Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.
Let me proceed to list all the books with wonderful covers that I will never get a chance to read because I am utterly shit at this reading thing.
Continue reading [Top Ten Tuesday] – #146 – Spring Covers For Spring 2017
Book Title: The Gauntlet Author: Karuna Riazi Number of pages: 298
Synopsis:
When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand—a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik’s cube—they know it’s up to them to defeat the game’s diabolical architect in order to save themselves and those who are trapped inside, including her baby brother Ahmed. But first they have to figure out how.?
(re: Goodreads @ The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi)
– Middle Eastern Jumanji; board game with puzzles although present in third person re: readers may find difficulty in participating in the game too
– The culture and heritage of the characters just are and are not trivialized
– Challenges lack urgency and reads as though failure is rarely a possibility; some plot holes left unresolved
– Protagonist/heroine is one to look up to; a role model of wit and resourcefulness
– Lots of inclusion of food
I had so much excitement for this book yo.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of The Gauntlet from Simon and Schuster Canada.
Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.
I will fight you on being the most superficial of superficial when it comes to picking up the next read.
(and oh my god I have not posted in so long I apologize).
Continue reading [Top Ten Tuesday] – #145 – Things That Will Make Me Pick Up A Book
thoughts and afterthoughts. 