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As the first book in the series, I enjoyed how Ghosh set the scene with this book and delved into the characters.
I have the second book on hand (though I don't know when I will get to it) but I have read some reviews and am unsure if I will like how the series continues....

I ❤️ #bookmail!

A Black sailor from the US, a Hindu widow, a disgraced Raja, an orphaned French girl, a Muslim boatman, a Chinese pirate, just a few of the characters brought together by fate and opium on board the Ibis as it sails from Calcutta to Mauritius in 1838. How they come together is the premise of this first book in a trilogy, which is full rich back stories, sailor jargon & Indian dialects. A compelling read. Has anyone read the series? I'm undecided.

Caught a bit of the sunset. The days are starting to lengthen and it feels good. 🙌
Spent a lot of today reading/listening:
📗Sea of Poppies
🎧Libertie
Hoping to finish them both by Monday.

Making a somewhat noncommittal start on my #bookspin book. This one has been on my shelf a few years now.
@TheAromaofBooks

Before I started I didn't realize it was part of a trilogy... After reading this book I will be buying the next two 😁. The author builds such strong and interesting characters and it is great to see how they start to fit in together. Such different and interesting time and place presenting huge challenges for characters. At times I thought I wouldn't fully understand the story as he switches between languages with a lot of almost pidgen English.

#indianliterature #jumpintojanuary #seaofpoppies #amitavghosh #india #love #worldliterature

Loving this book but wonder how difficult it must be for people who don‘t know at least a little Hindī. Some pages are packed with Hindī vocabulary.

📚I loved the tagged book but was reading it as an ARC, unaware it was the first of a trilogy, and I literally did throw it when it ended on a cliffhanger and I thought it was all over. 😂
📚📚 Depends on the day and my financial circumstances. I enjoy all three.
📚📚📚 Getting norovirus on a school bus.
📚📚📚📚Woodsmoke, cut grass, fir forests
📚📚📚📚📚Grey Black
#friyayintro @howjessreads 👋🏼

These are the new books I put on my #FirstInASeries display today! 😁

Have you read any of these?

#LitsyLovesLibraries #MrBooksDisplays

This book is beautiful 😍! And it's floppy! Sounds amazing too!!! This is set in the backdrop of the Opium wars! I have heard great things about this!!!

#bookhaul
#fiction

1. Daffodils
2. Fresh sweet corn & tomatoes
3. Small garden & 2 blueberry bushes.

How about Grass by Sherri Tepper? Also "Umbernight" by Carolyn Ives Gilman. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh.

#gardenparty @repollock

Today‘s book is “Sea of Poppies.” It‘s historical fiction set mostly on a boat before the Opium Wars. This book was complex and well-written but it took foreverrrrrrrr to get going, to the point where I almost quit on it. Ultimately, I mostly enjoyed it but I‘m in no rush to read the sequel.

Look at the lovely box of goodies from my #litsypenpal. Thank you so much Danielle! It's all so thoughtful. Gorgeous book, treats, and I love the journal! And I'm excited to try the instant espresso.🤗 So kind!!
@Ddzmini

Finally finished reading my first 500 page-r of the year. Set in the early 19th century, this account of historical fiction (1st of the Ibis trilogy) is a well crafted story with character detailing at its core; constituting multitude of tales (how they come together!) weaved in a logical and organized structure. The action happening in the last 100 pages provides a brilliant ending, making the reader curious to pick up the 2nd in the series.

Nincumnoodles! 😂 Reminds me of gobblefunk by Roald Dahl!

"When the sun rises the path will show itself."

The times are terrible, but hope is what gives us strength. One of the main characters here ponders over that thought.

The writing here is a complex amalgamation of characters, and stories. Loved the way things have come together in the 1st part, Land.

What an interesting read! Wish I was getting more time to spend with it.

#bookmail another recommendation from @ScorpioBookDreams Set against the backdrop of the opium wars it looks to be a great series.....god knows when I‘ll actually start it though ! ❤️📚

I have always wanted to read it. FINALLY!

The only Amitav Ghosh book I have read is 'Countdown', which is about the nuclear tests done back in the late 90s in a small village (Pokharan) in India.

Time to check out more of his writing!

Whoa. This book took me a while to get through because it is so vivid and follows so many stories. Definitely enjoyed it, but will probably not rush to finish the series.

#Bare legs and current read. #UncannyOctober

I loved this. Ghosh has created memorable characters, on a journey downriver & then from Calcutta through the Bay of Bengal on the Ibis. He builds up rich details with layers of setting, sounds & history & joyful use of vernacular. Great empathy for his characters & despite his care & precision the writing is light & the plot moves quickly. I was swept up in the story & even in confronting scenes, there is comforting sense that good will win out.

"a roof of Chinese design, with upturned eaves and curved green-glazed tiles."

I love all the details in this book, and this reminds me of our driveway here in Hong Kong with the same green tiles!

#riotgrams day 4 #currentread

Set on a boat just before the Opium Wars, I'm starting this in Hong Kong overlooking Victoria Harbour. 🚢

#VoicesOnTheWind #Poppies

I‘m reading this for a grad course on literary theory, and if I hadn‘t been I might have given up on it (the exposition is exhaustively detailed. Emphasis on exhaustion). The pace does eventually pick up and the story becomes gripping–but not until literally 350 pages along, and then suddenly the book is over. I suppose that‘s one way to get people to pick up the sequel, but I can‘t help wondering how many never even made it that far. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The truth is, sir, that men do what their power permits them to do. We are no different from the Pharaohs or the Mongols: the difference is only that when we kill people we feel compelled to pretend that it is for some higher cause. It is this pretence of virtue, I promise you, that will never be forgiven by history.

Post-wedding pool day 🌴 ☀️🍹#vacation

(double) Booked for the night! #IbisJourney

Choices, choices... Which to start #WorldBookNight later?? And of course I will be toggling among the titles... Hehee #polygamistReader #TBR

This took me a minute... but I was able to come up with some #flowersoncovers from my shelves - mostly my #tbr shelves 😄 #feistyfeb

Easily #amitavghosh's best book - and the first of the ibis trilogy - it takes you back to a bygone era - beautiful descriptions and amazing attention to detail

Barnshooting badmashes, this book is difficult! Im halfway in and the slang/idioms/pidgin/nonsense is slowing me down considerably. #page24ofcurrentread #readjanuary

Reading this for #24in48, but had to take a break to get some Indian food!

#Readingwithoutwalls

Just finished The Vorrh. Now I'm going back to Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies. I read half of it last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. I took a break in reading it due to getting a bit burned out on mariner related books. I had spent the first part of last week reading Carsten Jensen's 700 page sea epic We, the Drowned.

Finally got Sea of Poppies back from the library. I can't keep the characters straight at this point- there are so many! First of a trilogy problems.