#ItTakesAllKinds Day 18: These comics are #WithPhysician(s) and nurses actually. Books are not yet on Litsy‘s database - but very popular among Filipino healthworkers. Bought them while in the Philippines last December.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 18: These comics are #WithPhysician(s) and nurses actually. Books are not yet on Litsy‘s database - but very popular among Filipino healthworkers. Bought them while in the Philippines last December.
#EuropaCollective pick for March: deserving of all the accolades it has received, from critics & our Litsy book group. finished reading it last night while on a 6 hour layover in Istanbul from Bologna en route to Abu Dhabi. Found the perfect spot in the lounge after I took a shower. Harrowing and thoughtful, the memoir depicts the aftermath of Holocaust in a way no other book has for me. The contemporary conversation about racism was raw & honest.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 17: #ExitInTitle - bought this one while in Manila last December - here‘s my book haul: https://wp.me/pDlzr-pUQ
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 16: #TitleWith?Or! - found the Italian version of tagged book by Beatrice Alemagna at the Libreria Per Ragazzi - one of the outstanding bookstores in Bologna.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 15: With the current climate, this may be considered #Controversial of sorts. Found it in a bookstore in Bologna. La Feltrinelli.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 12: #WithTherapist - the best kind there is, bar none. Sugar of Tiny Beautiful Things. More Sugar-isms in my post: https://wp.me/pDlzr-hEC
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 11: First #Love featured prominently in this coming-of-age novel. Paired today with this oro verde (or pistacchio di bronte caffé | panna montata granella di pistacchio) which is sorcery of a different kind. To be taken with the shot of sparkling water ostensibly “to clean the mouth” as the waitress explained. Palate cleanser. Manna for the gods. When in Bologna. ? Husband had a spritz campari. ?
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 10: Difficult to talk #AboutMarriage when one is deep into the vagaries of summer romance and lost innocence and first loves. My Italian read while in Bologna and munching on cold cuts and tigelle.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 9: This feels like a #LongDistanceLove kind of book. And illustrated by an Italian artist, no less! How serendipitous. An unexpected find today at La Feltrinelli in Bologna.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 8: This #Shelfie at the Libreria Per Ragazzi is pretty impressive that I ended up buying tagged book and two more titles besides. Glad to be back here in Bologna until Tuesday. 💕💕💕
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 7: #War is just about to happen in this story and I feel a sense of impending doom. The foreshadowing here is strong. Loving our #EuropaCollective pick for the month.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 6: #TrueCrime that I hope to get into soonest especially after watching the movie on Apple TV.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 5: #FandNFwithSameTopic - both award winning fiction and nonfiction books about the Drug War in the Philippines. Truly horrendous.
#EuropaCollective - just received my copy for the March pick, and only a few pages in, but seems truly promising. It‘s a serious chunkster though.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 4: Tagged book is definitely #InspiredByTVOrFilm or just possibly John Legend. Husband and I enjoyed his performance way more than the Alicia Keys One which we found to be way too short and somewhat perfunctory. John had so much dynamism and desire to connect with his audience. He appeared to be having fun - something I didn‘t feel all that much from Alicia. Loved attending both concerts here at Saadiyat Island.
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 3: It was a pleasure slipping into the #mythical fantasy-world that Babalola created, filled with bold Black women who are decisive, vulnerable yet strong, and unafraid to take risks in love and in life. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-n2T
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 2: not sure whether #FaveBookmark(s) necessarily, but here was Fats‘ book haul for her birthday, including truly nice-looking bookmarks: https://wp.me/pDlzr-ifa
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 1: now this is a #RoadTrip to end all #RoadTrip(s) - from Singapore to London which took 111 days in all. For someone like me who holds a passport that requires countless visas to be able to enter most countries in the world, this kind of ‘expedition‘ would look worlds different; and I am slightly gratified that Bescoby alludes to this as seen in the quote above. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-pzC
#LuckyInLove Day 29: #LoveAtFirstSight with John Legend tonight at Saadiyat Island Open-Air Theatre in Abu Dhabi. How lucky we are to have seen both Alicia Keys and John Legend for this series of concerts.💕💕💕
#LuckyInLove Day 28: This is a #LongDistanceLove of sorts for a poet in exile away from his home country. Paired with fresh guacamole straight from the avocado and mixed in front of you. Absolutely special.
#LuckyInLove Day 27: #Intimacy - whereby reading becomes an intimate conversation with the author, one‘s self and other readers - hence our book tribe here on Litsy. More of my book quote thoughts here: https://gatheringbooks.org/2023/10/10/book-quote-tuesday-237/
#LuckyInLove Day 26: Now this is #RomCom in the literal sense as can be seen in the title. I was entertained by the story which I read with my daughter for our book club of 2 last summer and she was laughing her ass off as she read the part on the email correspondence, because she thought it was very “old people flirting.” My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-pBl
#PoetryMatters Day 25: #Tremble
#LuckyInLove Day 25: If you are looking for stories about #SoulMate(s), you can never go wrong with the Griffin and Sabine trilogy. 7 books now in the entire series. Here is Fats‘ review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-BY - I invite you, though, to not just read the post but the comments too. Very intriguing.
#LuckyInLove Day 22: Husband and I were #OnADate with Alicia Keys at Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi last weekend - open air concert in gorgeous winter weather in the UAE.
#LuckyInLove Day 21: Rose is #HeadOverHeels in love with writing and the one-eyed brother of her sister-in-law. 🥰 I am enjoying this book that unfortunately is not yet listed on Litsy‘s database. It is shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic fiction 2022. I hope to feature it for my upcoming curation on #UAEReads at Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI).
#LuckyInLove Day 19: Definitely a #Kiss in this book cover - bought a copy of this book as a gift to one of my teenage nieces in Manila last Christmas.
#LuckyInLove Day 18: love poems require #SecretAdmirer(s) among other matters of the heart. One of the books I will be featuring for #UAEReads in March as I serve as guest curator/editor for Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI).
#PoetryMatters Day 17: #Treachery
#LuckyInLove Day 17: This is my #BookCrush that I did not get to buy and take home with me from the Emirates Literature Festival two weeks ago.
#LuckyInLove Day 16: #Hearts in Heartwood Poems recently published by Palestinian poet Dana Dajani, one of the frontliners for this year‘s #EmiratesLitFest in Dubai.