#WhereAreYouMonday
Mesopotamia 631 BC
London 1840
Turkey 2014
How else could I experience theses places in these times if it weren‘t for stories? How bereft my life would be without books. How thankful I am to be a reader!
@Cupcake12
pickA very old book. First published in 1916, this one 1960. It caught my eye because I had to read it in high school and all I can remember is that I hated it. Reading it now I can understand why my teenage self didn‘t like. It is a spy thriller set in WW1 . I‘m glad I reread it. Looking back I realise we had a very British based curriculum.
By the way this old book smells great.😊❤️.
pickAnother beautifully written novel by Elif Shafak. Humanity is united by water as this story illustrates in the telling of Arthur who lives near the River Thames in the 1840s, Narin who lives by the River Tigris in 2014, Zaleekhah who lives in a houseboat on the River Thames in 2018.
pickI loved this one. It‘s about how one drop of water can connect us. It‘s told via the unique voices of three people. Arthur who born very near the Thames, Narin who lives near the Tigris and Zaleekah who is renting a houseboat on the Thames. Beautifully written and very moving at times, I was very immersed in these characters‘ lives and found it a page turner.
pickExcellent biography of how cities change,and how some histories can be hidden.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578863564
pickThe political fissures of the past echo down generations.We're seeing it happen in every country.This interesting graphic novel shows you that for TUrkey.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7489997044
https://youtu.be/IDSdg_etAkM?feature=shared
^ made a YouTube video showing off the books I bought in Istanbul
Sorry about the terrible audio on this one.
If anyone has read any Elif Shafak or Orhan Pamuk drop me a message... where should I start????
Thank you for supporting the channel. I keep working on it 😊
Mini book haul. My husband was playing an outdoor gig and there was a church yard sale going on next door, so I _had_ to go visit it, right?
A library book. I loved The Island of Missing Trees by this author so looking forward to this one.
![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png){kind=icon}
