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I loved everything about this book (my fourth #manbookerinternational2018 one) apart from the section that was just ANOTHER narrative about a misunderstood male ‘artiste‘ who has to cheat on his wife because she‘s ‘mediocre‘ and doesn‘t get him. I don‘t need to read that plot again. But that was only part of it and I loved all the description, the ideas, the connections between things. A great book overall. That‘s Spain done for #litworld2018gb

Very excited to be reading my next #manbookerinternational2018 book! Only a few pages in but loving this one already. Also (less excitingly for me) announcing that I‘m officially putting myself on a book buying ban for one calendar month. My spending has got crazy recently and I have to force myself to save some money - so I‘m seeing if books will make a difference!

I read this book for ages having no idea what a mashrabiya balcony was and why everyone was so excited by them and so now I know !
Love the things you learn about when reading about other countries.

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3/6 on #manbookerinternational2018 and South Korea for #litworld2018gb #readingaroundtheworld !

I absolutely adored this book. I think it suited me personally best of all the booker ones so far but I don‘t know if I‘d say it was better than Frankenstein in Baghdad or not, I think that was a better done book in some ways just not very me. Hmm not sure. Both books amazing tho

Really loving this next one from the #manbookerinternational2018 shortlist so far! It might be the most ‘me‘ of all the books on there

I really enjoyed this book! I liked it more than Flights which was the only other #manbookerinternational2018 book I‘ve read so far. The writing and the translation were both amazing and I adored the concept and all the characters. Maybe if I‘m honest I didn‘t follow the plot as well towards the end as at the beginning, so not completely perfect, but I loved it. And that‘s an Iraqi book (my first ever!) for #litworld2018gb #readaroundtheworld

This book does this to me all the time - takes you right up to a reveal and then diverts away from it for pages and pages !

What‘s in the dark hole !!!

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#bookhaul from yesterday‘s #litsylondonmeetup!! Went to several bookshops I‘d never known existed and I got a bit carried away... well I NEEDED all of these cause the top two are authors I‘m hearing speak at the south bank centre in July and the bottom is the last one I needed from the #manbookerinternational2018 shortlist. So they were essential purchases really 😇

So excited for this one off the #manbookerinternational2018 shortlist! I‘ve heard such good things about it and I‘ve never read a book from Iraq before

Finally finished! So 1/6 on the #manbookerinternational2018 shortlist, and also Poland for #litworld2018gb!

I really enjoyed this and thought it was beautifully written, incredibly quotable, really original. I‘ve never read a book structured in barely-connected vignettes like this and I found it really interesting. Maybe I found bits of it a bit grizzly if I‘m honest, but I did enjoy it.