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Sparks Like Stars: A Novel | Nadia Hashimi

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Wow, this ended up being quite the saga. While I really enjoyed the journey of Sitara and I found some of the passages truly exquisite, I thought this book could have been whittled down a bit. There was A LOT going on, which did make for a thrilling read. And yes, tears were shed.
The audio narration was very good. Excellent choice for #ReadingAsia21 #Afghanistan #Pop21 #MuslimAuthor #Booked21 #DoctorMC
Book publishes March 2 ~ Pick it up!!!

KarenUK, Kalalalatja, Crazeedi, BarbaraTheBibliophage, Librarybelle, alisiakae, BarbaraBB, MsMelissa

Cinfhen #NetGalley #HarperAudio @WilliamMorrowBooks 4y

Moray_Reads Beautiful flowers! 4y

Librarybelle I‘ll have to look into this one for sure! 4y

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Kalalalatja Love the flowers 👌 4y

Crazeedi I need to read. Cindy everytime I look at your posts I add a book😊 4y

Cinfhen I definitely think you‘ll both like this one @Librarybelle @Crazeedi 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @Moray_Reads @Kalalalatja I just saw an article that said having fresh flowers around helps with depression xx I think that‘s true (edited) 4y

MsMelissa Excellent! Can‘t wait to read it. 4y

charl08 Gorgeous flowers! 😍 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Right up my alley! I‘ll watch for it. 📚🤓 4y

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Cinfhen

Sugar: A Novel | Bernice L. McFadden

#Pop21 is off to a good start 🧡
#NewIn21
#AfroFuturist
#DarkAcademia
#Bestseller90‘s
#Forgetting
#LockedRoomMystery
#setInRestaurant
#IndigenousAuthor
#SongTitle
#SubjectPassionateAbout
#BodyPositivity
#GenreHybrid
#SetOutdoors
#SomethingBroken
#MuslimAuthor
#Oxymoron
#DoOvers
#MagicalRealism
#MultipleCountries
#OnlinePersonality
#QXorZ
#DifferentFormat
#Fewer1000
#BFWouldLike
#AboutArt
#EveryoneHasRead
#PastPrompt

Read 3 #AdvancedPrompts

KarenUK, Kalalalatja, alisiakae, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB You are a reading machine! You should slow down or we have to come up with new challenges for you by the end of March 😉❤️ 4y

BarbaraBB That might be quite fun I realize, all three of us making a bingo card especially for you. It‘d give you 75 more books to read 😉😀 4y

Cinfhen Hahah that‘s hilarious @BarbaraBB 💕💕💕I‘ve literally been on lockdown since I returned from the States....I think we had 3 weeks where stores were open since November 😫 4y

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TrishB Wow 😳 4y

BarbaraBB I agree reading circumstances are perfect 😉 4y

rockpools 😯😶🎉🎉🎉Wow! 4y

squirrelbrain 😲🤗🥳 4y

Cinfhen Let‘s see what I manage in February @squirrelbrain @rockpools @BarbaraBB @TrishB 😊😜 4y

KarenUK Just amazing! 💕 4y

Kalalalatja So impressive! And I‘m all for @BarbaraBB idea of a personalized bingo board for you 😂 4y

Soubhiville Yes! 📚📚📚 4y

Megabooks Wow!!!! You are doing excellent!!! #impressed 4y

Crazeedi Holy moly you are killing it! Great job!! 4y

britt_brooke Daaaaaang! 🙌🏻 4y

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Cinfhen

In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom | Qanta A. Ahmed, M.D.

