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 ...
book info: on sale: now copy from: library pages: 359 title: Dracula author: Bram Stoker Bram Stoker, an Irish-born master horror fiction writer, is most well-known for writing the most popular vampire story ever: Dracula. He spent years researching for it, learning of European and vampire folklore. His research paid off in this absolutely enriching, on-edge, timeless thriller that introduced a modern take on novel writing. Dracula starts off with a young English lawyer called Jonathan Harker, who is visiting Transylvania to help his foreign client purchase a home in London: Count Dracula. In his journal, Jonathan describes his journey to Castle Dracula, which is full of odd occurrences and frightful encounters. He arrives at his destination and meets the strange, eccentric and polite Count Dracula . What follows thereafter is an intense recounting of events that prove to be the most effective introduction, as the momentum follows forward through the middle of the story, until the las...
