On What Cathy Read Next last week
Monday – I published my review of Possible Happiness by David Ebenbach.
Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday was Books On My Autumn 2024 To-Read List.
Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading. Go on, you know you want to.
Saturday – I published my review of The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier.
New arrivals
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (Viking)
This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives – all connected by a single drop of water.
In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the sand fragments of a long-forgotten poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh.
In Victorian London, an extraordinary child is born at the edge of the dirt-black Thames. Arthur’s only chance of escaping poverty is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a printing press, Arthur’s world opens up far beyond the slums, with one book soon sending him across the seas: Nineveh and Its Remains.
In 2014 Turkey, Narin, a Yazidi girl living by the River Tigris, waits to be baptised with water brought from the holy sit of Lalish in Iraq. The ceremony is cruelly interrupted, and soon Narin and her grandmother must journey across war-torn lands in the hope of reaching the sacred valley of their people.
In 2018 London, broken-hearted Zaleekhah, a hydrologist, moves to a houseboat on the Thames to escape the wreckage of her marriage. Zaleekhah foresees a life drained of all love and meaning – until an unexpected connection to her homeland changes everything.
On What Cathy Read Next this week
Currently reading
Planned posts
- Book Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- Book Review: Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd
- Book Review: Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
- My Five Favourite September 2024 Reads
- #6Degrees of Separation
What Cathy Read Next... 
Precipice is now one of my favorite books of 2024. I hope you enjoy it.
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