#itsnotabouttheburqa

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@americanbooksellers and #booksellersofinstagram, thank you for another incredible Winter Institute! In our opinion, maybe the very best one yet! We bid farewell to Oren Teicher, longtime fearless leader, and welcomed a new guiding force and CEO for our industry in Alison Hill, a passionate bookseller herself keen to see the book world grow. We also witnessed the dervish Galley Room frenzy as you rushed to find the next great books of our time and we got to show off some forthcoming highlights during the Rep Breakfast included here: ✨It’s Not About the Burqa (@panmacmillan) ✨S is for Slugger (@triumphbooks) ✨Biographic Marilyn, Marley, and Audrey (@gmcpublications) ✨This is Not A Fashion Story by Danielle Bernstein (@weworewhat) ✨He’s Making You Crazy by Kristin Doute & Michele Alexander (@kristendoute @mamalove10 @chireviewpress) ✨Into Darkness | Book 5 in the Children of D’Hara series from #terrygoodkind and @headofzeus ) Thank you and see you at Ci8! . . #indiesforindies #bookselling #bookslinger #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #whattoread #wi15 #winterinstitute #ipgtopshelf #itsnotabouttheburqa #childrenofdhara #swordoftruth #legendoftheseeker #sisforslugger #thisisnotafashionstory #daniellebernstein #hesmakingyoucrazy #kristindoute #currentlyreading #mustlovebooks #readmorebooks (at Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B72lphogyHl/?igshid=yjvkc4rgb95e

[adayinbookland]

March 8th, 2020 || 💜💜 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 💜💜 . here is a stack of books written by women which are absolutely amazing and you should all read (Girl, Women, Other is only present through the dust jacket because i lent it to a friend) and in the background are books written by women which i’m hoping to read this month. . hope you are having an awesome day and remember, it’s not feminism unless it’s intersectional 💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿 • • • #internationalwomensday #womenwriters #girlwomanother #songofsolomon #ghostwall #thefifthseason #tonimorrison #sarahmoss #nkjemisin #bernardineevaristo #itsnotabouttheburqa #rebecca #daphnedumaurier #circe #madeleinemiller #theshadowking #maazamengiste #audrelorde #beloved #wolfhall #athousandships #nataliehaynes #cantoras #carolinaderobertis #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammersunite #bookpile #stackofbooks #bookstacks #yoursilencewillnotprotectyou https://www.instagram.com/p/B9eu_5OA-aR/?igshid=blhumm1c8pp0

[motsofatournesol]

Things were a lot easier when I wasn’t woke. Or perhaps they were easier because I wasn’t woke.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

[booklalaland]

My haul from June #kimharrison #americandemon #stephenking #samanthashannon #darknessbecomesher #likewaterforchocolate #infinityson #adamsilvera #dune #zadiesmith #itsnotabouttheburqa #wehunttheflame #hafsahfaizal #jelenahrvoj #marilenaduzman #queenie #loki #mayaangelou #familiars #songofachilles #jennbennett #girlwomanother #Undergroundrailroad #viktoriafaust #bookstagram #bookish #bookhaul #supportblackauthors #ownvoices #fantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CDY2fDFALtW/?igshid=pwdltqwlf689

[serendipity-suzyq]

book + tea + sunshine = bliss... ♡ #nowreading #itsnotabouttheburqa #mariamkhan #goodreads #beautifulread #lovetoread #booksbooksbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B-1l0z3FkvI/?igshid=z9kejj43unrt

[oreoluwa]

