Daughter of Fortune was on the list and it sounded interesting as it was described as telling the story of the California gold rush from a different perspective (ie not a White male protagonist of European descent) and more accurately depict the people who surrounded it (they weren’t all White men!). I’m fairly certain it was due to a cross promotion with my independent bookstore. Daughter of Fortune is a book that in the past I would have trudged through but Cannonball has given me permission to not do so, and here is why I stopped.Ī few months ago I got a free audio book download from Libro.fm. That was an easy book to quit as it made me so uncomfortable. Thirty-six pages in I quit because I could not handle the near constant parade of sex, bodily fluids, violence, and disparaging remarks about boys who are actually girls and vice versa. Then I started reading Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James for Cannonball Bingo 2020. Historically, I have been a finisher of books. I love how supportive the Cannonball community is with the constant reassurance one doesn’t have to review everything read and that it’s okay to not finish a book.
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