reading wrap up | books I read in the past 3 months | 2021

[@noorchaali509]

Great reviews !! thank you for your recommendations

[@leeah8419]

Thank you! Do you want to read some of them?

[@ThatsSoPoe]

You read so many interesting books! I struggled a little with the dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God too, but the themes and beauty of the writing were just so wonderful.

[@leeah8419]

I found most of these because of the Invisible Cities Project. Some are quite challenging to get hold of, but it's worth it 😊

[@frannook]

Both An unnecessary woman and My past is a foreign country seem like great books, I had never heard of them before! I'll add them to my tbr

[@leeah8419]

They are both great and I especially liked the first one. There are not that many books out there with an older woman as a main protagonist. 😊 Happy reading!

[@CuriousReader]

You have completely sold me on An Unnecessary Woman, it sounds wonderful and it's now on my wishlist. I really liked hearing about your experience of Llosa's book - it does sound like a really fun premise. Lina Meruane's Seeing Red is mostly set in Chile.

[@leeah8419]

It's not often that a character is so well written like the one in An Unnecessary Woman and I really like the social commentary and cultural context in these type of books - I mean books set in different countries than my own or countries I am familiar with. Thanks for the recommendation! 😊

[@drawyourbook876]

“I love the premise but the actual book was not great” is a common reaction to the shadow king I find

[@leeah8419]

Yes, I hope the movie will be better 😊