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CarolynM
Once | Morris Gleitzman
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#Booked2020 #AboutGenocide

And that completes the Spring prompts and the challenge. Wrap-up post to follow.

Cinfhen It sounds like a beautiful book although im sure it‘s heartbreaking. 😢 3y
CarolynM @Cinfhen I can't find words that do justice to the subject. The book is excellent. 3y
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rockpools
Small Country | Gael Faye
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I‘m not too sure what to say about this one. A semi-autobiographical look at a young boy‘s joyful childhood growing up in Burundi, and its rapid descent into horror as war and genocide tear his world apart.

I loved the depictions of his childhood friendships and some of the writing is quite beautiful, never laboured, and evocative. And then devastating. And it leaves you with so many questions.

rockpools This is from my backlog when I first joined #Netgalley, with thanks to Hogarth for the ARC and apologies for the horribly late review.

And another for #Booked2020 #AboutGenocide #CrushtheRush and my first for this month‘s #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Sounds interesting. 3y
Cinfhen Beautiful review 3y
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Julsmarshall
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What a painful, illuminating, honest and heartbreaking book! Told from the perspective of a young girl, this examination of Cambodia during Pol Pot‘s murderous reign doesn‘t look away from the atrocities conducted by the Khmer Rouge. The perseverance of the author and her family are inspiring and remind the reader of the strength of the human spirit. Difficult to read but so worth it! #ReadingWomen2020 #Booked2020 #AboutGenocide #challenge

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emilyhaldi
Ordinary Men | Christopher R. Browning
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With so many well written books on the subject of WW2, there is just no reason to pick this one up. It‘s drier than 2020 is long... and I need a book that can keep my attention now more than ever!
#booked2020
#aboutgenocide

BarbaraBB Great review 😂😂😘 3y
Reviewsbylola And you finished it anyway?! 3y
emilyhaldi (There was a lot of skimming involved... 🤫) @Reviewsbylola 3y
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Violetta
The Buried Giant: A novel | Kazuo Ishiguro
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5⭐It's an intricate retelling of the Arthurian legend - with medieval setting, mythological creatures and the Britons against the Saxons conflict, though Arthur himself is long gone. It's also an insightful story about memory, asking important questions whether it's better to remember old sorrows and grudges, letting the vicious circle of hatred and grief spin further, or resort to oblivion and forget what you once have been...Beautiful writing 💜

Cinfhen Sounds great!! 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I had no idea Ishiguro did an Arthurian retelling. Fascinating! 💙👊🏻📚 3y
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Kalalalatja
Fully Booked | Emma Strandberg
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This week ended as an unintentional Litsy-break, but I have been so busy with new-apartment-stuff, so I‘m not complaining 😅

Luckily, I remembered to post my third quarter round up for #Booked2020.

#AboutGenocide: The Stone Sky
#NewIn2020: Real Life
#MakesYouLOL: Wayward Son
#RedWhiteOrBlueTypeOnCover: Upright Women Wanted
#BannedBook: Twilight Series
#BottomOfTBR: The Orenda

Schnoebs What was your thoughts on upright women wanted? (edited) 3y
TrishB Good luck in your new apartment 👍🏻 3y
BarbaraBB I didn‘t know about the apartment! Congratulations 🎉. Can‘t wait to see pictures of your bookshelves in their new place! 3y
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erzascarletbookgasm Ooooh, congrats on your new place! Do email me your new address, Katja. 3y
Kalalalatja @TrishB @BarbaraBB @erzascarletbookgasm thank you ❤️ we are still waiting for a few legal things to fall into place, but hopefully it will all be taken care of next week 🤞 if all go to plan, we will move in by December, and then I‘ll be sure to post a lot of pics 😄 3y
Kalalalatja @Schnoebs I liked it! I wanted it to be longer, cause it was fun, interesting and diverse 👍 3y
Avanders Ooh congrats on a new home! 🥳🥳 And please also email me your new address. I know I‘ve been abysmal about correspondence, but I do hope to improve 😁 3y
Cinfhen Woohoo 🙌🏻This is your #OfficialThirdQuarterEntry 🎊🎊🎊#Booked2020 3y
ephemeralwaltz Congrats on the new apartment, sounds exciting! 3y
Kalalalatja @Avanders thank you! I‘ll be sure to email you, once I‘m sure everything turns out the way I hope. 👍 and I feel you, my correspondance has taken a massive hit here in 2020 😅 @ephemeralwaltz thank you, I‘m very excited! It feels like a very grown up thing to do, so I‘m a bit scared, too 😂 3y
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hilded
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Almost forgot to post my Q3 reads for #Booked2020, but here they are, all over the place as usual ?

? #BottomofTBR: Contact
? #Armchairtravel: The one & only Harry Potter ❤️
? #Aboutgenocide: Tvillingenes dagbok/The Notebook ❤️❤️❤️
? #Bluetypeoncover: Frøya
? #Gothichorror: The Vampyre
? #Hatcoveringoncover: The Guernsey Literary.. ❤️

Many good ones, my absolute favourite was; Tvillingens dagbok/The Notebook. Clever writing indeed!

Cinfhen Woohoo 🎉 Well done! This is your #OfficialThirdQuarterEntry 3y
hilded @Cinfhen Thank you 😊 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Great choices and accomplishment! ❤ ⭐ 📕 3y
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samantharoberts
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A heartbreaking retelling of events by the author who, as a small child, survived the Cambodian Genocide under the dictator Pol Pot and the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. I found myself stopping the book often to do my own research on the side, because admittedly I didn‘t know much about this topic before. I can‘t believe this was only about 40 years ago when roughly 2 million people were tortured and murdered in Cambodia. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

samantharoberts Reading the words of someone who actually went through this at only 5 years old was almost too hard to bear. It‘s hard to imagine someone actually going through so much trauma and hardship, especially at such a young age. This was my #Booked2020 pick for the “Set in Southern Asia” prompt 4y
Suet624 I‘ve been too timid to read this. The world feels like a very harsh place. 4y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Whew. It does sound intense. I put off our #aboutgenocide prompt for a long time because of the same feelings. But my historical fiction choice was actually a lot less emotional than I expected. (edited) 4y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
The Sandcastle Girls | Chris Bohjalian
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I put this tough topic / prompt off for a while, but appreciated learning about the Armenian genocide from this solid historical fiction choice. It's set in current day and early 20th century. I like Bohjalian generally, but this time it was hard to connect to his characters. I have a few theories about why, but still liked this novel.

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2020 #booked2020 #aboutgenocide

Lcsmcat I loved this one. It may be my favorite Bojhalian. 4y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Lcsmcat I‘m a fan of his but I thought this would be more emotional for me than it was. Still, it‘s a pick! 4y
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Kalalalatja
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Well, look at that - I finished a book! 😄 Jemisin‘s world is intricate and like no other I have read about, and I‘m so glad I finally read her series. 🙌

#AboutGenocide #Booked2020

Cathythoughts Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y
Cinfhen Yay 😁 4y
rockpools Congratulations! 4y
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LeahBergen Woohoo! 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
sprainedbrain I‘m almost done with this one! I will be sad when the series is over. So good! 4y
Avanders Lol that‘s always how I feel when I finish a book these days too 😆 4y
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