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Yesterday's treat (a pistachio éclair). I needed extra fuel to compensate for all the effort it took me to read from right to left 😈

Not the easiest read (I thinks with some exceptions, my brain doesn't get on well with graphic works, compared with just text), but I still liked it and I can recognise its quality.

After being 3rd in the library request queue for ages, I've now gotten hold of Shubeik Lubeik. I know what I'm doing tonight 😎 Reading this book from right to left, manga-style 🙃

A thick (I think this edition has three books in one) graphic novel from an Egyptian artist about wishes. Westerners harvest a treasure trove of wishes in an ancient temple. Three of them end up with our Shokry . He sells two and is left with one. Sounds like a dream right? Anything you wish will come true! Not so fast! How do humans regulate wishes? Did humanity manage to create world peace? Really made me think and great illustrations!

Nightly baseball practice setup: cat, graphic novel, large water bottle, mother in law, golf cart. The other parents MUST think I‘m weird. They‘re right.

This graphic novel was fascinating and so very different from what I expected. Set in a Cairo where wishes are real—and are bought and sold under tight government control—this is not a light, sweet fantasy about wishes desired and granted. It‘s far more realistic, and far more serious. The world-building accounts for not only desire, selfishness, and greed, but also bureaucracy, government corruption, privilege, and exploitation. ⤵️

I feel like I'm the last person to know about this graphic novel, but just in case you are: it's FANTASTIC. It is set in an alternate Cairo where 'wishes' are real, come in bottles, and are subject to heavy government regulation (with all that that entails). The book tells the story of three particular vintage wishes at a man's kiosk, and the three people's stories those wishes become entangled in. I don't want to say too much more. Read it.

I'm part way through this excellent graphic novel in which "wishes" are sold on the market and regulated by governments. Here's an info box between chapters.

"My sister's grandson is a graphic designer" ???

Lovely #graphicnovel set in modern alternate Cairo, in which wishes are real and are sold in a regulated market.

#LuckyInLove Day 17: This is my #BookCrush that I did not get to buy and take home with me from the Emirates Literature Festival two weeks ago.

SHUBEIK LUBEIK by Deena Mohamed
ROAMING by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
GHOST BOOK by Remy Lai
A MAN AND HIS CAT by Umi Sakurai
ROYAL CITY by Jeff Lemire
A SKY OF PAPER STARS by Susie Yi
THE NIGHT EATERS by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
LISTEN, BEAUTIFUL MARCIA by Marcello Quintanilha

Great book. Literally very heavy.

What a gem of a graphic novel. Vibrant in illustrations and story, Shubeik Lubeik tells the tale of a world where wishes are commodities that are bought and sold. I loved how Mohamed uses this to look into class differences. What happens when a poor person gets an expensive first class wish? The govt assumes it‘s stolen. Also, it‘s fascinating how wrong wishes can turn out. Wishing to lose weight? Watch out, you might lose some limbs. Delightful.

This is one of the best graphic novels I‘ve read. The author built this alternate world where wishes are commodities that are mined and sold. It is so thorough and the philosophical musings of whether someone should use a wish or not and what would be the best wish is fascinating. There are three first class wishes that the book is basically divided up into, and it‘s set in modern-day Egypt. I was really impressed.

A world where wishes are regulated and can be bought by anyone with means (or received as a gift/prize). This is a trilogy of stories concerning such a gift of three wishes and who ends up using them. This was an unexpected gut punch as well as an absolute delight. Kicking myself for not purchasing it this past weekend when making the rounds for indie bookstore day… but once I‘m off my book buying ban I‘ll be adding this to my collection.

Shubeik Lubeik means “your wish is my command.” In this graphic novel Mohamed imagines a world where wishes can be bought and are part of everyday life. Fun and thought-provoking.

Such an interesting book! This #graphicnovel is about if wishes were a real thing. *returning to this new library book to find out what happens*

Me: “I‘m not taking home any books to read over break - I‘m just going to read books I own.”
Me, 20 minutes later: “Ooh new books! Which ones should I take home?!”
I have already started reading the tagged title…
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