Reading plans : BookerTalk

Sample Sunday is an opportunity to check all the books on my shelves and decide what to keep

Sample Sunday: Decision Time On Novels From Serbia to Africa

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 BookerTalk 1 Comment African authors, Michael Ondaatje, Sample Sunday, Téa Obreht, TBR

A memoir of life in Mao’s China, a boy’s journey through war ravaged Africa and a grief struck Scottish community. Which of these books deserve space on my shelves?

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Sample Sunday: Decision Time On Tales From Somalia, China and Scotland

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 BookerTalk 9 Comments Anchee Min, Donald S Murray, Nadifa Mohamed, Sample Sunday, TBR

A memoir of life in Mao’s China, a boy’s journey through war ravaged Africa and a grief struck Scottish community. Which of these books deserve space on my shelves?

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What I’m Reading : Episode 38, September 2021: terrorism and injustice

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 BookerTalk 21 Comments #20booksofsummer, Australia Reading Month, Booker prize, Novellas in November

Oops, September is almost at an end and I haven’t done my monthly “What I’m Reading” posts. Better get cracking

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Sample Sunday: Decision Time On Refugee Tales and Missing Babies

September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 BookerTalk 15 Comments Christy Lefteri, Clarice Lispector, Sample Sunday, TBR

An abducted baby, refugees fleeing from Syria and a girl from the poor backstreets of Rio de Janeiro: which of these novels deserve space on my shelves?