MJV Bookish Thoughts
Bookish thoughts, book reviews and book giveaways.
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Doing the Work I Love
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis week I made the big leap in switching platforms for My Jamaican Vignettes. I am excited about this, my first official WordPress post. Over the past three months, writing…
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Book Review: Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica
Reading Time: 2 minutesI hesitated when selecting this book because I did not like Kubica’s massively successful debut novel, The Good Girl. I was glad I chose to give Kubica a second try,…
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Book review: Keep You Close by Lucie Whitehouse
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was blown away by this book. Lucie Whitehouse’s Keep You Close started off slow and at times in the first few chapters, I got really annoyed by the main character,…
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Book review: My Disorganised Life by Nina Whyle
Reading Time: 2 minutesI truly enjoyed this book. This is fun chick lit story with Eve Poots obsessive list maker, trying to take control and live life to the fullest after rough and publicly…
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Review of Pepperpot: Best New Stories From the Caribbean
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis short story collection was exactly what I have been craving. I needed to read and connect with Caribbean narratives. The vivid images of the islands represented and the music of the…
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Happy Endings
Reading Time: 2 minutesWednesday marked a three-year work anniversary and I struggled all day not to cry because I am so frustrated. I am at the end; I can no longer see the…
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Taking Time To Set Intentions (Again)
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe heady elation of the New Year and new beginnings has subsided and I now feel unsettled. The first week of 2016 was just fantastic. I was home, I took time…
