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7. is there a series/book that got you into reading?

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15. recommend and review a book.

burn the sea by mona tewari is a standalone adult fantasy novel that takes inspiration from the portuguese attacks on south india in the 1500s, based on the story of the real queen abbakka chowta.

i really, really enjoyed it. i loved concept of turning colonizers into these half-men half-snake creatures that attack with presumed impunity, and i loved how firm tewari's abbakka chowta stood for her values and her home. i thought themes of grief, power, and resistance were explored very well. i also liked what the narrative did with complicity a lot – the characters were not all wholly perfect individuals with perfect politics that opposed the invasion into their homeland, some of them were spineless, and cowardly, and unwilling to meet the moment. it was a very interesting and refreshing take on a story like this, definitely worth the read.

hi bee!! thank you! also sorry this took so long lol this week has been crazy at work

9. Did you get into any new genres?

i did! i read remote control by nnedi okorafor earlier this year, which is science fiction, and definitely not a genre i read often, but i loved it. hoping to read more scifi next year

22. What’s the longest book you read?

homeseeking by karissa chen was over 500 pages, and i think that's my longest. i loved it, but multigenerational family sagas are some of favorite books to read tho haha

24. Did you DNF anything? Why?

Astha Butail

Ever Lasting Day

2014