#Rukhsana Khan

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Fave Fiction: Queer Fiction Set in South Asia

For more titles set in India, click here. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Sri Lanka) The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella (India) Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam (Bangladesh) Other Names for Love by Taymour Soomro (Pakistan) Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai (Sri Lanka) Bonus: These are all Adult fiction, but for YA, check out Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam…

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shout out to sabina khan, author of the love and lies of rukhsana ali, for being my number 3 artist on spotify wrapped bc i listened to that 10 hour audio book

it’s a 5 star book, i sobbed dramatically multiple times while reading it. if you are going to read it please look up the trigger warnings bc the things that happen to rukhsana and others are just so devastating. every time i thought i had accurately predicted what unfortunate thing would happen next something even more gut wrenching happened instead

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🌙 Ramadan Mubarak - Books ft. Muslims

🦇 Good morning, my beautiful bookish bats. To celebrate this Islamic holy month, here are a FEW books featuring Muslim characters. I hope you consider adding a few to your TBR.

❓What was the last book you read that taught you something new OR what's at the top of your TBR?

🌙 A Woman is No Man - Etaf Rum 🌙 Amal Unbound - Aisha Saeed 🌙 Love From A to Z - S.K. Ali 🌙 Hana Khan Carries On - Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 Yes No Maybe So - Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed 🌙 Evil Eye - Etaf Rum 🌙 I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai 🌙 Exit West - Mohsin Hamid 🌙 Written in the Stars - Aisha Saeed 🌙 The Night Diary - Veera Hiranandani 🌙 Much Ado About Nada - Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 The Eid Gift - S.K. Ali 🌙 More Than Just a Pretty Face - Syed M. Masood 🌙 Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero - Saadia Faruqi 🌙 If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan 🌙 Snow - Orhan Pamuk 🌙 Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged - Ayisha Malik 🌙 The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad 🌙 And I Darken - Kiersten White 🌙 The Last White Man - Mohsin Hamid

🌙 Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H 🌙 The Bad Muslim Discount - Syed M. Masood 🌙 Ms. Marvel - G. Willow Wilson 🌙 Love from Mecca to Medina - S.K. Ali 🌙 The City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty 🌙 The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim 🌙 A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar 🌙 A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 🌙 An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi 🌙 The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan 🌙 The Moor’s Account - Laila Lalami 🌙 Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian 🌙 Salt Houses by Hala Alyan 🌙 When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Quershi 🌙 Jasmine Falling by Shereen Malherbe 🌙 Between Two Moons by Aisha Abdel Gawad 🌙 Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

🌙 Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie 🌙 All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 🌙 The Bohemians by Jasmin Darznik 🌙 Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif 🌙 Chronicle of a Last Summer by Yasmine El Rashidi 🌙 A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena 🌙 Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga 🌙 The Mismatch by Sara Jafari 🌙 Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah 🌙 You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen 🌙 Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali 🌙 Once Upon an Eid - S.K. Ali and Aisha Saeed 🌙 Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan 🌙 Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson 🌙 The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar 🌙 A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan 🌙 Nayra and the Djinn by Michael Berry 🌙 All-American Muslim Girl by Lucinda Dyer 🌙 It All Comes Back to You by Farah Naz Rishi

🌙 The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim 🌙 Salaam, with Love by Sara Sharaf Beg 🌙 Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf 🌙 How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi 🌙 Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan 🌙 Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam 🌙 She Wore Red Trainers by Na'ima B. Robert 🌙 Hollow Fires by Lucinda Dyer 🌙 Internment by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Love in a Headscarf - Shelina Zahra Janmohamed 🌙 Courting Samira by Amal Awad 🌙 The Other Half of Happiness by Ayisha Malik 🌙 Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy 🌙 Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Muslim Girls Rise - Saira Mir and Aaliya Jaleel 🌙 Amira & Hamza - Samira Ahmed 🌙 The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf 🌙 Nura and the Immortal Palace by M.T. Khan

🌙 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh 🌙 Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan 🌙 Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao 🌙 The Yard - Aliyyah Eniath 🌙 When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar 🌙 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty 🌙 Maya's Laws of Love by Alina Khawaja 🌙 The Chai Factor by Farah Heron 🌙 The Beauty of Your Face - Sahar Mustafah 🌙 Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana

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31: fav book?

*GASP* how am I supposed to answer with just one???

Ok I won't answer with just one HAHA

There is a LIST (order doesn't really mean anything btw) :

-Ask the Passengers by A.S. King and The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes (I KNOW I KEEP MENTIONING THEM BUT SERIOUSLY PEOPLE IF YOU LOVE LESBIANS AND FAMILY DYNAMICS THEN READ THEM)

-Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (this one is fantasy and has sword fighting and the main character is gay so whoop whoop! However TW for s*xual assault and r*pe. It doesn't go into detail but ya know the context might be hard or may not! I'm just being safe.)

-Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills (this one is more about friendship and finding yourself but it does have queer characters in here :D)

-Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner (another ya queer romance)

-Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour (I actually didn't get to finish this one but from what I read I liked it so....yeah.)

-The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine (this one I loved when I was younger)

-The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan (warning conversion therapy kind of???)

-Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro (I'm currently reading this one and so far it is *chefs kiss*)

Okay I'll stop there! Thank you for the ask! It was so fun looking through these books again!

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EEEE you missed me?? i missed you too!! ive been watching markiplier and waiting for you to respond, im so happy youre here :D

hmm.. honestly, it depends on the kind of books you like. i really love stephen king and danmei but i know that isnt for everyone. theres a few books that are my actual favorites, one of them being the love and lies of rukhsana ali by sabina khan, all in pieces by suzanne young, mirrored by alex flinn, the siren by kiera cass (#1 recommended, the sound recording especially is perfect, it makes me cry).. those are all romance books, but if you prefer other genres im sure ill have a few suggestions for those too!!

:0 THAT SOUNDS GOOD!! also raspberry chocolate???? that sounds heavenly.. theres gelato of the same flavor at the store closest to me, and its coincidental that just yesterday i had raspberry dark chocolate mocha!

I WOULD LOVE TO GRRGRGRGRR im open pretty much whenever honestly, so if you ever wanna just let me know and i would absolutely LOVEEE to ddbthfhdhdhd minecraft is so amazing and i would actually explode (/vvvpos!!) if we played

thats so fair!!! i dont really play it often either, but i love to play dti and some other games with friends of mine - theyre kinda why i got it in the first place!! and im so glad you have company now :D

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Sounds like fun! I've never seen markiplier but I know of hin :D I didn't know you were a fan! I did miss you, dear. I was talking to some of my friends about you too ! <3

I like romance books! I'll keep your suggestions in mind, since I've never read any of them. I know of stephen king, too, so I'll look into him more!

It was so good,,, it's really only around in the summer but it's so good! I'm stealing some of that gelato, hehe. It sounds SOOO GOOD.

I would also explode if we played! I love minecraft pocket edition,,, you can totally drop your username if you want and I'll give you mine!! And we could totally play dti sometime too, hehe,,, I'm not very good at it, but I'd try for you >:D

What are you up to now, sweetheart?

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READING ROUNDUP 2022: nonfiction edition ending nurse-to-nurse hostility: why nurses eat their young and each other by kathleen bartholomew (gr) incredibly practical and compassionate approach to horizontal hostility in the field of nursing. if you’re in healthcare, please check it out! the author comes and helps hospitals. she is dedicated to improving quality of life for nurses

nightwork: sexuality, pleasure, and corporate masculinity in a tokyo hostess club by anne allison (gr) really approachable and informative exploration of host clubs and their cultural role at the time of its writing (80s). learned a lot VERY quickly. also very interested if anyone has scholarly recs for the host industry 90s, 00s, 10s b/c it’s clearly changed a LOT.

under the banner of heaven: a story of violent faith by jon krakauer (gr) excellent comprehensive crash course to mormon doctrine & mormon fundamentalism. kind of shocked and horrified they made a miniseries of the book...?

my guantanamo diary the detainees and the stories they told me by rukhsana mahvish khan (gr) the oddly chipper tone of this book dealing with an extremely important and serious subject matter is hard to describe. worth a read!

the premonition: a pandemic story by michael lewis (gr) pretty cool there's a bunch of eccentric moral extremist pandemic fan scientists and civic servants out their busting their asses. thanks guys

sex science self: a social history of estrogen, testosterone, and identity by bob ostertag (gr) excellent entry point for pro-gay criticisms of transitional medicine. very far-reaching. hidden gem by a gay scholar!

toms and dees: transgender identity and female same-sex relationships in thailand by meghan j. sinnott (gr) we are everywhere :) lesbians are like watch this. 

we both laughed in pleasure: the selected diaries of lou sullivan (gr) the og heterosexual autoandrophile. cannot overstate the shock value. you really can’t miss it.

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Celebrate Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month with I Read YA!

We are dedicated to promoting, celebrating, and supporting our Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander creators, readers, and community. Below, check out some incredible books by our AANHPI creators to read all year round!

