book info: on sale: now copy from: public library pages: 348 review written: 21.12.17 originally published: 2009 edition read: Penguin NAL 2009 title: Rooftops of Tehran author: Mahbod Seraji In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed, joking around one minute and asking burning questions about life the next. He also hides a secret love for his beautiful neighbor Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to another man. But the bliss of Pasha and Zari's stolen time together is shattered when Pasha unwittingly acts as a beacon for the Shah's secret police. The violent consequences awaken him to the reality of living under a powerful despot, and lead Zari to make a shocking choice... my thoughts: This book was first published in 2009 and I remember adding it to my list around that time but never actually reading it since I preferred checking out library books to ...
Thanks to that lovely Feature and Follow Blog Hop, I have now reached 500 followers! It's been something I've been trying to achieve for nearly a year :) I am so thrilled!
I realised my mistake in the 500 follower giveaway, as I said it'd end when I reached 500, but my new followers can't enter. BUT I think everyone has waited long enough, and my books are just stewing around waiting for new owners. I'll announce winners tomorrow!
I want to thank everyone for sticking with me through thick and thin. I know I've been bipolar on blogging, on and off very often, and I may have given people the misconception that I don't care and/or don't enjoy blogging, but I do. I've told myself that maybe I should stop and call it quits like I've seen many blogs do. An old affiliate of mine did that, and many other notable blogs that had reached magnificent peaks: but I haven't. I'm going to keep this up because I truly enjoy the book blogging community. Discussing books to other, and finding good books to read based off of reviews, entering contests and just having a great time.
I'm getting a bit nostalgic thinking about when I had eight followers for almost a year. I had never thought I'd get this far, or see and meet many people and their lovely blogs. But I do feel old, even if it is only four years. I've grown up with this blog as a constant, when I was quite young, and that I'm going to keep going at it, past my twenties and maybe forever: I haven't thought that far yet though!
I'd just really like to thank everyone for being part of Pages! I'm ridiculously thrilled right now!
I realised my mistake in the 500 follower giveaway, as I said it'd end when I reached 500, but my new followers can't enter. BUT I think everyone has waited long enough, and my books are just stewing around waiting for new owners. I'll announce winners tomorrow!
Thank You
I want to thank everyone for sticking with me through thick and thin. I know I've been bipolar on blogging, on and off very often, and I may have given people the misconception that I don't care and/or don't enjoy blogging, but I do. I've told myself that maybe I should stop and call it quits like I've seen many blogs do. An old affiliate of mine did that, and many other notable blogs that had reached magnificent peaks: but I haven't. I'm going to keep this up because I truly enjoy the book blogging community. Discussing books to other, and finding good books to read based off of reviews, entering contests and just having a great time.I'm getting a bit nostalgic thinking about when I had eight followers for almost a year. I had never thought I'd get this far, or see and meet many people and their lovely blogs. But I do feel old, even if it is only four years. I've grown up with this blog as a constant, when I was quite young, and that I'm going to keep going at it, past my twenties and maybe forever: I haven't thought that far yet though!
I'd just really like to thank everyone for being part of Pages! I'm ridiculously thrilled right now!
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