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A Caribe Favourite Read

The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

Genres: High Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction

Setting: N/A

Description: A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future,

A father blind to the danger that threatens them all. …Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph

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April 2024 Reading Wrap Up

I read 4 books and got 6 kindle challenge achievements this month!

Now let's look at the breakdown :)

Reading Challenge Progress: I committed to reading 30 books in 2024 so currently I'm ahead by 3 books!

Top Genre read as at April 2024: Fantasy

My first read for April and 10th read for the year was The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige. Rating: 3/5

This book was Book 2 of the Dorothy Must Die quadrilogy. It was a very easy read even though it felt like a fever dream to be quite honest. I liked it well it enough and it did a good job of keeping my attention but I dunno if I have it in me to read 2 more books from this series...we'll let the future decide.

The Wicked Will Rise earned me the Head Start achievement in the 2024 Kindle Spring Challenge. I'm off to a good start :D

Book #11 was Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson Rating: 5/5

This is my first Brandon Sanderson book. It was adorable, as a YA there was no unnecessary pining, the plot twist twisted. I had a great time! Now I'm slightly less scared to read The Way of Kings but that's for when I've finished my reading goal for the year

Tress of the Emerald Sea was one the picks in the 2024 Kindle Spring Challenge. On completion I was given the Series Pioneer achievement as well as the Bookish achievement.

Book #12 was The Sword of Kaigen by M.L.Wang. Rating:4/5

M.L. Wang used every bit of those 600+ pages! I really liked this book but I would mostly likely recommend this to someone who's a bit of a weeb. I don't often read wartime stories, in fact I will quickly skip over any book set in the vicinity of a World War. This story was well done as far as my expectations around war stories go, there was no tedious training arc and we see that life goes on in spite of a tragic thing happening to the MC.

The Sword of Kaigen helped me unlock the 2024 Kindle Spring Challenge The Bards of Kindle achievement on National Talk like Shakespeare Day!

As the Sword of Kaigen was my second Kindle read in the 2024 Kindle Spring Challenge I was also awarded the Bookworm achievement.

Book #13 was Heir of Uncertain Magic by Charlie N. Holmberg . Rating: 3/5

I appreciated this palette cleanser following the previous read. This book was a cute and cozy as book one and pretty much wraps up the trailing bits of the first book. This was more romance than mystery but sometimes middle books are like that.

Heir of Uncertain Magic was my third Kindle read in the 2024 Kindle Spring Challenge I was also awarded the Bibliophile achievement

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And that's it!

See you next month but in the meantime, what have you been reading?

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A Caribe Favourite Read

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Fiction

Setting: N/A

Description: The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea…Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph

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Books are a special kind of poison. They soothe every ache inside of you while making you long for things that don't exist. They make you feel alive while simultaneously making life seem more and more dull with every page you read. Reading makes you feel less alone and yet it creates an ache for companionship - the likes of which you will never know outside of those pages.

Books are a poison I wish I had never drunk, but now that I have - it's the one thing keeping me alive.

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Caribe's Mystery/Thriller/Horror Fiction TBR - Part 2

#the dinner #herman koch #a taste of darkness #strange sally diamond #liz nugent #everyone in my family has killed someone #benjamin stevenson #angels and demons #dan brown #the fifth doll #charlie n holmberg #book tumblr #booklr #bookblr #tbr jar #tbr list #mystery #thriller #horror

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Caribe's Top Reads

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Adult Fiction

Setting: Tau Cetl System

Description: A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined.…Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph

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Caribe's YA Fantasy & Science Fiction TBR - Part 3

#the ivory key #akshaya raman #book tumblr #booklr #bookblr #books #book blog #young adult fantasy #young adult #little thieves #margaret owen #mortal engines #philip reeve #who could that be at this hour? #lemony snicket #leviathan #scott westerfeld #the book of koli #m.r. carey

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One of the hard things about reading long books is feeling you haven’t read a lot because you haven’t finished a book in ages

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Caribe's Top Reads

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Adult Fiction

Setting: USA (Washington)

Description: What’s the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American…Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph

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March 2024 Reading Wrap Up

I read 2 books and got 2 kindle challenge achievements this month!

Now let's look at the breakdown :)

Reading Challenge Progress: I committed to reading 30 books in 2024 so currently I'm ahead by 2 books!

Top Genre read as at 2024: Young Adult

My first read for March and 7th read for the year was Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye. Rating: 2.5/5

First of all, a moment for the cover. My main reason for giving this book a shot is that the book cover artist is West Indian and I give a coin for my people! I liked the representation of Yoruba culture in this book, often times books based on African Culture can feel like the author only experienced it second hand. I think the author portrayed the culture well while still making it understandable for those who haven't experienced it.

Blood Scion earned me the New Year Kindle Challenge Achievements - National Reading Month

Book #8 was Yellowface by R. F. Kuang . Rating: 4/5

This book won Best Fiction for 2023 so that placed it on my radar. Once I acknowledged that this was a horror novel and the main character wasn't to be liked I was able to appreciate the book for what it was. I also appreciated the insight into the publishing world this book gives the reader.

Thanks to Yellowface being a kindle read, I earned the New Year Kindle Challenge Achievement: Page Sage while reading this book. That rounds out all 15 Kindle Challenge Achievements for the Q1. Love that for me.

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And that's it!

See you next month but in the meantime, what have you been reading?

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When you read book that reminds you exactly why you love books so much

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Caribe's Top Reads

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Mystery, Adult Fiction

Setting: USA (Washington)

Description: After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago…Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph

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#remarkably bright creatures #shelby van pelt #contemporary fiction #mystery #adult fiction #book tumblr #booklr #bookblr #books #book blog #favourite reads #book recs #book recommendations

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Caribe's New Works by Black Authors TBR - Part 1

Category: Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction & Science Fiction

#legendborn #tracy deonn #book tumblr #booklr #bookblr #books #book blog #book recs #book recommendations #tbr jar #tbr list #the blood trials #n.e. davenport #children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #delicious monters #liselle sambury #chain gang all stars #nana kwame adjei brenyah #we deserve monuments #jas hammonds

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"Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where I'd keep the book hidden so I could read during class."

-South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

Setting: USA (Mississippi)

Description: Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie Thomas’s searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty…Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph

Content Warning information can be found via the above Storygraph link.

#the hate u give #angie thomas #young adult fiction #contemporary fiction #book tumblr #booklr #bookblr #books #book blog #favourite reads #book recs #book recommendations #diverse reads #diverse books