Chronicle of a Last Summer: A Novel of Egypt | 
so-soThis was my selection for reading a book during the season it is set in for the #popsugarreadingchallenge and while it was beautiful it was only so-so for me. Even though it is actually quite short it felt much longer - I might not have been in the right head space for a slow, contemplative novel.
pickAh, divine. So lyrical in its simplicity. A girl in Egypt grows up with her eyes wide open, deftly observing her family. The days bleed together and the story seamlessly transitions as she ages, and she talks more, discusses her desire to pursue film-making. Politics divide and unrest peaks. Her banal descriptions of the day-to-day kept her (and me as a reader) grounded. A beautiful, quick read.
pickA short but lovely literary novel about three different summers in Egypt. It's quiet and won't appeal to everyone, but I thought it was well done.
pickA portrait of Egypt told in 3 parts: 1984, 2004, 2014. This short novel doesn't have much plot except a stream of conscious narrative of a girl becoming a woman at various points in Egypt's unstable political upheaval, incl its Revolution in 2011. Egypt is a character as we follow its devolution from her perspective close to revolutionaries. It strikes an uneasy chord w/similarities bw Egypt's instability & burgeoning disruption in the US. 🇪🇬
pickDay 3, book 3. Put this one on your list! Short diary-like read of a woman's experience of three Egyptian revolutions - as a girl, teen and then as an adult. The voice is 💯. #dogsoflitsy
Books borrowed and bought from my library and my indie.
Errands done ✔️ progress made on a work project ✔️ time to relax & snuggle for a bit with a new read. 🤓
Looking toward to this book that follows a young girl and Egypt's social scape as she grows up with her family in Cairo.
#thebookishferrets
I pick reading. Any book. No Star Wars. That is all.
so-soA decent read. A lot of the family's story was never told, which makes sense since the main character never learns them, but I felt the story suffered. A lot of promise for a debut novel, though.
pickShort book about Cairo from 1984- 2014. The author uses 3 summers to tell the story of a family. It reminded me of a slow boil...the beginning is the set up for a good last chapter. Overall, good but maybe not great😊.
Something tells me that I'll be using that quote (hopefully I'll keep it to myself during staff meetings) "common sense is not that common."
This book is small, but jam-packed with feeling!
pickElegant, almost elegiac prose paradoxically reflecting the disquietude of three summers of revolution: 1984, 1998, and 2014. This lit-fic novel reads like a memoir owing to its powerful, spare, and introspective language. (Author photograph by Brigitte Lacombe)
In the end, I bought the hard copy; and in the early twilight of this morning read the first section which is set in 1984. And now, my world is just a little bit bigger than it was s couple hours ago
Sigh. The book was released on 28JUN; but I just got the ARC now, 3 weeks later... I'll pick up the finished product as an eBook; and start this either tonight or tomorrow :-/
Immersive and beautifully written, this book is like taking a trip to Cairo, without the airfare. #bookbento
bailedI failed to listen to my own advice: it's usually best to stay away from author-read audios. This might be just fine in print, but I won't be able to to get the unvarying cadence of the narration out of head. I'm moving on.
Reading a galley to prep for a review and having an adult beverage. #onbrand #readingatbars #booksandbooze
