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review: rooftops of tehran

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 ...
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The Secret

The Secret

Which TBR Matters?

We, the book people, all have something we refer to as our "To Be Read" pile. We always say "our TBR". But recently, when thinking about it, I realized something. We don't have a TBR. We have TBR s . What do I mean? 1. Physical TBR This one consists of all your unread books on your physical shelves  at home, in your personal library. This is the most visible of TBRs , the one people actually see if you invite them over. Currently, I have around 70 books on this TBR. This is the TBR that really matters to me , and is the one I work the hardest on minimizing. Why? Because this is the one I feel obligated to excuse. If someone walks into my room, sees a book and asks me how it is, I am unable to just say "I haven't read it yet". I feel obligated to give a very detailed explanation why , because I feel almost ashamed that it's still unread (and that I'm buying more books despite of this fact). 2. The Series TBR This TBR is mostly compiled of ...
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Is Mediocre Worse Than Bad?

It's been awhile since we did a discussion post, and this time's topic is... I started thinking on this topic when I read a book I felt was very mediocre , and I started writing in the review "this is the worst thing I can say about a book". Then I stopped, and stared at what I just wrote. Is it the worst thing I can say? Technically, mediocre books usually get between two and a half to three stars from me, which is not the worst rating. I mean, they're not bad, and usually I can enjoy them... So why did my brain chose to say that sentence? Why did it forget about the one-stars and the rant inducers? I think it's because the amount of feelings involved. A truly bad book brings out my possibly most passionate side . I can talk about my most hated books far longer than my favorite (aside for Harry Potter, which I can discuss and re-discuss a zillion times and still I'll have more to say). I can debate (and by debate, I mean rant) my one-stars over and over...
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The Art of Commenting

As a blogger and a frequent flier in the book community online, comments are a big part of my life . I wait for them - be them comment to my posts, or replies to things I commented on. They brighten my day significantly. Literally every comment I get - big or small, it doesn't matter - makes me happy and excited. However, when it comes to writing a comment... even though I know even two words have meaning, I find myself unable to write those kind of comments. I'm the type of commenter that loves writing long, meaningful (in m perspective), detailed comments . I will literally find myself stopping and closing a comment if I realize I only have two sentences to say about it, and one of them is along the lines of "great review!" It's all or nothing for me. Lately I realized I have a "system" . A little set of rules that goes into each comment to guarantee max meaningfulness, if you will. It goes like this:  A. I will always use the reviewer's name in th...
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Bookish Discussion: All That Drama

So, today I want to discuss with you contemporary   romance series , and share what types I read and what type I don't on the most basic level. As a rule, I don't read those kind of series that deal with the same couple throughout all the books . I cannot get enough of standalone series, and I enjoy them immensely but once I see the couple's story is not finished in that first installment... I'm put off. It's has stopped me from one clicking a freebie more than one time.  Why? Because it means said couple just has to go through a TON OF DRAMA to hold more than one book. There are always going to be annoying issues, or misunderstandings, or popping secrets (or exes) or suddenly one will decide he's not good enough for the other after three books of being together just to sustain the interest of the reader... I can't stand that. I rather know the HEA is going to be coming at the end of the book , and not a massive cliffhanger or a new pile of issues. In fan...
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Introducing... Leafmarks

Today, I would like to share with you a little site that pretty much took over my life . For the last week or so, I've been obsessively working on Leafmarks. It's like I took on a second job, only this one I'm doing for free and I don't mind one bit - because I love it. Who is this mystery employer? Well, meet... Leafmarks in a new site following the steps of Goodreads - it's a catalog of books in which you can mark To-Read, Read and Currently Reading, shelf books, earn leaves by completing challenges, making friends, writing reviews, etc... It's a place where you can meet book lovers and talk books - and it's for book lovers, by book lovers. And I love it so much I became a Librarian, helping clean and fix the database to give you the best info and details. And why do I love it so much? Well, Leafmarks is beginning its way by addressing some of the most asked for, insistent (and ignored) features on Goodreads - half stars and re-reads . That's right, ...
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Discussion: Character Images

Nitzan brought something up to me the other day as a discussion topic idea - and I loved it, so we're doing it. The topic is... Character Images! Do you ever read a book, and just have this perfect picture of the character in your mind, only to find out later that your idea was completely wrong? Like, for instance, you had them pictured as a blond, when really they were a brunette? Or maybe they're described as plain, when you're picturing them as beautiful because of their personality? Because that happens to me all the time. Like, all the time. And on top of that, once I've been corrected, I refuse to change my opinion of their character image. I'll continue to think of them the exact same way that I didn't before I was corrected. I just can't help it! Same with me. I realized lately that I rarely picture them "correctly" or as they are "supposed" to be. Often, I don't remember what's their hair color, or eye color, or even skin...
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Fantasy 101 - Level One (of Three)

"Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot element, theme, or setting". A while back, I saw this video by BookYuber Christine that made me want to make my own list of book recommendations for the Fantasy Newbies. I've been reading Fantasy, or a form of it, for most of my life. In fact, from the moment I read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at the age of seven, to my 18th birthday, I refused to read anything but Fantasy. And still, Fantasy can be... hard. Especially the advanced forms of it. You see, Christine is right. Reading Fantasy is a commitment. It's a form of art. You can't go to it like you do a contemporary novel because when you decide to read Fantasy, you decide to send yourself into a new world - and follow a completely new set of rules. It's a process . You might get confused. You might feel lost. It's that commitment that allows you to carry on and break through th...
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Discussion: Embarrassing Reads!

Today we're here to talk about an important issue in the book world: self-consciousness, or embarrassment about whatever you're reading. Nitzan and I can't be the only two people who've had this problem. I mean, I know that there's no reason to be embarrassed about what you're reading, but sometimes I just... am. It also doesn't help that some people just assume that because you're a girl, you'll be reading some kind of romance novel or something. Sure, sometimes, I read romantic books. But I also read many other genres, so it kind of embarrasses me when I actually do read a romance book, and I'm carrying it around. I feel like people judge me on what I read, and it just feels embarrassing. Like, when I read Pushing the Limits? I carried it around in a book cover. No one could see the actual cover, which was totally fine with me. Because it's embarrassing to carry around a book with a kissing couple on the front. Let's not even mention th...
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