know, just the ones that "need killing."
I found the description of Maude's trip to Africa too long and meandering, and the ending too cheesy.
Still, an enjoyable and short read.
+10 Task (b. 1954)
+5 Review
Task total: 15
Grand total: 125
15.17 B2 Title Has 2 or more Bs Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester
Fun YA read about a teenager with hip dysplasia and a love of mermaids who faces a bunch of fears and challenges in order to audition for a mermaid troupe in her hometown. I enjoyed the story - it felt fresh and different, and it led me down a small Google rabbit hole investigating mermaid troupes, which was fun, too! I have heard the author speak before and really enjoy her and her work.
+15 task
+5 review
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 440
30.46 I26, InternationalHow the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
I remember the first time I ever saw the ocean. I was awed. It was beautiful and powerful and relentless. So of course I was ecstatic to jump in. So I did. And it flipped me over and slammed me on my ass and made my brain hurt from all of the salt water forced up my nose.
Beautiful and painful. That's the ocean for me, and this book.
The writing is stunning, the things that happen to the character are devastating. I didn't know anything about this book before picking it up--I just grabbed it for a different challenge and I'm glad it worked out that way...I don't think I would have read it otherwise and that would have been a shame.
+30 Task, shelved 6 times as international, set 100% in Barbados
+5 Review
Task total: 35
Season total: 1660
15.18 I25 ITW Thriller AwardI Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
Fun, twisty read. The story goes back and forth between "now" and "then" -- "then" a girl named Zoe Spanos disappears in December. "Now" it's summer and Anna is nannying in the same small Long Island town where Zoe disappeared. Anna, apparently, looks just like Zoe, and it sparks both a lot of awkward conversations and a series of bizarre, fragmented memories for Anna. Eventually (not a spoiler - this is page 1!!) Anna confesses to killing Zoe. The rest of the book unravels what really happened, how, and why.
+15 task (2021 nominee for YA novel)
+5 review
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 460
15.19 075 - 75 Years - the Author is Aged The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
I am glad I finally got to this one! I had heard about this book for so long that I already partly knew the solution - nonetheless it seemed like a good one to read to get the full Christie experience! And it didn't disappoint - turns out I only knew part of the solution. It's clear why this particular book is a classic Agatha Christie - it's full of lively characters, confounding twists, humor, and an interesting puzzle.
+15 task (AC died at 86)
+5 review
+5 earlier than 1997 (1936)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 485
30.47 I29, MPE page count 200-299If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
Our narrator finds out he has days to live. Enter "Aloha", a.k.a. the Devil Wears Tommy Bahama. Our narrator makes a deal with devil--the devil chooses one thing to take out of the world and if our narrator agrees he gets to live another day. (view spoiler)
This was definitely a strange book, and strange in the way that I find most books by Japanese authors. I didn't love the story and you can't blame that on translation--it was stilted and disjointed and for something that feels like it should be a modern-day fable that was a fail.
+30 Task
+5 Review
Task total: 35
Season total: 1695
30.48 G48, Title has Go, Going, Gone, Grow, Growing, GrownWhere the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
I didn't even know the next Wayward novel was out until Coralie posted it! Yay! I *LOVED* this one!
There's another school for "wayward" children, but it's pretty awful. Despite that, Cora requests a transfer to the Whitethorn Institute. Good thing she did, because Cora is a hero and the students there sure needed a hero in their lives. Oh, Cora, my favorite chubby mermaid, you made my heart sing! Loved. So. Much.
+30 Task
+5 Review
Task total: 35
Season total: 1730
30.49 G58, GhostsLater by Stephen King
King's writing is *SO GOOD* but I'm always a little wary--I feel like his endings either KILL or are the worst endings ever and that ratio is about 1:7. This was one of the few good endings I've read in a hot minute. Jamie sees ghosts. Normally that's okay, but sometimes things go real bad real quick. It has all the trademark King-things: something unexplainable, a kid, weird sex stuff, but the writing keeps getting better and better and I can't recommend this enough. SO. GOOD. Could not put down. Read this in one night on the plane...
