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JillR
When We Were Birds | Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
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A book that I didn‘t particularly enjoy whilst reading; I found the prose a tricky style and it took me an age to settle into it and read it with any sort of flow. However once I got past that it was a lovely, moving love story, with some unexpected drama in the final third that really upped the pace. I‘ve realised I don‘t tend to enjoy books with anything mythical or magical, here I didn‘t feel those elements worked yet didn‘t intrude too much.

ChaoticMissAdventures I read this years ago, and felt I learned so much about T&T and Rasta. I had no clue all of their beliefs around death, which I found super interesting. 2h
Cathythoughts I‘m interested to read this 👍🏻❤️ stacked. 1h
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Robotswithpersonality
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The ending definitely made this one.
I knew it would be heavy in tone before I read it, and for the majority it's a hard read about hard lives, but the ending has a beauty to it, even if you see it coming, and it wouldn't have the same impact if the plot had been gentler, if different choices were made. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? The animals making up the majority of the characters in the book demonstrate straightforward concepts like the harsh cycle that is nature, and the cruelty that can be part of domestic/farm animal life, but also act as metaphors for everything from slavery to persecution, racism, various forms of othering, ostracizing, how an imposed order and rigid societal standards can make even the most downtrodden less tolerant instead of a welcoming 3h
Robotswithpersonality 3/? community, to adoption, to the sacrifices of motherhood, especially in circumstances where the children may have more opportunities than the parents, like first and second generation immigrants. 3h
Robotswithpersonality 4/4 I'm sure someone's surprised I'm not griping about how unrelentingly miserable this book is, but length is key, for this kind of tale - if it dragged out for hundreds of pages it would have been gratuitous, but it didn't.
Also: Beautiful art by Nomoco, the black and white definitely fits the mood, but there's a pleasant hint of whimsy in the shapes of the animals .
⚠️animal cruelty, animal death
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HeyT
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I had a really good time reading this. The Raven narration felt a little odd when it came in but overall I kind of enjoyed it after a while. I enjoyed the world building and magic system. My only complaint is that the main character read a little younger than in her 30s to me.

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the.maddielo.library
Mehso-so

Violet is a bored prophet toeing the line with Prince Cyrus. She knows she should hold her tongue around her future boss, but he is insufferable and threatens to do away with her position until a curse emerges from the country's borders that make Violet more valuable than ever. The premise is so promising, but I found the “twists“ predictable and was left wanting more development out of the characters.

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Texreader
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Wow!! Wow!! Wow!!

This may be the best book of the year! Wow!!

Just finished. Review to come. But my mind is blown! 🤯

@Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB

#CampLitsy

TheBookHippie One of the authors I found through #FOODANDLIT !! 4h
squirrelbrain High praise indeed! 2h
BarbaraBB Wow, that‘s high praise! 2h
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the.maddielo.library
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Addie is deliberate in her deal with a devil and refuses to regret the deal she has made. Everything changes when she meets Henry- somebody who can't forget her. Pay attention to the heading of the chapters as this story skips between Addie's past and her present. The weaving of time and apathy and hope is masterful. The deliberate timing of reveal makes the book so hard to put down.

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behudd
Witch King | Martha Wells
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“Waking was floating to the surface of a soft world of water, not what Kai had expected.”

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Gryffleclaw95
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.5/5)

I really enjoyed Kyo-kun‘s storyline in this volume, and I‘m a big fan of the found-family vibes as well!

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IriDas
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There was a sale at Target and birthday money to spend. It looks like I‘ll be reading a Lego instruction book tonight. :)

Leftcoastzen Fun! 5h
Texreader Yes!!! 4h
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Scochrane26
Exit West: A Novel | Mohsin Hamid
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A friend recommended this book. It has magical realism with doors that take characters to other places, but the rest is set in our current world. It‘s about the migrant experience, around the time when migrants were trying to flee to Greece by boat. The 2 MCs live in a place that is taken over by militants, & they eventually take a door, trying to get to a better place. While it‘s sad at times, it does have a hopeful ending. Bookspin for July

Karisa Thought-provoking book! This one stuck with me for quite a while. 6h
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