MuslimAuthorOrMC

I managed to finish #booked2019 this year! Yay! Here are the books I completed during the final quarter:

#FemaleDetective: Murdered, My Sweet
#RemindsYouOfYourHappyPlace: The Overstory
#IndigenousAuthor: Future Home of the Living God
#MuslimAuthorOrMC: Amina‘s Voice
#ComicOrGraphicNovel: We3
#PublicDomain: The Turn of the Screw
#PoliticalIntrigue: The Testaments

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

shadowspeak17 Thanks for putting together such a fun challenge @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaratheBibliophage ! I‘m easing up a little on challenges next year, but I am looking forward to participating very casually in #booked2020. 😊 5y

Cinfhen Fantastic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼So happy you‘ll be back for #Booked2020 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage 👊🏻♥️📚 Great job! I think The Overstory is in my top five for 2019. Still deciding ... 5y

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SLibrarian5

All-American Muslim Girl | Nadine Jolie Courtney

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This was really good! Informative, heartwarming, and relatable. I was drawn in from the first chapter and enjoyed listening to Allie‘s journey in rediscovering her faith and family. I adored the audiobook narrator as well- Priya Ayyar was engaging and funny throughout.

#booked2019

#audiobook

#muslimauthorormc

@Cinfhen
@BarbaraTheBibliophage
@4thhouseontheleft

Cinfhen I‘m listening more and more to audiobooks 💗a good narrator makes such huge difference 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Nice pick! ♥️📚👊🏻 5y

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shadowspeak17

Amina's Voice | Hena Khan

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
This was so good! There were a couple plot points I wish had been given more time, but other than that I loved this book. Amina is such a sweet character and her relationships and struggles were all so real. If you enjoy middle grade books, definitely give this one a shot.

#booked2019 #MuslimAuthorOrMC #catsoflitsy #Phoenix #Ember

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

wanderinglynn Someone does not look impressed to be a book holder 😂❤️🐱 5y

Cinfhen Cute furry friends 😻 5y

Leftcoastzen 😻 5y

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ferskner

Internment | Samira Ahmed

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It's difficult to express in a few characters why I hated this book so much so here goes: a stupid heroine who we're supposed to believe makes good decisions but actually makes every situation worse. A cookie-cutter supporting cast. Cliched dialogue with overly-long history lectures. The botching of a needed book on a vitally important topic.

#booked2019 #muslimauthorormc @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Cinfhen Thanks for your honest review. Disappointing that this book missed its mark. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Yes, thanks for the review. 👊🏻♥️📚 5y

ferskner @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage I don't usually get worked up over books but this was such a disappointment! 5y

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Cinfhen I ALWAYS appreciate an honest review especially when the reviewer offers solid thoughtful insights. 5y

MelissaSue81 I agree with your review. I wouldn't say I hated this book, but it definitely did not live up to the hype.
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ferskner @MelissaSue81 yay thank you! 5y

Sharpeipup Agreed. I wanted more from this one especially from Leila specifically. 5y

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AppuNthebooks

Goodbye Freddie Mercury | Nadia Akbar

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This reads at a breakneck pace. Quite like the city it embodies. Right from the title, the cover to the first page and every one that comes after, sucks you in to the vortex of disparity in time, means, gender and the art of chugging along. Soul-crushing moments jostling ones that make you soar. If I had read this in college, I‘d be shook. #Booked2019 #MuslimAuthorOrMC

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage

AppuNthebooks An Existential Crisis seems to be a right of passage. And this particular reading of two youngsters in a city and circumstance that‘s not hard to fathom, make it all the more relatable. That search for purpose, spiking interest in politics, moved enough to feel strongly but unsure you can do something to make a difference. The language is on point, the lead characters feel real. A fantastic read that stirs up old thoughts and notes to self. 5y

Cinfhen Such an awesome and heartfelt review!!!! #stacked 5y

AppuNthebooks @Cinfhen Thanks 😊 I hope you enjoy reading it 5y

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Lizpixie

Among the Ruins | Ausma Zehanat Khan

I have been getting back into my choice for #MuslimAuthorOrMC for #Booked2019 as my last book for #24B4Monday #readathon Not sure if I‘ll make the 24hr mark, it‘s 8.30pm Sunday here, but I‘m trying! I‘m at just over 20.8hrs & there‘s 3.5hrs to go. Cutting it close I think but maybe🤷🏻‍♀️

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, Andrew65, alisiakae, jb72, BeansPage

Cinfhen Amazing time!!! You can do it!!! 5y

Andrew65 Good luck, an amazing time whatever. 👏👏👏👏🙌 5y

alisiakae You can do it!! 🎉🎉📚 5y

jb72 Wow! That‘s a fantastic time so far! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Hope you made it! 5y

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Reviewsbylola

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban | Malala Yousafzai

Considering at this time last week, I only had two prompts completed, it feels good to be able to post my wrap up of this quarter‘s #booked2019.

#muslimauthorormc I am Malala
#comicbook Hyperbole and a Half
#diversemiddlegrade The Skin I‘m In
#booktomovie Rabbit, Run
#bookgiftedtoyou Hetty Dorval
#genrebending The Real Lolita (biography and true crime)

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

Cinfhen Way to go, Girl 💪🏽 #ReadingWarrior #ChallengeSlayer 5y

alisiakae Wow! Great job! 🎉🎉 5y

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TheKidUpstairs

The Red Pencil | Andrea Davis Pinkney

Two more completed for #Booked2019

#MuslimAuthororMC - Reading Lolita in Tehran
#DiverseMiddleGrade - The Red Pencil

@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Cinfhen Well done 👍🏽 5y

Cinfhen Hope all is well by you!!! 5y

wordslinger42 I loved Reading Lolita in Tehran!! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Woooot!! 👊🏻♥️📚 5y

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Jovy

A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini

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AMAZING! I cannot begin to describe the emotions I felt reading this book. A must-read. 💔😭

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#Booked2019 #muslimauthorormc
#LitsyAtoZ letter H

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, BookishMarginalia, alisiakae

Cinfhen I recently re-read this book/ I did the audio and it was just as good as my first read!!!!! I had forgotten some parts so all the horrors and sadness hit me just as hard!!! Excellent storytelling 5y

Shamzi One of my favorite books, have re-read it so many times!!! 5y

TrishB A brilliant read. 5y

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alisiakae This is such a wonderful book! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage This was my pick for this prompt also. Soooo good! 5y

Jovy @Cinfhen @shammi.dc10 @TrishB @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage It is brilliant! Loved it more than The Kite Runner 5y

SanjanaGhosh I loved the book. This might sound silly, but can I still start the LitsyAtoZ challenge? If so, how do I go about it ? 5y

Jovy @SanjanaGhosh I don‘t see why not! You can fill up the google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFWgg5m6TyMfQAIeN1dnh_ic8tqq7dyyMFqgSE... 5y

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