"Potiki" by Patricia Grace (BR)

[Ines, Resident Vampire]

We would like to invite you to join Melanie and I in our alternate "Amazin' Eights" buddy read for April! We'll be reading Potiki by Patricia Grace.

Please remember to use chapter numbers and spoiler tags. :)

[Melanie, the neutral party]

I'm starting today.

[Ines, Resident Vampire]

I started it yesterday. Only read three chapters, but it's very promising, seems to be an interesting read.

[Melanie, the neutral party]

I'm settling into it. The prologue was weird, but I'm sure it will make more sense as I gather context and get used to the style of this storytelling.

[Ines, Resident Vampire]

The storytelling style reminds me of When Fox is a Thousand and Space Invaders, which I both loved, so I am very positive about this.

And every time there's a passage in Maori, I am trying to remember the pronounciation lessons I picked up in NZ, to pronounce the words correctly in my head, but... well, it was some time ago.

[Ines, Resident Vampire]

I'm about 60% done and am very intrigued by this book! The writing style doesn't grip me as much as in the books I mentioned above, but I am very interested in the story and I like how it is told.

[Melanie, the neutral party]

I am having a hard time getting into this book; it's weirder than I was expecting. The early narrative doesn't match the book description, so I just need to recalibrate my expectations.

I'm hoping to spend more time on it this weekend. Right now I'm kind of a bad book buddy.

[Melanie, the neutral party]

I think I'm going to have to wait and prioritize this @ the top of May so I can finish this month's reading challenges. I eye-read a lot slower than audio, so my slow start has made this a task.