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Life hasn‘t been easy, but it gets less painful every day, and as I look at Saif, I know that love—in its essence, at its core—is the most bittersweet thing there is.
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“Naila, I wish you didn‘t have to miss the game,” Carla tells me.
“Game?” I check the road, on the lookout for my mom, before turning to her. She rolls her eyes, her blond hair up in its cheerleader ponytail.
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Life hasn‘t been easy, but it gets less painful every day, and as I look at Saif, I know that love—in its essence, at its core—is the most bittersweet thing there is.
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A heart-wrenching tale of forbidden love

'A wonderfully complex love story unlike any you‘ve read before. Saeed has given a novel that is both entertaining and important.”—Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling author
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 259.
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“Naila, I wish you didn‘t have to miss the game,” Carla tells me.
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Life hasn‘t been easy, but it gets less painful every day, and as I look at Saif, I know that love— in its essence, at its core—is the most bittersweet thing there is.
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THIS BOOK. NOT A TYPICAL YA LOVE STORY. I expect cute high school romance. I got a story about oppression and feminism and heart break and injustice that made me feel all the feelings. Pick it up. Thanks @madams421 for pushing it up my TBR! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I went into this book expecting a lighthearted teen romance, but ended up weeping at a heartwrenching, imcredibly beautiful portrayal of family ties changing and causing pain, love‘s complexities, and one girl‘s fight for what she knows is right. This book is important and well worth the read. 5 stars ✨

#diversereads #yalit #biblioMaynia #booksthatmakeyoucry #femaleauthor #femalelead #middleeast

A teen dates behind her parents back. When they find out, they take her to their home country and arrange a marriage for her. Modern but feels set in the past. It‘s amazing that this sort of thing can still happen to women.

“Naila, I wish you didn‘t have to miss the game,” Carla tells me.
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Life hasn‘t been easy, but it gets less painful every day, and as I look at Saif, I know that love- in its essence, at its core- is the most bittersweet thing there is. #WrittenInTheStars #AishaSaeed #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookhoarder #bookhoarders #bookhaul #bookhauler #bookholic #bookholics #bookjunkie #bookjunkies #bookjunky #bookjacket #bookjackets #bookjacketdesign #bookkeeper #bookkeeping #bookkeeperlife #YA #Contenporary 💝💝

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Amazing!

This book touched my soul. In a lot of ways it felt similar to things I had personally gone through, so the heart strings were pulled. It was hard to read sometimes, but so good.

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@bookriot Day 8: Spine Poetry #SpinePoetry #riotgrams
Written In The Stars
The Cruel Prince
Of Fire And Stars
Once Again
Bewitching
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Hmmm...I considered giving 2 reviews, one non-spoiler, one def spoiler cuz I wanted to vent about what was happening in the book so bad. Wanted to punch and curse out a few folks & say WTF or WTH?? But I‘m gonna take a step back and say, if I have emotions like these surrounding a fictional character about what does happen to some in real life, then I guess that‘s pretty good writing. While there was nothing spectacular about the writing style👇🏽

“Do wardens expect gratitude from inmates for the luxuriousness of their cage?”

“Maybe, I think, if I don‘t look up, if I simply look down and never look up again for the rest of my life, the feelings buried within will never rise to the surface. I can accept the numbness instead of the madness that could follow.”

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all- in which case, you failed by default. -J.K. Rowling #WrittenInTheStars #AishaSaeed #JKRowling #book #books #bookxcess #bookcollection #bookcollector #bookcase #bookcases #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcult #bookclub #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookbag #bookbinding #bookblog #bookblogger #booknerd #booknerds #booknerdsunite 💙💙

“Naila, I wish you didn‘t have to miss the game,” Carla tells me. #WrittenInTheStars #AishaSaeed #firstline #openingline #funkopop #popvinyl #JakePortman #book #books #bookhoarder #bookhoarders #bookhaul #bookhauler #bookholic #bookholics #bookjunkie #bookjunkies #bookjunky #bookjacket #bookjackets #bookkeeper #bookkeeping #bookkeeperlife #bookloot #booklist #booklove #booklover #booklovers #bookloversunite #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookzine 💚💚💚💚

Just started Written in the Stars, then will follow it up with The Bloodprint. Two books by Muslim female authors with ethnic origins in the Indian subcontinent. One of my resolutions this year is to get over my debilitating fears, anxieties, and grief from the past so I can move onward and upward—forward march! Saeed is talking about fears and control issues I know all too well. Loving it so far but anxious as to what I‘ll be hit with.

