pickLoved this story. Human connection through water. Told through 3 perspectives, set on the banks of the River Thames and the Tigris in 2014, 2018 and 1840 (and a bit beyond). My favorite character was King Arthur of the Sewers and Slums. Not one I‘ll soon forget!
pickHappy International Women's Day! I don't think I can recommend a better book for the occasion this year. Dr. Mona is a badass crucial whistle-blower in the Flint water crisis. She's a pediatrician who started to notice patterns only months after the city switched its water source, and worked with only one other woman to prove that Flint's water was essentially hazardous waste and the residents were being poisoned so politicians could make money.
I was at the House of Literature last night to hear Elif Shafak talk about her latest book
What a talk. She talked about so many aspects of the novel and the significance of different writing styles for the different POV. I now have a deeper understanding of the novel
And Sharif was so sweet. Taking her time for everyone wanting a signed copy and a selfie. I stood 50 min in a queue. I can‘t remember the last time I did that
I popped into the bookstore while my oldest son was with his tutor. This book jumped out at me and reminded me to check it out at the library. I did read the first few pages there. Is that stealing? I‘m not a bookstore person, at the library, this is encouraged!
Just starting......this has been on my shelf since publication 10 years ago, my husband loved it and so I decided to read. Trying to read off my shelves instead of borrowing from the library 🤪
pickEvery 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
so-so3 ⭐If Julian wasn‘t the son of rockstars, I‘m not sure he would have gotten this book published. The book is fine. It‘s very similar to Press Here. Except in this instance, they‘re in a plane going to different places on earth. Each place has an issue. It could be pollution in the water driving the fish away, a desert that needs irrigation to grow crops, etc. In this book, I like the illustrations better than I like the story.
“Snowflakes are merely drops of rain clothed in the highest haute couture.”
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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)
A day late because I wasn‘t very well yesterday.
This one was by far and away my favourite book of 2024.
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