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I have been waffling between pick and so-so on this one since I finished it earlier today. This is a beautifully written coming-of-age story about a girl‘s struggle with her best friend‘s drug abuse/addiction and general wildness. Unfortunately, the book seemed unfocused and there were some incongruous parts that drew away from the main narrative. 3⭐️

Jenny and Lauren get together to talk books one last time in 2018. We also talk about our preliminary thoughts on 2019 reading goals.
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I read 20 books in November 2018, and pictured are my 5-star reads. Follow the link to find out more! http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2018/11/books-read-november-2018-269-288.html

The two female friends in this novel are connected to the landscapes in a number of ways. Either one of them or the place might be cursed.... Ahlam, the daughter of an Israeli mother and Palestinian father, has dreams/visions.

There are elements that to me give away that this is a debut novel from a writer with an MFA program influence - extraordinary drug use for one - but it is stronger and more captivating than most novels in that vein.

I confirmed my match got her stuff (yay!!!) so I opened up my package and OH EM GEE I feel so spoiled!! These are just the books and I am so absolutely pumped!! @EmilyChristine you did such an amazing job picking out books I really wanted and super other exciting pics I have heard amazing things about!!! Thank you times a million! 💗📚🎄 #secretsantagoespostal

This story begins in Arizona where the eerie and beautiful landscape is a main character.

I can't stop thinking about this novel from Soho press. It's such a quiet, slow burn type of novel. This story follows Ahlam, a half-Jewish, half-Arab teenager trying to find her place in the world. And I can't fathom how the author fit so much meaning into so few pages.

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Day 15: #ReadingWomenMonth - New Books/TBR ⠀
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I loved SONORA by Hannah Lillith Assadi. This short novel follows Ahlam, a half-Jewish, half-Arab teenager trying to find her place in the world.⠀
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Yay! Library hold came in! #usareadingroadtrip - Arizona

Started this today and already halfway through. It has some seriously beautiful, haunting writing. Full of emotional turmoil and desert mysticism. I grabbed this on a whim. Love when I do that and it turns out to be one of the best things I've read lately. 🌵

"I understood that my mother being from Israel and my father being Palestinian was something that made them feel lonely together, and that was why they never felt at home anywhere except for perhaps, against all odds, with each other." Hannah Lillith Assadi's SONORA is spellbinding from the start. #JewLit

I'm a sucker for coming of age stories, and when one gets described as a 'fever dream' I have to read it. This is the case with Sonora. I absolutely adore the burned out photograph used as the cover and the texture of the book which unfortunately is difficult to render in a photo.

This is one of those friendships that burns so brightly, taking people out with its fire and flame until it completely burns out. There's love and hate and jealousy, sex and drugs and running away from it all, a never ending party, and an unexplainable friendship. With breathtaking pros, Assadi folds us into these women's lives so much that we can taste their tumbling disaster and fall right along with them.

All of life is alchemy. You own the magic of your path.

Flakes of the star fall like snow in July. Flakes of the sun fall like fireflies. People are opening their mouths and gulping down the sunflakes like rain.

I am a memory house for those I have lost, those I no longer know.

The back is such a canvas of wonders when you are in love.

In this hospital room, my father's heart is the soundtrack of my unsleep.

"But when I was up, I was feverish without fear, in love, my body passionate and full of stars. Higher than any leap could bring me, any rush of performance. I was in love with the world, with the horniness, the meanness, the grandeur of the city crawling beneath my skin. I saw nothing ugly."

I've been itching to finally read and review this book for ages and now I finally can. #JanuaryRead #SubwayReads #amreading

When you're unsure about a book then see that Alexandra Kleeman wrote a blurb for it and suddenly you need to read the book RIGHT NOW. Do you have any authors like this??

So excited to get this book from #SohoPress, one of my fave imprints. Coming in March, and looks amazing. Yay, Hannah Lillith Assadi!

Hannah Lillith Assadi read from her upcoming book (her first time reading from her own galley!) at #TheOtherStories live event at The Oracle Club. The book is magnificent and I'm waiting on my review copy now. Listen to her read at: Theotherstories.org/episodes/episode-83