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There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

I popped into the bookstore while my oldest son was with his tutor. This book jumped out at me and reminded me to check it out at the library. I did read the first few pages there. Is that stealing? I‘m not a bookstore person, at the library, this is encouraged!

thecheckoutstack Definitely not stealing 😀😂 1d

Chelsea.Poole @thecheckoutstack 😉 I never buy anything (I‘m always just going to borrow it from our library) and I get in my head about it lol. They‘re in a college town and seem to be doing very well, based on the amount of sales happening during my 45 minutes there so I felt ok about just hanging out 😊 1d

Lesliereadsalot I‘m the same way. My library will order anything if they don‘t have it so I only buy books for my Kindle if I‘m going on a trip. I love bookstores and I feel free to read anything when I‘m in one. Not stealing! 1d

kspenmoll My experience in bookstores is that they really don‘t mind that you‘re sitting there reading or looking at book. often it‘s OK. I even take pictures sometimes of books so that I can get them at the library! I might buy 1 book to be supportive, esp if it‘s an Indie store. 1d

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AnneCecilie

There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

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Every once in a while you read the blurb of a book and think this could be a new favorite. Then you read the first paragraph and gets it confirmed. This was that book for me. I knew I was in safe hands and could just get lost in the story.

Arthur by the Thames from the 1840s, Narin by the Tigris in 2014 and Zaleekhah by the Thames in 2018. I preferred Arthur and Zaleekhah‘s stories and I post under a spoiler why

And that ending

AnneCecilie When reading we don‘t know how the stories of Arthur and Zaleekhah will end. Very early on we learn that Narin is Yazidi girl and when the family is going to a town near Mosul and ISIS is mentioned, at least I knew where this was going. Everyone remembers the massacres of the Yazidi, the only thing we don‘t know is how Shafak will do it and how much in the center of this her characters will be. 3w

AnneCecilie I‘m going to an author event with Shafak later this month and I‘m so looking forward to it. I can‘t wait to hear what she has to say about this novel and her process. 3w

Luke-XVX She‘s going to be at my local bookstore in April! 3w

TrishB I loved this one ♥️ 3w

squirrelbrain Enjoy the event - I‘m sure it will be fab! ❤️ 3w

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AnneCecilie

There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

It occurs to him, in that moment, that poverty has its own scent, an odour that emanates from his pores, easily detected. It is an awful, debilitating thought.

(This quote has my thinking of “Parasite” right away)

Cathythoughts Can I ask you what book is Parasite ? Thanks , I‘m curious. 1mo

AnneCecilie @Cathythoughts it‘s not a book, it‘s a Korean film that came out in 2019 1mo

Cathythoughts Ok. Thankyou. ❤️ 1mo

sarahbarnes Parasite is so good. 1mo

BiblioLitten @sarahbarnes That movie stays with you, long after you‘ve watched! 4w

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TheEllieMo

There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

A day late because I wasn‘t very well yesterday.

This one was by far and away my favourite book of 2024.

#FaveBk24
#25Alive
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty cover 🤍💙 1mo

Eggs Hope you‘re feeling better 💙🩵 1mo

TheEllieMo @Eggs getting there. Probably well enough to go back to work tomorrow 😫 1mo

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AnneCecilie

There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

#FirstLineFridays

This paragraph pulled me in and hooked me

Leniverse There are some powerful passages in that book! It has really stayed with me. 1mo

ShyBookOwl It's a really captivating line! 1mo

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SanjanaGhosh

There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

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“Water is the consummate immigrant, trapped in transit, never able to settle.”

The story spans multiple timelines, a story of a child born in London in the 1800s, a young researcher with a broken marriage finding her footing in present day London and about a young girl belonging to an unconventional religion in present times as well.The common denominator is a single drop of water caught in its never ending cycle of evaporation and precipitation.

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TheEllieMo

There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

Not just my favourite read of November, but the best book of the year for me. I adored it.

#12BooksOf2024
@Andrew65

TrishB I just finished it yesterday, absolutely awesome. 2mo

Andrew65 I need to get to this clearly. 2mo

TheEllieMo @TrishB I‘m always so pleased when others like a book I loved 🥰. I thought the writing was so beautiful, and I loved “King” Arthur! 2mo

TrishB Yes agree 😁 2mo

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TrishB

There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

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I have read this book in the last 24 hours and feel a bit battered and broken.
It‘s amazing, a work of art, but brutal and honest.
I learned a lot and googled a lot!
Brilliant story telling.

Cathythoughts Great review 👍🏻❤️ 2mo

AnneCecilie This is on my tbr and the whole reading in 24 hrs has me even more intrigued 2mo

TrishB @AnneCecilie I don‘t go back to work until next Monday so I basically just read this as I had no other plans! Sadly not something that happens often enough. 2mo

AnneCecilie But still, it‘s not the shortest book. Now I really want to read it sooner rather than later 2mo

squirrelbrain Great review! ❤️ 2mo

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There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel | Elif Shafak

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Joining @TheAromaofBooks #Readouttheold readathon to finish all the books before the new year arrives. Read this one for a bookclub. I had a hard time getting into it and when I got in, it became very heavy.

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2mo

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