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The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee is a fascinating memoir of her defection from North Korea. She left North Korean shortly before her 18th birthday and after many years of hiding in China (under many different names) and in spite of incredible obstacles, Hyeonseo made it to South Korea in 2008 and received asylum. After succeeding in getting her family out of North Korea as well, she started speaking out against the North Korean regime and trying to garner international support for North Korean refugees. She was noticed and asked to give a @ted Talk in 2013 which you can check out on their website. The book followed and was published in 2015. At times during the book I couldn't help but wonder if some of the stories were embellished a bit because they are so unbelievable. However, it is clear she is a very strong, brave person who risked everything and has created a very good life for herself and her family against all odds! I am very glad I read this book as I learned more about North Korean life, why some don't feel the need to leave North Korea, and how difficult adjusting to life outside of North Korea can be for those who do escape. ⭐️And don’t forget to check out my Book Giveaway in my previous post!!⭐️ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instareads #bookreviews #whattoread #greatreads #bookworm #bookaholic #booklover #reading #houstontexas #booksharks #bookclub #northkorea #hyeonseolee #thegirlwithsevennames #tedtalks
⭐️⭐️GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!⭐️⭐️ To celebrate reaching 200 Instagram followers I am giving away a copy of Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens!! It was published in August of this year and is incredible! It has made it to the final round of the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards in the Historical Fiction category! You don’t want to miss this one and here’s your chance to get it free!! To enter this giveaway: 1️⃣ Follow @832bookreview 2️⃣ Like this post 3️⃣ Tag 2 friends who might like this giveaway 4️⃣ Receive an additional entry if you tag more than 2 friends! This giveaway is only on Instagram, it is not affiliated with Instagram, and is US only this time. The winner will be randomly selected. The entry period will run from Nov. 14 through 5pm CST on Sunday November 18, 2018. You might even get it in time for Thanksgiving!! Thanks for following me! #bookgiveaway #bookstagram #whattoread #goodreadschoiceawards
I really enjoyed learning more about Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy - a girl who seems to have it all! Even though this was a fictional account, author Kerri Maher did a lot of research and put together an interesting and entertaining story around some real-life accounts for her debut novel, The Kennedy Debutante. I had no idea that Kick had such a short life marked by so much waiting. I was also fascinated to learn of the terrible conflicts she went through as a Catholic falling in love with a Protestant. I even learned things about other members of the Kennedy clan that I didn’t know, like how mush physical pain JFK was in growing up! Thank you to @penguinrandomhouse and First To Read for my electronic copy of this book. I am looking forward to what this author writes next! @kerrimaherwriter #thekennedydebutante #kickkennedy #kathleenkennedy #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instareads #bookreviews #whattoread #greatreads #bookworm #bookaholic #booklover #reading #houstontexas #booksharks #thekennedys
I am reviewing Rough Passage to London by Robin Lloyd as part of A Suzy Approved Book Tour! The author, Robin Lloyd, found out he was a direct descendant of Ely Morgan who was a sailor in the early to mid 1800’s. Through Lloyd’s research he found a few family letters around which he could build a fictional story. Morgan was growing up during and after the War of 1812 with a father who had a very bad temper and two brothers who left the family home to work on the high seas. After their family receives news that one brother died and the other was missing at sea, Morgan decides it is time for him to leave as well, to escape his father and to try to find his brother. He becomes a sailor on a ship sailing the New York to London routes in hopes of finding clues about his lost brother. Through the years, he becomes an excellent sailor and eventually becomes Captain Morgan! He goes through many rough times, has many “rough passages”, but he does eventually find some answers. I usually love historical fiction so I was excited to read about a subject that was fairly new to me – maritime history. I must say that I did not connect with it like I do many other historical fiction novels. The author did an amazing job researching his subject and portraying the era as realistically as possible. And as much as there were some intriguing interactions with famous people like Charles Dickens and even Queen Victoria, the story just dragged on for me a bit. If you like stories from the high seas or historical maritime stories then you will probably like this one as I do have more of an appreciation for the dangerous sailing life of that time! Rough Passage to London was originally published in 2013 and was just released in trade paperback last month. Thank you to @suzyapprovedbooktours, @getredpr and Lyons Press for the opportunity to read and review Rough Passage to London! #roughpassagetolondon #robinlloyd #maritimehistory #bookstagram #historicalfiction
#BookMail!! I am so excited for my Book of the Month Club book this month! Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty! There were some great choices this month which made it hard to choose but I’m really looking forward to reading this! #bookofthemonth #lianemoriarty #nineperfectstrangers #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instareads #bookreviews #whattoread #greatreads #bookworm #bookaholic #booklover #reading #houstontexas #booksharks
Family Trust by Kathy Wang is People Magazine’s book of the week. They say “...it’s a guaranteed jackpot for book clubs.” I think I’ll add it to my TBR list:). What do you think? #peoplemagazine #tbr #bookoftheweek #familytrust #kathywang #bookstagram #whattoread

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