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Thank you every single one of you for helping me reach 40k!! . I still remember how big a deal it was when I reached 5000 and the feeling is still the same! . So here's a cup of freshly brewed strong cappuccino for you! 😉 . #shothonor10 sent to me by @honorarabia #beautyinAI

Stephen King said that books are uniquely portable magic, I thought I'd put that to test. 😉 . 💭What's one book you'd take with you wherever you go. . Thanks @sumaiyya.books for patiently helping me take this shot! . #whpmotion #bookstagram

When it comes to free books, @aaknopf has been sending some amazing titles my way over the last few months, Thank you!! . I’ve read Warlight and will be reviewing it in the next couple of days. . In other news, it’s the Saudi National Day tomorrow! Which means a rare long weekend here! Thank god it’s on a Sunday! . ❗️How’s the weekend treating you guys? Anything new? Any interesting plans? Hope reading is going on well! . #bookstagram

@sumaiyya.books got this for me, Thank you so much!! . It’s a very short one but I’m going to read it on a quite afternoon next week when I’m in the mood. . About the book: Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi's, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe. . ❗️Will you be picking this up? . #bookstagram

The rest of his life. How long that time had once felt to him. How quickly it has sped by. How much of it has been wasted. How soon it will be over. Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed . I give 8/10 to this quote! . Started this last night, my first Margaret Atwood. . ❗️Have you read it? Thoughts about Shakespeare? (Hag-Seed is a retelling of The Tempest) . #bookstagram

Just a few pages left of Warlight (Thanks @aaknopf for sending it to me!), and I'm not sure how to structure my review. . I recently heard a podcast on BBC 4 (I think) where critics were discussing how they review books. And it was really interesting to see the basis behind reviews for different people. . ❗️ What is one thing you always hope would be good about a book? . #bookstagram

Excuse me! Where do you think you’re going?? Please read the caption 😋 . I had an interesting little discussion yesterday about people not living (or not lived for many years) in the country of their ethnicity. Do you live in the country you’re actually from? Or were you born in a different country to your ethnicity? . I’m Indian but I was born in Dubai, UAE. I’ve lived in India for a few years (for higher education) but the rest of my life I’ve lived in middle eastern countries (UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia) . My question is: Does the fact that a person isn’t living in the country of their ethnicity make a difference to their feelings towards it? Do they have the same rights when it comes to commenting on it? Or is it reserved only for those who are living in that country? . (I’m not sure if my caption is clear enough, but you’re a smart lot, you’ll figure it out anyway 😬) . #bookstagram

Diverse Reading Lists . Since joining Bookstagram 3 years ago, I’ve come across a lot of books on a daily basis and for the first time in my life I started paying attention to books set in different countries. But I’ve never had a clear guide on which book to start from when deciding to read about a particular country. . I decided to start a blog series which would cover different countries (with a focus on but not limited to countries which are not usually in the literary limelight) with the help of fellow bloggers and book reviewers from those countries. . We have travelled to six different countries already and are continuing on our journey every week to a new one. . This week we have @bookgirlingmoments from Pakistan Who has shared her pick to represent Pakistan and it’s culture for the traveling biblio chronicles! . ❗️Blog link is in the bio, would be delightful if you take a look! . #bookstagram

Since the past year or so I’ve been hearing a lot about Own Voices and their importance. So I was really interested in reading So Lucky by Nicola Griffith sent to me by @mcdbooks. . It’s a book about Mara Targelli who you might call the ideally empowered woman in today’s world. Head of a huge company, a martial artist and fierce and straight forward in her dealings. Mara finds out she’s suffering from Multiple Sclerosis and things start to go south for her. . #theguywiththebookreview presents So Lucky. . You can read the summary for broad details of the book, I usually don’t get into those in the review so I don’t take away much from your experience. . This book is not just about MS and what people go through when they suffer from it. It’s more of a social and political commentary on what happens with the disabled in society at large. . Mara doesn’t want to be called the victim of her circumstances and wants to take hold of her life without the help of anyone, she readjusts her home to be self sufficient for her and starts an online campaign to help other people like her. Nicola Griffith gives a really good insight on how everyday life is affected by MS and it’s really helpful in educating us about it. I personally had no clue about how MS affects someone and this book made me research a lot about MS and I can say I do have a general understanding about it now. . It’s also an interesting reflection on Social Media and how it can be empowering and can sometimes even a negative effect. . Mara’s character is what holds the book together as the rest of the characters aren’t as involved and could be thought of as props to tell Mara’s story. The writing is very comforting and not too complex. There is a certain hint of suspense in the second half of the book but it’s never the focal point. . Overall a very good experience and maybe an important one at that. I’d urge you to pick it up, I think we could all benefit from reading about such topics. . #bookstagram

