#marjan kamali

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The earth was round, day turned into night, he was in front of her and she loved him.

Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop of Tehran

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How long does it take to get over something like this?

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The past was always there, lurking in the corners, winking at you when you thought you'd moved on, hanging on to your organs from the inside.

-The Stationery Shop

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The Lion Women of Tehran: A Novel

By Marjan Kamali.

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"I would have given you everything if only you had let me. " SHUT UPPPPPPPPPP😭😭😭😭😭

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The Stationery Shop Has My Heart

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali is a masterful piece of life. I don’t even remember what I was expecting before reading this. All I know is that I will never be the same. This book is so beautifully written and the life contained within these covers is rich and inviting and heartbreaking and sombre. The food sounds mouthwatering and entices me to learn new recipes to get a taste of the…

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The Lion Women of Tehran: Thought-provoking and compelling

August 15, 2024 Spoiler-Free Review If you like character-driven stories centered on friendship and coming-of-age in an increasingly intense political landscape, this one is for you. This book deals with some heavy themes. Click here for content warnings. What’s The Lion Women of Tehran about? This story follows the wealthy, high-born Ellie and her best friend from the slums, Homa, as they…

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It is a love from which we never recover. This sentence and and this book!!!!!

Will I ever love someone like Roya loved bahman?

Will I ever be loved by someone like Bahman loved Roya?

What if I'm not Roya for bahman but shahla?

What if I'm not Badri for Ali but Atieh?

What if I'm not Bahman for Roya but Walter?

What if I'm the other women?

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Don’t miss these two wonderful authors in conversation Wednesday, April 25th, at 7pm.

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“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”

– Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop

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My Hogwarts House book recs

Okay, ever since some of my favorite booktubers made posts like these many a year ago, I always wanted to make a book rec list like this because I still genuinely do like the Hogwarts Houses. Enjoy!

Gryffindor

Graceling by Kristen Cashore - she walked so these new fantasy girlies could run, fantasy kingdom with assassin main character, the original ya high fantasy killer girlboss imo

A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin - all of the sympathetic leads are classic heroes (dany, jon, arya), adventure and politics and battle and dragons, nuanced outlooks on honor

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - ww2 novel, deals with the french resistance during the occupation, hit every spot in my cold black heart, emphasis on sisterhood and endurance

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - what is bravery if not a broke woman telling a rich man to get a grip, og strong female lead overcoming many challenges, criticisms of polite society

Hufflepuff

Crave by Tracy Wolff - big on found family, paranormal romance shenanigans in a boarding school, somewhat satire, unserious and just very wholesome, steeped in nostalgia uwu

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir - unapologetically written to heal and explore trauma, cathartic, wholesome and pure relationships, emphasis on self-growth and overcoming abuse and pain

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali - historical, about the value of relationships in war and hardship, themes of growth and acceptance and promises, beautiful story

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic - what happens when you let a bunch of mentally ill kids play a made up sport, angsty but feels like a big hug, contemporary fiction, just genius ok

Ravenclaw

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake - very slytherclaw, philosophy and physics as the basis, dark academia urban fantasy, character-driven, multiple POVs, morally grey academics

Babel by RF Kuang - this book has been likened to a history textbook, by a nerd girlie for the nerd girlies, linguistics and languages, super well-researched, condemns colonization

Disorientation by Elain Hsieh Chou - witty and sharp narration and dialogue, set in academia and deals with east asian literature, satire and black comedy, explores racial fetishization

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - only a ravenclaw could appreciation its complexity, so many literary references, stylistically immaculate, lots of room to debate its message and themes

Slytherin

Vicious by VE Schwab - perfect moral quandaries demonstrated here, everyone is morally dark grey, supervillains, very angsty and also profound at times, dark academia

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - my man makes a deal with the devil for eternal youth and beauty, everyone here is morally dubious, murder and orgies and philosophy

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - exhausted woman does what she needs to do, female rage book, does some interesting things with pov, justified evil, amy dunne is insane and it's great

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - tired chinese woman does what she needs to do and kills men, very unhinged queen behavior, ambition and god complexes, pacific rim but in china

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As always covers beneath the cut

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The truth is, my young lady, that fate has written the script for your destiny on your forehead from the very beginning. We can't see it. But it's there. And the young, who love so passionately, have no idea how ugly this world is.... This world is without compassion.

-The Stationery Shop

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get to know me tag

thank you @goldenskykaysani @tellmegoodbye @bonheur-cafe !!

favorite color: yellow

last song:

currently reading: the lion women of tehran by marjan kamali, sister outsider by audre lorde

fic wise, just started these fatal fantasies by @strandnreyes!

currently watching: the olympics, obsessively, but also in the middle of the good place, abbott elementary, and an eternal psych rewatch

currently craving: it's so nightmarishly hot i feel like i'm just in the mood for ice cream at this point

coffee or tea: coffee 100% altho i am always down for some good chai

hobby to try: i want to get back into photography, i used to be a lot more intentional with it and i loved doing it

current au: i'm not sure if this is about mine but my olympics au, for sure

sweet/spicy/savory: ....all of the above, mostly spicy/savory tho

current obsession: the olympics (specifically gymnastics), running, reading, writing

relationship status: single

not sure who's already done this so i'll tag @paperstorm @reyesstrand @strandnreyes @reasonandfaithinharmony @herefortarlos and leave an open tag for anyone that wants to share!

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I managed to get one of my friends to read the book I'm so happy rn

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Mid-Year Book Update

Number of books read so far: 32

Best book read so far in 2024: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Best sequel read so far in 2024: He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

New release you haven’t read yet but want to: I don’t really keep up with new releases but The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland is on my list. I really enjoyed House of Hollow, which is by the same author.

Most anticipated release for the second half of 2024: hard to say. The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali looks interesting.

Biggest surprise favorite new author (debut or new-to-you: Janika Oza, whose debut novel, A History of Burning, I absolutely loved.

Newest fictional crush: Soshiro Hoshina from Kaiju No. 8. Manga counts!

Book that made you cry: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green. His essay on the Lascaux cave paintings really got to me.

Most beautiful book you’ve bought this year (or received): Dubliners by James Joyce, I guess. Specifically the Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. I don’t buy a ton of books.

Book that made you happy: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin made me laugh a lot!

What books you want/need to read by the end of the year: I’m going to start Same Bed, Different Dreams by Ed Park for book club soon!

I wasn’t tagged, I just thought it looked fun. If you happen to come across this in your infinite scrolling and you think it sounds fun, please do it and tag me! I just can’t remember who reads on this app even though I know I follow some of y’all on goodreads.