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Bookwormjillk
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Pickpick

I absolutely loved flipping through this cookbook that covered several African countries. The photography was lovely and the stories of the women featured were life giving. All of the food looked great but I am most excited to try Rum with Berry Soda from Mozambique, Shaah Cadays (chai) from Somalia, and Chakalaka & Cheddar Braaibroodjies (grilled cheese) from S Africa. #LMPBC will mail this week!

mabell I saved the shaah cadays recipe too! 14mo
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mabell
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Pickpick

A vibrant, lovely book about culture, food, and family. It features a selection of fulfilled women sharing what is special to them and how they describe their place in the world.
I saved quite a few recipes to try - they are all very approachable!

#LMPBC #GroupK

It will be on its it‘s way to you @Bookwormjillk !

Bookwormjillk Looking forward to it! 14mo
Bookwormjillk I got this. Can‘t wait to get started. 14mo
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mabell
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It‘s arrived! Thanks @Amandajoy !

This a gorgeous book - I‘m looking forward to it!

#GroupK #LMPBC

Tamra This is a wonderful book! 1y
Bookwormjillk Looks good! 1y
mabell @Tamra @Bookwormjillk Just flipping through - the photography is fabulous, and I‘m excited about the recipes! 1y
Amandajoy Yay! 1y
Maria514626 Can‘t wait to get that one! 1y
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Amandajoy
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If you use a magnifying glass, you can see my 2022 reads 🤣

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Amandajoy
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Reading adjacent goal is to finish up my library and spend more time in it reading.

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galueth28
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Pickpick

I really dropped the ball on the Reading Africa challenge, but I did found a new author.

Paulina Chiziane is from Mozambique and a Camões prize winner. The book I read is not the tagged one, but it's about a mother and daughter and their lives between the colonial period and post independence.

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Cinfhen
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Pickpick

Finally finished this one today - and I must say Dipo Faloyin does exactly what he sets out to do….” breaking stereotypes of modern Africa” 🙌🏻❣️This book contains a lot of information mostly about how often African is pigeonholed into one common idea/place/ culture when it‘s SO much more. This was a bit drier than I expected but the knowledge and insight gained was well worth my time. And towards the very end I got #Mozambique 🙏🏻😁

BarbaraBB Glad it ended up being a pick! And yay for Mozambique! 1y
Librarybelle Awesome! I snagged an ARC of this one, and it‘s currently sitting on my pile of books on my dresser. I‘ll get to it one of these days! 1y
Daisey I‘m currently listening to this one as well, and at this point I think my review is going to be similar. 1y
Cinfhen I‘m glad to hear you feel similarly @Daisey 1y
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Liz_M
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Another great #FoodandLit meal, this time for #Kenya. Kachumbari (tomato and onion salad), Mukimo with Onions and Greens, Carrot drink, and Basboosa (semolina cake).

BarbaraBB Looking so good - again! 2y
Catsandbooks Tasty!! 2y
Tamra This is such a wonderful book to read & cook! 2y
Dilara It looks delicious! 2y
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Texreader
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Mia Couto is a prominent author from #Mozambique, and this is the first in a trilogy set during Portugal‘s colonization of the country in the late 1800s. It alternates storytellers, one a young black teenage girl and the other a white Portugal soldier who‘s been banished to Mozambique for committing treason on a ship. I really didn‘t get that there was a story here, so much as two people describing their lives and how they ultimately interact. ⬇️

Texreader There‘s some mysticism as well. There was really no plot and I didn‘t come to care for the characters. I felt there could have been much more of a story here if it relied more on the girl‘s story. Even her chapters were more about her family than about her. I did get a good feel for life during this time for both the native population and its occupiers so not a complete loss. #readingafrica2022 (edited) 2y
Librarybelle That‘s a shame! 2y
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Lizwarnerpdx
A Time to Die | Wilbur Smith
Bailedbailed

Book #8 in the Courtney family series. I was unable to get a digital copy of this anywhere & due to hand issues am not able to hold paperbacks…so instead of reading the whole book I read the plot on Wikipedia. I wish I could‘ve read the entire thing as it sounds interesting.