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Where the Hell Is Tuvalu?: Another European guy discovers the world

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 7 Comments

Where the Hell Is Tuvalu?: How I Became the Law Man in the World’s Fourth Smallest Country, Philip Els, 2000

  • Tuvalu, #2
  • $0.99 from alibris.com
  • Read January 2016
  • Rating: 3/5
  • Recommended for: armchair couch potato adventurers

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The Challenge: Not Accepted

January 5, 2017January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 2 Comments

The Challenge, Ruperake Petaia, 2011

  • Samoa, #5
  • Kindle, (a waste of) $4.99 from amazon.com
  • Read January 2016
  • Rating: 1/5
  • Recommended for: Ruperake Petaia (because I can’t imagine anyone aside from the author enjoying this particular piece of literature)

Well, that’s half an hour of my life I’m never going to get back.

 

 

Telesa: The Covenant Keeper (Boy meets girl meets fa’afafine)

December 21, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 1 Comment

Telesa: The Covenant Keeper, Lani Wendt Young, 2011

  • Samoa, #4
  • Kindle, $2.99
  • Read December 2015
  • Rating: 3/5
  • Recommended for: Harry Potter/Insurgent crossover fanfic authors

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Where We Once Belonged: Rejecting the Polynesian Paradise

November 7, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 6 Comments

Where We Once Belonged, Sia Figiel, 1997

  • Samoa, #3
  • Borrowed from SF library
  • Read December 2015
  • Rating: 4/5
  • Recommended for: Women who have been groped by Donald Trump

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Leaves of the Banyan Tree

September 29, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 2 Comments

Leaves of the Banyan Tree, Albert Wendt, 1979

  • Samoa, #1
  • £0.69 from alibris.co.uk
  • Read December 2015
  • Rating 3.5/5
  • Recommended for: 10th grade English classes

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Tales of the Tikongs: What’s the point of all this, anyway?

July 28, 2016December 31, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 3 Comments

Tales of the Tikongs, Epeli Hau’ofa, 1988

  • Tonga, #4
  • Borrowed from SF library
  • Read November 2015
  • Rating: 3/5
  • Recommended for: Mack and the boys

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An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands: Wikipedia FTW

July 13, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 3 Comments

An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, vol. 1, John Martin and William Mariner, 1827

  • Tonga, #1
  • Free from Google Books
  • Read November-December 2015
  • Rating: 2/5
  • Recommended for: sticklers for detail

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Fragile Paradise: a list

June 2, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ Leave a comment

Fragile Paradise, Glynn Christian, 1982

  • Pitcairn Islands, #1
  • Borrowed from SF Library
  • Read: October-December 2015
  • Rating: 2/5
  • Recommended for: People who read The Mutiny on the Bounty and thought, “That was pretty good, but it could have been drier. And maybe incorporated some family trees or something. Yeah, that would have been perfect.”

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The Frigate Bird: Fear and loathing on Penrhyn Island

May 27, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 5 Comments

The Frigate Bird, Alistair Campbell, 1989

  • Cook Islands, #7
  • £0.01 from amazon.co.uk
  • Read: October 2015 (and again in May 2016)
  • Rating: 4/5
  • Recommended for: Ukulele players with dark pasts

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Dreams of a Rainbow: Maybe I’m missing something

May 21, 2016December 31, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 4 Comments

Dreams of a Rainbow, Kauraka Kauraka, 1987

  • Cook Islands, #6
  • £6.50 from amazon.co.uk
  • Read: September 2015
  • Rating: 3/5
  • Recommended for: Bear Vasquez

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