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Another 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.

Finished this one earlier this week, just in time to attend an author signing on Tuesday.

The book itself was phenomenal. Hearing Kaveh Akbar (who is an absolute delight) speak made me love it even more.

Book mail is the best kind of mail. Who has read it? What did you think of it?

This weeks read💛🖤Martyr!

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A novel with recipes including lentil soup
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Top row: books that I've had on hold FOREVER.
Bottom row: this week's assigned reading for my Materials for Youth class. 🤓

I read a few books, Two #1001Books. Fresh Dirt from the Grave was mostly set in #Bolivia for #FoodandLit. It and Voyager are #WomeninTranslation. Patsy worked for #LGBTQIA2025 bingo and Three books were for #192025. Martyr! was just because I had been recommend it so many times.

This was such a unique and quirky read, both funny and philosophical. What is required for your life to be considered meaningful, valuable, worth living? What might we be missing that is right in front of us? This was a fun read am grateful to the author for the vulnerability he took in writing Cyrus‘s character. This was a fun and enjoyable read. I would highly recommend for readers who enjoy character-based literary fiction.

I bought this book solely on the fact that the cover was absolutely gorgeous!! Bonus… it was also a beautiful novel!

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Now, I can imagine your surprised expressions: wait, Iranians watched Columbo? Just think about it: from the moment the United States rests one authoritative hand on a country's politics, with the other hand it loads the people with all sorts of military, industrial, cultural, and food products. Imperialism is no joke! Not only did Iranians watch Columbo, they also watched Bewitched, Little House on the Prairie, Peyton Place...