Meh.
1. Besides work I'm getting my haircut Wednesday!
2. Coffee, water or wine
3. Lots of bookmarks to choose from
4. Tagged and listening to Drunk-ish
Thanks @peaKnit @Cupcake12 #motivationalmonday
After the family's return home from Iran, Darius gets a boyfriend, his dream job as an intern in a tea shop, and a spot on the school's soccer team.
There were times I felt the intricacies of tea connoisseurship and sports were taking over the story, but I still want to know how various relationships were going to develop further at the end. There wasn't really a cliffhanger, it just left me wanting the story to continue.
Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore (which makes him what, 15 or 16?) and his family go on a trip to Yazd in Iran where he meets his mother's family for the first time.
I enjoyed this story of a teenage boy trying to navigate a culture unfamiliar to him when he doesn't really fit in at home either. ⬇
#teaandabook
I recently found my stash of genmaicha, which had disappeared during my last move, so time to re-read this
Darius is the best book about adolescent depression I think I‘ve ever read. I loved his family, and felt for him as he met his family in Iran for the first time. His feelings of not fitting in, of feeling like an “other”, were relatable. I‘d definitely recommend this to any teens, but especially to anyone struggling with mental health or who feel like having immigrant parents set them apart from peers.
Darius Kellner, born in America, & a self-described Fractional Persian visits Yazd for the first time in his life with his younger sister & his mother & father due to his grandfather's terminal disease. Darius filters the world through LoTr & Star Trek references, making for often funny observations but these are heightened by his own difficulties with mental health issues. This is a YA novel. but I found it to be free of a lot of the (CONT)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Loved this on audio! The harrowing story of the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in Thailand. Also learned quite a bit about Thai culture and cave diving and exploration. Highly recommend.