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 ...
Are you all excited about 2013? Nah, the world hasn't ended and we're moving on to a new year! Over my four years of blogging, I've amassed a somewhat mediocre collection of books that is meagre compared to a lot of bookshelves I've seen. Yet as you know, with the changes to Pages (ha, that rhymes) that I'm starting afresh.
I went through the boxes of books I had in my closet (I ran out of space on my bookshelf and moved a lot of them into boxes) and picked out the books that I knew I could live without. I tend to keep items that have memories attached to them, and I have a few books in this giveaway that mean a lot, like "Fallen" by Lauren Kate, the ARC. It was one of the first times I had gotten a popular book from a publisher, and in ARC form too! Even though I didn't like the story, the actual physical copy of the book was important to me. Prize Pack #1 are some oldies, hehe.
I have an inventory book where I keep track of all the books that have ever been in my permanent possession (like, not borrowed, but actually owned) so I don't think I'll ever forget these books even if they're gone from my hands.
The finished copies I own are going straight to my library :) So without further ado!
ABOUT these prizes:
- most of these are ARCs
- they're all in pristine condition (I take very good care of my books)
- the hardbacks have their covers on them
- some swag may accompany the book :)
- Please take good care of them if you win! Share the love <3 nbsp="nbsp">
Prize Pack #1
(ARC) Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
(ARC) Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
(ARC) Fallen by Lauren Kate (that's how the ARC looks like)
Prize Pack #2
(ARC) The Wood Queen (#2) by Karen Mahoney
(ARC) Abandon by Meg Cabot
(Hardback) Above by Leah Bobet
Prize Pack #3
(Hardback) The City's Son by Tom Pollock
(ARC) Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate
(ARC) Tempest Rising by Tracy Deebs
Prize Pack #4
(ARC) The Summer of First and Lasts by Terra Elan McVoy
(ARC) Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Culbertson
(ARC) Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt
(ARC) Flawless by Lara Chapman
Giveaway Details:
Must be in US/Canada (if you are international, you may enter but you must provide a US address)
Must be Google Friend Connect Follower of Pages
Must fill out the form below (being an old timey blogger, I think it's easier to use Google Docs than Rafflecopter)
Giveaway lasts from December 29th 2012 to January 31st 2013
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