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Day #3 for #12DaysofChristmas, #12Booksof2022, @Andrew65. Bittersweet.

I know I'm late, but wanted to post this from a book I started.

Of everything that disappeared, Kinder Eggs are what I missed most. When the walls closed in on Gaza and adult conversations became hotter and sadder, I measured the severity of our siege by the dwindling number of those chocolate eggs, wrapped in thin colorful foil, with splendid surprises incubating inside the eggs on store shelves.

It took me a while to get into this book but when I eventually did I found it really interesting. Having lived in Egypt for many years I did know about the Gaza Strip but not in so much detail. This book is a novel but it's really informative and hits hard that these things still go on.

"Stories matter. We are composed of our stories. The human heart is made of the words we put in it. If someone ever says mean things to you, don't let those words go into your heart, and be careful not to put mean words in other people's hearts."

My current reading is a novel about the Palestine-Israeli conflict written by the daughter of Palestinian refugees.

Moving in NYC means deciding which books go to the new apartment and which ones go to storage. It's never an easy decision. I just have to keep the faith that I'll see them again.