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F1 is starting again soon! Does anyone have any F1 romance recs that aren't Lauren asher and Crash Test?
I am SO STOKED for Hannah Grace's F1 book . Team Norris
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Ramadan Kareem to everyone who celebrates! 🌙 I hope this month brings us peace, blessings and so much joy !
For those who don’t know, Ramadan starts in two days and is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. During this month Muslims around the world fast (abstain from food and drink) from dawn to sunset. It’s a time for us to focus on spiritual growth, empathy for the less fortunate and overall self discipline.
I wont stop reading (I have Libby holds) but I wont be reading as much as I need to focus on other things. So my question for anyone who will be fasting this month, what are your reading plans 👀 And what will you be reading? Curious on how people will handle their reading as I tend to neglect mine lol. I guess I’ll be on my Ramadan Hiatus (stole this from @leyaa)
I also need to mention that during this month, I pray for all human beings who are suffering and oppressed all around the world. May Allah grant them peace, strengthen their hearts, grant them safety and mend their broken hearts ❤️🩹
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The writing was so beautiful, the grief was palpable. Everything about this was beautiful. So glad I read this.
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
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What do you do when you have the special "social justice" AuADHD and have parents who are pro-isreal while you're pro-Palestine?
This just happened actually around 10 minutes ago when isreal walked during the winter-olympic's welcome ceremony. I commented outloud about it and my parents dog piled on me as I attempted to make an argument for Palestine and why isreal SHOULDN'T be allowed to compete in the Olympics.
I cried, and ran upstairs (yes, I know) after they started calling me single minded and uneducated- a statement I guess I'm still struggling with since I pride myself on being at least somewhat educated. It hurt, a lot. And I guess I'm second guessing myself. Not on my stance for Palestine, never that, but on whether or not I'm truly educated.
They said I needed to read more on the "other side", that I'm too emotional about this stuff, that I need to stop caring so much and focus on stuff that actually matters. They told me isreal had a right to defend itself, and told me that Palestinians had a "eradicate-all-isrealis" mindset, that Palestinians should have banded against Hamas, and a bunch of other stuff.
I'm hurt, lost, and feel just really fucking stupid. And yet I want to prove them wrong. I want to prove them wrong so fucking bad it hurts, which I guess does make me stupid in a way.
So I guess after that long winded dump; does anyone have any recommendations on some literature that provides light on all of this? I know there are countless lists out there that are curated about Palestine, and I did take some books from there and added them to a list. But I want to ask the Pagebound community and hear what you all have to say. Sorry if this was too personal and if it broke any rules. Hope you guys all are having a lovely winter. :)
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Great short Christmas story. Yearning Love Smut
Perfect.
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Christmas with the Horned God
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