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Cathyloves2read
The Stationery Shop | Marjan Kamali
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Pickpick

A beautiful, unforgettable story of love, loss, and fate. The Stationery Shop moved me deeply. The emotional depth, especially the grace shown by her husband, was powerful. His quiet strength and understanding left a lasting impression. A poignant, tender read—I‘ll carry it with me always. ★★★★★

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anushareflects
Martyr!: A novel | Kaveh Akbar
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Mehso-so

I started off really enjoying the book but as it progressed it lost the plot completely. The premise is about living a meaningful life and finding meaning through art, relationships and faith, and defining meaning for life through death (as the title suggests) but the author gets distracted by the frivolous and places emphasis on characters who are inherently meaningless or unlikeable that the message never truly lands.

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Gissy
Martyr!: A novel | Kaveh Akbar
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February 2025 Book #5

I really enjoyed this book but I understand is not for everyone because is slow, maybe story was dragged a little bit and some convenient actions present that helped that ending. I usually don‘t like or enjoy stories about addictions, maybe too close to work, but there was something in the writing style that I loved, how author described the characters, that self talking, reflection, so deep, so many wonderful quotes⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) It is a depressed, sad story but with hope. A drama but it was deep and beautiful written. I did care for Cyrus and that fríendship/romance was just beautiful. I will like to try another book by this author. This book really worked for me 4/4.5⭐️

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Gissy #BookSpinBingo #3 (buddy read) #ISpyBingo (vest-male wearing some kind of a vest looks like a vest😜) @TheAromaOfBooos
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AbstractMonica
Martyr!: A novel | Kaveh Akbar
Mehso-so

Not at all what I was expecting. There were instances that were deep and poignant, followed by what felt like a surface level YA novel. This one was not for me.

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AbstractMonica
Martyr!: A novel | Kaveh Akbar
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I feel like I‘ve been reading this book for so long! Life has been busy. I was hoping to wrap this one up today during my lunch break, but then we had to shelter in place due to a tornado warning. Let‘s try this again.

dabbe Hope all is well and that the tornado is gone! Beautiful pic, too, btw. 😍 3w
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Jen2
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Pickpick

I loved this book so much. From my banned book subscription.

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Daisey
The Blind Owl | Sadegh Hedayat
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ensorcell: enchant, fascinate (verb)

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

CBee Oooo, nice! 3w
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Daisey
The Blind Owl | Sadegh Hedayat
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Panpan

This was not the book for me. It‘s a strange, dark story with repetitive scenes from the perspective of a narrator frequently in an opium haze. At least that‘s how it seemed to me. I also think I missed aspects due to differences of culture & translation. I feel there‘s much more symbolism than I‘m aware of.

📷: Gandalf kept me company during my #HammockReading this evening.

#translated #1001books #Reading1001 #TBRTakedown April 2025

AlaMich What a sweet face! 😻 3w
Leftcoastzen What a cutie! 😻 3w
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3w
Daisey @AlaMich @Leftcoastzen @Ruthiella Thanks all! He can be pretty adorable when he wants to. 3w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w
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mcctrish
Martyr!: A novel | Kaveh Akbar
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I enjoyed listening to this, at times it was almost meditative. The talk about art and being compelled to create and adrift when there was no inspiration was so interesting, listening to the struggles of addiction was hard. A quote that stood out for me that came from the Koran “Action will be judged by intention”. I‘d like to ask a few people in power about this. It was disjointed at times

Suet624 I read the paper version, but now you‘ve made me want to listen to it. I really liked this one. 1mo
mcctrish @Suet624 I feel like more quotes would have stuck with me if I‘d had this in print ❤️ 1mo
sarahbarnes I am in such a long line for this one at the library. Based on reviews it seems worth the wait. 1mo
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