+30 Task
+5 Review
Task total: 35
Season total: 1765
30.39 N45 Set in: Nicaragua, Norway, Netherlands, New ZealandThe Half-Drowned King. Linnea Hartsuyker
I am sure some of the enjoyment I got from this book came from my Scandinavian ancestry (a grandmother who emigrated from Norway, and a grandfather who came from Sweden). I loved the character development, the strength of Svanhild, the MC's sister, and all the historical detail about life in 9th century Norway.
+30 - task
+5 - review
Post total: 35
Season total: 1260
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30.50 O71, One: First book in a seriesThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Mary! Thank you so much for your review of this book! I never would have found it otherwise and I insanely loved it.
What a great mystery and sparkling cast of characters...I can't wait to see more of them. It was like reading a cross between a Three Pines mystery and one of Helene Tursten's Elderly Lady books. This was fun and the pacing is on-point and I want to be friends with all of the characters (I've already cast the movie in my head). I don't want to give anything away, but if you're a mystery fan: GO PICK THIS UP NOW. You won't regret it.
+30 Task
+5 Review
Task total: 35
Season total: 1800
50.51 O75, 75 Years: Author is AgedMontana 1948 by Larry Watson
Based on the title, I was expecting a pastoral-type novel, a little A River Runs Through It a little Kent Haruf-y. Not at all what I was expecting, but it was not a disappointment by any means. The writing was luminous. The story was tight, the crises of conscience were intense and absolutely believable. The characters were strong and sympathetic. This read like a short story (intense, immediate impact, jump right into the action) but felt more complete. My first Larry Watson novel, certainly not my last.
+50 Task
+5 Review
+5 Oldies, pub. 1993
Task total: 60
Season total: 1860
30.35 O71 First in seriesDawn by Octavia E. Butler
Wow. This book.
The premise is classic - Earth has been devastated by nuclear war. Most life was wiped out in the initial blasts, and apocalyptic winter doomed the survivors.
Lilith finds herself regularly awakening from deep sleeps, in solitary confinement, answering questions from unseen captors. Slowly it is revealed to her that she’s not a POW but a zoo animal… aliens rescued all the humans they could and they want to study her and use her for a breeding program.
This book was far more horrific than the horror I’ve read recently. Every real-world fear I have is in this book. While the Oankali try to be gentle, they are so very alien that they put the humans through a lot of trauma, and really only compound it the more they get to know people. Nearly all autonomy is removed from the humans. They are isolated, then not, give some illusion of choice but they have no control over anything. Not their bodies, and to an extent not even their minds. And it’s all in the name of “helping”.
And oh, the layers. There’s so much being said about so many topics… it would be a very lengthy essay if I went into all and I could not to it justice.
This is a fantastic book and a classic for a reason.
+30 task
+5 review
+5 oldie
+50 BINGO (B12, I22, N42, G51, O71)
Task total = 90
Season total = 1140
30.40 I19 Author first name is Ian/Iain, Isaac, Ivan/a, Isabel, IrisA Long Petal of the Sea. Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende has a gift for weaving epic family sagas that cross decades and country boundaries, inserting historical details and making her characters believable and interesting. From the Spanish Civil War to Chile, over the course of 60 years, the book kept me engrossed all the way.
+30 - task
+5 - review
Post total: 35
Season total: 1295
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15.11 B7 Best Books, rating is 4.0 or betterThe Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan
1798: not 20 years after the American Revolution and fewer than 10 years after the French Revolution. Though the Catholic population had finally gotten the right own property, the Irish had had enough of the cruelty of English landlords. ...thirty years ago, when I was a young man. It was tithes and high rents then, and it is grazing now. But there was a black, sullen hatred behind it; they did not know what they wanted but they knew what they hated.
A few years earlier, Wolfe Tone and others went to France to get military help so that the Irish could free themselves from the English. 1798, The Year of the French, he was finally successful. The French General Herbert was dismayed, to put it nicely, at the poor Irish who would join him. “I once wondered why the English had such contempt for the Irish. Now I understand.” He jerked his head towards the men invisible on the slopes below us. “You wanted to make a revolution with those. You are a fool.” He turned then and walked away from me.
