I only read one book I rated five stars in October, and it doesn't come out in the United States until December. But you have probably heard about it - it won the Booker Prize this year!
Girl, Woman, Other isn't a book I expected to like. I thought it might be too much about the regionality of certain neighborhoods in London that I don't have any familiarity with. Instead it's about women whose lives intersect. A theme running through is blackness and how the long history of oppression shows up in individual lives, about how trauma lingers and memory effects the future.
There is also a large variety of sexualities and personalities, making it unputdownable. I devoured it, finishing it the day before the prize was announced.
230.
Little
Slaughterhouse on the Prairie by Harold
Schechter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Kindle eBook;
my review)
231.
Motherhood
so White by Neferiti
Austin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
232.
The
Pursuit by Joyce
Carol Oates ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
233.
The
Circle of Karma by Kunzang
Choden ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy;
my review)
234.
The
Blue Sky by Galsan
Tschinag ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy;
my review)
235.
Crossing by Pajtim
Statovci ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher;
my review)
236.
Little
Weirds by Jenny
Slate ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss;
my review)
237.
There's
Something About Sweetie by Sandhya
Menon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (print ARC from publisher;
my review)
238.
Girl,
Woman, Other by Bernardine
Evaristo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss;
my review)
239.
The
Painted Forest by Krista
Eastman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (print ARC from publisher;
my review)
240.
Meet
Me in the Future by Kameron
Hurley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
241.
Red
at the Bone by Jacqueline
Woodson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
242.
I
Hope We Choose Love by Kai
Cheng Thom ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss;
my review)
243.
Say
Say Say by Lila
Savage ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher;
my review)
244.
Women
on Food edited by Charlotte
Druckman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
245.
Await
Your Reply by Dan
Chaon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library copy;
my review)
246.
The
Blue Castle by L.M.
Montgomery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library eBook;
my review)
247.
Notes
from a Young Black Chef by Kwame
Onwuachi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy;
my review)
248.
Tales
of the City by Armistead
Maupin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy audiobook;
my review)
249.
First
Light by Charles
Baxter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library copy;
my review)
250.
The
Deep by Rivers
Solomon et al ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
251.
Twenty-one
Truths about Love by Matthew
Dicks ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
252.
Royal
Holiday by Jasmine
Guillory ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
Books Read: 23
Audiobooks: 1
eBooks: 15
Print: 7
Library copy: 3
Personal copy: 4
Review copy: 16
Asia 2019 goal: 2
TBR Explode project: 3
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
as of this posting, a bonus download)
