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Books Read and Reviewed in March 2024!

Here it is already the end of another month. Where does the time go? I have been busy as usual reading some wonderful books for the month of March of 2024. Here are the 6 books I read and reviewed for March. I might have read even more if I didn’t have a few WIP. But I always seemed to have a WIP! That fact never stops me! I hope you enjoy reading these reviews. I love sharing my eclectic reads…

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Review: Train to Nowhere by Kay Bratt

Train to Nowhere by Kay Bratt

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Saw this sitting on my carousel, knew I have liked Kay Bratt’s stories before so started reading it last night. Nearly finished reading it before time to sleep. But sleep won. It didn’t take long for me to finish the story win I woke up this morning. It was well worth the read.

Imagine being forced to hop on a train away from you parents just…

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Mia is a confused soul. After being adopted as a toddler, she's led a life of comfort surrounded by loving parents and a pack of protective brothers. Now she's in college with only a few years until obtaining a degree that will allow her to use her past to help others. Then why all of a sudden does she feel so unsettled? It all boils down to the reality that she was found wandering alone in a Chinese train station so long ago. Deciding she must face her past to embrace her future, Mia takes a journey to the mysterious land of her birth on a mission to find answers. As she follows the invisible red thread back through her motherland, she finds herself enamored by the history and culture of her heritage--strengthening her resolve to get to the truth, even as Chinese officials struggle to keep it buried. With her unwavering spirit of determination, Mia will battle the forces stacked against her and face mystery, danger, a dash of romance, and finally a conclusion that will change her life. 91,000 words, 344 pages.

Note: This book was free when posted. Check it still is if you only want it for free.

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well that was the saddest thing i've done in ages

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Completed: Silent Tears [3 of 80]

Sigh. I really, really wanted to like Silent Tears by Kay Bratt. For so many reasons, I wanted to love it [for my desire to visit China, for my friends who have adopted internationally, for our shared faith & values, for my own developing nation experiences…] but for so many more reasons, I did not. Here's just a few: The lack of narrative, the story was told completely from her journal entries over the 4 years [some of which just listed what she did that day!]. The book started with a narrative, and I was hoping that would continue, or at least flip back and forth, but alas, it did not. I also found myself getting annoyed or even angry at the author's [unintentional?] imperialistic world view. I get it, America is great…especially if it's all you know…but any comparison she made to China, made it sound so very offensive. And her constant references to "expatriates". We get it. You had lots of friends from nations other than China. 

What I DID like about this book was that it brought awareness to a very real and serious problem, the lack of care of orphans in China. I respect the author's selfless & tireless work at this particular orphanage, which truly sounded horrendous at times. If this book inspires more people to adopt Chinese orphans, then to me, it's a success.

But maybe for your next book, try a different writing style.