so-soMuna can‘t move on with her new life in Canada when she doesn‘t know what happened to her husband after he disappeared in Lebanon. Set in the 1980s, this is a compelling story of a young immigrant mother and her son attempting to survive and then thrive in a new country. Unfortunately, the writing felt distant and cold. While I am sure that is how Muna felt during her first Canadian winter, it was a turnoff for me. #CanadaReads
I read 16 books during the month of February 2023: 7 books were by #BlackAuthors; 5 for #AuthorAMonth.
Best ones:
The Poet X
The Cost of Knowing
Peach Blossom Spring
We Are Not Like Them
But I really enjoyed the books by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Attica Locke and Gloria Naylor. I‘m glad I read these 16 books. 1 box less from Once Upon A Book🙌They take space.
No bingos I made the #DoubleSpin only🤷🏽♀️
Super behind in my reading😳@TheAromaOfBooks
pickAn emotional page turner - this one is realistic, with a haunting violence that permeates the pages and adds an edgyness that feels authentic and experienced. Vermette can tell a story that is for damn sure!
pickA beautiful book about a single mom, newly immigrated to 1980s Montreal, doing what she can to survive and start to find a dream for the future. There are hard times, but also kind people and good hearts as she tries to redefine what life is and can be in the face of a whole new world.
#CanadaReads
pickFirstly I'm shocked at how he still talks nice about his parents after the immense abuse they dished out.
Secondly the ending dragged on a bit.
Was overall a good read.
I do agree with him when he said he hasn't worked enough to warrant a memoir- worthy life but we got a book anyway
pickThis book was great. I listened to the audiobook, read by the author, which made it even more real to me. Carmen‘s parents were socialist revolutionaries. They fled Chile after the 1973 coup, when she was six, settled in Canada, then her mother and stepfather moved the family to Bolivia to work with the Chilean resistance. Carmen grew up and worked for the resistance herself, from Argentina. Amazing story. #readingtheamericas2023 #bolivia
pickLoved it. Utterly engaging from the first page to the last. I loved the boomerang style narrative, beginning in the near future in a time post- environmental collapse, then heading backward 100+ years before swinging back to the future along the opposite trajectory. A story of family born and found, nature, and what we owe to ourselves, our families, and the world itself.
pickThis started out as 5 ⭐ and slowly worked it's way down to 3 ⭐. I was disappointed in the ending.
#CanadaReads
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I have had the laziest of lazy Saturday's today.
Me and Rudi are having some quality time (we have been a bit off lately with him biting and attacking)
We have not gotten out of bed today we have enjoyed naps, LOADS of reading and coffee.
We are Dreamers by Simu Liu
I don't know how he can still talk about his parents with such soft tones after what they done to him.
#catsoflitsy #lazyday #familylife #asianculture #simuLiu #suchgreatreading
