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Nine books for May! It was very hard to pick a favorite book for May but if forced to, I‘d pick the tagged book. Followed by a tie between Queen of the South and Sea of Tranquility. Four books this month for #Spain #foodandlit. Two books for #authoramonth. Two for #readingOceania #Palau and #NewZealand and of course all of them for #litsyatoz but mostly for #letterQ and #letterY

Some of the fiercest battles in the Pacific in WWII were over #Palau. In the 1990s, a successful entrepreneur and scientist found his life‘s calling to find the planes that had been shot down over the island and bring closure to many families who still had MIAs. As with his bioengineering business, his mission succeeded and this is part his story as well as a son who never knew his father, a gunner on one of the downed planes. #readingOceania

#readingoceania2024 #palau Looking for something from or about Palau and saw this. Now I am just posting to warn others. This was written by AI and is a truly horrible example of AI. It is repetitive and goes into no detail. The phrase “significant impact” or “significant changes” is in every paragraph without sharing what those impacts and changes were. I read it as it was very short but highly recommend that others stay away.

My next audiobook is for #Palau, my second book for that country. #readingOceania @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

An LA cop accepts the position of chief of police over all the Micronesian islands in the late 1970s to 1980s, and dang was it ever an adventurous true story. Sometimes it was downright scary and at least twice it was hysterically funny thanks to very real cultural differences from island to island. I don‘t think any book could better describe the islands‘ cultures, and adapting to them than this book. Very readable nonfiction. The author is ⬇️

This book works for the #MarshallIslands too! It‘s a very good book. #Micronesia #Palau #readingOceania @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

In 1978, LA cop Bryan Vila went to #Micronesia as it was transitioning to independence to train the local police forces. This could have been a testosterone-fueled meathead of a book, but Vila clearly approached each of the 12 cultures with respect. There are also some quite funny moments. Highly recommend. Also works for #Palau and #MarshallIslands

#ReadingOceania2024

My next ebook for #Micronesia and #Palau for #readingOceania @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I included a photography book in the Africa challenge a couple years ago and liked that, so I added this one on for #ReadingOceania2024. It does have some gorgeous pics and focuses largely on sea life, though there are sections on culture, history, politics and more. The text is super tiny and some of the sections are very dry, so a low pick for me, but I learned a lot about #Palau.

Francis Toribiong is the father of scuba diving and the tourism on the #Palau He is very energetic man, devoted to the island, nature, traditions, but also with the sense to prosper. No doubt - his life was exciting, but this book is amateurish written biography of a interesting man. #ReadAroundTheWorld