I appreciate Dr Qanta Ahmed‘s honesty in calling out the discrimination, contradictions, inconsistencies and biases that are rampant throughout the Kingdom and the Muslim world. Color of skin is judged harshly in the Kingdom and the women tend to label or stigmatized other women by their skin color and ethnicity. Upon first meeting most women assume Dr. Ahmed is a maid & therefore inferior because she is of Pakistani descent. #LiveAndLearn

Cinfhen #ReadingAsia21 #SaudiArabia @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB 4y

Cinfhen #NonFictionChallenge21 #DoctorOrNurse #Booked21 #CovidHeroes @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft #pop21 #MuslimAuthor @KarenUK @Kalalalatja 4y

Kalalalatja It is baffling how people treat other people just because they look different 🙄 4y

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BarbaraBB I guess I need to read this one too 💚 4y

Cinfhen I do have to state that this book published in 2008 so I feel like a lot of the information may no longer by relevant but it‘s still fascinating to learn about these countries that most “outsiders” wouldn‘t have access too @Kalalalatja @BarbaraBB I‘m still amazed by the whole society and all of the double standards (edited) 4y

Librarybelle I did see that this is a 2008 publication, but as you mentioned in the comments, for those of us who do not live in the country, it‘s a view into life and society. Also hope that things have gotten better. 4y

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Cinfhen

In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom | Qanta A. Ahmed, M.D.

Up Next: #ReadingAsia21 #SaudiArabia #Booked21 #CovidHeroes #NonFictionChallenge21 #AboutDoctorNurse #Pop21 #MuslimAuthor

KarenUK, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Kalalalatja, BarbaraTheBibliophage, Librarybelle, alisiakae, BarbaraBB

TrishB Sounds interesting 👍🏻 4y

Cinfhen So far it is @TrishB 👍🏽💜 4y

Librarybelle This sounds fascinating 4y

Cinfhen There‘s a lot of information being shared @Librarybelle but not much yet about her life as a doctor. Still it‘s a very interesting look into the lives of Saudi women (edited) 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Curious for your final review—I bought this ages ago but still haven‘t read it! 4y

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Ayesha at Last | Uzma Jalaluddin

It's not often you'll see me recommend a romance novel, but I really enjoyed this one.

Day 1 #adventrecommends @emilyrose_x

#romance #prideandprejudice #muslimauthor #debut #arrangedmarriage #family

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Sultana's Dream: And Selections from The Secluded Ones | Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

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A great feminist utopian short story set in India. I found this gem on #SerialReader

For reading some of the early “feminist” stories from women of European heritage, I found this short story written in 1905 by a Muslim woman reversing the gender roles very interesting.

* Recommended if you enjoyed Angel Island by Inez Haynes Irwin or Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#MuslimAuthor #MuslimMC for #Booked2019
#Scarathalon #TeamStoker 2pts

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BarbaraTheBibliophage Sounds interesting! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage It was, and only 2 issues. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Nice!! 5y

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Bookwomble It's also collected in the tagged book, an anthology of Victorian/Edwardian sci-fi stories by women authors. I'd recommended it and it's companion volumes, The Darker Sex (horror/macabre), and Sisters in Crime (detective).

The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwomble That sounds excellent! I‘ll definitely look for it! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I bet @BarbaraTheBibliophage would be interested in that book to. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwomble I‘m definitely interesting in finding more from other POV‘s. This one and Woman at Point Zero are two that I‘ve stumbled across so far. Both polar opposites too, but great women fiction.

Woman at Point Zero: Second Edition

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Jane, Unlimited | Kristin Cashore

My completed #Summer prompts for #Booked2019

#Genrebusting: Jane, Unlimited
#MuslimAuthor: The MarriageClock #BookToMovie: The Shack
#GraphicNovel: Anne of Green Gables
#BookGiftedToYou: Patron Saints of Nothing
#DiverseMiddleGrade: One Crazy Summer

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

BarbaraTheBibliophage Great job!! 5y

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StephanieMarie

The Swallows of Kabul | Yasmina Khadra

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I just didn't enjoy it at all and I can't really put my finger on why. Not memorable.

#booked2019 #muslimauthor #muslimMC

@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Cinfhen Ugh, that‘s a shame because the title and cover art drew me right in 😢 5y

StephanieMarie @Cinfhen same! It was totally a cover buy. 5y

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A Woman Is No Man: A Novel | Etaf Rum

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All the feels. 😭😭😭 One of my favorites of the year. I don‘t want to share more than that. 5⭐️, easily!

