tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211090800803751472.post6795704910339810856..comments2024-02-19T00:31:41.443-06:00Comments on Books in the Spotlight: Island of AnimalsRummanah Aasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12119402559076729383noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211090800803751472.post-90254791065773583342011-05-11T09:51:03.872-05:002011-05-11T09:51:03.872-05:00Nice that you expected this one to be preachy and ...Nice that you expected this one to be preachy and it turned out to be much better than you thought! Love it when a book is a pleasant surprise:)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199685365145765394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211090800803751472.post-37490946029983795612011-05-10T19:16:48.106-05:002011-05-10T19:16:48.106-05:00Helen: You're welcome! I never heard about it ...Helen: You're welcome! I never heard about it before.<br /><br />Alison: Me too. I got some classic Persian poetry books too but it's hard to find the right translation and notes to give a good context of the work.Rummanah Aasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119402559076729383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211090800803751472.post-77380788800404420682011-05-10T18:18:46.463-05:002011-05-10T18:18:46.463-05:00This does sound really interesting. It's nice ...This does sound really interesting. It's nice to have exposure to Islamic literature that portrays the people as more than what we see on TV. I'd like to read some of the classic Persian poetry someday, but I'm awful about reading poetry.Alison Can Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908868606441539344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211090800803751472.post-49946941977085189762011-05-10T11:15:23.490-05:002011-05-10T11:15:23.490-05:00This sounds like an interesting book, thank you fo...This sounds like an interesting book, thank you for posting it to the Middle East Reading Challenge!Helen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.com