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Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

bailed

This one isn‘t working for me for a number of reasons. I found another option for #Gabon, so bailing is the best choice for me.

BarbaraBB It was no succes for me either but I did finish it because I had no alternative for Gabon! (edited) 2y

Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB Before I officially bailed I looked into finding something else at my library. I‘m really glad I found another option, and I would have been unhappy pushing through this. 2y

Texreader I‘m so bummed you and @BarbaraBB didn‘t like this one since I loved it! But it goes to show you how folks have different tastes in books! 2y

Hooked_on_books @Texreader I know! I‘m always so disappointed when someone doesn‘t like a book I loved. I try to be understanding, but sometimes I grumble to myself about it! 😆 2y

BarbaraBB @Texreader I was sure I‘d love it because we‘ve enjoyed so many of the same books during the challenges, so I was surprised too! 2y

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BarbaraBB

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

so-so

A YA novel set in the #Gabon jungle about a boy coming of age all alone with a bunch of chimpanzees is not generally a book I‘d choose. And I wasn‘t really interested but I admit the ending was touching and sweet.

#ReadingAfrica2022 🇬🇦 #pop22 #TitleBeginsWithLastLetterPreviousRead

(Pic: Exhibition in a church, audiobook instead of audio your 🤣)

jenniferw88, Librarybelle

vlwelser Great pic. Audiobooking in a museum/exhibition is one of my favorite activities. 2y

BarbaraBB @vlwelser It was new to me but a good combination indeed! 2y

Librarybelle Great picture! I‘ve not listened to an audiobook while at an exhibition, but I‘ve never really thought about it. Something interesting to try! 2y

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Texreader

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

If anyone needs ideas for books for the #readingafrica2022 challenge, here are the books I‘ve already read. So many are very good to brilliant, but I‘d take a pass on Return to the Enchanted Island and Consolata. I‘ll link my very favorites below in the comments, but the tagged book tops the list. (I‘m currently reading the titles in italics)

@KristiAhlers If you want to give this challenge a try, I thought this list might help.

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Texreader This book covers several countries at once, and it‘s very inspiring:

To Stop a Warlord: My Story of Justice, Grace, and the Fight for Peace

Texreader This book could vie for best book set in Africa, again, a very inspiring book:

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Texreader A powerful story about a girl beaten down over and over again but never stopping her fight to be heard:

The Girl with the Louding Voice

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Texreader An ode to endangered animals ❤️ elephants 🐘 & rhinos 🦏 :

An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the herd taught me about love, courage and survival

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Texreader From near starvation to death to becoming a world leader, this book is a gorgeous memoir by a …

I Am a Girl from Africa

KristiAhlers Thank you so much! Yes, this list is great. I‘m downloading a few of these this evening! 2y

Librarybelle 😁 2y

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Texreader

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

Here‘s my status for #readingafrica2022 since I‘ve just finished #Gabon with the tagged book (read it!). I currently have books for Namibia and Somalia under way (hence the stripes). @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Sapphire Wow, that‘s impressive 2y

Librarybelle This is amazing! 2y

Amiable Excellent! 2y

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Texreader

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

pick

Orphan Luc is working for an unscrupulous “orphanage” owner when a professor comes to town with a tempting silver briefcase. When Luc tries to steal it, Prof offers to pay off Luc‘s debts to the orphanage and hire him rather than prosecute. Thus begins Luc‘s journey into the jungles of #Gabon to study chimpanzees with Prof. First terribly afraid of the “mock men” & the dark, Luc eventually comes to love the apes in the scary jungle. This YA ⬇️

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Texreader book reads like an adult book and trigger warnings for cruelty to animals (not by Luc or Prof!). As Luc grows up, from an angry kid to a smart and loving teenager (I presume), the reader grows to adore him and the apes—even the scary ones. Very highly recommended. This author tells the story brilliantly, even with a limited number of characters and loads of animals. I loved it and didn‘t want it to end. #readingafrica2022 (edited) 2y

Texreader This is second in a series. The first was very good and even made me cry. But this one takes it up a notch and I marked it as a favorite, a rare designation for me. 2y

BarbaraBB I will definitely go and look for this one. Fab review! 2y

Librarybelle Great review! 2y

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Texreader

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

I just finished listening to this audiobook from my hotel room down near the Gulf Coast where the wind is blowing so hard the flagpole is just swaying. Another work trip…

This was an awesome book. Even better than book 1 in the series. If you are needing a book for #Gabon for #readingafrica2022, look no further. I‘ll be thinking on how to write my review but definitely a 5-star book!

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Can I read it without having read no 1? 2y

Texreader @BarbaraBB They are completely unrelated. It‘s the Ape Series, so I believe each book is about a different kind of ape. Book 1 was bonobos in the Congo 2y

BarbaraBB Thanks! 2y

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Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

Squeezing in a bit more audiocrafting before the household gets too busy this morning. #readingafrica2022 #Gabon @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

kspenmoll I love this! Shapes & colors did brighten my day! 2y

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 2y

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Texreader

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

Audiocrafting this morning. #readingafrica2022 #Gabon @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle 😁 2y

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Texreader

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

I just finished book 1 in the series (review to come), so tomorrow I will start the audio version of book 2, set in #Gabon #readingafrica2022. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Nutmegnc I loved this author‘s fiction

The Darkness Outside Us

Texreader @Nutmegnc Thanks!! He is an excellent writer. I cried during book 1. 2y

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Soscha

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

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This is Schrefer's second National Book Award for Young People's Literature nomination. TBH, I didn't enjoy it as much as his first, Endangered. This is likely because Threatened reads as a retread with a male protagonist and chimpanzees in place of bonobos. Still, it deserves to be read and loved.

Soscha

Threatened | Eliot Schrefer

Welcome, #Readathon2016.

I read the author's previous book Endangered last year and it was probably the most memorable read for me. I'm looking forward to this one.

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