pick4 Stars • I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes follows retired U.S. agent Pilgrim hunting a terrorist, Saracen, planning a biological attack on America. The fast-paced thriller tracks Pilgrim‘s global chase, from New York to the Middle East, blending espionage, personal trauma, and a race to stop catastrophe.
#IAmPilgrim #TerryHayes #Bookish
Thuis is waar je afwezigheid wordt gevoeld, waar de weerklank van je stem in leven wordt gehouden, ongeacht hoe lang je weg bent of hoever je bent afgedwaald, een plek waar nog steeds jouw harteklop slaat.
pick4 Stars • Honor by Elif Shafak traces a Turkish-Kurdish family, focusing on twin sisters Jamila and Pembe. Jamila stays in their village, while Pembe moves to London with her husband and three children. In the 1970s, Pembe‘s innocent connection with another man leads her son Iskender, driven by traditional notions of honor, to kill her.
pickAnother wonderful book by Shafak. She doesn't just write a story. She's weaving it.Each scene, each sentence a tiny string in a big, beautiful carpet of a plot. It made me value water even more, but not only this - I got a new feeling for how connected we all are. Not just linear, but over time and continents. It's hard to describe the feeling, that's moving inside of me, when I think about this book, so I don't even try.
#CastTheDie @PuddleJumper
We do not care what else is happening this weekend, or what may come up. We will be attending the protest Saturday (if our joints cooperate), then promptly heading home to hermit up for the rest of the weekend. We do not want company. We will be reading, napping, and watching trash.
#wdncw #wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe
pickAmazing!!! So beautiful... I don't really have any other words! I was dubious at the beginning... It felt a bit Cloud Atlas (which I didn't love) but by the gut wrenching end I was completely swept away by all those intermingling rivers.
so-soThis book was ok as an introduction to or broad overview of Ottoman history. However, it jumped around alot, such as to different time periods, topics, and such. Generally, it seemed to try to cover too much in too short of a book.
so-soIm just not a fan of this author. Her character dialogue is juvenile, basic. This is a adults fiction book with fully grown adults as characters and honestly there's better dialogue out there in YA.
There's also a lot of personal rants in here. The whole rant about fish and sanitary towels is one example of how information is shoe horned into the narrative. Its awkward.
And there's no trust of the reader. A good author will show not tell.
