Tag Archives: Elif Shafak

The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak – 06.08.25

I found this book interesting and strangely compelling. It follows dual stories – modern day American, Ella, who has been a relatively happy homemaker, wife and mother, even knowing that her husband regularly cheats on her with other women, until her children are grown and her daughter announces her engagement and she strongly advises herContinue reading “The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak – 06.08.25”

The Island of Missing Trees – Elif Shafak (AUDIOBOOK) – 14.11.23

This book is told from two points of view in alternating chapters – Ada, a teenage girl who is mortified when she has a loud breakdown/outburst at school on the first anniversary of her mother’s death (at first I thought, oh no, another annoying young adult protagonist, but I got past that when I gotContinue reading “The Island of Missing Trees – Elif Shafak (AUDIOBOOK) – 14.11.23”

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World – Elif Shafak – 04.04.21

According to this book (I don’t know if it’s true or not), scientists have shown that brain activity can continue for up to 10 minutes 38 seconds after clinical death, and that is the premise for the first half of the novel, as we share the thoughts of Leila, a sex worker in Istanbul forContinue reading “10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World – Elif Shafak – 04.04.21”