I purchased this book because it is set in Barbados. I am currently participating in an "around the world" reading challenge and I thought this might be good for that. I have an old friend who is from Barbados (she was quite young when her family came here), so it is perhaps more interesting to me as a setting than some places might be. I have a bit of a surplus of North America books, so I don't actually know if I will read this for my challenge or not, but I'm sure I will read it sometime either way!

Well, I didn't read this for my Around the World challenge back in 2019, but I'm doing that same challenge in 2021 and I have now read it for this year's challenge instead.

All in all, this is a book that I'm glad to have read. It's a coming-of-age story that, unfortunately, I could relate to in some ways-- though mercifully not in all of them. There were parts of this that I had some trouble reading for content reasons, but generally speaking I liked the author's style of writing (I thought there were some very good lines in this book) and I enjoyed the aspects of Bajan culture.

Left on a little table right up by the counter. This book was released as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count Release Challenge, which be runs throughout February here on BookCrossing.

If you've found this book, thanks for picking it up and checking out its journal! If you're new to bookcrossing, welcome. We'd love it if you'd stick around with us a while. I really hope that you enjoy both this book and the whole bookcrossing experience!

You can check out the bird count itself here:
https://www.birdcount.org/