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Moss_Croft
My Name Is Red | Orhan Pamuk
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AnneCecilie
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Every once in a while you read the blurb of a book and think this could be a new favorite. Then you read the first paragraph and gets it confirmed. This was that book for me. I knew I was in safe hands and could just get lost in the story.

Arthur by the Thames from the 1840s, Narin by the Tigris in 2014 and Zaleekhah by the Thames in 2018. I preferred Arthur and Zaleekhah‘s stories and I post under a spoiler why

And that ending

AnneCecilie When reading we don‘t know how the stories of Arthur and Zaleekhah will end. Very early on we learn that Narin is Yazidi girl and when the family is going to a town near Mosul and ISIS is mentioned, at least I knew where this was going. Everyone remembers the massacres of the Yazidi, the only thing we don‘t know is how Shafak will do it and how much in the center of this her characters will be. 2w
AnneCecilie I‘m going to an author event with Shafak later this month and I‘m so looking forward to it. I can‘t wait to hear what she has to say about this novel and her process. 2w
Luke-XVX She‘s going to be at my local bookstore in April! 2w
TrishB I loved this one ♥️ 2w
squirrelbrain Enjoy the event - I‘m sure it will be fab! ❤️ 2w
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DebbieGrillo
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Half the book is narrated by a sentient fig tree. This book isn't for everyone, but the poignant prose kept me hooked. 16-year-old Ada Kazantzakis in 2010s London, grappling with grief and cultural identity, and her parents, Defne and Kostas, navigating their forbidden love during the Turkish-Greek conflict in 1970s Cyprus.

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lil1inblue
My Name Is Red | Orhan Pamuk
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Short description: The book begins with a murder in Istanbul 1591. The aftermath is told from the perspective of several sometimes unreliable narrators.

But it's so much more complex. It explores art history and cultural history. It explores the influence of the West on the Ottoman Empire. It's creative, ambitious, and quite simply a masterpiece. The quote above is from my favorite chapter.

I read this for a personal #readtheworld challenge.

Ruthiella I read this last year. It is so very layered! 4w
lil1inblue @Ruthiella I'm still in awe. What a great read. 😍 4w
Leftcoastzen I need to read this one. 4w
lil1inblue @Leftcoastzen It's worth it! I hope you like it as much as I did. 🥰 4w
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AnneCecilie
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It occurs to him, in that moment, that poverty has its own scent, an odour that emanates from his pores, easily detected. It is an awful, debilitating thought.

(This quote has my thinking of “Parasite” right away)

Cathythoughts Can I ask you what book is Parasite ? Thanks , I‘m curious. 1mo
AnneCecilie @Cathythoughts it‘s not a book, it‘s a Korean film that came out in 2019 1mo
Cathythoughts Ok. Thankyou. ❤️ 1mo
sarahbarnes Parasite is so good. 1mo
BiblioLitten @sarahbarnes That movie stays with you, long after you‘ve watched! 3w
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TheEllieMo
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A day late because I wasn‘t very well yesterday.

This one was by far and away my favourite book of 2024.

#FaveBk24
#25Alive
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty cover 🤍💙 1mo
Eggs Hope you‘re feeling better 💙🩵 1mo
TheEllieMo @Eggs getting there. Probably well enough to go back to work tomorrow 😫 4w
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AnneCecilie
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#FirstLineFridays

This paragraph pulled me in and hooked me

Leniverse There are some powerful passages in that book! It has really stayed with me. 1mo
ShyBookOwl It's a really captivating line! 1mo
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SanjanaGhosh
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“Water is the consummate immigrant, trapped in transit, never able to settle.”

The story spans multiple timelines, a story of a child born in London in the 1800s, a young researcher with a broken marriage finding her footing in present day London and about a young girl belonging to an unconventional religion in present times as well.The common denominator is a single drop of water caught in its never ending cycle of evaporation and precipitation.

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KCofKaysville
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Good parallel account of the meeting of Rumi with Shams, a Sufi, which made him become a poet, and a modern day woman trying to make sense of her loveless marriage, who also meets a modern Sufi. I learned about Sufism and can see its attraction and the need for love, but I am not as enthralled with it as others might be. Still it is good. I began following Shafak.

Ruthiella I liked the historical half of this book but not the modern narrative. 1mo
KCofKaysville @Ruthiella I agree with that! 1mo
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TheEllieMo
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Not just my favourite read of November, but the best book of the year for me. I adored it.

#12BooksOf2024
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TrishB I just finished it yesterday, absolutely awesome. 1mo
Andrew65 I need to get to this clearly. 1mo
TheEllieMo @TrishB I‘m always so pleased when others like a book I loved 🥰. I thought the writing was so beautiful, and I loved “King” Arthur! 1mo
TrishB Yes agree 😁 1mo
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