Constant Reader discussion

Tamara's comment in the July/August thread made me realize that I forgot to post a new thread for September and October! I have no idea what I was doing that distracted me, but I'm back on track now with this thread for your discussions of what you're reading right now. I'll be closing the old thread to new posts soon, so please continue your discussions here.

Lynn wrote: "Tamara's comment in the July/August thread made me realize that I forgot to post a new thread for September and October! I have no idea what I was doing that distracted me, but I'm back on track no..."

No worries, Lynn. I'm editing and re-posting my message here since it is a September read.
I recommend The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine. Sixty-three-year-old Raja's relationship with his mother is laugh out loud hilarious. It's one of the best books I've read all year. Alameddine skillfully weaves the last sixty years of Lebanon's history with the antics of Raja and his outrageous mother.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

Thanks for reposting, Tamara!

One of my in-person book discussion groups paired two books about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The were the Pulitzer Prize winning narrative nonfiction A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall and a beautiful book of verse inspired by the young Palestinian activist and writer, Janna Jihad The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye. The two books explored the human side of the conflict from a Palestinian perspective and complemented each other beautifully.