#sarafarizan

[gaynargle-kl]

My favorite collection… my little gay corner of books(as my gf named it) ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜#lovethem#pride🌈#pride#happypride#books#booklover#lgbtbooks#beckyalbertalli#malindalo#runningwithlions#openlystraight#aristotleanddantediscoverthesecretsoftheuniverse#ninalacour#ifyoucouldbemine#tellmeagainhowacrushshouldfeel#sarafarizan#startingfromhere#wildthorn#janeeagland#theweekendbucketlist#offireandstars

[thebookkatblog]

Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan is a super cute coming out story! I loved her first book and this one has the same innocence, sweetness and positive messages that we need to see more of! . #betruetoyourself #tellmeagainhowacrushshouldfeel #sarafarizan #comingout #lgbt #gaygirl #lovebooks #igreads #books #bookstagram #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #bookgram #reading #booknerd #booknerdigans #ya #yalit #fullybooked #instabook #book #bookgram #reader #LoveOzYABloggers #ausyabloggers #diversebooks #bookphoto #booksofinstagram #booklife

[thebookdragon217]

This nice breeze outside has me thinking it's already spooky season. Although it's never too early or late for spooky reads. If you're already in a Halloween mood and love 80's and 90's inspired reads, then Dead Flip by Sara Farizan. I can't wait to cozy up with this one and feel all the nostalgia of Stranger Things, Jumanji and more. Thanks to @algonquinyr for the gifted copy. QOTD: What spooky reads are on your radar? 🎃 SYNOPSIS 🎃 Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for Halloween, arcade games, and one another. Now it’s 1992, Sam has been missing for five years, and Cori and Maz aren’t speaking anymore. How could they be, when Cori is sure Sam is dead and Maz thinks he may have been kidnapped by a supernatural pinball machine?   These days, all Maz wants to do is party, buy CDs at Sam Goody, and run away from his past. Meanwhile, Cori is a homecoming queen, hiding her abiding love of horror movies and her queer self under the bubblegum veneer of a high school queen bee. But when Sam returns—still twelve years old while his best friends are now seventeen—Maz and Cori are thrown back together to solve the mystery of what really happened to Sam the night he went missing. Beneath the surface of that mystery lurk secrets the friends never told one another, then and now. And Sam’s is the darkest of all . . . #DeadFlip #SaraFarizan #bookish #bookphotos #bookstagram #tbr #middlegrade #reading #books #bookcommunity #Ilovebooks #bookaholic #Halloween #libros #spookybooks #spookyseason #Iranianauthors #books books books #readersofinstagram #asianauthors #bookstagrammer #AAPIbooks #BIPOCBookstagram #spooky #mystery #secrets #friendship #lgbtq #bubblegumhorror #horror (at The Bushwick Collective) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWO1Ydr2Z1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[professorearp]

Day #6, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan. As we all know I didn’t realize/face the fact that I am into women, until that darling Officer Haught walked into Shortys that fateful afternoon, I found this book particularly relatable when reflecting on my high school years. This particular story follows the coming of age of Leila an Iranian American girl, who really just wants to fit in despite what makes her unique and different while also trying to make sense of that off putting feeling a crush that just smacks you in the face.

[lezlitreview-blog]

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

One of the first lesbian books I’ve read, Sara Farizan’s debut novel, If You Could Be Mine, remains to be one of my favorites. The story starts with the usual “finding love in a hopeless place” theme that probably all lesbians can relate to, but what makes it interesting for me is the fact that it’s set in Iran, where homosexuality is still punishable. 

Sahar and Nasrin are childhood best friends living in Tehran. They’re in love, but keep their relationship a secret. Things start to get complicated when Nasrin’s parents arrange her marriage. As the wedding approaches, Sahar finds a possible solution to her problem. Homosexuality is punishable in Iran, but transsexuality is tolerated. If Sahar undergoes a sex change, then maybe, she and Nasrin can finally be together. How far will she go to be with the one she loves?

Read it for:

1. the writing: I usually highlight lines I adore in a book and I ended up marking a few by the time I finished this book 

2. a glimpse into the lives of lesbians in other societies, especially in one that’s dominated by religion

3. the inspiring theme of realizing your true self and owning and loving it

Deets:

Release date: August 2013

Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers 

Genre: Teens

Part of a series?: No

[marioncolibraries]

June is pride month! Check out one of these titles today, available through WVDELI! What's WVDELI? Short for "West Virginia Digital Entertainment Library Initiative," WVDELI is a group of West Virginia libraries who have come together to bring their library card holders FREE eBooks, audiobooks, and more through Overdrive! Visit http://bit.ly/2rSCDh4 to get started! #readtherainbow #pridemonth #pride #lgbtq #wvdeli #overdrive #stonewallawards #robintalley #transgender #ninalacour #benjaminaliresaenz #sarafarizan #alexgino #alexginogeorge @overdrive_libs @robin_talley @ninalacour (at Marion County Public Library System)

[karina-witchlingwanderer]

Here's 3/5 of my ThriftBooks order. I was really surprised because this is a hardcover and it's so tiny!!! I've never seen one like it lol 🖤🖤🖤 . . Here's the summary: . In this stunning debut, a young Iranian American writer pulls back the curtain on one of the most hidden corners of a much-talked-about culture. . Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love—Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light. . So they carry on in secret—until Nasrin’s parents announce that they’ve arranged for her marriage. Nasrin tries to persuade Sahar that they can go on as they have been, only now with new comforts provided by the decent, well-to-do doctor Nasrin will marry. But Sahar dreams of loving Nasrin exclusively—and openly. . Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution. In Iran, homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman’s body is seen as nature’s mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. As a man, Sahar could be the one to marry Nasrin. Sahar will never be able to love the one she wants, in the body she wants to be loved in, without risking her life. Is saving her love worth sacrificing her true self? . . It sounds really beautiful and heartbreaking I can't wait to read it!! . . ✨Bookmarks by @marquisdusoleil. You can use my code UNDERTHESEA15 to get 15% off! ✨ . . #diversebooks #diversereads #ownvoices #SaraFarizan #IfYouCouldBeMine

[dawn-of-andromeda]

I’m salty because the bookstore didn’t have the queer diverse love story I was looking for