It’s Not About The Burqa is an anthology of Essays by Mariam Khan on Muslim women and the intersection between religion, culture, race and faith in the world today. I came across It’s Not About The Burqa on Instagram at the beginning of the year and two things attracted me to the book; first the cover can we take a minute to appreciate how beautiful the book cover is and second is the title; I never really knew or thought about the Burqa and I spent the next few minutes researching the Burqa and reading everything I could find on the book, it left me with an urgent need to read the book. Amazon wouldn’t ship the book to Nigeria; but Roving Heights came to the rescue and it has turned out to be my best read of 2019 so far. Here are a few things the book taught me; 1. Culture has never allowed religion to flourish separate of it’s influence, it is become our individual responsibility to seek out the truth, find meaning and full understanding. 2. I acknowledge it is hard but learn to draw the line that represents where culture stops and religion starts 3. Family always means well but you/ I need to draw the line, on the extent we allow them control and dictate our actions. 4. Never make blanket statements about a group of people; assumptions hurt every party involved. Seek knowledge and always speak from a place of understanding 5. Even if you are afraid to tell your story; tell it scared because no one will tell it with more accuracy than you would. 6. We each have complex relationship with certain people and things in our lives, acknowledge the complexity and sometimes you need to embrace the fact that there may never be a resolve. I will close this out by with these few words; There are many things I will still learn but I am glad this book watered my appetite for this journey, I am grateful to all the women that shared their stories and allowed us a glimpse into their lives, I look forward to a time when other women will tell their own stories and leave footprints for our daughters to come to follow. Here is to telling our truths! #itsnotabouttheburqa #bookreview #theoverthinker https://www.instagram.com/p/BxwaB6OFJfZ/?igshid=dqkin20ib27n

[brightmeadow]

Floofius would like to encourage you all to read the brilliant #itsnotabouttheburqa edited by @helloiammariam . . . #365 #casisreading #floofiusmaximus #catsofinstagram #catsofoxford #ragdollcat #ragdoll #catswithbooks #bookrecommendations https://www.instagram.com/p/BwkvMsrAm5k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q2l0jkszpt9i

[adayinbookland]

🎉FAVOURITES OF 2019🎉 . Of all 83 books I read this year, only these 7 made it into my favourites. I have reviews for all of them, you just have to scroll down if interested 😜 or you can always ask me in the comments 😊 . 🌿Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. 🌿How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn. 🌿Lanny by Max Porter. 🌿Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki. 🌿The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. 🌿It’s Not About the Burqa edited by Mariam Khan. 🌿The Best We Could by Thi Bui. . These are in no particular order with the exception of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo which takes the number one place without a doubt. . I have some plans for 2020 in terms of reading but will I actually share them? We’ll see 😂 I hope you have a great end to the year and please let me know your favourite books of 2019 😘 • • • #girlwomanother #howgreenwasmyvalley #lanny #lauradeankeepsbreakingupwithme #theprinceandthedressmaker #itsnotabouttheburqa #thebestwecoulddo #literaryfiction #graphicnovels #modernclassics #bernardineevaristo #richardllewellyn #maxporter #marikotamaki #jenwang #mariamkhan #thibui #favouritereads https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tEYc-oZyE/?igshid=d5t9ckvwerh0

[adayinbookland]

15th March, 2019 || accumulative haul (from January to March): 🌻The Priory of the Orange Tree 🌻Black Leopard, Red Wolf 🌻The Familiars 🌻It’s Not About the Burqa 🌻I’m Afraid of Men 🌻If Beale Street Could Talk 🌻Another Country 🌻Pure 🌻After the Eclipse 🌻The Wolf and The Whale . I don’t have much to say, I haven’t been reading at all. I did dnf A Dragonfly in Amber - just couldn’t bear it anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️ . Happy Friday! Enjoy your weekend! Any plans? 🌻 • • #bookhaul #theprioryoftheorangetree #blackleopardredwolf #thefamiliars #itsnotabouttheburqa #imafraidofmen #ifbealestreetcouldtalk #anothercountry #pure #aftertheeclipse #thewolfandthewhale #literaryfiction #fantasyfiction #stackofbooks #bookstacks https://www.instagram.com/adayinbookland/p/BvByKSPHhNq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bjx2aa28xruo

