Please join us in reading Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell for our monthly book club read!
We will be reviewing the book along with our book club discussion question for July 31, 2021.
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If you have never read any of Khaled Hosseini’s books, please do so now! His 2003 debut novel The Kite Runner was a fantastic book and was a five stars read! We were curious to see if his subsequent book, A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) was just as good.
My expectations were set high since I loved Hosseini’s first book.
So, was A Thousand Splendid Suns good as his first book? The bottom line is, it’s was just as good!
Here’s why A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini gets a 5 out of 5 stars from me.
Continue reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns Book Review”1. “One could not count the moons that shimmers on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
The title of the book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, comes from the 17th century poem ‘Kabul’ written by Saib-e-Tabrizi. Did you like the literary and cultural reference? Did you want to find out more about the poem and Kabul?
2. Did you enjoy learning about Afghanistan and the political regime changes from the book?
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We will be reviewing the book, along with our book club discussion questions for June 30, 2021.
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I love reading books that are set in different countries and show the values and cultures of that country. A Burning, a debut novel by Megha Majumdar piqued my interest because it is set in modern India.
Going in, I thought the book would be depressing, as books that I have read set in India are usually sad. There’s always the issue of poverty which shows the unfairness of life. Other than it being sad, I had no other expectations.
So I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved this book. Yes it was sad, but the story line was interesting and the author did a great job in weaving a tale that made me think.
Continue reading “A Burning Book Review”1. What did you think of PT Sir initially? Did your opinion of him change by the end of the book?
2. Have you come across the term hijra before? What did you think of Lovely as hijra? How do you feel about Lovely?
3. What did you think of Divan?
4. The story line is broken up with interludes. Did you like them? Which one did you like? Did it enhance your reading experience?
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We will be reviewing the book along with our book club discussion questions for May 31, 2021.
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I always look forward to reading a book about different traditions and cultures. Etaf Rum’s debut novel A Woman Is No Man hits that mark with a story about three generations of Palestinian- American women.
There’s been a lot of praises for this book so I was eager to see if they were correct.
Was it worthy of all the praises? Most definitely yes! You know it’s a really good book when it gives you all the feels. Emotionally I bounce between sad and mad. Regardless, my heart was squeezed throughout this book. It was a gut wrenching book!
Continue reading “A Woman Is No Man Book Review”“I was born without a voice, one cold, overcast day in Brooklyn, New York. No one ever spoke of my condition. I did not know I was mute until years later, when I opened my mouth to ask for what I wanted and realized no one could hear me. Where I come from, voicelessness is the condition of my gender, as normal as the bosoms on a woman’s chest, as necessary as the next generation growing inside her belly. “
1. A Woman Is No Man opens up with an impactful statement about being voiceless and that being silent will save them, and to discover that years later it is false. How do you feel about that statement? Did this pique your interest and make you want to read her story?
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We will be reviewing the book along with our book club discussion questions for April 30, 2021.
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