#booked2019 #muslimauthor

📷 www.kayswindowseat.com

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

Cinfhen Oh wow!!! We are soooo not in sync. This was VERY meh for me. I‘m glad you loved it. 5y

KT1432 I need to get to this one! I have a feeling I'm going to like it. 5y

Megabooks @Cinfhen There‘s a personal element to my love of this book, but there is something she captures here that is raw and enduring. Ripped me to shreds. I‘ll be thinking about this for awhile. 5y

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Megabooks @lele1432 I hope you enjoy it! 5y

Cinfhen Sometimes a book speaks to someone differently, on an emotional or personal level. I‘m glad you connected with it. 5y

Scochrane26 I also loved this one, while the rest of my book club didn‘t like it that much. 5y

Megabooks @Cinfhen 😊 That‘s why I love that a diversity of books are published!! We all can find something to connect with! 5y

Megabooks @Scochrane26 I‘m sorry they didn‘t like it, but I‘m glad you did. It‘s interesting to see what each of us likes! 5y

Book_ish Just got this, can‘t wait to read it! 5y

Megabooks @Book_ish I hope you like it! 5y

k.reads.5 Definitely a five star read for me too, so powerful! 5y

Megabooks @k.reads.5 For sure! The is tentatively in my top 10 of the year! 5y

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Cinfhen

Booked | Kwame Alexander

#Booked2019 #SummerPrompts completed ✅
13 #GenreBursting
14 #MuslimAuthor
15 #BookToMovie
16 #GraphicNovel
17 #BookGiftedToYou
18 #MiddleGradeDiverseRead

BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

AmyG 🎉🎉🎉 5y

TrishB Cool 👍🏻 5y

Mitch I‘ve just started Orchestra of Minorities and am struggling to get into it. What did you think? 5y

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Cinfhen I loved loved this one @Mitch it TOTALLY worked for me

An Orchestra of Minorities

Cinfhen Thanks @TrishB @AmyG I‘m actually done with Fall too but I‘ll wait until the last quarter to post my books ♥️ I‘m ready to start reading for #Booked2020 🥳🥳🥳 5y

TrishB I have two left 👍🏻 5y

KarenUK I have 1 for Summer, and 3 to go for fall.... 😊👍 5y

Cinfhen Awesomeness @TrishB @KarenUK 🙌🏻♥️ 5y

Bookzombie Great job! 5y

Cathythoughts Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

alisiakae 🎉🎉 I honestly can‘t remember if I posted my summer wrap-up when I finished the prompts. 😜 I have 3 more to go, which includes one winter prompt still lingering. 5y

Crazeedi What is #booked2019 and #book2020? I see all these different hashtags like these 2, how do I get in one? Appreciate help,! 5y

Cinfhen Thanks so much @Cathythoughts @Bookzombie ❤️I thought I saw your post, Alisia 🤔🧐post again, can‘t hurt!! #Booked2019 is a reading challenge consisting of 24 prompts and broken down into 6 books per season/quarter running from Jan 1-Dec 31 @Crazeedi it‘s cohosted by @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft and myself🤓You can still join in. Each prompt completed earns u a chance to enter a quarterly raffle for a gift card. It‘s been fun 🤗🤗🤗 5y

Mdargusch Woohoo! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y

Mitch @Cinfhen I‘ll persevere! 5y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen thanks! I will wait and join in 2020, since I am trying to do #bbrc right now! It sounds awesome 5y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen are the 2020 prompts up? I guess I'll check the hashtag 5y

Cinfhen Not yet @Crazeedi but I‘m excited to start thinking of them 5y

Cinfhen I really hope you find your groove @Mitch I want EVERYONE to love this book!! Although I‘ve seen lots of meh reviews 😫 5y

BarbaraBB Great reads! I am halfway through but have the rest lined up. Enjoy the last days of your vacation! Great profile pic! ❤️ 5y

Cinfhen Thanks so much, Barb 😘Love your new pic too @BarbaraBB This is our last weekend before we go back ~ I think I‘m ready for my own bed 🛌 5y

Reviewsbylola I‘m so behind! 5y

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