Bookoholics' Year 2017 Round Up

Bookoholics have had quite a busy and fruitful year, find below the different meetings that were held in 2017 (the books' theme was books based on a true story):

1. Blind Date with A Book # 4: Jan 11

2. Discussion of اليوم الأخير: ميخائيل نعيمة (Salam Cheaito): Jan 25

3. Books & Needles Session # 1: Jan 31

4. Discussion of Black Milk: Elif Shafak (Rihab Sebaaly): Feb 15

5. Books & Needles Session # 2: Feb 20

6. Discussion of ما تبقى لكم: غسان كنفاني (Rihab Sebaaly) + Poetry Reading about Palestine: Mar 1

7. Discussion of  The Dictator's Last Night: Yasmina Khadra (Hoda Marmar & Suzane El-Amine): Mar 15

8. Books & Needles Session # 3: Mar 22

9. Discussion of A Beautiful Mind : Sylvia Nasar (Nayla Feghaly) + A Beautiful Mind - The Movie (Hoda Marmar): Apr 5

10. Books & Needles Session # 4: Apr 11

11. Discussion of الخندق الغميق: سهيل إدريس (Suzane El-Amine) + الحي اللاتيني : سهيل إدريس (Hoda Marmar) in the presence of Author Samah Idriss: Apr 26

12. Discussion of What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: Haruki Murakami (Majida Kouzi): May 17

13. Books & Needles Session # 5: May 24

14. Bookoholics' Yearly Iftar: Jun 20

15. Books & Needles Session # 6: July 1

16. Discussion of Between Shades of Gray: Ruta Sepetys (Salam Cheaito): July 12

17. Bookoholics' 5th Year Anniversary:

18. Discussion of A Thousand Splendid Suns: Khaled Husseini (Hanan J. Farhat & Hoda Marmar) Joint book discussion with Aleph Bookclub : Aug 12

19. Discussion of The House of the Dead: Fyodor Dostoevsky (Hoda Marmar) and الطيور العمياء: ليلى القصراني ( Sukaina Abdallah): Aug 23

20. Discussion of Orphan Number 8: Kim van Alkemade (Sara Fayek & Hoda Marmar): Sep 13

21. Discussion of The Handmaid's Tale: Margaret Atwood (Abir Lebbos): Oct 4

22.Books & Needles Session # 7: Oct 7

23. Discussion of The World of Yesterday: Stefan Zweig (Hoda Marmar & Rihab Sebaaly): Oct 18

24. Read in Public - إقرأ في مكان عام Online Event +Books & Needles Session # 8: Oct 28

25. Interview with Télé Liban: Nov 2

Link to full episode: Bookoholics' Interview

26. Discussion of Black Rain: Masuji Ibuse (Wafaa Darwich): Nov 15

27. Going to the movies to watch Murder On The Orient Express: Nov 22

28. Discussion of Murder On The Orient Express: Agatha Christie (Salam Cheaito) and Movie (Majida Kouzi): Nov 29

29. Beirut Book Fair Visit, Saud Al Sanoussi (Book Signing): Dec 1

30. Beirut Book Fair visit, Abed Al Hakim Al Kadiry + Samah Idriss + Waciny Laredj (Book Signing): Dec 10

31. Discussion of Burial Rites: Hannah Kent (Rihab Sebaaly & Wafaa Darwich): Dec 13

32. إقرأ بالعربي Read Arabic Online Event: Dec 18 til Dec 24

33. Discussion of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) : J.K. Rowling (Nadia Jradi Masri & Majid )