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way. - Allen Klein . Hope you guys are having a great weekend! . #WHPperspective

INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY . Winner will get: One illustrated edition of Harry Potter (any one of the three pictured here - winner will chose which one they want) . Rules: 1. Follow @theguywiththebook 2. Like this photo 3. Tag 3 friends (Not Justin Bieber) in one comment (One Entry). You can do this up to 3 times (Three entries) - Giveaway ends on 30th September - Winner will be randomly selected and announced on this post on the 1st of October. Winner must claim the prize in 24 hours, failing to do so will result in me randomly picking another winner. Giveaway accounts will not be entered. Private accounts are also invited to enter. Book will be ordered from Book Depository so please make sure they ship to where you live. If the winner lives in India or Pakistan I will order from one of the local online stores. (Amazon or Fabingo) Giveaway is not affiliated with @instagram. By entering you are confirming you are over 16 or have your guardians permission to enter. This giveaway is only for this Instagram post and not on Facebook (where it posts on my Facebook page as well) . #bookstagram

Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable...-Roald Dahl. . Happy Roald Dahl Day! . #bookstagram

We’re talking podcasts today! But before that, here’s a quote I love! . What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul. Neil Gaiman, American Gods . So, I’ve been looking for bookish podcasts to listen to. The only one I regularly listen to is @thereadingwomen and today I finally downloaded SoundCloud and subscribed to @mostlylitpod! . Their latest episode is them discussing about The Great Gatsby! And I like the casual nature of their podcast, it’s like being the silent friend who’s sitting with three friends who are arguing about a book 😂It’s partly hilarious and absolutely serious at others. Great job guys! . @thereadingwomen is hosted by @kdwinchester and @autumnprivett . @mostlylitpod is hosted by @itsraifa_ @alexreads__ and Derek . Please share your favorite bookish podcasts in the comments below. . #bookstagram

This is probably my 8th or 9th Murakami and I’ve finally come to realize Murakami doesn’t write to please anyone, sometimes it feels like he doesn’t even write to please himself. He writes because he needs to; he needs to free his mind of these thoughts that’ve made a home in his mind. And I have nothing to complain about that, we’re lucky he’s decided to! . Killing Commendatore #theguywiththebookreview is up on the blog (Link in bio) . Thank you for taking out time to read it! . And huge thanks to @penguinukbooks for sending me this advance copy! . #bookstagram

I think it’s about time I updated my #meetthebookstagrammer tag. Lucy @the_litedit tagged me, Thanks! . 1- I used to get nightmares that I’d hit someone when I drove so I stayed away from driving until 23. 2- I’ve only bought 3 books in 2018. 3- I usually prefer subtitles while watching series/movies. 4- I hate shopping. I hate trying jeans because it means I need to take of my shoes. So when I have to, I wear slippers to the store. 5- I used to sit on the last seat in class through out school and university. 6- I’ve started writing three books and stopped a few thousand words into them. 7- My life is quite the opposite of what I show on Instagram. 8- I’m scared of babies. . ❗️Share something about you! Tagging a few and inviting you all to share your #meetthebookstagrammer tag!

Look what I found! A boarding pass which I left in my copy of Omertà which I was reading on a plane last year! . Speaking about boarding passes, if you’d like to take a flight to Kenya, click on the link in bio (Or IGstories) to see what book @kenyan_library has chosen to represent Kenyan culture! . This is chapter 5 of the Traveling Biblio Chronicles on my blog (www.theguywiththebook.com) . ❗️If you’d like to write for this series please comment below where you live and your website address. I will check the comments on this post in the future to contact some of you. . PS: I am looking more for people in countries which are not usually represented like South American, African, Asian and some European countries. . #bookstagram

It would be pretty much accurate if I said this picture is a visual representation of my daily life. Everything revolves around coffee! . I read books almost every day, but I have coffee every single day. So I guess coffee beats books. There, I said it 🤭 . ❗️We all love books here but let’s confess something which we enjoy equally or maybe even more than books! I know it’s tough, but try! . #WHPdailylife

For most readers it can sometimes get a bit tricky when they have to explain why they pick up a book and read every single day. I'm surrounded by readers so it's just something we do on a daily basis and never think about it. But it becomes a very tough task when someone asks things along the lines of 'why read when you can just watch the movie instead?', 'why give a week or ten days to read a book, isn't it just a waste of time to get through one story?' . ❗️Inviting you guys to share your thoughts on why you read and why should others consider reading regularly as well! . #WHPdailylife

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