What A Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan (On-sale 7/18)

Mehar hasn't been back to India since she and her mother moved away when she was only four. But when her father announces his engagement to socialite Naz, Mehar reluctantly agrees to return for the wedding. While her father still doesn't make the time for her, Mehar barely cares once she meets Sufiya, her grandmother's assistant, and one of the most grounded, thoughtful, kind people she's ever met! Meanwhile, Mehar's dislike for Naz and her social media influencer daughter, Aleena, deepens. Mehar's starting to think that putting a stop to this wedding might be the best thing for everyone involved.But what happens when telling her father the truth about Naz and Aleena means putting her relationship with Sufiya at risk . . . Start reading WHAT A DESI GIRL WANTS! 

I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta

A propulsive social justice adventure by renowned activist and award-winning documentarian Ruchira Gupta, I Kick and I Fly is an inspiring, hopeful story of triumph about a girl in Bihar, India, who escapes being sold into the sex trade when a local hostel owner helps her to understand the value of her body through kung fu.

Rosewood by Sayantani DasGupta

Eila Das is used to following her head, rather than her heart. When she meets Rahul at Rosewood, a summer camp where campers are being scouted for the hit Bridgerton-like TV show, she experiences…feelings. Between the drama of the show and the drama of the camp, Eila will have to keep her wits about her to make it through the summer. But when she has to choose between her head and her heart, what will she do? Start Reading! 

Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta

In this Pride & Prejudice retelling, Leela is ALWAYS #1 in speech and debate competitions. But when she meets Firoze Darcy, more than just her winning streak is at stake…her heart is, too. Start reading DEBATING DARCY! 

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim

When Anna’s not looking after her brother and sister or helping out at her father’s restaurant, she’s taking care of her mother, whose debilitating mental illness keeps her in bed most days. When her mother finally gets out of bed, things go from bad to worse. And as her mother’s condition worsens, Anna and her family question everything they understand about themselves and each other. Start Reading!

Meet Me in Mumbai by Sabina Khan

Mira must decide whether to re-connect with the woman who placed her for adoption…but isn’t sure she’s ready for what she might learn. Told in dual perspectives, this novel follows Mira and her mother eighteen years apart. Start Reading! 

Caster & Spell Starter by Elsie Chapman

Aza Wu knows that real magic is dangerous and illegal. After all, casting killed her sister. But to save the legacy of their family teahouse, she enters an underground casting tournament and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Start reading CASTER & SPELL STARTER! 

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

Rukhsana is finding it impossible to live up to her conservative Muslim parents’ expectations. Luckily, it’s only a few more months until her new life at Caltech. But when her parents catch her kissing her girlfriend, all of Rukhsana’s plans fall apart. Start Reading! 

K-Pop Revolution and K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee

In this romantic coming-of-age duology, a Korean American girl travels to Seoul in hopes of debuting in a girl group at the same K-pop company behind the most popular boy band on the planet. Start reading K-POP CONFIDENTIAL & REVOLUTION! 

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Which YA books do you think have the BEST TITLES EVER? Check out our latest display, featuring:

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal

Revenge of the Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen

The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson

The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding

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I hadn't planned to say this. I hadn't even been thinking it. But I couldn't stop myself from spewing the venom that had been festering inside me for weeks now.

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali, Sabina Khan

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Mental Health (Books)

A:

Alice Isn't Dead (Joseph Fink)

Keisha Taylor (Anxiety)

Sylvia Parker (Anxiety)

Lennon Davis (OCD)

All Our Broken Pieces (L.D. Crichton)

A Step Toward Falling (Connie McGovern)

Belinda Montgomery (PTSD)

Lucas (Stage Fright)

Richard (Depression)

B:

Blind Spot (Laura Ellen)

Tricia Farni (Addiction - Drugs)

Bruised (Tanya Boteju)

Daya Wijesinghe (Grief, Self-Harm)

C:

D:

Doctor Sleep (Stephen King)

Daniel "Danny" Torrance (Abuse, Addiction - Alcohol)

E:

Exit, Pursued by a Bear (E.K. Johnston)

Hermione Winters (Sexual Assault, Trauma)

F:

Fight Like a Girl (Sheena Kamal)

Trisha (Abuse, Guilt, Trauma)

G:

H:

Handle With Care (Jodi Picoult)

Amelia O'Keefe (Bulimia, Self Harm)

I:

Icebreaker (A.L. Graziadei)

Mickey James (Depression)

I Hope You're Listening (Tom Ryan)

Delia "Dee" Skinner (Trauma)

Indian Horse (Richard Wagamese)

Saul Indian Horse (Abuse, Addiction - Alcohol, Racism, Sexual Assault, Trauma)

J:

K:

L:

M:

More Happy Than Not (Adam Silvera)

Aaron Soto (Depression)

N:

Nothing but Life (Brent van Staalduinen)

Wendell "Dill" Simms (Trauma)

O:

P:

Power Play (Eric Walters)

Cody (Abuse, Addiction - Alcohol, Sexual Assault)

Punk 57 (Penelope Douglas)

Annie Grayson (Addiction - Drugs)

Manny Cortez (Addiction - Drugs, Depression)

Misha Lare (Depression, Grief)

Q:

R:

Rush (Jonathan Friesen)

Jake King (Addiction - Adrenaline)

S:

Sketches (Eric Walters)

Dana (Sexual Abuse, Trauma)

Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)

Inej Ghafa (Trauma)

Jesper (Addiction - Gambling)

Kaz Brekker (Trauma)

Nina Zenik (Addiction - Drugs)

Somebody Told Me (Mia Siegert)

Aleks/Alexis (Trauma)

T:

The Agony of Bun O'Keefe (Heather Smith)

Bun O'Keefe (Abuse, Neglect, Trauma)

Chris (Abuse, Homophobia)

The Beauty of the Moment (Tanaz Bhathena)

Malcolm (Abuse, Trauma)

The Buried and the Bound (Rochelle Hassan)

Leo Merritt (Depression)

Tristan Drake (Abuse, Trauma)

The Good Hawk (Joseph Elliot)

Jaime (Anxiety)

The Immeasurable Depth of You (Maria Mora)

Brynn (Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, OCD)

The Luis Ortega Survival Club (Sonora Reyes)

Ariana Ruiz (Sexual Assault, Trauma)

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali (Sabrina Khan)

Rukhsana Ali (Abuse, Homophobia, Sexual Assault, Trauma)

The Mosaic (Nina Berkhout)

Gabriel Finch (PTSD)

Twilight - Series (Stephanie Meyer)

Isabella "Bella" Swan (Depression)

U:

V:

W:

Warriors (Erin Hunter)

Bluestar (Depression)

What Unbreakable Looks Like (Kate McLaughlin)

Alexa "Lex" Grace (Abuse, Sexual Assault, Trauma)

Wings of Fire - Series (Tui T. Sutherland)

Cricket (Abuse)

Fathom (PTSD)

Indigo (PTSD)

Qibli (Abuse)

Sora (Anxiety)

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Y:

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Rabia’s Eid by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Debby Rahmalia

Rabia’s Eid by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Debby Rahmalia. Random House, 2024. 9780593706817 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback early reader Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? On the last day of Ramadan, little Rabia decides she wants to try fasting with her family.  Her sister Maryam and their mother think she’s too small, but…

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🩷 Sapphic BIPOC Books for Sapphic September

💜 Too often, books by authors of color get shelved out of view in favor of books written by well-known, already-established white authors. No more! In this amazing era of writing, there are more sapphic books by authors of color (about characters of color) than ever before! Here are a few sapphic BIPOC books to consider adding to your TBR! Spread the word about these books to give them the attention they deserve.

🩷 Girls of Paper and Fire -Natasha Ngan 🩷 You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson 🩷 Once Ghosted, Twice Shy - Alyssa Cole 🩷 Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron

💜 Friday I'm in Love - Camryn Garret 💜 The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali - Sabina Khan 💜 Wild Beauty - Anna-Marie McLemore 💜 Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo

🩷 Gay the Pray Away - Natalie Naudus 🩷 D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding - Chencia C. Higgins 🩷 The Good Luck Girls - Charlotte Nicole Davis 🩷 Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo

💜 The Midnight Lie - Marie Rutkoski 💜 Tell Me How You Really Feel - Aminah Mae Safi 💜 We Set the Dark on Fire - Tehlor Kay Mejia 💜 The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar

🩷 All of Us with Wings - Michelle Ruiz Keil 🩷 How to Find a Princess - Alyssa Cole 🩷 Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron 🩷 Sorry, Bro - Taleen Voskuni

💜 Wish You Weren’t Here - Erin Baldwin 💜 Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust 💜 We Didn’t Ask for This - Ali Alsaid 💜 The Grief Keeper - Alexandra Villasante

🩷 Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Really Feel - Sara Farizan 🩷 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Temaki 🩷 It’s Not Like It’s a Secret - Misa Sugiura 🩷 Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour

💜 You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat 💜 The Skin and Its Girl - Sarah Cypher 💜 Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H 💜 Roses in the Mouth of a Lion - Bushra Rehman

🩷 Faebound - Saara El-Arifi 🩷 Legendborn - Tracy Deonn 🩷 The Weight of Stars - K. Ancrum 🩷 Dread Nation - Justina Ireland