Author Thomas Flanagan puts names to faces for some of these who were willing to risk their lives to gain a country (and some of the Protestants who did not). Included also were the names of the English generals who would be called upon to defend what they considered their country. Though the characterizations are not what I would usually demand in fiction, I became attached to the cause and the Irish generally perhaps more than the individuals.
I was a bit surprised to see the name General Cornwallis - I wondered if his assignment to Ireland was a punishment for having needed to surrender at Yorktown in America. Flanagan attributes this comment to Cornwallis, which is certainly illustrative of the ego a General must have: ... discoursing upon his campaigning days in America twenty years before, and most interestingly upon the subject of Washington, whom he regarded as a most overrated commander, although a man of estimable personal qualities.
I have enjoyed creative nonfiction - mostly history written in the writing style of fiction. This is fiction written more in the style of history. I freely admit this doesn't work as well for me. I almost set it aside at least twice but something stubborn reared up in me and I kept at it. I am a slow reader, but no book just over 500 pages should take me nearly 2 weeks to read!
I was right to keep after it in my usual several hours a day routine. I was amply rewarded for having done so. Any book that engenders strong emotion is worth every minute. I was angry about the plight of the Irish and saddened when they faced the gibbet after their loss. What I thought would be at most 2 stars turned into a strong 4 stars. If I consider only the last 150 pages, perhaps 5 stars, but there are those first 150 pages that keep me from that last star.
+15 Task
+ 5 Review
+ 5 Before 1997 (1979)
+ 5 Big (513 pgs)
Task total = 30
Season total = 265
15.14 N41 Title Includes a NumberThe Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Author Fiona Davis is known for her historical novels set in famous, beautiful buildings. The New York Public Library, with its stairways guarded by majestic sculpted lions, is the repository of a noted rare book collection available to scholars. Two timelines - in 1913 and 1993 - both involve the theft of valuable books.
In 1913, the Lyons family are living in an apartment within the library where Jack Lyons holds the position of superintendent. His wife, Laura, feels restless spending her days homemaking and caring for their two children. She starts a course at the Columbia Journalism School. Laura becomes involved with women's suffrage and other feminist causes with a bohemian group of friends in Greenwich Village. When valuable books are stolen at the library, her family falls under suspicion.
In 1993, Sadie Donovan has just been appointed head curator at the New York Public Library, and a collection of their priceless books and artifacts is scheduled to be exhibited soon. A number of valuable books disappear from the library, and each book was supposed to be part of the upcoming exhibit. A private investigator is hired to find the thief. As Sadie learns about her family heritage, information surfaces that helps in the investigation.
I enjoyed learning about the history and mission of the New York Public Library. The Fifth Avenue building is not a lending library, and only holds valuable books that researchers examine onsite. The dual timelines contained lots of information about early feminism, journalism, childhood trauma, and traditional vs modern lifestyles for women. The mystery of the stolen books kept me guessing. I enjoyed both timelines in this historical novel.
+15 task
+ 5 review
Task total: 20
Season total: 320
30.37 I21 - First letter of title found in INFLOWFar from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson
+30 Task
Task total = 30
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1065
15.12 B 9. MPE page count 100-199The Just Men of Cordova by Edgar Wallace
15 pts 15.12
5 pts Review
5 pts pre 1995
Convoluted mystery with three or four vigilantes who mete out extra judicial justice. Difficult to follow and largely unclear why the four (or three) just men are involved in the case. Half the characters seem to be pretending to be someone else and the story is never very clear. Not recommended
Task Total: 25 pts
Season total: 255 pts
Bingo #1. B4 B5 B6 B7 B13
B9
I16 I27 I29
N32 N38
G56
O
30.38 B7 - Best BooksA Fine and Bitter Snow by Dana Stabenow
+30 Task rating 4.26
Task total = 30
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1095
15.13 - I17 - Title word ends "ing"He Is Watching You by Charlie Gallagher
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 245
15.14 - I25 - ITW Thriller AwardThe Lost Man by Jane Harper
+15 task - 2019
Task total: 15
Grand total: 260
15.15 - I29 - Page Count 200-299Mystery by the Sea by Verity Bright
+15 - 276 pgs
+50 BINGO Bonus
I16, 17, 22, 25, 29
Task total: 65
Grand total: 325
30.32 O74 Title has ON in it.Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
+30 task
+5 1997 or earlier pub date (1936)
Post total: 35
Season total: 910
10.9 G48 - Title has GoWhere the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
I just love this series. Magical doors to alternate worlds is not a new concept for fantasy stories, but this series takes the concept in a novel and wonderful direction by imagining myriad doors that appear to special children and lead them to all manner of alternate worlds. Some of these worlds are lovely and wonderful, others terrifying or cruel, but all have special appeal to the child for whom the door appeared.
