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Hello everyone, I hope you’re having a great week so far. Today I’m sharing the next five physical books on my TBR (I’m also going to be popping in a couple of Kindle reads). They are:⁣ ⁣ ☘️ Himself by Jess Kidd - this is the author’s debut novel and it is set in Ireland involving “strange kindnesses, casual violence and buried secrets,” Sounds too intriguing to resist! ⁣ ⁣ 😳 A Version Of The Truth by B.P. Walter - this is set across two time periods - 1990 and 2019 and involves secrets that have been buried for over twenty-five years and are about to be unearthed. ⁣ ⁣ 👭👬 The Rest Of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness - this follows a group of ordinary teenagers who all have their individual struggles. Ness is one of my favourite authors but I haven’t read anything by him for ages!⁣ ⁣ 😔 Heartland by Sarah Smarsh - this nonfiction book covers the life of the author as she grew up in poverty. It explores class divide and the attitudes to the poor. Looks fascinating! ⁣ ⁣ ⏰ Red At The Bone - Jacqueline Woodson - another Women’s Prize 2020 long-listed book, this short novel follows how history and community have affected the life of one community. ⁣ ⁣ As always, I’d love to know if you’ve read any of these books and what you thought. Let me know in the comments! 😊 #bookstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookstack #tbrpile #himself #jesskidd #aversionofthetruth #bpwalter #therestofusjustlivehere #patrickness #heartland #sarahsmarsh #redatthebone #jacquelinewoodson #womensprizeforfiction #womensprizeforfiction2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBgRoxqgZPq/?igshid=8zvckzun1ua

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{ #currentlyreading ☀️ the next book in my tbr is Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson. I've been meaning to read it for a while, after reading Brown Girl Dreaming and loving Woodson's writing💕} • • • #redatthebone #jacquelinewoodson #blackauthors #bookrecommendations #bookishcanadians #cequejelis #livreaddict (à Rimouski, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQCtIXAdqL/?igshid=14ejf6rfmckbj

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Jacqueline Woodson - Red at the Bone

When Iris gets pregnant at the age of fifteen, she only takes in the fact that she and her boyfriend Aubrey are going to have a baby. What this really means for her life, she cannot assess at that moment. Sixteen years later, her daughter Melody is having her coming-of-age-party wearing the dress that was once meant for her mother. Not just Iris’s life takes another road with the unexpected kid, also her parents’ plans and of course those of Aubrey and his family change due to the new situation and all of them also have to face the world outside their family bubbly where not everybody is totally understanding. A novel about family bonds and about what influence a single human being can have on how you live your life.

 Jacqueline Woodson has chosen a discontinuous mode of narration. Not only does she spring back and forward chronologically, but she also gives different characters a voice and also has a 3rd person narrator tell parts of the plot. This makes the whole story quite lively and often unexpected because at the beginning of each chapter you do not know where you are starting from and who is addressing you.

 There are some central topics focussed on, first of all, of course, the teenager falling pregnant. The family manages the situation perfectly, no major fight or disruption arises from Iris’s decision to keep the baby, but it is hard to read about the reactions of her friends and school, even though I would classify it as highly authentic. The only person really struggling with the new-born, yet, is Iris who can never really bond with her daughter. She puts some effort in their relationship, but it is simply never enough and she most certainly suffers from the chances that she in her own perception never had in her life due to becoming a mother that early – admittedly, I had the impression that life could be much worse under these circumstances and Iris had a lot of opportunities to fulfil her dreams.

 Another aspect are the class-related and skin-colour attributed options in life. These do not determine the characters’ fate, yet provide some food for thought as do family relations in general in the novel.

 The novel offers a lot of blind spots, leaves gaps that you have to fill on your own due to the structure of the narration. I actually liked it because it makes you think on after reading and sticking with the book much longer. I also enjoyed Jacqueline Woodson’s style e of writing which is well adapted to the different characters and authentic.

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Hey everyone hope you’re doing well. Today I’m sharing the third part of my gigantic book haul. This lovely lot is part of the Women’s Prize long-list for 2020 and I’ve challenged myself to read all sixteen books. These were all given to me for my birthday from family and friends so thank you SO much to them for their generosity 😍Have you read any of these? I’d love to know your thoughts! #bookstagram #bookworm #bookhaul #womensprizeforfiction #womensprizelonglist #womensprize2020 #djinnpatrolonthepurpleline #deepaanappara #themostfunweeverhad #clairelombardo #actress #anneenright #dominicana #angiecruz #redatthebone #jacquelinewoodson #athousandships #nataliehaynes #howwedisappeared #jingjinglee #nightingalepoint #luangoldie #weather #jennyoffill https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2xtN4AHv8/?igshid=28x0j5nbd3uz

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My January book haul and books I've read from my physical TBR in January. Cursed was a DNF at around 50 %, maybe I'll give it another shot some other time but it was really boring. #bookhaul #bookstagram #morrigancrow #dreamsofgodsandmonsters #lainitaylor #redatthebone #jacquelinewoodson #thebody #billbryson #invisiblewomen #carolinecriadoperez #suchafunage #kileyreid #bloodheir #ilonaandrews #winterofthewitch #katherinearden #mythos #stephenfry #mitopeja #theboythemolethefoxandthehorse #cemeteryboys #ANEMBERINTHEASHES #betweentheworldandme #aidenthomas #sabaatahir #tanehisicoates #instabook #readingaddict #bookworm https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkT7pqgjx_/?igshid=1jabmsvmjonz0

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📖 BOOK REVIEW 📖⁣ ⁣ Hello everyone, hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend. Today I’m back with a short review for a small but perfectly gorgeous book long-listed for The Women’s Prize For Fiction 2020.⁣ ⁣ Red At The Bone starts with a party for sixteen year old Melody and then jumps from the present back in time to explore the history of different relationships and historical events within the same African American family. ⁣ ⁣ We find out about the relationship between Melody’s parents Iris and Aubrey and what the future might hold for them as a family and the love story between her grandparents, Sammy Po’Boy and Sabe. Each character is given space and time to tell their tale and we get a very clear sense of the character’s journey that beautifully illustrates how that individual got to the place they are in during the present day.⁣ ⁣ It’s a wonderfully simple yet intricate tale told from multiple perspectives that explores so many important issues including poverty, race, class, family, secrets, sexuality and the decisions that you make which turn out to have a huge impact on the rest of your life. ⁣ ⁣ I thought the writing was absolutely stunning and for such a small book, it fair packs a punch. I’ll definitely be reading more from Jacqueline Woodson.⁣ ⁣ Four stars 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 ⁣ ⁣ #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm #bookstagrammer #bookreview #redatthebone #jacquelinewoodson #fourstarreads #womensprizeforfiction #womensprizelonglist2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9Nufog5MO/?igshid=1hkry47rd4b4l