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Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Fiction
Setting: N/A
Description: The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea鈥ead more on Goodreads/Storygraph
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Books are a special kind of poison. They soothe every ache inside of you while making you long for things that don't exist. They make you feel alive while simultaneously making life seem more and more dull with every page you read. Reading makes you feel less alone and yet it creates an ache for companionship - the likes of which you will never know outside of those pages.
Books are a poison I wish I had never drunk, but now that I have - it's the one thing keeping me alive.
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Caribe's Top Reads
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Adult Fiction
Setting: Tau Cetl System
Description: A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined.鈥ead more on Goodreads/Storygraph
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One of the hard things about reading long books is feeling you haven鈥檛 read a lot because you haven鈥檛 finished a book in ages
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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Adult Fiction
Setting: USA (Washington)
Description: What鈥檚 the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn鈥檛 write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American鈥ead more on Goodreads/Storygraph
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March 2024 Reading Wrap Up
I read 2 books and got 2 kindle challenge achievements this month!
Now let's look at the breakdown :)
Reading Challenge Progress: I committed to reading 30 books in 2024 so currently I'm ahead by 2 books!
Top Genre read as at 2024: Young Adult
My first read for March and 7th read for the year was Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye. Rating: 2.5/5
First of all, a moment for the cover. My main reason for giving this book a shot is that the book cover artist is West Indian and I give a coin for my people! I liked the representation of Yoruba culture in this book, often times books based on African Culture can feel like the author only experienced it second hand. I think the author portrayed the culture well while still making it understandable for those who haven't experienced it.
Blood Scion earned me the New Year Kindle Challenge Achievements - National Reading Month
Book #8 was Yellowface by R. F. Kuang . Rating: 4/5
This book won Best Fiction for 2023 so that placed it on my radar. Once I acknowledged that this was a horror novel and the main character wasn't to be liked I was able to appreciate the book for what it was. I also appreciated the insight into the publishing world this book gives the reader.
Thanks to Yellowface being a kindle read, I earned the New Year Kindle Challenge Achievement: Page Sage while reading this book. That rounds out all 15 Kindle Challenge Achievements for the Q1. Love that for me.
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And that's it!
See you next month but in the meantime, what have you been reading?
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When you read book that reminds you exactly why you love books so much
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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Mystery, Adult Fiction
Setting: USA (Washington)
Description: After Tova Sullivan鈥檚 husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she鈥檚 been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago鈥ead more on Goodreads/Storygraph
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"Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where I'd keep the book hidden so I could read during class."
-South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Setting: USA (Mississippi)
Description: Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie Thomas鈥檚 searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty鈥ead more on Goodreads/Storygraph
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