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April 28th, 2019 || today is a defining moment for Spanish politics... and I’m hoping I don’t wake up tomorrow to a fascist government because I cannot believe we have to face this type of shit still in 2019 😔 . Anyways, today I bring you the READING WRAP-UP n° 5: books 20-24. . 🌻It’s Not Me, It’s You by Mhairi McFarlane. Cute and funny love story (7/10). 🌻Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. This was quite an interesting reading experience. Not sure exactly what to make of it but I enjoyed the experience (7.5/10). 🌻It’s Not About the Burqa, edited by Mariam Khan. My first 5 star reading of the year and deservedly so. Extremely powerful and informative. A massive eye-opener and one I recommend for sure (9.5/10). 🌻Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn. This didn’t work for me at all and although it deals with such a horrible period of Romanian history I felt absolutely nothing and I feel awful about it. I was so detached from the story (4/10). 🌻The Binding by Bridget Collins. The marketing campaign for this one did us all dirty. I was promised a mystery/fantasy novel... did I get that? NOPE. I got a bloody romance and not even a well-written one. I mean, there is nothing wrong with a romance novel but for fuck’s sake, sell it as such. I was so angry while reading it and if it wasn’t because I had to read it for the owl’s readathon I would’ve dnfed it. There is not enough background and the characters lack depth. A very shallow story (1/10). . It’s kind of funny that in the same period of time I read the best book and the worst book of the year so far 😂 . . Hope you are enjoying your Sunday wherever you are 💕 • • • #readingwrapup #adayinbooklandreviews #itsnotmeitsyou #freshwater #itsnotabouttheburqa #bottledgoods #womensprize #thebinding #booksonbooks #fortheloveofreading #bookstack #stackofbooks https://www.instagram.com/adayinbookland/p/BwzE9YUn7ko/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=181wpf9rgv0it

[adayinbookland]

👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!!! 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏻 in order to celebrate I’m sharing some books on my tbr written by women 💜 . What books written by women have you recently read or acquired? • • • #internationalwomensday #8m #bookstacks #femaleauthors #thepoppywar #itsnotabouttheburqa #thefamiliars #alwaysanothercountry #aftertheeclipse #thebeastplayer #bookloversday #fortheloveofbooks #unitedbookstagram https://www.instagram.com/adayinbookland/p/BuvxpieHWqz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ojd0f20m4aq2

[adayinbookland]

April 1st, 2019 || And the @magicalreadathons begins!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 So, this month I’m taking my OWLs and I’m not only very excited but also super extra overambitious because I’m going for two careers (i’m insane I know). The ones I chose are: Mind Medic & Magizoologist and here is my tbr and the challenges. . 🌚Mind Medic: -Ancient runes (retelling): The Silence of the Girls. -Arithmancy (work by multiple authors): It’s Not About the Burqa. -Charms (adult work): Freshwater. -Defense Against the Dark Arts (title starting with R for the Reducto spell):Remembered. -Herbology (plant on the cover): The Lost Flowers of Alice. -Muggle Studies (contemporary): It’s Not Me, It’s You. -Potions (sequel): The Winter of the Witch. -Transfiguration (sprayed edges): The Binding. . 🦉Magizoologist: -Care of Magical Creatures (land animal on cover): The Chronicles of the Travelling Cat. -Charms (adult work): Bottled Goods. -Herbology (plant on cover): The Familiars. -Potions (sequel): Crooked Kingdom. . . Are you taking your OWLs 🦉 this April? What career did you choose? • • • • #magicalreadathon #stackofbooks #bookstack #thesilenceofthegirls #itsnotabouttheburqa #freshwater #remembered #thelostflowersofalice #itsnotmeitsyou #thewinterofthewitch #thebinding #bottledgoods #thefamiliars #crookedkingdom #womensprize #literaryfiction #unitedbookstagram #bookstagramfeatures (en London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/adayinbookland/p/BvuQYgDnmpY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lyfsm36yzefj

[motsofatournesol]