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 ...
Books I Read
Portrait in Death | Spy Glass | Meant to Be | The Woman Who Rode Like a Man | The Wild One | All Lined Up | All Broke Down | Sins of the Night | Stung | Pieces For You | The Darkest Kiss | Shadow Study | Someone Else's Fairytale | The Darkest Pleasure
This month I mostly read kindle books, and most of them were just mindless pass-time books. I didn't review them, even though I enjoyed all of them. There was just not that much to say, resulting in only 4 written reviews from the batch.
Books Reviews
Books Boguht
A Thousand Pieces of You
I read 6 physical books last month, and four this month, resulting in ten, so I actually kept with my "one book per 5 read" challenge! I'm so excited! That makes two months running! Last year, I folded after two weeks!
I read 6 physical books last month, and four this month, resulting in ten, so I actually kept with my "one book per 5 read" challenge! I'm so excited! That makes two months running! Last year, I folded after two weeks!
Who Wore it Better
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Challenges Re-Cap
Read Your Freebies ( 6 / 50):
Cleaning my Shelves ( 9 / 20):
Oldies: ( 4 / 24):
Cleaning my Paid For ( 6 / 18):
Contemporary Challenge ( 2 / 15) ( 10 / 30):
(only the bold books count toward the official challenge, the rest are for my personal challenge)
Sequel-Prequel ( 11 / 20):
Portrait in Death | Spy Glass | Sins of the Night | Pieces For You |The Darkest Kiss |The Darkest Pleasure
Re-Read Challenge ( 4 / 12):
None this month
Flights of Fantasy Challenge ( 10 / 20):
The Woman Who Rode Like a Man | Spy Glass | Sins of the Night |The Darkest Kiss |The Darkest Pleasure
TBR Challenge (20/ 44):
The Wild One | Meant to Be | Portrait in Death | Sins of the Night | The Woman Who Rode Like a Man | Spy Glass |The Darkest Kiss |The Darkest Pleasure
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