💜 I’ll Be The One - Lyla Lee 💜 Not Your Sidekick - C.B. Lee 💜 Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers 💜 Every Body Looking - Candice Iloh

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Books read in 2023:

Molly Sweeney (Brian Friel)

If Cats Disappeared from the World (Genki Kawamura)

Remembering Light and Stone (Deirdre Madden)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)

The Vegetarian (Han Kang)

The Forester’s Daughter (Claire Keegan)

One by One in the Darkness (Deirdre Madden)

Foster (Claire Keegan)

The Dark (John McGahern)

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali (Sabina Khan)

Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (M.C. Beaton)

The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)

The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Hiro Arikawa)

The Furthest Distance (Lucy Caldwell)

The Last White Man (Mohsin Hamid)

Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)

Lies of Silence (Brian Moore)

The Plough and the Stars (Seán O'Casey)

Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)

So Late in the Day (Claire Keegan)

Burnt Out: How 'The Troubles' Began (Michael McCann)

My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)

Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (Martha C. Nussbaum)

What You Are Looking for is in the Library (Michiko Aoyama)

Diary of a Young Naturalist (Dara McAnulty)

Coraline (Neil Gaiman)

Reflections and some discussion under the cut

As u can see I had a Claire Keegan Deirdre Madden phase at the start of the year.....they're both good authors and Madden is v underrated imo (though Remembering Light and Stone was a little underwhelming for me, but still memorable).

My goal was 25 books and I'm happy I reached it. Reading books was something I loved as a child, but for various reasons I got very out of the habit and it got to the stage where I was really struggling to concentrate on reading novels for even a short period of time. But over the last couple of years I've been sloooowly getting back into the habit and so this year I privately set myself this challenge and while it did keep me motivated because I wanted to reach it, it also wasn't a burden and I really enjoyed being a bookworm again. I thought a few times about getting Goodreads again but I honestly think that it was one of the many things which put me off reading in the first place. I don't like feeling like I have to read fifty or a hundred or more books, and there is pressure to do that, and personally I do not feel that I can always sum up my feelings on a book neatly out of five stars.

Some of my faves this year were: Small Things Like These; One by One in the Darkness, The Thursday Murder Club; Convenience Store Woman; Before the Coffee Gets Cold; Burnt Out. Though I liked most of the books I read this year and I kinda just want to keep adding to this list.

My least faves: The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali (it was not the best written but not the worst, I liked aspects of it but others...not so much); Agatha Raisin (though I was expecting it to be well written lol); Lies of Silence (I have literally no idea how that book got shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was meant to be a thriller but it was dull and predictable. RIP to the female characters' potential. I half wonder if I missed something because it seems to be on the LC curriculum, but there are so many more better books that deal with similar issues, like One by One in the Darkness by Deirdre Madden for example).

DNF (and do not really want to finish): Asking For It by Louise O'Neill. No doubt an important book and well written, but just too graphic for me.

I think I'm gonna keep the goal of 25 books for this year, but branch out a bit more. A lot of the books I didn't get finished last year were non-fiction, so I'll finish them and then add them to my 2024 list (is that cheating? lol idrc), and try to read other non fiction books and memoirs. Also, just over half of the books I read were Irish (14 books - 52 odd per cent), and while I LOVE Irish fiction (somebody talk to me about Deirdre Madden please) and the non-fiction books I read were really important and felt quite personal (Diary of a Young Naturalist gave me a greater appreciation for local wildlife, and was fun to read because I've been to many of the places the author described, and Burnt Out should be read by anybody who wants to understand The Troubles and made me think of my own family's experience, as well as appreciate impressive historical research done by a non-university academic) but I could probably do with exploring other cultures and histories more. So I'll try to do that. I'd also like to read more poetry, but I can't just sit down and read a book of poetry the same way I can a novel, I must spend days and weeks analysing a poem and going insane over it. I may or may not read a poetry book over a few months...we shall see.

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Amrita Singh And Her Mom, Rukhsana Sultana’s 70s Pic Is Exact Copy Of The Former And Sara Ali Khan – Suhana Khan Pictures - Unseen Photos Worldwide

AMRITA SINGH AND HER MOM, RUKHSANA SULTANA’S 70S PIC IS EXACT COPY OF THE FORMER AND SARA ALI KHAN – SUHANA KHAN PICTURES A Reddit user shared an old picture of Amrita Singh with her mother, Rukhsana Sultana. The photo has an uncanny resemblance with the present mother-daughter duo, Amrita and Sara Ali Khan. Read the full article