TrishB Brilliant choice 👍🏻 7y
Cathythoughts Very well said/written. I have heard of this one but haven‘t read , stacked. 7y
batsy Nice! I was on the fence about this but looks like I'll be reading it now. 7y
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Centique This sounds amazing! 7y
Cinfhen Beautiful, but a bit too wordy for me #justsayin 7y
ValerieAndBooks I read this many years ago — good, but didn‘t have me clamoring for more by him. 7y
Reggie @ValerieAndBooks Have you read Exit West? Based on all the reviews, I think he‘s either love him or hate him. I love him. 7y
Reggie @Cinfhen @Centique @TrishB @Cathythoughts Thanks!!! 7y
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Exit West: A Novel 7y
Exit West: A NovelReggie @batsy did you read Exit West? I feel he has a pulse on how America is viewed by the rest of the world and I don‘t think it is undeserved. Even in Exit West when he mentions how the refugees would see tv for the first time and wonder how people could have gameshows where food is wasted. I also have felt this way watching some of the Food Network. Anyways, I hope you like The Reluctant Fundamentalist. He deceptively packs a lot in a short book. 7y
Cathythoughts Oh did he write Exit West. I loved that ! Didn‘t realize this is the same author 👍 7y
batsy I haven't, but I think I should. I've flipped through his books in the store and wasn't moved to get them, but now seeing quotes and reviews and your comment... I'm thinking at the very least, I need to give Exit West a try. I like your description of his political engagement in fiction. 7y
DivineDiana @Reggie Have you seen the movie? It was well done! 7y
Reggie @DivineDiana I have not but I know the woman who directed it, Mira Nair, made one of my all time favorite movies, Monsoon Wedding. 7y
DivineDiana @Reggie I did not know that! 🎬 7y
Centique @Reggie oh I LOVED Monsoon Wedding. 😍😍😍I am almost as much a movie lover as a book lover but lately haven‘t gone to as many arty or foreign films as I used to. #becausekids I need to go find Monsoon Wedding and watch it again. 7y
Reggie @Centique I was not meant to own the movie. I loaned it to a friend who loaned it to a friend who moves out of state. That original friend gave it to me for X-mas that year as an apology. Lol. And then the next month I loaned it to a coworker who gets fired the next day and moved without ever giving it back. Boo. Have you ever watched any Pedro Almodovar Spanish movies? Those are also great. 7y
Centique @Reggie OMG that is incredible. No more lending out movies I reckon! I‘ve seen Tie Me Up Tie Me Down and All About My Mother. That 2nd one I adored. Anything else of his I should see? 7y
Reggie Volver, Bad Education, Habla Con Ella, La Ley de de Deseo. Lol I love him. He has more but those by far are his best. 7y
BarbaraBB Great choice! I loved this book so! Exit West too by the way. I read two more by him that I didn‘t really enjoy. 7y
BarbaraBB @batsy Do try! 7y
ValerieAndBooks I haven‘t read Exit West yet; will have to think about it! 7y