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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

'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' by Taylor Jenkins Reid https://booksperience.org/2023/11/02/ithe-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo-i-by-taylor-jenkins-reid/ #1950s, #1980s, #Actress, #Ambition, #AmericanLiterature, #Celebrity, #Determination, #Fiction, #Friendship, #Glamour, #HistoricalFiction, #Hollywood, #Love, #NewYork, #Novel, #Power, #Queer, #Relationships, #Romance, #Sacrifice, #Showbiz, #TaylorJenkinsReid, #TheSevenHusbandsOfEvelynHugo, #USA, #Women

'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak

https://booksperience.org/2023/11/01/ithe-book-thief-i-by-markus-zusak/

#AustralianLiterature, #BookStealing, #Books, #Death, #Emotional, #Fiction, #Freedom, #Germany, #HistoricalFiction, #Holocaust, #Library, #Literature, #Love, #MarkusZusak, #NaziGermany, #Novel, #Politics, #PowerOfWords, #TheBookThief, #War, #WorldWarII, #YoungAdult

'Atomic Habits' by James Clear

"The author highlighted that habits are repetitions, not perfections. Thus, the impact will manifest over months or even years. In the same way, you have to choose a d..."

(Full review by Rere on booksperience site)

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/31/iatomic-habits-i-by-james-clear/

#AtomicHabits, #Biology, #Business, #Change, #Goals, #HabitFormation, #Habits, #IncrementalChange, #JamesClear, #Neuroscience, #Non-fiction, #PersonalDevelopment, #Productivity, #Progress, #Psychology, #Self-help, #Success

'The Herbalist's Secret' by Annabelle Marx

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/30/ithe-herbalists-secret-i-by-annabelle-marx/

"The journey of Caitlin to unearth the mysteries of Kitty, aided by Greer, paints a picture of loss, hopelessness and bouncing back to life, which is the same case with all..."

#AnnabelleMarx, #ARC, #DebutNovel, #DualPOV, #Fiction, #Glasgow, #Gothic, #Healing, #Herbalism, #Herbalist, #Herbs, #HistoricalFiction, #Journal, #Medicine, #Mystery, #NetGalley, #Novel, #ScottishHighlands, #TheHerbalistsSecret, #UK, #Victorian, #Women

'A Little Life' by Hanya Yanagihara

"...despite all the pain and trauma I’ve always thought that this book was about friendship and kindness and love and beauty despite everything bad..."

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/29/ia-little-life-i-by-hanya-yanagihara/

#ALittleLife, #Betrayal, #BookerShortlisted, #Emotional, #Fiction, #Friendship, #HanyaYanagihara, #Kindness, #KirkusPrizeWinner, #Loss, #Love, #MentalHealth, #NewYork, #Novel, #Queer, #Self-harm, #SexualAbuse, #Sexuality, #Tragic, #Trauma, #USA, #WomensPrizeForFictionShortlisted

'The 48 Laws of Power' by Robert Greene

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/28/ithe-48-laws-of-power-i-by-robert-greene/

#Anecdotes, #BannedBooks, #Business, #Cunning, #DarkPsychology, #Deception, #Diplomacy, #Ethics, #Etiquette, #Greed, #Growth, #History, #Insight, #Leadership, #Management, #Manipulation, #Morality, #Non-fiction, #PersonalDevelopment, #Philosophy, #Politics, #Power, #PowerGames, #Psychology, #RobertGreene, #Self-help, #Sociology, #Strategy, #Tactics, #The48LawsOfPower

'The Woman in Me' by Britney Spears

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/28/the-woman-in-me-by-britney-spears/

#Abuse, #Autobiography, #Biography, #BritneySpears, #Celebrity, #Childhood, #EdMcMahon, #Faith, #Fame, #Family, #Feminism, #Freedom, #Hope, #JustinTimberlake, #Memoir, #MentalBreakdown, #MentalHealth, #Motherhood, #Music, #Non-fiction, #Nostalgic, #Paparazzi, #Parenting, #Parents, #PopMusic, #Relationships, #Survival, #TheWomanInMe, #Trauma, #Women

'The Life of Sri Aurobindo' by A B Purani

"He attributed his withdrawal from politics to a divine ordinati..."

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/27/ithe-life-of-sri-aurobindo-i-by-a-b-purani/

#ABPurani, #Aurobindo, #AurobindoGhosh, #Baroda, #Bengal, #Biography, #British, #FreedomStruggle, #FrenchInIndia, #Guru, #History, #India, #IndianCulture, #IndianHistory, #IndianIndependence, #Kolkata, #Meditation, #Non-fiction, #Non-violence, #Poet, #Politics, #Pondicherry, #Revolution, #Scholar, #Spirituality, #SriAurobindoAshram, #Violence, #Writer

'My Gita' by Devdutt Pattanaik

"The book has been rightly titled My Gita by the author Devdutt Pattanaik as it is not an interpretation of Gita, it is just an understanding of the author, his subjective truth about ‘his Gita’..."

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/26/imy-gita-i-by-devdutt-pattanaik/

#Non-fiction, #India, #Hinduism, #Religion, #Spirituality, #Philosophy, #Mythology, #DevduttPattanaik, #BhagavadGita, #MyGita, #Mahabharata, #HinduMythology, #Retelling, #Krishna, #RupaPublications