I read this book for the Read Harder 2019 Challenge. I needed an #ownvoices book set in Oceania: the #ownvoices part means by an indigenous author, and Oceania is Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific islands. The Things She’s Seen is by brother and sister Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina, from the Palyku people of…
Emma O’Donovan is not a nice girl. She’s mean to her closest friends and she wants every boy to be in love with her. She lies, she steals, and she’s not exactly a virgin. As she turns 18, her life is pretty good. She’s been told since childhood that she’s the prettiest girl in their small Irish…
For those interested in reading memoirs about events in other countries, I recommend this book by a young woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sandra is from a Congolese tribe called the Banyamulenge that has been a frequent target of ethnic violence. In August 2004, ten-year-old Sandra sees her mother and sister gunned down…
Last month I listened to my first audiobook. Well, not exactly… there was that road trip many years ago where my husband and I listened to Fellowship of the Ring. But this was the first time I picked an audiobook for my own entertainment. I’ve always preferred reading to listening, so why the change? I’m…
The Book Stop 