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Survivors
by Ben Hubbard
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I love survival story’s and this was a survival book with multiple scenarios.

Son of Nobody
by Yann Martel
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Very interesting format. The stories intertwined beautifully and there was a nice balance of factual information.

diary of a wimpy kid Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinny
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Harlem Rhapsody
by Victoria Christopher Murray
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Harlem Rhapsody is a well-researched historical novel that brings to light the thriving, Black American cultural community in 1920a Harlem despite the racial, political, economic, social and cultural oppression Black people faced from the White majority. The novel tells the story of trailblazing author and literary editor Jessie Redmon Fauset, whose work to promote and elevate talented Black writers and artists (including such iconic writes as Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen) was mostly lost to history. Murray's novel is part of a renewed effort to bring Redmon Fauset's contribution to the Black cultural revolution of the 1920s to light. The similarities of the racial, social, cultural struggles of the 1920s depicted in the novel to that which is happening today is not unnoticed by the reader.

Leaving Everything Most Loved
by Jacquelie Winspear
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#10 in the Maisie Dobbs series. The author continues to write about the lingering effects of World War 1 and the lead up to World War 2.

The Roanoke Girls
by Amy Engel
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Dark world of a twisted family.

Like Family
by Erin O. White
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Kind of boring. Mostly characters complaining about how unhappy they are.

The Mark of Athena
by Rick Riordan
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A great continuation of this series, and what a cliffhanger!! Can’t wait to get my hands on the next one, highly recommended!!

Sisters in Yellow
by Meiko Kawakami
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Great suspenseful opening. Lots of set-up, but the ending kind of floundered.

The Three Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
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Three/fourths of the book are impossibly and intentionally convoluted and incomprehensible. Not enjoyable reading. The only remote sense of enjoyment and clarity that came from the satisfaction of pushing ahead and through to the last few chapters and to some kind of conclusion. I don’t understand how this is anyone’s top 5 sci-fi recommendation. The positive is that the science is very good and the ideas are very original. There are no tropes here. No handholds for the well-practiced and experienced reader. In that way, it was enjoyable in its newness. There’s also the lack of familiarity in regard to the voice and authorship from the Chinese POV. Historically educational and stretching in that way. Difficult reading, but not uninteresting.
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