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#21. THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini // ★★★☆☆
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Man, this one was brutal. Well written and I liked the pacing, but the scenes of rape and child sex slavery were tragic and terrible. (I went into this one completely blind and was pretty shocked when I stumbled on them.) If you go into the book prepared for a tough read, I’m sure the experience could be different. Solid three stars.
#22. MERCY FALLS by William Kent Krueger // ★★★☆☆
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Book #5 in the Cork O’Connor series! Not every book in a series is a show-stopper; this one was good, but not great.
#23. A MEMORY FOR WONDERS by Mother Veronica Namoyo Le Goulard, PCC // ★★★☆☆
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This one is a memoir/conversion story about a French girl from a Marxist family who grew up in a wild Morocco frontier. She ultimately converted to Catholicism and then became a religious nun. Interesting.
#24. BREATHLESS by Amy McCulloch // ★★★☆☆
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From the description: “A high-stakes thriller set in the world of extreme-altitude mountaineering that takes a dark turn when a series of deaths can no longer be written off as accidents.” I learned a ton about mountain climbing (and now have no interest in ever doing it myself!) but I felt like the “thriller” part of the book fell flat. An entertaining read, but somewhat forgettable. (Breathless will be released on May 3, 2022. Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book!)
#25. THE LIGHTKEEPER’S WIFE by Sarah Anne Johnson // ★★☆☆☆
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This book was nothing like I expected it to be from the blurb on the back! While I liked the descriptions of the coast and the lighthouse, the book primarily focused on gender and discovering sexuality. Not necessarily a bad thing for the right reader, but definitely not for me.
#26. THE RISE AND FALL OF MOUNT MAJESTIC by Jennifer Trafton // ★★★★☆
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Our read aloud for April. A fun one with some laugh out loud moments. The kids loved it.
Great job 🙂