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Zuleikha | Guzel Yakhina
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The great February book haul: I‘m always on the lookout for books for #litsyatoz. And these are literally #letter A to #letterZ

Balibee146 Zuleikha is part of my dog's pedigree name.... I sometimes call her by it if she's being naughty and she gives me The Look when she hears it 🤣 3w
Texreader @Balibee146 Such an unusual name! I wouldn‘t have guessed it. How cute!! 3w
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Reading an 11-year-old‘s diary when she‘s a happy child and then suffering the fates of the Bosnian War is tragic and sad. Pages of the diary were published during the war in 1991-93 when she lived in Sarajevo, and she knew she was being compared to Anne Frank. Her writing is exemplary for her age but she never understood why there was a war and why peace wasn‘t coming. She was both hopeful and sometimes suicidal as friends were killed and ⬇️

Texreader families, friends, and neighbors were displaced. From the introduction we learn her family eventually escapes to Paris and from Wikipedia we learn she went to Oxford and now champions the cause of children suffering through war. Of course an inspiration. Reading about war from a child‘s perspective is eye-opening to say the least. I am glad she left us this legacy. #letterZ #litsyatoz 4w
Librarybelle I read this when it first came out - she is roughly my age, so it was very moving to read about a war in my lifetime by someone my age living through it. 4w
Texreader @Librarybelle What an experience for a preteen to have read this book while the war was going on. I can tell you I don‘t think I even knew about the war in the 1990s. I was a newlywed and working two jobs. Life was difficult then so the news took the back burner. 4w
Librarybelle @Texreader Would you believe I think I picked this up at a Scholastic Book Fair? I will say I don‘t have too many clear memories about that war, other than it was on the nightly news that my parents watched. But, her experience living in an active war zone was so striking and helped connect the odd snatches of info I‘d hear on the TV. 4w
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This once middle class family moved a wood stove found in the attic into the kitchen because electricity is out more often than it is on. And this is how they are spending the winter. #letterZ #litsyatoz

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@Bookish_Viking @KatieRose23

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Another challenge for 2024?

*YOINK*

Don't mind if I do 😋😁

Only question is... what do I do about books that start with The? Are they T's or do they count for other letters... 🤔

#2024ABCChallenge

Bookish_Viking I tend to disregard the 3 Article words (“the”, “a”, and “an” only) using the first letter of the next word. 1mo
Texreader Same challenge as my #litsyatoz!! Enjoy!! And I ignore articles unless I‘m desperate for a title that starts with i. 1mo
Ruthiella Disregard! That‘s how you do it when shelving fiction, do it makes sense to keep it for a challenge. 1mo
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The_Penniless_Author Never count articles for alphabetizing purposes (#NCAFAP)! 🤓 4w
RaeLovesToRead @Bookish_Viking I've just realised that the book in question has "Golden" in the title for the colour box though, so problem solved! ???? 4w
RaeLovesToRead @Texreader Ooh, nice! I shall use your hashtag too! 😊 4w
RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella @The_Penniless_Author Thanks! 😄 I'm such a stickler when it comes to... well... anything 😅😅 4w
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Mimmy is the name of Zlata‘s diary. Cici is her cat. So good that the cat can give an 11-year-old girl peace during war.

#letterZ #Litsyatoz