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BOOK REVIEW OF 
THE FORTY RULES OF LOVE BY @shafakelif 

About the book
The book is about forty rules of Sufism. It is a tale about Rumi's turning point in life when he becomes a poet from a preacher. But the book is less about Rumi's transformation and more about the Shams of Tabriz who inspires Rumi to undergo this life altering change. Their story inspires present day writer Ella to go after her love for Aziz the author of this story book Sweet Blasphemy about the philosopher Shams and how he inspires many including Rumi in his life journey.

Writing
Chapters are very short and easy to follow. They are written from the character's point of view. The rules have been written beautifully and lead to a reflection of life with regards to them. There is not much of a plot twist. Sometimes it feels the chapters have been written to convey the rules as some of the characters are very redundant. Yet I feel that the author wanted to include a diversity of characters often ridiculed by society. The author makes a good attempt to humanise a prostitute, a drunkard, an adopted daughter, an angry son etc.. However, I could not resonate with the main character of Rumi and his love for Shams that transformed him. It could have been elaborated more.

Overall a good book ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Book Recommendation for those who want to read a story weaved into a philosophical background.

#bookreview #bookrecommendation #elifshafak #fortyrulesoflove #bookstagram Photo shared by Madhurima Bhatt |Bookstagrammer Reviewer Poet  Journal Writer| on April 05, 2025 tagging @shafakelif, @aishreads_, @seosaimhin24, @sunflowerin.bloom, and @me_amidst_the_pages. May be an image of ‎book and ‎text that says '‎افوعانطا ELIF SHAFAK The Forty Rules of Love Ά gorgeous,jewelled, gorgeous, jewelled, luxurious book' The Times น้ำตท PER INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER‎'‎‎.
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What to say when you talk to yourself?

Let me know in the comment section

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Always in the single lady and book lady mood..

I can buy myself flowers 💐
Write my name in the sand 🏖️
Talk to myself for hours 🫂
Say things you don't understand🎶
I can take myself dancing 💃🏾
And I can hold my own hand 🖐🏾
Yeah, I can love me better than you can ❤️

Cause I have a love affair with books.📖

I am not that self aware but I AM SHELF AWARE. 📚

💭 So how many of you are shelf aware? Drop in the comments ....

↗️Share it with the single ladies...
 
📊Do you have a love affair with books?
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And the January came to an end,….already?! 
My small January wrap up—

#qotd what was your fav book in January?

Saw this almost everywhere, so thought of why not creating the post atleast to make a visible track of the books I’ve read. Idk how come people think this month was the longest. For me it was just darted in and out and I got to say hello feb! Slag off man. 
Anyways, I don’t and can’t read more than 5 books in a month, so here are some amazing books I read—

The books I read in jan 2025–
📚Crying in H mart by @jbrekkie [5.0]
📚The wall by Marlen Haushofer [3.5]
📚The Penguin book of Korean short stories[4.5]
📚East of Eden by John Steinbeck [5.0]
📚Diary of a void by Emi Yagi [4.0]

2025 is already feeling so much to me in terms of my mental well being and I’m all over the place.(not in a bad way though) trying very best to keep myself on track. I absolutely loved EoE but idts I’d ever wanna review it. Will try my best in the future, if possible. 

I celebrated my father’s (appa’s) 57th birthday yesterday and just wished for my parents well being further. Having some frequent forthcoming visits to my hometown, I’m arranging some sort of things where my family can gather and have some beautiful moments ahead. 

Ofc like all of you, i bought bunch of another set of books so that the new month brings in more peace and power! 

And would make a quick #whatthisweek in here—

READING AND LISTENING 
Staring Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy as soon as possible and I’d love to read another Japanese fiction book simultaneously. @brunomars @ladygaga @roses_are_rosie @sexyyred new song is something off the charts I never thought would listen or enjoy something like this(but only for gaga!) 

WATCHING AND DOING
Recently started Reply 1988 and loved the nostalgia taking over my brain. Although none of this existed when I was a child, but the Asian within me knows that it does. Such a beautiful show! 
Convinced myself for the 98657 time that I can show atleast a page of my drafts in here!😅🙈 there’s nothing wrong in it. So yeah, planning to do that (gulping)

This was a quick challenge I did, tagging some of y’all. Pls consider yourself tagged!🌸
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And then comes the next book and then the next and next... And life becomes much more bearable in those fleeting moments....

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