NFchallenge21

The Pianist from Syria: A Memoir | Aeham Ahmad

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“This is the story of a man in a green shirt, playing a piano amongst the rubble. The photo can never tell you about what came before and what came after.”
This.Book. 💔
I don‘t have enough adequate words. Simply inspiring.
“I am a pianist, not a political activist. My revolution is music.” 👇🏽#HooplaAudio

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Cinfhen #ReadingAsia21 #Syria
#Booked21 #MusicalInstrumentOnTheCover
#NFchallenge21 #WrittenInAnotherCountry
#Pop21 #SomethingBrokenOnTheCover 4y

Megabooks You are knocking through these challenges girl! I thought it was good that I had six booked prompts done, but you are slaying these!! 4y

Cinfhen I‘m always a super star in January @Megabooks by March I‘m behind the pack 😜 4y

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Hooked_on_books This sounds like echoes of the Cellist of Sarajevo, which I thought was wonderful.

The Cellist of Sarajevo

Cinfhen Yes!!!!!! @Hooked_on_books I meant to include that reference in my review and forgot. Both books are wonderful and heartfelt. What gets to me, is the events in this book are less than 10 years ago😢 (edited) 4y

Hooked_on_books It‘s extraordinary and awful the events of our lifetimes. What inflicted horror we humans seem to like to prove over and over on one another. 😔 4y

Librarybelle I will definitely have to read this soon! 4y

TrishB I‘m assuming this is the same book? Great review ♥️

The Pianist of Yarmouk

Cinfhen Oh wow!! Yesssssss @TrishB I guess UK version has a different title 4y

TrishB Not sure why- I‘m pretty sure people would recognise Syria more than Yarmouk. Kindle decent price 👍🏻 4y

Cinfhen I have a hunch the author, Aeham Ahmad probably wanted Yarmouk in the title as he doesn‘t really like giving the country of Syria any kind of attention / recognition @TrishB 4y

Kalalalatja I‘ll have to try and find the audio, your review has convinced me! 4y

Cinfhen I hope you find the audio @Kalalalatja it‘s really good and it knocks out a bunch of challenge prompts 😊😆 4y

TrishB Ah that makes sense. 4y

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The Pianist from Syria: A Memoir | Aeham Ahmad

Technology continues to blow me away ~ as I‘m listening to Aeham Ahmad recount his harrowing plight living in the Yarmouk Refugee Camp, I‘m able to view via YouTube his performances. For 4 years he plays piano in defiance. This book is beautiful and heartbreaking. I‘m so happy I found this memoir because of Litsy reading challenges. If you‘re interested go on YouTube. I won‘t watch ahead as I prefer to hear the story from Aeham. 👇🏼

KarenUK, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Kalalalatja, BarbaraTheBibliophage, Librarybelle, alisiakae, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen #ReadingAsia21 #Syria
#Booked21 #MusicalInstrumentOnTheCover
#NFchallenge21 #WrittenInAnotherCountry
#Pop21 #SomethingBrokenOnTheCover #Hoopla 4y

Librarybelle I‘m glad you‘re really connecting with this! It sounds so beautiful and haunting. 4y

Texreader Is t that the beauty of Litsy? To make new friends and discover books we wouldn‘t have otherwise? 4y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa That sounds beautiful and moving! 4y

Kalalalatja Sounds like a beautiful book and performance 💕 4y

Cinfhen It‘s riveting, inspiring, devastating and heart wrenching @Kalalalatja @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Texreader @Librarybelle 4y

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Cinfhen

The Pianist from Syria: A Memoir | Aeham Ahmad

Beautiful story so far, heartbreaking
#ReadingAsia21 #Syria
#Booked21 #MusicalInstrumentOnTheCover
#NFchallenge21 #WrittenInAnotherCountry
#Pop21 #SomethingBrokenOnTheCover #Hoopla

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Crazeedi Sounds like a good one 4y

BarbaraBB Great use of the prompts, especially something broken on the cover 💔 4y

Librarybelle I have to add this to my to read list 4y

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Cinfhen This memoir/audio is fantastic. I‘m glued. I‘m learning so much. Highly HIGHLY recommended @Crazeedi @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle (edited) 4y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen it sound excellent. I'll look for it, the audio is good?? 4y

Cinfhen Audio is AMAZING @Crazeedi I‘m listening from my library system on #Hoopla 4y

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Cinfhen

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language | Amanda Montell

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Amanda Montell, aka DaManda, is a self certified #wordNinja. And she‘s absolutely delightful. She brings knowledge, humor and insight into our everyday lexicon. I LOVED this book. Who knew words could be so entertaining and empowering!?!This was GREAT🙌🏻 Loved listening to the author read her work. I think this would make an AWESOME bookclub choice. Lots to talk about 😜#NFchallenge21 #AboutLanguage #Booked21 #JewishAuthorMC #Hoopla

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Cinfhen You were right @KarenUK @squirrelbrain @Megabooks @TrishB 🙌🏻❣️ 4y

squirrelbrain @julesG and I had our own little book club meeting (on Zoom) when we read this last year. We both listened to it and Jules bought herself a hard copy straight away. I fully intend to get myself a copy too, as I think you would get different things out of a print copy. 4y

Cinfhen I agree @squirrelbrain How fun that you and @julesG had a zoom chat !!! Great idea 4y

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julesG @squirrelbrain I've picked the book up several times since our #BuddyListen. Definitely worth getting a print copy. 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This one has been on my to read list for awhile... I was just thinking about nominating it the next time around with #SheSaid ... sounds like that would be a good idea. 4y

Cinfhen Absolutely @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 🤓 4y

Megabooks Glad you loved it and I loooove that flower!! 💜💜💜 4y

KarenUK Yay! I KNEW you‘d love it! 💕 4y

britt_brooke Loved this one! 4y

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