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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities | Bettany Hughes

https://youtu.be/IDSdg_etAkM?feature=shared

^ made a YouTube video showing off the books I bought in Istanbul

Sorry about the terrible audio on this one.

If anyone has read any Elif Shafak or Orhan Pamuk drop me a message... where should I start????

Thank you for supporting the channel. I keep working on it 😊

lil1inblue My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk was EXCELLENT. I highly recommend that one! 1mo

RaeLovesToRead @lil1inblue I have that one! 😊 1mo

RaeLovesToRead @lil1inblue Maybe this shall be my starting point!!! 1mo

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JenReadsAlot Istanbul by Pamuk.... I'm also hoping to get there one day 🤞 1mo

RaeLovesToRead @JenReadsAlot This also may be a good starting point 🤔🤔 I wish I was still there... such an incredible city. 1mo

RaeLovesToRead @JenReadsAlot I dragged my friends to the book bazaar and the Pera Palace Hotel library for drinks because they were in my 1000 libraries book 😅 1mo

JenReadsAlot That sounds amazing! Some day.... 1mo

Andrea313 I read the following by Orhan Pamuk a number of years ago and really enjoyed it:

Istanbul - Memories and the City

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Liz_M @RaeLovesToRead There's a 1000 libraries book?! 1mo

BarbaraBB Did you go to this museum? I loooved it:

The Museum of Innocence

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Bevita

Cloud Cuckoo Land | Anthony Doerr

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Well it was not as good as All the Light We Cannot See and it‘s a problem when it takes the first 350 pages — 350!! — to get into it, but I tore through the last 200. Creative and really compelling characters. An ode to libraries and books, which I love.

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Aconight

Cloud Cuckoo Land | Anthony Doerr

Promised myself I was only going to donate today but left with these beauties. Plus a fantastic new read 😍 mini #bookhaul #local #library

Trashcanman What‘s your favorite opening? 3mo

Aconight @Trashcanman I wasn‘t playing, it‘s free to use. Would love to learn though! 3mo

Trashcanman @Aconight ❤️ 3mo

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LitsyEvents

The Tournament | Matthew Reilly

repost for @BarbaraBB:

Just one week until the #ToB starts! Here‘s a reminder to those who expressed interest in playing along in our #LitsyToB25 and haven‘t filled in the form yet. If you still want to join (you don‘t have to have read all the books!), please vote for your winners in the opening round. Also, vote for 2 zombies: https://forms.gle/jKTvVdCaRPVy16RL7

You can vote until March 6: you‘ll get a copy in your inbox (check junkmail!)

BarbaraBB Thank you 🙏 4mo

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LitsyEvents

The Tournament | Matthew Reilly

repost for @BarbaraBB:

With 4 weeks until the #ToB starts I‘ve made a form to vote for your winners in the opening round. Also, vote for 2 zombies: https://forms.gle/jKTvVdCaRPVy16RL7

You can change this form until March 6. After recording your votes you‘ll get a copy in your inbox (check junkmail!) with a link to make changes.

Tagged is everyone who wanted to play along, others are welcome too of course!

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LitsyEvents

The Tournament | Matthew Reilly

Repost for @BarbaraBB

Hi all, the brackets for the #ToB25 are now live: https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-2025-shortlist

I‘ve been wondering if you‘d like to play along again in March and come to our own winner of the shortlist?
Please let me know if you‘d be interested, then I‘ll organize it again.

I am tagging some ToB regulars but everyone is welcome to join of course. If you‘d like to be (un)tagged, please let me know as well!

BarbaraBB You reposted already but once more certainly can‘t harm! Much appreciated 🤍🤍 5mo

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Texreader

Cloud Cuckoo Land | Anthony Doerr

The tagged book was a stellar read in July and will certainly vie for one of my best reads of the year

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

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BkClubCare

Tournament | Matthew Reilly

I have read 7; currently listening 🎧 to The Wedding People and eBooking Irena Rey. I have The Safekeep ready for next audiobook and am on hold SOON for eB Beautyland. Intermezzo is #55 🤣 , Orbital #3, Ministry of Time #32, Blue Sisters #13, Colored Television #9, Bury Your Gays #6

#ToBLongList #ToB2025_LongList

Yeehaw! 🤠 Here we go with the mad scramble!

Ruthiella Love it! 😁 7mo

squirrelbrain So exciting! (I think I‘m 27 now for Intermezzo but I‘ve been on the list for quite a few weeks already!) 7mo

BarbaraBB It‘s all so exciting that I have hardly been reading 🤣 7mo

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BkClubCare @BarbaraBB 😆 7mo

Hooked_on_books I just did my initial rapid scroll through the list and I love that there‘s always a number of things on there I‘ve never even heard of. I‘ve read 27 already but I‘ll be honest, there are books on there I do not want to read! 7mo

Readerann @Hooked_on_books 27!!! 👏👏👏 I‘m with @BarbaraBB. It‘s so much fun reading all the ToB “stuff”, I can‘t seem to get to the books. 😁 7mo

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Texreader

1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West | Roger Crowley

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For 50+ days, Constantinople defended itself and its 1200+ years of history as the eastern-most bastion of Christendom against the Turkish Ottomans‘ assault. This is a very detailed account of the siege and battle, and some of the aftermath. Sultan Mehmet was only 21 when he felled the city that had withstood many previous attempts. I suspect age aided his endurance. But he was also a young military genius and had extraordinary control of the ⬇️

Texreader men who fought his battles, both by use of carrot (you get to plunder the city) and stick (you will die a lingering death if you fail to fight). The author writes in never boring detail, but it is a slow, monotonous read—the nature of a siege. The atrocious killing, taking of slaves, and plunder—the author is quick to note—was common at the time, regardless of creed or religion. I strongly recommend the book and its evenhandedness in its telling. 7mo

sisilia I‘m so going to read this!!! 7mo

Texreader @sisilia It‘s good. 7mo

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