Fiction
Drawing in the Sands by Zoe Klein
I finally finished the book Drawing in the Sands. Here is a little overview of the story. "Brilliant archaeologist, Page Brookstone, is convinced bones speak, yet none of the ancient remains she has unearthed during her twelve years of toiling at Israel's storied battle grounds of Megiddo has delivered the life-altering message she so craves. Which is why Ibrahim and Naima (in the summary, it says Aisha, but in the book, it's Naima) Barakat, a young Arab couple who implore Page to excavate the grounds beneath their house in Anatot, instantly intrigues her. The Barakats claim the ghosts of two lovers haunt their home, overwhelming everyone who enters with love and desire. Ignoring the scorn of her peers, Page investigates the site, where she is seduced by the undeniable force. Once Ibrahim presents Page with hard evidence of a cistern beneath his living room floor, she has no choice but to uncover the secret of the spirits. It is not long before Page makes a miraculous discovery - the bones of the deeply troubled Prophet Jeremiah locked in with an eternal brace with a mysterious woman named Anatiya. Buried with the entwined skeletons is a collection of Anatiya's scrolls, whose magical words challenge centuries-old interpretations of the prophet's story and create a worldwide fervor that threatens to silence the truth about the two lovers forever. Caught in a forbidden romance of her own, and under constant siege from religious zealots and ruthless critics, Page risks her life and reputation to deliver Anatiya's passionate message to the world." - From the summary in the book
By Jessie Lynn Nelson4 months ago in BookClub
The Bookclub That Never Agreed
M Mehran Most bookclubs bond over shared taste. Ours bonded over the exact opposite. We never agreed on anything—not the genre, not the author, not even the definition of a “good book.” And strangely enough, that was the secret that kept us together.
By Muhammad Mehran4 months ago in BookClub
The Secret Bookclub in the Park
M Mehran Most people walked past us without noticing. To them, we were just a cluster of strangers on picnic blankets, sipping tea from mismatched thermoses. But for those who stopped and listened, they’d realize something unusual: we weren’t talking about the weather or politics. We were unraveling worlds, chapter by chapter, beneath the old oak tree in the park.
By Muhammad Mehran4 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Time Lines by Guilio A. Savo
I've just finished reading Time Lines and I have to write my review straightaway in order to capture my mood and my thoughts on it. I can honestly say that I have never read anything quite like this and I'm not sure that I am going to be able to relay my awe sufficiently at Savo's vision and the way that he has managed to craft it into a book, enough to do it justice, but I will try.
By Rachel Deeming4 months ago in BookClub
Why the sex? And why is he white?
Hello, hello I really like reading. And last year in Portugal there was this very beautifull collection of classics being sold. All of them hardcover, with drawings and very classical looking covers. So, I bought some of them (my parents did cof cof). I wanted to read some classical literature and almost all of the writers of the books were women so it sounded like a great opportunity. One of books that I loved the most was The "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë. I read the book so fast and was trying to convinve everyone around me to read it to.
By Joana Pires4 months ago in BookClub
