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The Satanic Verses: A Novel | Salman Rushdie

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This is on the longer side and it does seem to float along, but it is worth hanging in there. I read reviews that seemed to think of this as a history surrounding the satanic verses, or that it would be better to read the Bible instead. This has nothing to do with either of those things. This is literally a satire, painting in vivid color and detail the dangers of closed minded, absolute belief systems.
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GingerAntics If that offends you, you‘re probably close minded and hold absolutist beliefs. This magical realism at its finest. Please stop taking it so seriously. I beg of you.
#SalmanRushdie #TheSatanicVerses #audiobook 6d

Eggbeater Great review! 5d

TheBookHippie I enjoyed this book. 5d

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie so did I. It took me a minute to get everything straight because there are A LOT of characters and it‘s not necessarily in chronological order, but once I figured it out, I loved what he did here. 5d

Texreader What a great review!! 5d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I read it slowly! 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I might have, but once I got into it, I couldn‘t stop. 5d

GingerAntics @Eggbeater @Texreader thanks! 5d

TheBookHippie Have you read

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie no, this is my first Rushdie 5d

BarbaraBB I loved this book! 5d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics Ah! I‘ve read it all 🙃 something about his writing just clicks. 5d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I do like his writing 5d

GingerAntics @BarbaraBB it took me a minute to get the feel for it, but once I did, I was hooked. 5d

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GingerAntics

The Satanic Verses: A Novel | Salman Rushdie

I don‘t know why, but this stuck out to me. I keep saying it in my head now… especially when the word London pops up in the story.
#SalmanRushdie #TheSatanicVerses #audiobook

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GingerAntics

The Satanic Verses: A Novel | Salman Rushdie

I‘m loving this already.
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britt_brooke

Joseph Anton | Salman Rushdie

Cute 500 piece puzzle 🍰🧁🥧🍧 while listening to the tagged book. It‘s a long listen, but really good so far. After reading Knife, my first Rushdie, I wanted this to be my second. The Satanic Versus will likely be my third.

#audiopuzzling

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AllDebooks

Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 | Salman Rushdie

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#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

This varied collection of essays is a great mix.I enjoyed reading Rushdie's insight into literature, writing and creativity so much. I wasn't so keen on the individual author appraisals, but that was more mood than dislike of content. I will go back and finish those at a later date.

Soubhiville Great! 2y

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AllDebooks

Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 | Salman Rushdie

#20in4 roundup

* SQPR - 4 chapters
* Can you forgive her? - 11 chapters
* Tagged for #AAM - Almost finished, highly recommend @Soubhiville
* 2 graphic novels by Brenna Thummler - 3.5 ⭐️
* 1 poetry collection by Andrew Shaffer - 3.5 ⭐️

Safe to say, I'm well over 20 hours reading and a super relaxing weekend. Thanks for hosting @Andrew65

Soubhiville Nice! 2y

ShelleyBooksie Delicates and Sheets look so good! 2y

AllDebooks @ShelleyBooksie they really are. I think there's another one now

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AllDebooks @Soubhiville 😊 2y

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Jas16

Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 | Salman Rushdie

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I have a few unread books by Rushdie on my shelves and for #authoramonth I dutifully pulled one off and bailed after 100 pages. Before trying a second I checked this essay collection out from the library to ensure I would finish something. Covering literature and art but also featuring pieces on his friendship with Carrie Fisher and Covid I enjoyed this deeper glimpse into the undeniably brilliant mind of an author whose books aren‘t all for me.

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DivineDiana I am struggling through the classic “The Satanic Verses”. It is the only one that I own, and this gave me the perfect opportunity to finally read it. Your selection looks so much more enjoyable. 🙂 2y

Jas16 @DivineDiana I am going to try that one next but not feeling overly confident 2y

DivineDiana The audio is a challenging for me, but I think that I need to include audio to finish in a timely manner. 🙂 2y

Amiable I'm not a fan of magical realism so I defaulted to “Joseph Anton“ for this month. But it's taking me a while to get through it. So I also picked up another one of his to be able to finish the month -- “Luka and the Fire of Life.“ It's short, thank God. Maybe I should have tried this collection of essays instead. I definitely gravitate more towards nonfiction. 2y

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