44) Babysitters’ European Vacation (The Babysitters Club Super Special #15) by Ann M. Martin this was actually ghostwritten by another person, but billed under the series’ creator. In truth this was more a nostalgic memory rather than me actually wanting to read this as I was watching the remade series on Netflix (which I have to say I was impressed with with). If you’ve read the series as a child this follows the same vein, but the girls have all been split with one half in Stoneybrook running a summer day camp for children while the others go on a school trip to Europe. I long stopped reading the series by the time this book was originally published save for an occasional book here and there, but it was nice to revisit the world again. Especially for me most poignant is Stacy’s encounter with a WWII veteran who was a part of the D-Day landings as it took me back to when I visited those very beaches.
45) How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship by Ece Temulkuran Temulkuran, is a Turkish journalist who was fired for criticising the Turkish government. This book serves as a guide to what the warning signs to look out for as a country descends into a dictatorship from a democracy and the rise of right wing populism. This was extremely interesting especially given the current climate of the world and while my opinion of these ‘leaders’ was already set in concrete even before reading this it was great to see how passionate she is about the state of the land of her birth.
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