The job hunt has gone nowhere. I am so naive and pathetic because I rush to pick up every phone call and check my email very early every morning. Maybe it's not meant to be. Frustrating!
All week, I spent my free time reading the Night Counter. It's a recently released book by Alia Yunus. I really enjoyed it...couldn't put it down.
Disliked:
The Arabic transliteration was totally off sometimes, but the author does live in Abu Dhabi, so maybe the pronunciation was some unique Lebanese one. The ending was predictable. It was too contrived and a little too neat for so many messy lives. I was also irritated by the FBI agents. I had a hard time understanding the humor behind it all.
Likes:
Amir & Decimal. I admired how he did care enough about his grandmother to keep her and how she felt comfortable enough to stay with her. Decimal's earnest interest in her Tatya's stories.
Fatima's life was remarkable. I really appreciated how Yunus has weaved American history with her life story to create a unique Arab-American experience that is not often portrayed.
I look forward to reading more work by her.
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