My Book Boyfriends

"what leads to it? what could be the underlying reasons for it to happen? is it just the so-called infatuation? so many questions. I needed to try to answer some of these..."

https://booksperience.org/2023/12/27/my-book-boyfriends/

#BookBoyfriend, #BookGirlfriend, #BookLovers, #BookPartner, #Bookish, #BookishThings, #Books, #Fiction, #HarryPotter, #Imaginary, #Imagination, #Infatuation, #Readers, #Reading, #Relationships, #SiriusBlack

'I Saw Ramallah' by Mourid Barghouti https://booksperience.org/2023/12/23/ltigti-saw-ramallahlt-igt-by-mourid-barghouti/

"It was difficult for him to obtain a permit to travel to Ramallah, where he belongs. After many years, he was a Palestinian, it was hard to believe that back in his hometown as a refugee..."

#1960s, #1967, #Arabs, #Autobiography, #Exile, #History, #Homeland, #ISawRamallah, #Israel, #IsraeliOccupation, #Memoir, #MiddleEast, #MouridBarghouti, #NaguibMahfouzMedalForLiteratureWinner,

'Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents' by Rod Dreher

"Resistance may seem distant or futile, but can be quite simple—rejecting the lie—a potent act of defiance..."

https://booksperience.org/2023/12/23/ltlive-not-by-lies-a-manual-for-christian-dissidentsgt-by-rod-dreher/ #Non-fiction, #USA, #AmericanLiterature, #Religion, #History, #Dystopia, #Politics, #Sociology, #SocialJustice, #CulturalStudies, #Truth, #Lies, #LiveNotByLies, #AlexanderSolzhenitsyn, #Communism, #Totalitarianism, #SoftTotalitarianism, #GulagArchipelago, #RodDreher, #Resistance,

'House of Dragons' by Jessica Cluess

https://booksperience.org/2023/11/13/ihouse-of-dragons-i-by-jessica-cluess/

#Adventure, #AmericanLiterature, #Dragons, #Emperor, #Fantasy, #Fiction, #HouseOfDragons, #JessicaCluess, #MoralStory, #Novel, #Power, #SocialJustice, #Sorcery, #Sword, #Teen, #Wealth, #YoungAdult

'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' by Robin Sharma

https://booksperience.org/2023/11/10/ithe-monk-who-sold-his-ferrari-i-by-robin-sharma/

#Abundance, #Achievement, #CanadianLiterature, #Destiny, #Fable, #Fiction, #Fulfilment, #Happiness, #Joy, #Meditation, #Mountains, #Peace, #Prosperity, #RobinSharma, #Self-help, #Spirituality, #Success, #TheMonkWhoSoldHisFerrari, #Wisdom

'Yellowface' by R F Kuang

https://booksperience.org/2023/11/08/iyellowface-i-by-r-f-kuang/

#AmericanLiterature, #Books, #China, #ChineseLabourCorps, #ChineseLiterature, #CulturalAppropriation, #Diversity, #Fiction, #Friendship, #Insecurities, #Jealousy, #Literature, #Novel, #Plagiarism, #Publishing, #PublishingIndustry, #RFKuang, #Racism, #Satire, #SexualAssault, #SocialMedia, #UnreliableNarrator, #Yellowface

'The Rape of Nanking' by Iris Chang

https://booksperience.org/2023/11/07/ithe-rape-of-nanking-i-by-iris-chang/

#AmericanLiterature, #China, #ChinaStudies, #ChineseHistory, #ChineseLiterature, #Cruelty, #History, #IrisChang, #Japan, #JapaneseArmy, #Massacre, #Nanjing, #Nanking, #NankingMassacre, #Non-fiction, #Sino-JapaneseConflict, #TheRapeOfNanking, #Torture, #War, #WorldWarII

'I Fell in Love with Hope' by Lancali https://booksperience.org/2023/11/06/ii-fell-in-love-with-hope-i-by-lancali/

"I thought the writing was distracting, the characters were uninteresting, and the plot was pointless. This book promotes doing harm to oneself. This book romanticises controversial issues and ideas, which is why I found it to be such an alarmin..."

#Contemporary, #Fiction, #Freedom, #Friendship, #GenderFluid, #Hospital, #IFellInLoveWithHope, #Lancali, #Novel, #Pedophilia, #Rebellion, #Romance, #Teens, #TerminallyIll, #YoungAdult

'The Lines We Cross' by Randa Abdel-Fattah https://booksperience.org/2023/11/03/ithe-lines-we-cross-i-by-randa-abdel-fattah/

#Afghanistan, #Australia, #AustralianLiterature, #ComingOfAge, #Contemporary, #DetentionCenter, #Fiction, #Immigrants, #Immigration, #ImmigrationIssues, #Islamophobia, #Migration, #MuslimLiterature, #MuslimsIslamAnti-Immigrant, #Novel, #Pakistan, #Racism, #RandaAbdel-Fattah, #Romance, #TheLinesWeCross, #Xenophobia, #YoungAdult