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An interesting, timely & important story about a man who makes a trip back to Syria from the U.S. to visit his ailing father, is detained, forced into the army & eventually ends up in Guantanamo, separated from his beloved young daughter who has no idea what happened to him. At times the different stories, POVs & time frames bog it down-but it made me sad, mad & made me think. Paired with Sweet-Spice Roasted Nuts for my book tour review, link👇🏻

Hoping to finish up this #ARC tonight for a review this week. The book has nothing to do with the food--my favorite "It's been a Monday" dinner. Veggie potstickers make me happy. ?Is it Friday yet?

#GetMovin #Sandstorm
I got a bit stuck on this prompt but I thought of these two books with characters who have spent time in Syria & the Middle East-likely places for sandstorms. In the first book it's a war correspondent involved in a traumatic event there & the tagged book has a Syrian national, living in the U.S. who goes back to Syria to see his dying father & is detained & put in the army, gets 'traded' & eventually ends up in Guantanamo.

Thanks for the #friyayintro tag @Crazeedi 🤗& @Texreader too! 😉

1. It's supposed to rain-so reading, chores, watching all the Golden State Killer shows I DVR'd, making soup on Sunday...the usual😉
2. Malasadas-Portuguese donuts.🍩
3. No, I can't settle & have started several. I do need to finish the tagged book for a book tour review next week. 📚📚😬📚
4. Does 'happy it's Friday' count? 😬
5. I'll tag anyone who hasn't done this but wants to.😘

I don't know why I wanted tuna pasta salad tonight but I did-so I pretty much threw everything in my kitchen I thought would work into a bowl with canned Italian tuna & leftover pasta & seasoned it up. It needed crunch so I chopped up smokehouse almonds. It actually turned out to be pretty darn good.😋👍 The book is an #ARC for a book tour review but I realized I don't post until the week after next so I'm switching to something lighter tonight.

Good #bookmail day with 3 books in for book tours. The tagged book is about a Syrian father separated for 40 years from his daughter, then there's a psychological thriller fused with a coming-of-age-story set in the wilds of Alaska, & finally a foodie romance set in a cupcake shop. The 3rd book is for an Instagram tour. The coordinator needed someone to take the last spot & I needed an excuse to buy cupcakes for the pic! How I suffer for my art!😋