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Extremely grateful to achieve a life long dream of seeing mountain gorillas in the wild. When Dian Fossey wrote the tagged book in the 80s, there were only around 240 left in wild. There are around 1000 now, but still very endangered. The tagged book is so good, I read it while I was in Rwanda/Uganda.

Today we made beef brochettes for a belated #FoodAndLit #Rwanda

They weren‘t really my thing (I should probably have cooked them for longer for my tastes) but the spicy sauce was very nice. Served with sweet potato fries ☺️

#JuneSpecials Day 1: #GoBarefoot - This book is an account of the mythical, larger-than-life Barefoot Woman who fashioned a displaced life to one suffused with pride, preparing her young to claw their way eventually into the lives that they truly deserve, regardless of present circumstances. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kPf

I just finished the tagged book and it was excellent (review to come)!! And it was an excellent reading month—14!!

2 books wrapping up last month‘s #authoramonth
4 Percival Everett books for #authoramonth
1 John Scalzi for #authoramonth
1 wrapping up #Rwanda for #foodandlit
3 for #Bangladesh #foodandlit
2 for #Italy #Jubilee #foodandlit
1 for #Greenland #foodandlit

I couldn‘t possibly pick a favorite! Half of them were 5-stars!

This was my (belated) pick for #FoodAndLit #Rwanda

It is a multigenerational tale about a family trying to reconnect after the genocide against the Tutsis in the 90s.
It took me a little while to get into as it jumps around a little, but it was a powerful story that I enjoyed reading.

Two stories have stayed with me since reading this short book (although they are all memorable): the title story Igifu—Hunger and almost the opposite, The Glorious Cow, somewhat of an ode to the cow and the elixir that is milk. If you‘ve never felt starvation, Igifu describes it in agonizing detail from the perspective of a young girl praying her mother can find food each day, and sleeping, sleeping to deal with the stomach pangs. When life ⬇️

A compelling book set in pre genocide Rwanda. The tensions are there and you know what‘s coming, but you can‘t stop reading. I‘m glad I read this. #FoodAndLit #Rwanda

A terrible photo but isn‘t it nice to know the good ole USA isn‘t the only country banning books. Genocidal #Rwanda also banned books. 😡 #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

An introvert‘s Mother‘s Day: don‘t talk to me and let me work in the yard and read.