I love libraries. A reason is the readers advisory service, which is recommendations for what to read! Here’s a recently reorganized bookshelf — what would you recommend?
John's books
Recommended. Audiobook through Hoopla through library. Another review mentioned you can skip the book and just listen to a YouTube of the authors talk to get the same ideas. I agree the ideas can likely be summarized, but I see the value...
Recommended. Timely when written in 2008 and today. Good perspective of youth, of New York City, of Arab identity, of Christianity, of Islam, and how they can intersect. Moving Little Syria from lower Manhattan to Bay Ridge after the bui...
Recommended. Sweet personal narrative
Not recommended. I did not connect with the narrator and could not buy into the message.
Recommended. See New York City differently. Took two years and a quarter to finish. Conflicted: at times I didn’t want it to end. But also, I wanted to finish!
