10 minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World #BookReview

Book: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange WorldAuthor: Elif Shafak After January’s reading spree February was a month for slowing down. Elif Shafak’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds was the perfect pick for the purpose. One cannot open a Shafak and breeze through it. Her books are to be sampled and savoured at leisure. But …

What is ‘Natural’? #BookBytes 25

I just wrapped up Elif Shafak's 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World and while I still have to make up my mind about the book but some of its quotes were too good to not be shared. And so I've been sharing them on social media all this past week. Here's one …

Memories #BookBytes 24

After a very satisfying January where I managed to read five books (I wrapped up the Lunar Chronicles) I'll be slowing down this month. With that thought in mind I picked up Elif Shafak's 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. I've read two of her books and really enjoyed them. If this one …

The Bastard of Istanbul #BookReview

Book: The Bastard of IstanbulAuthor: Elif Shafak I’d recently finished The Forty Rules of Love and loved it. The Bastard of Istanbul was already waiting on my bookshelf. The story This is the story of two girls Asya, who is Turkish, and Armanoush, aka Amy, who is Armenian American. Asya, the bastard daughter of Zehila, …

Importance of Dissent #BookBytes 13

Here's a quote from my current read The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafaq. This isn't a book one can rush through and I'm making steady, though slow progress. More on that when I review the book. For now savour this quote. “To her way of thinking, anyone who can't rise up and rebel, anyone …

Celebrating Differences #BookBytes 9

Some books come into your life at a particular time, at a time when you need to read them. When that happens the book takes on a whole new meaning, it becomes more than a story to be read and forgotten, it becomes part of you. Hola folks. And welcome to another edition of #BookBytes. …