Came across this while browsing recommended books. I really enjoyed the first two books, but have mixed feelings regarding the further sequels. And now another one!? Hopefully not just an attempt to ride the wave of popularity, and will offer some sort of closure to the story.

A lovely sight for sure :-)

Seeking refuge in between pages of familiarity, to get over the current reading slump...a book bought almost twenty years ago :-)

'...but when it looks the most dead, in truth it carries abundant life.'
- Everything The Light Touches by Janice Pariat

Life.
Too proud to stay at the shore.
Too scared to wander into the ocean.

'Blessed are the ones who weep,
for her salt flows in their tears.
The ocean lives on in their tales
as they wander in her ebb and flow...'

Weekend ponderings...
'The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it.'

Book 3/'24 The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak - A story of love and loss. A tree as a main character adds depth and dimension to the narrative, carrying it through.

Change is inevitable, and beautiful!

Again, in Hyderabad...

Colours and sunshine...

The promise of sweetness

Time travel, anyone!?

The eternal city

When in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

I stopped reading only when there were none left to read! :-)
Some from my collection.

'Superman from India' :-D

A great read :-)
'That's the thing: no matter what we do, think, feel or go through, we are not the only ones.'
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Book 2/'24 In Which Language Do I Remember You? by Shruti Sonal - Beautiful collection of poems, with poignant lines from the first page to the last. So glad I came across this on my TL, and thank you Shruti Sonal for such wonderful poetry!

'Isn't it truly astonishing that there is no recording device for scents? Actually, there is one, a single solitary one that predates technology, analog, the oldest of them all. Language, of course.'
- Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov