Dear Haiti, Love Alaine | 
Going to try to catch up on a couple of prompts since I'm up at an ungodly hour. 🤷🏽♀️ Experiencing a bit of a book hangover after doing some #NightReading. This was my favorite quote from the book! A truth we unfortunately all have to learn. 😞 #NamasteNovember
pickAbsolutely♥️this! A tale of human nature where nothing is quite what it seems. Alaine is a hilarious, snarky MC who must come to terms w/ complicated family dynamics & a life that will never be the same. Steeped in rich Haitian culture & history, family curses, a charity start-up, & commentary on sometimes problematic foreign aid, this was a most enjoyable reading experience. The Great Bahni Turpin narrated & I highly recommend the audio! 4.5⭐️s!
I love this idea because I think it will help me stay on a better reading schedule @Cinfhen! Here is my #WeeklyForecast. Starting the tagged book today. Still working through The Lost Queen, hope to start American Spy by mid-week, and gotta finish Dracula for #Scarathlon #TeamStoker #BuddyRead.
pickI LOVED this book. Alaine is an amazing character. I really enjoyed her personality, her passion, and her determination. The descriptions and the settings were just so amazing and i could see them so clearly in my head. Throw in some mysticism and curses? Yes, please. This was such an excellent read. I also loved finding out from the authors‘ note that it was written by two sisters.
so-soI loved the premise of this book as well as the epistolary style of narrative. The Moulite sisters use letters, emails, diary entries, postcards, and articles to tell Alaine's story. There were parts that came across as particularly unorganized and subsequently they lose the plot in places. There are also too many tertiary characters and secondary characters that disappear (Alaine's father, her friend) and an unnecessary sort-of romance.
Oh my goodness I am so happy to be off today. I hope this day lasts forever. I love my job but just so excited to sit and read all day.
Book Buzz Fall/Winter 2019 releases Part l 📚 Just because my TBR is long enough to keep me reading for a lifetime doesn‘t mean I can‘t keep looking! #goodgirlslie #theremaking #synapse #harveycomeshome #dearhaitilovealaine #thelasttraintolondon #thebear #scarslikewings #thelasttruepoetsofthesea #imaginaryfriend
Start reading this yesterday and so far I love it! I‘‘ already half way through. Love the main character Alaine, she is hilarious. Love that this book dives so much into the history of Haiti as well. The pacing is great. And I‘m loving all of the different ways she is telling this story. Really enjoying it so far!
pickWhew! Not your standard YA lit. There's a cool plucky girl at the center and then a lot of family problems, a curse, and some blood magic 😱
pickAlaina is a snarky teenager coming to terms with her mom‘s early onset Alzheimer‘s, dealing with being privileged in Miami/Haiti, & what that means; and her complicated feelings about voodoo and her family‘s history.
It felt a little clunky sometimes, but I think that was mostly bc of the formatting. It was honestly the worst digital arc I‘d ever seen. Whole sentences on the wrong page, and lots of fragments floating around. #howjessreadsin2019
Some exciting new books to read on Netgalley 😍
