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Cheryl Carey
is 7% done
Already I am feeling for Mina Foi a divorced woman who finds herself back with the family she was born into. Her mother is strict and unrelenting and so here Mina Foi finds herself stuck with her Indian family.
The writing is intriguing a cross between precision and poetic.
When I pick a book from Barrack Obama's Reading List I am almost never disappointed.
Looks as if this will be a 3-4 day read at 645 pages.
— Mar 25, 2026 06:06AM
The writing is intriguing a cross between precision and poetic.
When I pick a book from Barrack Obama's Reading List I am almost never disappointed.
Looks as if this will be a 3-4 day read at 645 pages.
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Cheryl Carey
is 52% done
Will be ramping back up on this on the 1st.
If you are interested in a month long discussion of this book which was short listed for The Booker Prize as well as on Barrack Obama's Reading List for 2025...
Join us in our group read...
GROUP NAME...
Literary Fiction by People of Color
You would be joining just in time!
Weekly pages to be read will be posted on May 1st.
We discuss as we read along...no spoilers!
— Apr 29, 2026 08:58AM
If you are interested in a month long discussion of this book which was short listed for The Booker Prize as well as on Barrack Obama's Reading List for 2025...
Join us in our group read...
GROUP NAME...
Literary Fiction by People of Color
You would be joining just in time!
Weekly pages to be read will be posted on May 1st.
We discuss as we read along...no spoilers!
Cheryl Carey
is 52% done
Putting this aside until the library can lend it to me again
Keeping my fingers crossed that my reading group chooses it for our May online discussion
It most certainly is a "meaty" enough novel that it warrants a month long discussion. Secondly it is long enough that it is a tome at 688 pages
This novel was on Barrack Obama's Reading List last year as well being short listed in 2025 for The Booker Prize.
— Apr 05, 2026 10:36PM
Keeping my fingers crossed that my reading group chooses it for our May online discussion
It most certainly is a "meaty" enough novel that it warrants a month long discussion. Secondly it is long enough that it is a tome at 688 pages
This novel was on Barrack Obama's Reading List last year as well being short listed in 2025 for The Booker Prize.
Cheryl Carey
is 25% done
Really enjoying the lovely lyrical writing style of Desai.
— Mar 30, 2026 03:39PM
Cheryl Carey
is starting
This book has been on my Libby holds list for a short bit.
Chose to read this book for 2 reasons:
1. Every year since 2019 when Barrack Obama started releasing his reading list I have chosen 2 of his books from the list to read. I already read The King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby...of course I did as his southern crime noir is excellent reading.
2. Had a desire to begin exploring Booker Short Listed novels.
— Mar 20, 2026 07:30AM
Chose to read this book for 2 reasons:
1. Every year since 2019 when Barrack Obama started releasing his reading list I have chosen 2 of his books from the list to read. I already read The King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby...of course I did as his southern crime noir is excellent reading.
2. Had a desire to begin exploring Booker Short Listed novels.