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Putting this on hold at the library! Wish they had it as an ebook! 😭 I read ebooks so much faster! Anywho, the cover has been revealed for Aisha Saeed‘s next book set to come out April 2018 (Amal Unbound)! Check it out! https://bookriot.com/?p=141329

I know Pakistani Americans and I know that this isn‘t indicative of all Pakistanis or Pakistani Americans. I understand the criticism because of so much negative bias towards Muslims. The author being Pakistani herself writes a nice authors note. Like most young adult novels, adults are evil and teens need to wrestle control of their lives out from them . She uses forced marriage as her foil and it works for a fast paced and emotional novel.

I'm not going to lie, I skimmed because the content was too much for me to handle. Oh my gosh was a horribly heartbreaking story. I would say everyone needs to read it if only to understand, and then turn around and read When Dimple Met Rishi because there is such contrast to the 2 stories with similar background. I loved it so much but I hurt for Nalia. Major trigger warnings honestly just all around, control, sexual assault, the list is endless.

The cover of all covers 💙🌟💜 I just LOVED this book. I could not stop reading it. I stayed up until midnight devouring it because I had to know what would happen next. If you liked the family tradition aspect of When Dimple Met Rishi, you will like this. Warning though: your heart will ache for Naila. Thank you again @Bookzombie for this read!

After some hyped #audiocleaning, finally starting some print reading for #24in48. Also a read for #diversitybingo2017.

I adore this cover. It is why I had to read it and what made me put it on my #LitsyAtoZ for #LetterW. The story itself is a great little YA romance that felt like a modern fairy tale that anyone who reads YA could enjoy. Its am especially great for lovers of #diversebooks and those looking for a palate cleaner.

I really don't think this could be more perfect! And talk about SPOILED!! Thank you @Bookzombie for your thoughtfulness! She even guessed my Hogwarts house 💙📚 #summersantagoespostal Thank you @BookishMarginalia for organizing!

I bought this book purely based on the cover. It's so beautiful! It's still on my infinitely long tbr, but I swear I'll get to it soon!
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These are the remaining physical books on Mount TBR. Getting there!!

This was a VERY difficult book for me to read with a lot of intense triggers. A very good friend of mine experienced something painfully similar, but she didn't survive it. This brought up a lot of those feelings. But the message here is very important and in the end that message made the difficulty of reading this book worth it, to an extent. The writing itself wasn't great at all. 2/5.

#writteninthestars #aishasaeed #ya #diversebooks

This is making me so hungry. I'm really missing my mum's cooking so badly right now.

#quotes #writteninthestars #aishasaeed

My next read for #RamadanReadathon! I'm about 40 pages in. It's so compelling with plot that unfolds fast. I'm very intrigued and curious to know how everything will play out.

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Another good one for #RITeenBookNominees An American of Pakistani heritage is tricked into going to Pakistan and forced into an arranged marriage by her parents.

This book broke my heart! Reading Nalia's story reminded me how grateful I am to have such loving parents who would never even try to tell me that I should get married, much less tell me who to marry. This novel explores forced marriages and the experience of one young woman who just wants to go to college and date the boy she loves openly. Great writing and a captivating story that you won't want to put down.

TW: rape

I love reading a book without remembering why it was on your TBR or having any clue what it's about. I'm sure I have @bookriot to thank for this one. It was a page-turner that made my heart ache. Perfect for a rainy weekend. ❤📚

A very compelling premise! Naila's struggle to honor her parents and their traditions clash with her love for Saif, a boy her parents have deemed unsuitable. The stakes ratchet up when her parents force Naila into an arranged marriage, and she faces the possibility of being trapped in her husband's house the rest of her life. Whether or not she'll risk everything for the life she wants is the driving force behind this tense story!

It ripped my heart out, threw it down, stepped in it, then tore it to pieces.

TW: rape

Up next: a book written by an agent sister!