Charlotte Bobalina
@charlibobalina.bsky.social
Disabled mum from Aotearoa, book lover.
Recording my reads and anything else I think about.
Recording my reads and anything else I think about.
Book no 8 is Lay Them To Rest by Laurah Norton. A really interesting account of writer professor and researcher Norton working with an amazing team to give unidentified decedents their identities back. It also covered some areas that true crime can sometimes forget about, such as iding trans victims
February 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Book no 8 is Lay Them To Rest by Laurah Norton. A really interesting account of writer professor and researcher Norton working with an amazing team to give unidentified decedents their identities back. It also covered some areas that true crime can sometimes forget about, such as iding trans victims
Book no 7 is This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan. As engaging as the previous book in the series, and just as fun and sexy too, but with enough plot to get your teeth into. I’m not a smut-seeker, but if it’s something you like, you’d like Ryan’s work. She does it very well. Romance the way I like it!
February 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Book no 7 is This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan. As engaging as the previous book in the series, and just as fun and sexy too, but with enough plot to get your teeth into. I’m not a smut-seeker, but if it’s something you like, you’d like Ryan’s work. She does it very well. Romance the way I like it!
No 6 and the first book of Feb, The Mourner’s Bestiary by Eiran Caffal. This book put me through it, but it also helped me feel a lot of things I’ve been repressing. Heavy on the ecological collapse, chronic illness and familial death, so check CWs. Beautifully written and very relevant.
January 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
No 6 and the first book of Feb, The Mourner’s Bestiary by Eiran Caffal. This book put me through it, but it also helped me feel a lot of things I’ve been repressing. Heavy on the ecological collapse, chronic illness and familial death, so check CWs. Beautifully written and very relevant.
No 5 and probably the last book of January. They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. Poetic, poignant, at times heart achingly beautiful writing. Hanif has an eclectic and wide ranging knowledge of music and the way it impacts and mirrors pop culture.
January 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
No 5 and probably the last book of January. They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. Poetic, poignant, at times heart achingly beautiful writing. Hanif has an eclectic and wide ranging knowledge of music and the way it impacts and mirrors pop culture.
No 4. Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P Manansala. Another instalment in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen series. A quick easy and comforting mystery series, which manages to show how easy it is to be inclusive of a wide range of cultures, genders and sexualities. Comforting in its familiarity.
January 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
No 4. Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P Manansala. Another instalment in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen series. A quick easy and comforting mystery series, which manages to show how easy it is to be inclusive of a wide range of cultures, genders and sexualities. Comforting in its familiarity.
No 3. If You Can’t Take the Heat by Geraldine DeRuiter. Insightful, cutting, witty. Had me emotional one minute and laughing the next. Really made me think about the importance of food and who we choose to enjoy it with. Made me hungry a good 90% of the time I was reading it.
January 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
No 3. If You Can’t Take the Heat by Geraldine DeRuiter. Insightful, cutting, witty. Had me emotional one minute and laughing the next. Really made me think about the importance of food and who we choose to enjoy it with. Made me hungry a good 90% of the time I was reading it.
No 2 for January was The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates, which I neglected picking up until I only had 3 days left on my loan and then immediately regretted because I wish I’d had more time to savour the lyrical and insightful prose. The topics covered have only become more relevant. Highly recommend.
January 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
No 2 for January was The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates, which I neglected picking up until I only had 3 days left on my loan and then immediately regretted because I wish I’d had more time to savour the lyrical and insightful prose. The topics covered have only become more relevant. Highly recommend.
Going to use #booksky to record my reads this year. No. 1 was The New Age of Empire by Kehinde Andrews. Insightful and chillingly prescient. A great read to understand the history that has lead to this global moment we currently find ourselves in.
January 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Going to use #booksky to record my reads this year. No. 1 was The New Age of Empire by Kehinde Andrews. Insightful and chillingly prescient. A great read to understand the history that has lead to this global moment we currently find ourselves in.