pickBawling. What a wonderful, wonderful book. I wish there weren't so many parallels to our current events dealing with ICE. These friends will live in my head and heart for a very long time.
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pickBawling. What a wonderful, wonderful book. I wish there weren't so many parallels to our current events dealing with ICE. These friends will live in my head and heart for a very long time.
pickA beautiful tale of female friendships. I also really appreciated learning more about Iran and the ongoing fight for women‘s rights. There are some cliches in the story, but it was so readable. The audiobook is especially good-highly recommend-so I hear the proper pronunciation of the dialogue. 4.5⭐️
I look forward to discussing this with my RL bookclub!
pick...beautiful, tragic, funny,...There's even a plot twist -- handled deftly by Akbar, without resorting to clichéd sentimentality. ... lays bare themes of addiction, abandonment, artistic impulse, religiosity, media filters, racism, sexuality, and yes-- martyrdom-... like one of those rare honest conversations one might have with a close friend #TOB2025
Full review: https://readingrantsandraves.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025-43-martyr-akbar.html
I gave myself one day to read this before it's due back at the library. ? I just spent 6 hours grading 8th grade writing, so I'm very excited to have some "me time" for the rest of the night.
pickAnother banned/challenged book for our local library‘s “Read for Your Rights” book club. This is a graphic memoir of the author‘s life growing up in Tehran until age 14, during the late 1970s/early 1980s —a period that covered the fall of the Shah, the rise of the Islamic state and Iran‘s war with Iraq. I don‘t read a lot of graphic novels; I‘m glad I read this one. It was the perfect format for Satrapi‘s story.
Book mail is the best kind of mail. Who has read it? What did you think of it?
pickOkay y‘all, hear me out - at nearly 18 hours this audiobook is an investment, but for me, it paid dividends. Anderson weaves together the story of the fall of the Shaw, the obliviousness the American government, and the rise of Khomeini. Like I can‘t believe the Americans did not translate a single one of Khomeini‘s sermons. Almost no one in the *embassy* spoke Farsi or talked to any everyday people. I mean ffs y‘all!!
