mia finished reading Kemosha of the Caribbean by Alex Wheatle
An immersive re-imagining of life in Port Royal for one young Black woman in the pirate/privateer era.
Reviews and Comments
Mostly reading fiction.
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mia commented on Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
Too whimsical for me at the time, didn't finish
mia commented on A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Oprah's Book Club (44))
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this …
Didn't finish it! Too bleak.
mia commented on The Accidental Woman by Jonathan Coe
Clever, but casually cruel (and a bit cavallier about sexual assault)
mia finished reading Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko
Excellent, fresh voice
mia rated Edenglassie: 5 stars
mia rated Still Life: 4 stars
mia finished reading Still Life by Sarah Winman
It was fine; excellent reading before a trip to Florence
mia rated In the Blood: 5 stars
mia finished reading Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
Excellent
mia commented on Homecoming by Kate Morton
Would read more of her works
mia reviewed Loot by Aaron Elkins
Loot
I'd read more about the same detective character
mia rated All Systems Red: 5 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …