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Britt-Marie Was Here | Fredrik Backman

#Neurodivergent 💚💙 #SpringSkies 🌼🌸🌻🌺🌨️☀️

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Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 1w

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JenReadsAlot

Cleat Cute | Meryl Wilsner

so-so

Meh.

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JenReadsAlot

Cleat Cute | Meryl Wilsner

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

Cupcake12 Thanks for joining in. Have a good week xx 4w

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rwmg

Darius the Great Deserves Better | Adib Khorram

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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.

Reggie Is this the one where he goes and advocates for his little sister against her teacher? 1mo

rwmg @Reggie Yes 1mo

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rwmg

Darius the Great Deserves Better | Adib Khorram

#coffeeandabook

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rwmg

Darius the Great is Not Okay | Adib Khorram

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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. ⬇

rwmg The author says in an afterword that he 'wanted to show how depression can affect a life without ruling it'. I don't think he did. Darius seemed a normal enough rather self-absorbed teenager coping with a bully at school and a hypercritical father. If it weren't for the references to him and his father taking their medication I wouldn't have known depression was an issue until a conversation about 30 pp before the end about the events 7 years b4. 1mo

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rwmg

Darius the Great is Not Okay | Adib Khorram

#teaandabook

I recently found my stash of genmaicha, which had disappeared during my last move, so time to re-read this

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Soubhiville

Darius the Great is Not Okay | Adib Khorram

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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.

Soubhiville @Yenya1954 I‘m putting this in a new stack to send to you. Eventually 🙂 1mo

Gissy I loved this book and there is a sequel. 1mo

Soubhiville @Gissy oh that‘s good to hear! I‘ll have to look it up 🙂 1mo

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Soubhiville That was easy 😁

Darius the Great Deserves Better

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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

vivastory I read this over the weekend and thought it was fantastic 1mo

rwmg Having found my stash of genmaicha and the sequel being on my virtual TBR shelf, I decided to re-read it
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Suet624 I liked this one too. 1mo

Caryl I loved Darius. ❤️ Wonderful review! 4w

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vivastory

Darius the Great is Not Okay | Adib Khorram

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)

vivastory tropes prevalent in YA literature, even when discussing similar topics. Although the overall message at the end is a simple one, I do think it is an important one (esp during these times of increasing suicide rates) that it is okay to not be okay. I know that there is a follow-up to this one, but I don't think I will be reading it, as I really liked how this one unfolded & don't feel the need.
PS-Be prepared to make yourself some tea while (CONT) (edited) 1mo

vivastory reading this one! I am a coffee convert, but boy did I crave tea while reading it. And some of the food descriptions def made me rethink my dinner plans for the upcoming week to include a stop by my favorite Mediterranean restaurant! 1mo

BarbaraBB It sounds so good, and intriguing about the tea and the restaurant. Stacked! 1mo

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TheLudicReader It‘s a beautiful book. 1mo

rwmg As it happens, I am sipping genmaicha, Darius's favourite tea, this evening. 1mo

vivastory @rwmg I had never had genamaicha, but the description of it made me want to go seek out a good tea shop & order some! Luckily I will be close to one tomorrow afternoon 1mo

vivastory @BarbaraBB One of my favorite areas in KC used to be filled with coffee shops, record stores, book stores, venues for live music & great restaurants. All within a fairly small radius. A lot of those places have closed down now, but one of my favorites is a Mediterranean restaurant I love called Jerusalem's. A lot of great memories associated w/ that place & area in general 1mo

BarbaraBB I wish I could walk through the KC of your memories, including Jerusalem‘s. It sounds amazing! 1mo

vivastory @BarbaraBB 💙 It''s pretty special 1mo

Reggie I loved the grandma in here. 1mo

Branwen I'm glad you liked this one! It's definitely one of my favorite YA reads! 1mo

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MaureenMc

All Thirteen: the Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team | Christina Soontornvat

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 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.

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