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Cheesy's reveal:



Honolulu by Alan Brennert

"Honolulu" is the richly imagined story of Jin, a young 'picture bride' who leaves her native Korea - where girls are so little valued that she is known as Regret - and journeys to Hawaii in 1914 in search of a better life. Instead of the prosperous young husband and the chance at an education she has been promised, Jin is quickly married off to a poor, embittered laborer who takes his disappointments out on his new wife, forcing her to make her own way in a strange land. Struggling to build a business with the help of her fellow picture brides, Jin finds both opportunity and prejudice but ultimately transforms herself from a naive young girl into a resourceful woman. Prospering along with her adopted city, which is fast growing from a small territorial capital to the great multicultural city it is today, Jin can never forget the people she left behind in Korea and returns one last time to make her peace with her former life. With its passionate knowledge of people and places in Hawaii far off the tourist track, "Honolulu" is a spellbinding story of the triumphs and sacrifices of the human spirit that is sure to become another reading group favorite.

Tsjara:




The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11576804/

Book description:
When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed. With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love, sex, death and time-travel.

This was one of my most memorable reads of 2016. It's a book of ideas and that was what made me love this book, the mix of science, philosophy and books. Despite all the different theories that are being explained the story feel fast-paced. And then there is the adventure of travelling to a different dimension, and meeting quirky characters like Apollo Smintheus, the mouse god. I enjoyed it very much.

Meshe's reveal



A fiercely independent divorce lawyer learns the power of family and connection when she receives a cryptic message from her estranged mother in this bittersweet, witty novel from the nationally bestselling author of Someone Else’s Love Story and gods in Alabama—an emotionally resonant tale about the endurance of love and the power of stories to shape and transform our lives.

Born in Alabama, Paula Vauss spent the first decade of her life on the road with her free-spirited young mother, Kai, an itinerant storyteller who blended Hindu mythology with southern oral tradition to re-invent their history as they roved. But everything, including Paula’s birth name Kali Jai, changed when she told a story of her own—one that landed Kai in prison and Paula in foster care. Separated, each holding secrets of her own, the intense bond they once shared was fractured.

These days, Paula has reincarnated herself as a tough-as-nails divorce attorney with a successful practice in Atlanta. While she hasn’t seen Kai in fifteen years, she’s still making payments on that Karmic debt—until the day her last check is returned in the mail, along with a mysterious note: “I am going on a journey, Kali. I am going back to my beginning; death is not the end. You will be the end. We will meet again, and there will be new stories. You know how Karma works.”

Then Kai’s most treasured secret literally lands on Paula’s doorstep, throwing her life into chaos and transforming her from only child to older sister. Desperate to find her mother before it’s too late, Paula sets off on a journey of discovery that will take her back to the past and into the deepest recesses of her heart. With the help of her ex-lover Birdwine, an intrepid and emotionally volatile private eye who still carries a torch for her, this brilliant woman, an expert at wrecking families, now has to figure out how to put one back together—her own.

The Opposite of Everyone is a story about story itself, how the tales we tell connect us, break us, and define us, and how the endings and beginnings we choose can destroy us . . . and make us whole. Laced with sharp humor and poignant insight, it is beloved New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson at her very best.

As we post all the moves here, I think it's good to post the result here as well, as created by Kiri (thanks!!)

# Name	Book Revealedi	Winner
1. Catsalive	Thicker Than Water by Lindy Cameron	Camis
2. Azuki	The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor	BooksnBeer
3. Meshe	The Opposite of Everything by Joshilyn Jackson	Cheesy
4. Xallroyx	Red Rising (Red Rising #1) by Pierce Brown	PepperVL
5. Butterfly-Noir	Stoner by John Williams	Zosime
6. LoriPed	The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison	HoserLauren
7. Elsi	Commitment Hour by James Alan Gardner	Catsalive
8. Nimrodiel	Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan	Meshe
9. Lmn60	Just One Damned Thing After Another & A Symphony of Echos by Jodi Taylor	GateGypsy
10. PepperVL	Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older	Nimrodiel
11. HoserLauren	Natchez Burning by Greg Iles	Butterfly-noir
12. Cheesy	Honolulu by Alan Brennert	Kiri
14. GateGypsy	This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein	Xallyrox
15. Zosime	The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes	Elsi
16. Tsjara	The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas	Azuki
17. Camis	Wild by Cheryl Strayed	Spiderchic
18. Itpdx	How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid	Lmn60
19. Shaunesay	Kindred by Octavia Butler	Tsjara
20. BooksnBeer	Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel	Itpdx
21. Spiderchic	Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz	Loriped
22. Kiri	Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal	Xeyra
23. Xeyra	The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North	Shaunesay [/b]