These books work wonderfully as audiobooks. I've listened to all of the books in audio format and enjoyed all of them. They have different narrators, chosen to be a good fit for the particular story.
This series is best read in order, so if you haven't yet, go immediately and check out Every Heart a Doorway.
+10 Task
+5 Review
Task total: 15
Grand total: 140
15.16 N42She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Published July 2021
Task: 15
Post: 15
Season total: 340
B4,7,6
I24,21,29
N 34,44,39, 42
G56,52,59
O 65,66,71
30.41 N39 MPE Page count 300-399 (390 pages)The Giver of Stars. Jojo Moyes
This has been often compared to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek due to its similar theme and setting (the packhorse librarians of depression era Kentucky), but having read both, I can see each author's unique spin on the subject. This book focused less on the books, and more on the lives of individual librarians. It's almost as if the story could have been told without the WPA project.
+30 - task
+5 - review
Post total: 35
Season total: 1330
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30.39 N41 - Number in titleThe 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry
+30 Task
Task total = 30
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1125
15.15 O68 Author name does not contain the letter OWatch With Me by Wendell Berry
"Watch With Me" is a heartwarming book of six short stories and a title novella set in the villages of Goforth and Port William, Kentucky. The gentle giant, Ptolemy (Tol) Proudfoot, was a gregarious farmer who starts courting Miss Minnie, a petite schoolteacher, after bidding a princely sum for her cake at the Harvest Festival. The stories follow them through a strong marriage, saddened only because they never had children. Tol was a great storyteller with a hearty laugh and a love of his community. Although he was wonderful with horses, Tol had some troubles with his Model A coupe, and one story tells of how they got "near" the state fair, but somehow got hopelessly lost.
The novella tells about a neighbor, "Nightlife" Thacker Hample, who grabs a shotgun which was loaded to kill a snake going after a nest of eggs. Thinking that "Nightlife" might kill himself, Tol and his neighbors follow the mentally ill man through the woods all day and through the night. Although they are not sure if they can help him, there is such a strong sense of community that they don't hesitate to try.
"Watch With Me" is a delightful group of interconnected stories revolving around Tol Proudfoot. They are written with warmth and a gentle humor. As always, I loved my literary visit to author Wendell Berry's Port William.
BINGO #3:
10.8 - B3
15.13 - I30
15.14 - N41
15.12 - G50
15.15 - O68
+15 task
+ 5 oldie (pub 1994)
+ 5 review
+50 BINGO
Post total: 75
Season total: 395
Task 15.13 G52 Goodreads Choice Award winners and nomineesGoodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance (2019)
Things You Save in a Fire (2019) by Katherine Center
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 225 + 15 = 240
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30.33 N41 Title includes a numberA Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
This has to be the roughest book I have ever read. The story painted a sordid picture of life, lived under harsh, hellish conditions. It makes me want to read Jamaica's history. I need some balance to my knowledge of Jamaica. This fictional story was a DARK glimpse at some of their history. It is heart wrenching.
+30 Task
+5 Review
+5 500+ pages
Post total: 40
Season total: 950
10.1 B5 - Biography, Autobiography or MemoirMy Father's Fortune by Michael Frayn
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 10
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10.2 I23 - Set in: Italy, Iran, Indonesia, Iceland, IndiaHistory. A Mess. by Sigrún Pálsdóttir
+10 Task (setting = Iceland)
Task total = 10
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 20
B: 5
I: 23
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Task=10 (1961)
Oldie=5
Task total=15
Season total=60
B 4
I 26
N 31
G 60
O 75