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Love in a Fallen City | Eileen Chang, Ailing Zhang
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Mehso-so

#SpringSkies Day 19: #Fall in title. My handwritten book log for our #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 reading theme. There were striking themes that fit into the decolonize nature of our reading theme, especially the portrayal of biracial characters who do not seem to fit in anywhere, forever outsiders across their two cultural backgrounds. Full review here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-ofx

lil1inblue May I ask about your book log? It is exactly what I've been looking for! 6d
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The White Girl | Tony Birch
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#WondrousWednesday
📚 Kinokuniya Dubai! Fairly recently, in fact, as they had a clearance sale. 🎉
📚 GatheringBooks of course!
📚 Tagged book for our #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 reading theme.
Thank you for the tag, @TheSpineView

TheSpineView You're welcome 1y
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Amsterdam Noir | Josh Pachter, Ren Appel
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#IndelibleMoments Day 8: Our recent trip to Amsterdam just last week constitutes #ExoticTravel for me - the Netherlands has always been such a faraway, almost-unreachable place for me (for reasons other than geography) and I feel privileged to finally spend an entire week there. Here‘s my book haul from our trip.

BarbaraBB Max Havelaar was an obliged read at school and I loved Mokusei but the others I haven‘t even heard of! Enjoy! 2y
Tonton Wonderfully cool stack🌟❣️ 2y
GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB is the max havelaar a good read though? Seems perfect for our #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 reading theme when I read the back blurb. 2y
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GatheringBooks @Tonton thank youuuu! Did a fair bit of book hunting while in amsterdam and the hague! 🌷 2y
BarbaraBB It‘s definitely about the Dutch colonization of Indonesia. It‘s just a bit too long if you ask me. I prefer this book about the subject 2y
Eggs How fun! 2y
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Discerner of Hearts | Olive Senior
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#ArtfulAugust Day 20: I think this counts towards #FloralCover - paired with lemon mint drink. #CurrentRead for #DecolonizeBookshelves2022

Blackink_WhitePaper Beautiful cover 🥰 2y
RobES That cover 🥰 2y
Eggs Artful photo! 💚🌼💚 2y
Sapphire That is beautiful! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 🥤 2y
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This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books | Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne, Kadija Sesay George
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#Two4Tuesday
📚I have read 150 out of target 200 books in 2022. For my #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 goal of 25 titles, I have only read a measly 10.
📚Yes - and books that I continue to buy from This Is The Canon booklist. 😭😭😭

TheSpineView I have no willpower when it comes to buying books. Thanks for playing! 2y
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Small Island: A Novel | Andrea Levy
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#JulyJam Day 5: These book titles are giving me #BikiniDay vibes. Recent book haul - all part of our #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 reading theme.

Eggs Perfect 🤩 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful covers!! 2y
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El Filibusterismo | Jose Rizal
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#BookMoods Day 29: #SetInAnotherCentury, this baby by Dr Jose Rizal was published in Ghent in 1891. Read it when I was in highschool, and looking forward to rereading it as part of #DecolonizeBookshelves2022

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👍🏻📚👌🏻 2y
Eggs 🌿💚👏🏻 2y
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The Shadow King | Maaza Mengiste
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#Two4Tuesday
👑Do fairy tales count? lols. I gravitate towards royalty among people of color than British/European gentry
👑The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste is riveting and powerfully written.
#DecolonizeBookshelves2022
Thank you for the tag, @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Of course, fairy tales count! Thanks for playing! 2y
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A Fine Balance | Rohinton Mistry
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#BookMoods Day 7: This tome has #600PlusPages in total. Perfect for our #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 reading theme.

Sapphire I loved this book 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 🙌🏻📚 2y
vlwelser ❤❤❤❤ 2y
Eggs 💗📚👍🏼 2y
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The Sellout: A Novel | Paul Beatty
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Panpan

#MayMoms Day 28: #Hilarious has been used to describe this book filled with acerbic wit - but I simply could not get into it, despite the psych allusions. I read this as part of our #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 reading theme, and I am relieved to have finished reading it. Undoubtedly it is an important novel, but the way it is told will be debated on by people more intelligent than me in years to come. More here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-opX

Eggs Perfect book/food combo! 2y
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