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For the #travelthroughbooks we visit Jerusalem. This is a love story in just about every way. Not a romance story. This is about love and loss and differences. At times it was a really slow going read and it took a bit to connect with Elias and Lila but once I did it was a solid read. #springread #jerusalem #middleeast

#worstof21 Thanks for the tag Tammy!

-Entwined by Heather Dixon Wallwork
-About the Night by Anat Talshir
-I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
-The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (though I DNFed it)

This book, translated from Hebrew, follows the story of Elias and Lila as they fall in love in Jerusalem in 1947. During the Arab-Israeli war their city is divided and they are separated for many years.

This book is beautifully written but is so slow it‘s almost soporific. It took me at least a third of the book to feel involved in the characters‘ lives and I didn‘t love the ending but overall it‘s a lovely read.

#israel #readingasia2021

2/5 ⭐️ Disappointed with this book. Elias, an Arab, and Lila, a jew, meet and quickly fall in love. Everything is going well until the Arab-Israeli war breaks in 1948 and they are separated for 19 years. I was not happy with how Elias treated Lila, especially in the second half of the story.
#FoodandLit

I finally finished! This didn‘t cost me anything, as I selected it via Amazon crossing 🌎, and I am so glad 🙂 it was one of the ones I chose. Not a typical love story, and not a typical romance novel, I would characterize this as a “slow burn” and a “sigh of contentment” in a sea of discord kind of book. There were instances that led me to feel that the ends were tied up a little too correctly, but it was sweet, and so romantic. #recentlyread 3⭐️

Slow and steady wins the race with me, apparently. 🙃🙂 But at least I get to eat yummy things like this! 🥰😋 #currentlyreading #booksandfood #kindle #bookworm

#ReadingAsia2021 #Israel #TBRDECKOFCARDS @Clwojick @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

Another book I finished in Feb.

This was a free Kindle book I picked up a few years ago. It's not my typical read because it focuses heavily on a romantic relationship. The story is told in different parts, both past and present, and also from both his and her perspectives. The historical aspects to the story intrigued me the most, but the love story bored me.

Finally charges my Kindle and enjoying this gem of a book. All I have got to say is awww. 🥰❤️❤️🙏🏻 #currentlyreading

I did not expect to enjoy this, but I did. It's not perfect, but overall a quick and interesting view into living in Jerusalem between 1947 and 1973.

This is the last book from last year's World Book Day Sale, that I have not read yet. I was kind of avoiding it because of the reviews, but so far so good.

OK Litsyverse, I‘m 25% in to this and, unless it gets a lot better, I‘m wasting my time. Has anyone finished this who can give me a reason to go on? So far it‘s clunky (could be the translator?) and everything is TOLD instead of SHOWN. #toBailOrNotToBail?

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Nope. Full of stereotypes about everything!! I thought this would be a love story set against the new Israeli state. It is, but it‘s dire and soppy and just meh....Elias is a patronising, arrogant character and I‘ve only read 10%. Enough for me. I‘m missing something obviously.

Wow 😮 nothing like a full on stereotype is there. Gulp. I promise I do laugh and can hold a conversation....I hope 🤷‍♀️
The author also uses British and English interchangeably as the same thing. They‘re not.

Just started tagged book, one of the freebies from Amazon crossing offer and I was too lazy to go upstairs and pick another, so picked first one on kindle.
Done nothing today, fighting off migraine, footie, seeing Suede tomorrow. Making a roast dinner 😱
Yes, love eggs done most ways 😁
I started writing a book at 17, main character was Jack. My dad‘s name and then my son‘s, so I probably need a new one.
Will do. #friyayintro

I love the idea of this book. Not sure how long I can last though. So many eye rolls. #wanttolove

Heartbreaking story about a forbidden love during war. Lila, a Jew, and Elias, an Arab, fall in love but are kept apart by religion, culture, and war. Not only is this story about love between a man and a woman, but it‘s also about the love, or lack there of, between a child and his/her parents and of life and hardships during wartime as well. A must read! #mustread #diversereads #diverseauthor

My #readingbuddy. #MomoToles #Tolesbrats #footrest

I can‘t stop listening to this book! I had started it a couple of months ago, but maybe I wasn‘t in the mood for a heartbreaking story at the moment because now I just can‘t put it down. 💕

Ps. When I told you all I had a problem, I meant it. I went too crazy this fall. #BookOutlet‘s #Booktoberfest sale made me lose any sort of willpower I had (which to be honest wasn‘t much at all). #bookaddictproblems #bookafdiction #bookhaul #bookoutlethaul

Enjoying this story of love in tough times between two people who are forbidden to be together by their cultures.

#diversebooks #diverseauthors

#audiocoloring #diversebooks

And now, #Litsypartyofone starts for me. Hoping to finish #abouthenight with a delicious 2016 Chateau Saintongey Bordeaux.
#bookandwinepairing 📚 🍷

#Bleeckersays mom, thanks for turning the gas logs on. Now, leave me be. #pugsoflitsy

#bookandwinepairing 📚 🍷 still working on the 2016 Pintupi 9 'The Red'

Because bubbles should be for any time...

#bookandwinepairing 📚 🍷 2014 J. Laurens 'Les Graimenous' Cremant de Limoux

A few #diversevoices from my Kindle library. All but Malala and Being Mortal are TBR. #24in48readathon #diversebooks

A tale of love lost, found, and fully realized against all odds and the backdrop of the waning days of Mandate Palestine through the next six decades. #JewLit

Read the full review here: http://bit.ly/2jvQdnO

Such a beautiful and heartbreaking love story. The setup is reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet but these are not naive teens and ita not simply a family dispute that keeps them apart. Set in Jerusalem, it story begins when Israel was first reinstated as a nation amd progresses through some of the conflict with Palestine with our lovers on different sides of the wall. I think of it when I'm #inthemoodforlove. #seasonsreadings2016 @RealLifeReading

Put this book aside while reading a few others. So glad to have picked it back up. The story is told over many years, and during hard times. The ability to weather hardship amazes me, even in novels. Surprise topics are brought up, but I won't reveal. Had I known, I'd prob not have read the book.

#truth

Looking forward to this. First time reading a book translated from Hebrew. Interesting premise.