Victory City

It seems somehow unreal that life goes on in Israel and the mail system continues to work smoothly.
I was completely surprised and deeply moved by this lovely gift of Cindy. I miss her a lot and I will use the #52BookClub24 Book Journal and read the new Rushdie and think of her and wishing for an end to the violence in Israel and Palestina ☮️ 💜

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo

Crazeedi Amen Barbara 3mo

julieclair Wow. Thank you for posting this. It is a gift to all of us. Continuing to pray for peace. ☮️💜 3mo

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julesG I am hoping for peace soon. Thank you for sharing this letter with us. I miss Cindy and keep wanting to tag her. 3mo

sarahbarnes This is so good to hear. Thanks for sharing. 🩵 3mo

Megabooks How lovely! Praying for an end to the violence. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Such a difficult and scary situation for her, the other people there, and the world at large! 3mo

dabbe 💜🩶💜 3mo

Deblovestoread 💜💜💜 3mo

squirrelbrain How lovely! ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo

LeahBergen ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo

Daisey Thanks for sharing. 💕 3mo

youneverarrived ♥️♥️ 3mo

Suet624 I miss Cindy too. I can‘t imagine how difficult it is for her. And how special that she sent you something. 3mo

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gossamerchild

Victory City | Salman Rushdie

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I finally finished a #authoramonth! This was a soft pick for me. Though Rushdie is one of my favorite contemporary writers, this was not my favorite. Masterfully written, just not for me.

@Soubhiville #unreadshelfproject2023

gossamerchild I guess I should mention that my passed out cat is Huxley. He's kinda weird and sleeps like a dog :-D 8mo

dabbe Hello there, sweetest sleeping kitty! 🖤🐾🖤 8mo

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squirrelbrain

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#aam #authoramonth

I loved this and was very surprised it didn‘t get nominated for the Booker Prize.

It was my first Rushdie read and it has certainly inspired me to read more. (When I get time of course! 😝)

Starting in 14th century India, it‘s a 200 year epic saga covering the birth and death of a city, through the eyes of Pampa Kampana, who has become the mouthpiece of a goddess and is inextricably linked with the city and its inhabitants.

Soubhiville

Cinfhen Great review! I too was surprised and disappointed that this book didn‘t make the Booker 23 Longlist 9mo

sarahbarnes Great review! I really liked Midnight‘s Children. I‘ll have to add this to my list. 9mo

BookwormM I am waiting for my library reserve on this. Midnight‘s Children is brilliant. 9mo

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squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes @BookwormM - Midnight‘s Children is added to my TBR list then…thank you both! 8mo

TheBookHippie @squirrelbrain Midnights Children is my favorite. I think you‘ll enjoy it! 8mo

BarbaraBB Please add Satanic Verses too 😀. Great review!! 8mo

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Deblovestoread

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Tagged book: Kindle edition Page 119

“She doesn‘t say in her book how long they rode, how many nights and days, or in what direction. So we cannot say for sure where the Forest of Women was located, or if some part of it stands there still.

#WondrousWednesday Everyone is tagged!

Eggs

Eggs Awesome 🤩 9mo

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Deblovestoread

Victory City | Salman Rushdie

This is the plan. I‘m only sure about the Rushdie at this point.

Cinfhen

Cinfhen Ohhhh, Augustus looks good!! And I‘ve heard wonderful things about

In Memoriam

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Cinfhen I hope you enjoy the Rushdie 🤞🏽🤞🏽 9mo

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AllDebooks

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#MarvellousMay

Finished this wonderful book last night. Such fantastical storytelling by a master of his craft. These last words actually took my breath away.

@Andrew65

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 11mo

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Cinfhen

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#BookMail #BuyBuyBookDepository 📚Thought I‘d try the newest one from Salman Rushdie even though my track record with him is 0-3 😅

TrishB You‘re very good! Authors get 2 chances from me. 11mo

Cinfhen Honestly @TrishB it was meant to be an IRL bookclub pick but it ultimately got nixed 😬 11mo

Cinfhen I‘m gonna save it for #AAM 🤓 11mo

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Readerann I just bought this, so will be curious what you think. I really loved Midnight‘s Children. 11mo

BarbaraBB I used to love Rushdie (and I mean LOVE) but I didn‘t keep up with his tempo and lost him somewhere along the way. But I am very interested in what you‘ll think of his newest - and probably last one 😳 11mo

Centique @BarbaraBB me too Barbara! He was my favourite modern author when I was in Uni but his later books haven‘t grabbed me. Fingers crossed for this one @Cinfhen 11mo

Cinfhen I‘m nervous about this one @Readerann @BarbaraBB @Centique but im hoping I can make a connection 😅 11mo

Megabooks I‘ve never read him, so I‘m excited for author a month later this year! 11mo

Cinfhen Yeah #AAM will be a good opportunity to try this book @Megabooks but I don‘t have high expectations 11mo

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katcalvin

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Unsurprisingly, Rushdie‘s new book is beautiful. A sweeping, imaginative epic. I couldn‘t put it down.

BarbaraBB Wow! 12mo

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Hooked_on_books

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The premise of this sounded so intriguing to me, but I couldn‘t get into it at all. Back to the library it goes!

BarbaraBB That is a pity. He has written such fantastic novels but the more recent ones don‘t seem to live up to his earlier books. 14mo

batsy @BarbaraBB A long but super interesting critique of Rushdie's later work, if you're ever in the mood for it 🙂 https://www.thedriftmag.com/after-the-fatwa/ 14mo

BarbaraBB @batsy Thanks I am definitely in the mood for that. I used to love Salman Rushdie. Until Shalimar the Clown I think. 14mo

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Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB I actually haven‘t read his earlier works. I‘ve only read The Golden House. I struggled with the first half of that one but loved the second half. I‘m not sure if he‘s for me or not. I don‘t feel a strong urge to investigate his backlist. 14mo

BarbaraBB I can see why. Maybe the article @batsy attached will give you some inside on the kind of author he is and in his backlist. 14mo

Centique @batsy that was a fascinating article thanks Suba! I loved Midnights Children and Shame when I read them years ago but have given up on two books since. I will give him one more try I think…. Or I may just reread Shame 🤷🏻‍♀️ 13mo

batsy @Centique Glad to share, I found it so fascinating! I've yet to read Midnight's Children and I really struggled through The Moor's Last Sigh. But I liked The Satanic Verses a lot. Feels like there's something amazing going with his earlier books, but the bombast in his style, the maximalism, is what I find hard to get through. Though I do find some of his later novels simply off-putting in description so it was nice to read something about it 🙂 13mo

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gossamerchild

Victory City | Salman Rushdie